Nitish Katara murder case: Yadav cousins get life term; death sentence rejected
10 years, 1 month ago

Nitish Katara murder case: Yadav cousins get life term; death sentence rejected

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Friday awarded life imprisonment to Uttar Pradesh politician DP Yadav's son Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal without remission for 25 years in the Nitish Katara murder case. A special bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice JR Midha rejected plea for death sentence to Vikas Yadav, Vishal Yadav, and contract killer Sukhdev Pehalwan. Since April, the court has been hearing the appeals of police and Katara's mother Neelam Katara who sought death sentence to the three convicts, who are serving life terms in the Tihar Central Jail. Nitish Katara, a 25-year-old business executive in Delhi, was murdered on February 17, 2002, by Vikas Yadav, son of influential politician DP Yadav.

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Nitish Katara murder: SC issues contempt notice to official for not deciding on convict's remission
1 week ago

Nitish Katara murder: SC issues contempt notice to official for not deciding on convict's remission

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday issued a contempt notice to the principal secretary of Delhi government’s home department for not deciding the remission plea of a convict in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case and said its orders were not followed unless drastic measures were taken. Nitish Katara murder: SC issues contempt notice to official for not deciding …

Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi government to decide within two weeks on the remission plea to Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan, who is serving a 20-year jail term without remission in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case. A two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan asked the …

Nitish Katara murder case: SC asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict
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3 weeks ago

Nitish Katara murder case: SC asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi government to decide in two weeks over remission to Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan, serving a 20-year jail term without remission in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case. Nitish Katara murder case: SC asks Delhi govt to decide on remission to convict A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal …

Delhi: Kin of brutal rape-murder victim take solace in death sentence for convict
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Delhi: Kin of brutal rape-murder victim take solace in death sentence for convict

Hindustan Times  

“It truly feels like justice has been served and my daughter in heaven would be smiling”, the 45-year-old father of a brutal rape and murder victim said a day after the convict in the case was sentenced to death for the crime that took place in Nihal Vihar, outer Delhi, in February 2019. While the rapist, Rajender Kumar, who was …

5 who raped, killed Chhattisgarh teen, murdered 2 family members sentenced to death
2 months ago

5 who raped, killed Chhattisgarh teen, murdered 2 family members sentenced to death

Hindustan Times  

RAIPUR: A special court in Chhattisgarh’s Korba has handed down a death penalty verdict for five men who raped and killed a 16-year-old tribal girl before murdering her two family members including a four-year-old girl. Special public prosecutor Sunil Kumar Mishra said he had sought the death penalty for all six accused Additional sessions judge Mamta Bhojwani, who delivered the …

Man given death penalty for killing disabled younger brother
2 months, 1 week ago

Man given death penalty for killing disabled younger brother

Hindustan Times  

A local court in Haryana’s Fatehabad on Thursday sentenced a man to death for brutally killing his brother with disability over property dispute in 2020. District and sessions judge Deepak Aggarwal convicted Ashok Kumar under sections 302, 457, 506 and 201 of the Indian penal code. According to police, the case dates back to June 18, 2020 when the victim’s …

Police arrest three supari killers, solve three murders in Belagavi district
2 months, 1 week ago

Police arrest three supari killers, solve three murders in Belagavi district

The Hindu  

Belagavi District Police have arrested a gang of supari killers and solved three murders reported in various places in the district. A team of officers, led by Circle Inspector Javed Mushapuri of Yamkanmardi Police Station, arrested Akash Basalingappa Gokavi of Hatti Alur village in Hukkeri taluk and his associates, Ramesh Malgi and Appanna Nayak of Pashchapur, and charged them with …

Vikash Yadav, accused in plot to kill Pannun cites ‘threat to life’ in court
4 months, 1 week ago

Vikash Yadav, accused in plot to kill Pannun cites ‘threat to life’ in court

Hindustan Times  

Vikash Yadav, who was charged with “murder-for-hire” and money laundering regarding an alleged plot to assassinate pro-Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, recently claimed a 'security threat to his life.' Vikash Yadav has been charged by the US for allegedly directing a foiled plot to murder a Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. According to an Indian Express report, Yadav's legal team …

Former Indian Official Accused of Plotting Gurpatwant Pannun's Murder
5 months ago

