Punjab & Haryana HC Confirms Death Penalty For Haryana Women & Her Lover For Murdering 7 Members Of Her Family [Read Judgment]
6 years, 5 months ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Confirms Death Penalty For Haryana Women & Her Lover For Murdering 7 Members Of Her Family [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for poisoning and strangulating seven members of her family, including four children, in September 2009.The Bench comprising Justice A.B. The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for poisoning and strangulating seven members of her family, including four children, in September 2009. The murders were committed in cold blood.” The Court was hearing a reference made by the Sessions Judge for confirmation of death sentence awarded to one Sonam and her boyfriend, Naveen Kumar, for the murder of her parents, 16-year-old brother, grandmother and three cousins, all of whom were below 11 years of age. Chandigarh, with a direction that in future when an electronic record is produced, the Investigators be trained how to fulfil the conditions contained in Section 65-B of Indian Evidence Act, 1872.” Nevertheless, the Court went on to uphold the death sentence awarded to the duo, in view of the brutality of the act committed by them.

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Kerala HC acquits second accused in rape and murder of woman and daughter in Kumily
6 days, 1 hour ago

Kerala HC acquits second accused in rape and murder of woman and daughter in Kumily

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday acquitted Jomon of Kumily, the second accused in a case relating to the rape and murder of a woman and her daughter in 2007, after setting aside the Thodupuzha Session’s Court’s verdict awarding him death sentence in the case. The High Court had in 2018 confirmed the capital punishment imposed …

Woman Died Within 4 Walls Of In-Laws' Home And Was Cremated Hurriedly: Rajasthan HC Overturns 22-Yr-Old Acquittal In Dowry Death Case
1 month ago

Woman Died Within 4 Walls Of In-Laws' Home And Was Cremated Hurriedly: Rajasthan HC Overturns 22-Yr-Old Acquittal In Dowry Death Case

Live Law  

" This Court also observes that in the instant case, the crime in question took place within the four-walls of the victim's matrimonial house and therefore, in such a circumstance the burden is upon the in-laws who were present in the house to explain the facts and the circumstances under which the incident in question has taken place, by virtue …

Chhattisgarh HC commutes death sentence of man convicted of rape and murder of 7-year-old girl as he is from backward caste
1 month, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh HC commutes death sentence of man convicted of rape and murder of 7-year-old girl as he is from backward caste

Op India  

On Wednesday, 4th December, the Chhattisgarh High Court overturned a man’s death sentence for kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and murdering a seven-year-old child in the year 2021. While acknowledging the intensity of the crime, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad also claimed that the case did not meet the stringent ‘rarest of the rare’ …

Haryana serial killer in Gujarat police custody for rape and murder of teenage student
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Haryana serial killer in Gujarat police custody for rape and murder of teenage student

New Indian Express  

AHMEDABAD: When the Valsad police on November 25 arrested a 30-year-old man from Haryana in connection with the rape and murder of a second-year B.Com student on November 14, hardly do they know that they were dealing with a serial killer who is also a necrophile. During the initial interrogation, the suspect, identified as Rahul Jat alias Bholu Karmvir Ishwar …

Bombay High court confirms death penalty for father and son in multiple murder case
2 months ago

Bombay High court confirms death penalty for father and son in multiple murder case

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has confirmed death sentences for a father and son convicted of murdering four family members, whilst acquitting a third defendant. Bombay High court confirms death penalty for father and son in multiple murder case The convicts, Haribhau Telgote, 66, and his son Shyam, 35, were found guilty of murdering four relatives …

Bombay HC upholds death sentences for father, son in quadruple family murder case
2 months ago

Bombay HC upholds death sentences for father, son in quadruple family murder case

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has confirmed death sentences for a father and son convicted of murdering four family members, whilst acquitting a third defendant. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has confirmed death sentences for a father and son convicted of murdering four family members. ) While finding sufficient grounds to uphold the …

Uttar Pradesh: Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife over dowry
2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife over dowry

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh: A court in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district sentenced a man to life imprisonment after holding him guilty of murdering his wife three years ago, police said today. Additional Sessions and Special Judge Fast Track Court Phool Chand Kushwaha on Tuesday convicted the accused Jitendra Chauhan for killing wife Preeti Chauhan after harassing her for dowry, Additional Superintendent of …

High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Death Of Protestor Allegedly Shot By Haryana Police During Farmers' Protest
2 months ago

High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Death Of Protestor Allegedly Shot By Haryana Police During Farmers' Protest

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court last week sought the stand of the Haryana and Punjab Governments in a plea seeking a CBI probe into the death of a protestor who was allegedly shot by Haryana Police during Farmers' Protest at the Khanauri border.The deceased Shubhkaran Singh lost his life on February 21 while protesting, inter-alia, for the demand of …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Awards Life Sentences To Three Army Officers In 1998 Murder Case
2 months, 1 week ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Awards Life Sentences To Three Army Officers In 1998 Murder Case

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has convicted three formers army officers and another in a 1998 murder case, wherein they shot a man dead in Haryana's Sonepat.The Court while overturning the trial court's decision of acquittal granted to the convicts, rejected the plea of alibi taken by the army officers. The Punjab & Haryana High Court has convicted three …

Palakkad Court Awards Life Imprisonment for Honour Killing of Aneesh
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Palakkad Court Awards Life Imprisonment for Honour Killing of Aneesh

New Indian Express  

A Kerala court has awarded life imprisonment to two individuals, including the father-in-law, for the brutal honour killing of Aneesh (27). The court found the two guilty of murdering Aneesh on Christmas Day 2020, when he was returning from work. The victim's family, belonging to a lower caste, was angered by the marriage and resisted the daughter's decision to marry …

Acid Murder: Family Members Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Daughter's Death
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Acid Murder: Family Members Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Daughter's Death

Hindustan Times  

A 19-year-old woman was murdered by her family with acid for resisting her arranged marriage in Uttar Pradesh. The father and four relatives involved in the crime were sentenced to life imprisonment and fined ₹40,000 each. The case is a reminder of the dangers of arranged marriages and the importance of respecting personal choices.

Odisha man gets death penalty for murdering wife
5 months, 1 week ago

Odisha man gets death penalty for murdering wife

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: A Bhubaneswar court has awarded death sentence to a man for murdering his wife on June 9, 2022. The court of 2nd Additional Sessions Judge Bandana Kar said the death penalty is subject to confirmation from the Orissa High Court. Sanjeet Das, the convict, had murdered his wife Saraswati inside their house in Ghatikia within Bharatpur police limits a …

Haryana: Man kills brother-in-law, sets his body on fire for mistreating sister
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana: Man kills brother-in-law, sets his body on fire for mistreating sister

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old man strangled his brother-in-law to death in Haryana's Gurugram and later burnt his body after pouring turpentine on it as the latter was mistreating his ill sister and not giving her necessary medications. Sharing details, a senior Gurugram Police officer said they received information about a suspected arson at a house in Sector-15, Part-1, Gurugram in …

Chandigarh: Woman gets life term for gagging son to death
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandigarh: Woman gets life term for gagging son to death

Hindustan Times  

The court of additional sessions judge Harpreet Kaur on Friday sentenced a 29-year-old woman to life imprisonment for gagging her two-and-a-half-year-old son to death. The convict, Roopa Verma, was also charged with murdering her six-month-old daughter a month prior to killing her son but those charges could not be proved in court. The court relied the judgment on the basis …

Firing Outside Salman Khan's House: Plea By Accused's Mother In Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks CBI Probe Into Accused's Custodial Death
8 months, 1 week ago

Firing Outside Salman Khan's House: Plea By Accused's Mother In Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks CBI Probe Into Accused's Custodial Death