Former Indian Official Accused of Plotting Gurpatwant Pannun's Murder

ABP News  

A former Indian government official, Vikash Yadav, has been named in connection with an assassination attempt on Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in the United States. Yadav is alleged to have directed a plot to kill Pannun, a pro-Khalistan terrorist. He was a senior field officer in the Indian Cabinet Secretariat and served in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The indictment …

Indian RAW Official Accused of Conspiring to Kill Sikh Separatist in US
5 months ago

Indian RAW Official Accused of Conspiring to Kill Sikh Separatist in US

Live Mint  

Indian RAW official Vikas Yadav is charged with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in New York City. Yadav was employed by the Indian government's Foreign Intelligence Service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), and was believed to have been involved in the plot. The indictment also alleges that …

Dreaded contract killer gunned down in Mathura
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Dreaded contract killer gunned down in Mathura

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: A dreaded criminal associated with two late Mafioso-turned-politicians, Mukhtar Ansari and Shahabuddin, was gunned down in retaliatory firing during a fierce encounter with the UP Special Task Force under the Farah police station limits of Mathura district on Wednesday morning, said senior police officials in Lucknow. Sharing further details, ADG Amitabh Yash said that the STF had been tracking …

17 years on, three get life in jail for murdering nephew in Greater Noida
9 months, 1 week ago

17 years on, three get life in jail for murdering nephew in Greater Noida

Hindustan Times  

A sessions court in Surajpur, Greater Noida, convicted three men for the murder of their 21-year-old nephew in village Kherli of Dankaur, which took place about 17 years ago, prosecution officials said on Tuesday. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, additional district sessions judge, on Monday relied on the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses and medical evidence and convicted the three persons. {{^userSubscribed}} …

Punjab crime: Ludhiana woman gets death penalty for burying toddler alive
11 months ago

Punjab crime: Ludhiana woman gets death penalty for burying toddler alive

Hindustan Times  

Ludhiana resident Neelam Kaur, 38, was on Thursday sentenced to death for burying alive Dilroz Kaur, the two-and-a-half-year-old daughter of her neighbour, Harpreet Singh, who is a police constable, after an argument with his family three years ago. “We had urged the court to consider this a barbaric incident and impose death penalty,” said senior advocate Parupkar Singh Ghumman, who …

Man in Dharmapuri sentenced to life imprisonment for murder
1 year, 3 months ago

Man in Dharmapuri sentenced to life imprisonment for murder

The Hindu  

A 42-year-old man of Dharmapuri district was sentenced to life imprisonment, on Thursday, December 14, 2023 for murdering his relative in a dispute. Eshwaran, a resident of Vidivelli Nagar near Bommidi in Dharmapuri district, was a casual labourer. During the quarrel, Eshwaran stabbed Muniappan with a knife, and Muniappan died without responding to the treatment at the Dharmapuri Government Hospital …

Nithari Killings: 'Acquitting These Monsters', Victims' Parents Rue HC Verdict On Case
1 year, 5 months ago

Nithari Killings: 'Acquitting These Monsters', Victims' Parents Rue HC Verdict On Case

ABP News  

New Delhi: After the Allahabad High Court acquitted the prime accused in the Nithari killings, victims' parents expressed sadness over the judgment and said that they were not satisfied with the ruling. The Allahabad High Court on Monday acquitted Surendra Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher in all the cases they were convicted in the 2006 Nithari murders case. The High …

Surendra Koli, sentenced to death for Nithari horror, acquitted by Allahabad HC
1 year, 5 months ago

Surendra Koli, sentenced to death for Nithari horror, acquitted by Allahabad HC

Hindustan Times  

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Monday acquitted Surinder Koli and his employer Moninder Singh Pandher in the 2005-2006 Noida serial murders, also known as the Nithari case, in which he had been sentenced to death. The CBI filed charge sheets in 16 Nithari cases and Koli was named in all for murder, destruction of evidence and rape attempt Koli …

Nanded govt hospital dean to face criminal charge after 31 deaths
1 year, 5 months ago

Nanded govt hospital dean to face criminal charge after 31 deaths

India TV News  

A criminal case has been registered against Dr Shayam Wakode - Deen of Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in central Maharashtra's Nanded in connection to the death of a 21-year-old pregnant woman and her newborn baby. A case was lodged under section 304 at Nanded Rural Police Station in connection with the death of a 21-year-old pregnant …

Aditya Sachdeva murder case: Patna HC acquits accused son of ex-JDU MLC Rocky Yadav and 2 others after 5 years
1 year, 8 months ago

Aditya Sachdeva murder case: Patna HC acquits accused son of ex-JDU MLC Rocky Yadav and 2 others after 5 years

Op India  

On Wednesday, July 19, Patna High Court acquitted Rocky Yadav, the son of former JD MLC Manorama Devi, and two others convicted in 2017 for murdering an 18-year-old boy named Aditya Sachdeva in a road rage incident in 2016. Aditya Sachdeva murder On May 7, 2016, Rocky Yadav was returning to Gaya from Bodhgaya in an SUV with his bodyguard …

‘Perhaps USA was right’: As Delhi HC issues notice to JKLF on NIA’s demand to give Yasin Malik death penalty: What was said in court about Osama Bin Laden
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Perhaps USA was right’: As Delhi HC issues notice to JKLF on NIA’s demand to give Yasin Malik death penalty: What was said in court about Osama Bin Laden

Op India  

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the banned organisation Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front led by leader Yasin Malik on National Investigation Agency’s appeal seeking the death penalty for his involvement in a terror funding case. SG said, “Perhaps the USA was right…” Appearing for NIA, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta also submitted that Yasin Malik is responsible for …

NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for JKLF chief Yasin Malik in terror funding case
1 year, 9 months ago

NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for JKLF chief Yasin Malik in terror funding case

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency Friday approached the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was awarded life term by a trial court here in a terror funding case. On May 24, 2022, a trial court here had awarded life imprisonment to Malik, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief, after holding him guilty for various …

‘Not Giving Capital Punishment Miscarriage of Justice’: NIA to Delhi HC, Seeking Death Penalty for Yasin Malik
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Not Giving Capital Punishment Miscarriage of Justice’: NIA to Delhi HC, Seeking Death Penalty for Yasin Malik

News 18  

The National Investigation Agency on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking a death sentence for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in the Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case. The plea stated that it was proven “beyond reasonable doubt” that the offences committed by Yasin were “ex-facie acts of external aggression, brazenly planned and executed by acts of waging war …

NIA Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case
1 year, 9 months ago

NIA Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case

Live Law  

The National Investigation Agency has moved the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik who was convicted in connection with a terror funding case.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh will hear the matter on Monday. Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a special NIA court in May last year. …

Nitish Katara murder case: SC to hear Vikas Yadav’s plea on remission
1 year, 10 months ago

Nitish Katara murder case: SC to hear Vikas Yadav’s plea on remission

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear in August a petition of Vikas Yadav, former Member of Parliament DP Yadav’s son, challenging the bar on the consideration of his remission until he completes 25 years in jail for murdering Delhi business executive Nitish Katara in 2002. In his plea, Vikas Yadav said that he has completed 21 years of his …

32 Years After Murder, Two Accused Get Life Term in UP's Pratapgarh
2 years, 7 months ago

32 Years After Murder, Two Accused Get Life Term in UP's Pratapgarh

News 18  

The district and sessions judge in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh has awarded life imprisonment to two murder accused brothers, nearly 32 years after the incident. Sanjay Shankar Pandey, the district and sessions judge, Pratapgarh, awarded life imprisonment to Ram Bahadur Singh, who is a lawyer by profession, and Siddharth Singh. On September 27, 1990, in Pure Keshav Rai village of Pratapgarh …

Ex-BSP MP, six others get life sentence in 1995 murder case
2 years, 7 months ago

Ex-BSP MP, six others get life sentence in 1995 murder case

Hindustan Times  

The court of additional district judge, Jaunpur, on Monday, sentenced former Bahujan Samaj Party MP Umakant Yadav and six others to life imprisonment for the murder of a Government Railway Police constable 27 years ago. Ex-BSP MP Umakant Yadav and six others were found guilty of murdering a Government Railway Police constable at Shahganj railway station of Jaunpur district on …

Yasin Malik jailed for life in NIA terror funds case
2 years, 9 months ago

Yasin Malik jailed for life in NIA terror funds case

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A special National Investigation Agency court in Delhi on Wednesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in a J&K terror funding case. Rejecting the NIA's plea for capital punishment, special judge Praveen Singh awarded varying jail terms to Malik for offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the IPC. The investigation agency made …

From Rubaiya Sayeed's kidnapping to killing of IAF personnel: The cases against Yasin Malik
2 years, 9 months ago

From Rubaiya Sayeed's kidnapping to killing of IAF personnel: The cases against Yasin Malik

Firstpost  

Four Indian Air Force personnel were shot dead by terrorists belonging to Malik’s JKLF in 1990 Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik was sentenced to life in a 2107 terror funding case on Wednesday. Kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed in 1989: Rubaiya, the daughter of then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Saeed was kidnapped by the JKLF, when she was returning home …

Terror Funding Case: NIA Court Hands Life Sentence to JKLF Chief Yasin Malik
2 years, 9 months ago

Terror Funding Case: NIA Court Hands Life Sentence to JKLF Chief Yasin Malik

The Quint  

A special NIA court in Delhi on Wednesday, 25 May, handed a life sentence to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case. "Two life imprisonments have been given to Yasin Malik, besides that 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in 10 offences and Rs 10 lakh penalty, all the punishments will run concurrently," Advocate Umesh Sharma said. Yasin …

NIA court sentences Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in terror funding case
2 years, 9 months ago

NIA court sentences Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in terror funding case

Hindustan Times  

A NIA court on Wednesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in J&K terror funding case. JKLF chief Yasin Malik was convicted by a Delhi court in a terror funding case on Thursday. The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday sought death penalty for convicted Kashmiri separatist and chief of banned Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin …

Terror funding case: NIA seeks death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik
2 years, 9 months ago

Terror funding case: NIA seeks death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik

Firstpost  

Malik told the court that he was not contesting the charges levelled against him that included sections 16, 17, 18 and 20 of the UAPA and sections 120-B Act, in a terror funding case, court sources said. The agency made the submission before special judge Praveen Singh, while the amicus curiae appointed by the court to assist Malik sought life …

Nithari Murders: Surender Koli Gets His 14th Death Sentence. A Look Back at the Horrific Case
2 years, 10 months ago

Nithari Murders: Surender Koli Gets His 14th Death Sentence. A Look Back at the Horrific Case

News 18  

Surender Koli has awarded his 14th death sentence in connection with the infamous Nithari murders in UP’s Noida. Koli, who was found guilty of raping and murdering several children between 2005 and 2006, already been sentenced to death in 13 cases. The gruesome case came to light in December 2006 when skeletons were found in a drain near a house …

[Multani Murder Case] 'Nothing Comes To His Aid To Wash Off Blood Of Crime From His Smudged Hands', P&H HC Dismisses Saini's Plea To Transfer Case To CBI [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

[Multani Murder Case] 'Nothing Comes To His Aid To Wash Off Blood Of Crime From His Smudged Hands', P&H HC Dismisses Saini's Plea To Transfer Case To CBI [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday dismissed Former Punjab DGP, Sumedh Singh Saini's plea against the registration of the criminal case against him in Mohali regarding the disappearance of Balwant Singh Multani. While observing that there is no substance in the present writ petition, the Single Bench of Justice Fateh Deep Singh remarked that Saini, then a DGP, …

[3 Decade Old Multani Murder Case] 'P&H HC Dismisses Anticipatory Bail Plea of Punjab Ex DGP Sumedh Singh Saini [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

[3 Decade Old Multani Murder Case] 'P&H HC Dismisses Anticipatory Bail Plea of Punjab Ex DGP Sumedh Singh Saini [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Tuesday dismissed the Anticipatory bail application of Punjab's former Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini in the three-decade-old Multani kidnapping and murder case. The Single Bench of Justice Fateh Deep Singh was hearing the Anticipatory Bail Application of the Petitioner Sumedh Singh Saini, wherein the allegations against him and others came from …

DP Yadav's Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds: SC Issues Notice To CBI
4 years, 10 months ago

DP Yadav's Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds: SC Issues Notice To CBI

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation in a matter seeking bail on medical grounds for former Uttar Pradesh legislator DP Yadav.Yadav, who is serving life imprisonment in Dehradun jail in connection with a murder, had been earlier granted interim bail in order to undergo spinal surgery at Yashoda Hospital and Research Centre in Ghaziabad. …

Bombay HC confirms life sentence for mafia don Arun Gawli
5 years, 3 months ago

Bombay HC confirms life sentence for mafia don Arun Gawli

India TV News  

The Bombay High Court has confirmed the life imprisonment awarded to mafia don Arun G. Gawli under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act by a trial court in 2012 for the murder of a Shiv Sena municipal corporator, here on Monday. Dharmadhikari and Justice Swapna Joshi confirmed the sentence on Gawli - a former MLA - and some other …

‘How can you get parole’: SC rejects petition by Nitish Katara killer Vikas Yadav
5 years, 4 months ago

‘How can you get parole’: SC rejects petition by Nitish Katara killer Vikas Yadav

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition to seek parole filed by politician DP Yadav’s son Vikas Yadav who was convicted for murder in 2008. “How can you get parole,” a bench of the Supreme Court chaired by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi shot back to Vikas Yadav’s request that he should be released on bail because he …

Rajasthan court hands out death penalty to man for rape and murder of five-year-old in Alwar
5 years, 9 months ago

Rajasthan court hands out death penalty to man for rape and murder of five-year-old in Alwar

Firstpost  

The court convicted the accused, Rajkumar alias Dharmendra Yadav for the rape and murder of a minor girl, special public prosecutor Vinod Kumar Sharma said. Jaipur: A court in Rajasthan’s Alwar district on Wednesday awarded death penalty to a man for raping and killing a five-year-old girl in 2015 by smashing her face with a stone and mutilating her private …

Payal Tadvi suicide case: Akhilesh Yadav calls death of tribal medical student a 'murder' of constitutional protection to Scheduled Tribes
5 years, 9 months ago

Payal Tadvi suicide case: Akhilesh Yadav calls death of tribal medical student a 'murder' of constitutional protection to Scheduled Tribes

Firstpost  

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday termed the death of Dr Payal Salman Tadvi, a medical student in Mumbai, “a murder of the constitutional protection given to the Scheduled Tribes”, the community she hailed from. Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday termed the death of Dr Payal Salman Tadvi, a medical student in Mumbai, “a murder of …

Delhi: Man killed after he asks 26-year-old to return borrowed money; accused arrested
5 years, 11 months ago

Delhi: Man killed after he asks 26-year-old to return borrowed money; accused arrested

India TV News  

Delhi police have arrested a 26-year-old man, who allegedly killed a person upon being asked to pay back a loan of Rs 30,000. Identified as Nitin Yadav, the accused killed one Bhoj Narayanan with the help of a juvenile, who also has been apprehended, police said. According to the police, Yadav himself made a call to the police control room …

Delhi: Man killed by 26-year-old for asking him to repay loan
5 years, 11 months ago

Delhi: Man killed by 26-year-old for asking him to repay loan

India Today  

A 26-year-old man was arrested here for allegedly killing a person, who had asked him to pay back a loan of Rs 30,000, police said Tuesday. Nitin Yadav was arrested for killing Bhoj Narayanan in south-west Delhi with the help of a juvenile, who has been apprehended, police said. They said Yadav, a resident of Kapashera, made a call to …

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court awards death sentence to convict Yashpal Singh, Naresh Sherawat gets life imprisonment
6 years, 4 months ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court awards death sentence to convict Yashpal Singh, Naresh Sherawat gets life imprisonment

India TV News  

Delhi’s Patiala House court on Tuesday awarded death sentence to convict Yashpal Singh while another convict Naresh Sherawat was given life imprisonment. On November 14, the court had convicted both Yashpal and Naresh for killing two persons and injuring three others in south Delhi’s Mahipalpur during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The court of Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey held them …

UP Legislative Council chief’s son strangled to death: Police
6 years, 5 months ago

UP Legislative Council chief’s son strangled to death: Police

Hindustan Times  

The younger son of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council chairman Ramesh Yadav was murdered under mysterious circumstances in Yadav’s official quarters in Darul Shafa in Lucknow here on Sunday. Abhijit, a BSc part 2 student, lived at the Darul Shafa quarters with his mother Meera Yadav and elder brother Abhishek. The family initially claimed that the youth Abhijit Yadav, 22, died …

Katara murder case witness claims extortion threats, case registered
6 years, 11 months ago

Katara murder case witness claims extortion threats, case registered

India TV News  

A case of extortion and criminal intimidation was registered against around half a dozen persons allegedly linked to former Rajya Sabha MP D.P. Yadav on the complaint of a key witness in the Nitish Katara murder case, in which Yadav's son and nephew are undergoing life sentences. The case was registered on Saturday under Sections 387, 341, and 506/34 of …

Bihar road rage case: Ex-JD(U) leader’s son Rocky Yadav gets life sentence
7 years, 6 months ago

Bihar road rage case: Ex-JD(U) leader’s son Rocky Yadav gets life sentence

Hindustan Times  

Rakesh Ranjan Yadav alias Rocky Yadav, son of a suspended JD lawmaker Manorama Devi, and two others were sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment by a Bihar court in connection with the murder of a Class 12 student in a 2016 road rage incident. Rocky’s cousin Tenny Yadav and Devi’s bodyguard Rajesh Kumar were also awarded life term by additional …

Nitish Katara Case: HC Grants 3-Day Parole to Vikas Yadav
7 years, 6 months ago

Nitish Katara Case: HC Grants 3-Day Parole to Vikas Yadav

The Quint  

The order came on Yadav's plea, who through senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, appealed to the court to release him on a three-day long “custody parole” to enable him to participate in post-death rituals of his grandfather. Besides Vikas Yadav, the apex court had awarded a 25-year jail term to his cousin Vishal Yadav and 20 years in prison for third …

Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court dismisses Vikas Yadav's plea to review sentence
7 years, 6 months ago

Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court dismisses Vikas Yadav's plea to review sentence

Firstpost  

The apex court had said that that the courts have the power to impose the fixed term sentence without remission. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the plea by Vikas Yadav seeking the recall of the order upholding 25-year jail term for his involvement in Nitish Katara murder case. Upholding 2014 Delhi High Court’s order sentencing Vikas Yadav …

Nitish Katara murder case: SC to hear review petition filed by convict Vikas Yadav
7 years, 6 months ago

Nitish Katara murder case: SC to hear review petition filed by convict Vikas Yadav

ABP News  

New Delhi, Aug 29 : The Supreme Court will, on Tuesday, hear the review petition filed by Vikas Yadav, convicted for the abduction and murder of 25-year-old Nitish Katara in 2002. Last year in October, the Supreme Court modified the sentences of Nitish Katara murder case convicts Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav and reduced their jail terms to …

Nithari killings: Surendra Koli held guilty in sixth case, punishment on 7 October
8 years, 5 months ago

Nithari killings: Surendra Koli held guilty in sixth case, punishment on 7 October

Firstpost  

Surendra Koli, awarded death penalty in all the five cases decided earlier related to the Nithari killings, was today held guilty of abduction, murder, rape and destroying evidence in the sixth case. Ghaziabad: Surendra Koli, awarded death penalty in all the five cases decided earlier related to the Nithari killings, was on Wednesday held guilty of abduction, murder, rape and …

Case of 'honour killing': SC judgment on Nitish Katara murder reflects on a much deeper issue
8 years, 5 months ago

Case of 'honour killing': SC judgment on Nitish Katara murder reflects on a much deeper issue

Firstpost  

On the fateful night of 16 February, 2002, Vikas Yadav, the son of a power politician from Uttar Pradesh, along with his cousin Vishal Yadav and aide Sukhdev Pehalwan abducted and killed 25-year-old Nitish Katara – an MBA graduate and the son of an IAS officer. While sentencing the three accused in the case the court observed, “From the aforesaid …

Katara murder case: Supreme Court confirms 25 years jail to Vikas Yadav
8 years, 5 months ago

Katara murder case: Supreme Court confirms 25 years jail to Vikas Yadav

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court while strongly deprecating honour killings, has upheld the award of 25 years sentence to Vikas Yadav for the murder of Katara, who was in love with Vikas’s sister. The Delhi High Court while modifying the death sentence, enhanced the life sentence to 25 years and additional five years for destroying evidence. A Bench of Justices …

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