Live Law  

The mother of the accused in the firing outside Salman Khan's house case, who is alleged to have committed suicide in Mumbai police's lock-up has moved the Punjab & Haryana High Court seeking a CBI probe into the alleged custodial death and for re-conduct of post-mortem.The Mumbai Police has claimed that deceased Anuj Kumar was one of the four accused …

Chain of evidence complete: HC in Bhanu Kiran case
8 months, 1 week ago

Chain of evidence complete: HC in Bhanu Kiran case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court held that while convicting a person “the circumstances should be such that they exclude every possible hypothesis except the one to be proved. It has been held that there must be a chain of evidence so complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for the conclusion consistent with the innocence …

Rajasthan: Man kills 2 sons suspecting they were not his children
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajasthan: Man kills 2 sons suspecting they were not his children

Deccan Chronicle  

Jaipur, Mar 26 A man was arrested in Rajasthan's Churu district for allegedly murdering his two sons and his grandmother after suspecting that they were not his children, police said on Tuesday. The man had allegedly killed his sons -- Garvit and Anurag -- February 13 and his elderly grandmother on January 31 by poisoning them in Bhainsli village, Churu …

28-year-old gets death penalty for rape, murder of toddler in 2018 in Gurugram
10 months, 3 weeks ago

28-year-old gets death penalty for rape, murder of toddler in 2018 in Gurugram

Hindustan Times  

A 28-year-old man was given the death penalty by a sessions court on Wednesday for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl after abducting her when she was stepping out of a ‘bhandara’ organised near a temple in Sector-66 five years ago. Sunil, who belongs to UP’s Mahoba, is facing trials in two more cases of rape and murder of minor …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Raped His Minor Daughter, Cites His Marginalised Background
11 months ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Raped His Minor Daughter, Cites His Marginalised Background

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence imposed on a man convicted for raping his own minor daughter, considering that he belonged to a marginalised part of the society.A division bench of Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji said, "No doubt that the act as such is horrific and there can be no sympathy shown …

9 get life term, 41 others acquitted in 1992 Kumher massacre case
1 year, 3 months ago

9 get life term, 41 others acquitted in 1992 Kumher massacre case

The Hindu  

Thirty one years after the infamous Kumher massacre of 1992 in Rajasthan in which 16 Dalits were killed, a special court in Bharatpur on Saturday sentenced nine people to life imprisonment and acquitted 41 others in the case. Judge Girija Bharadwaj of the special court hearing the cases under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Act acquitted 41 persons for lack of …

Highly Improbable That Mother Would Murder Own Daughter For ₹90K: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail
1 year, 3 months ago

Highly Improbable That Mother Would Murder Own Daughter For ₹90K: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court recently granted bail to a woman accused of allegedly killing her 9-year-old daughter in pursuit of her life insurance policy observing that it is highly improbable that a mother would kill her own daughter for Rs. Justice Sandeep Moudgil also reiterated that apart from the right to life enshrined under Article 21, it has …

Haryana man gets death penalty for rape-murder of minor
1 year, 3 months ago

Haryana man gets death penalty for rape-murder of minor

Hindustan Times  

A court in Kaithal of Haryana on Saturday awarded death sentence to a 22-year-old man convicted of raping and murdering a seven-and-a-half year old girl last year. “The way the culprit has brutalized the girl is intolerable.” The special Pocso court also announced financial assistance of ₹30 lakh to the kin of the deceased by the District Legal Services Authority. …

West Bengal judge passes second death sentence in 7 days, both murder cases
1 year, 4 months ago

West Bengal judge passes second death sentence in 7 days, both murder cases

Hindustan Times  

A fast-track court judge at Berhampore in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old man to death after finding him guilty of murdering his 18-year-old former girlfriend in May 2022, public prosecutor Bibhas Chatterjee informed. On August 24, the same judge, Santosh Kumar Pathak, sentenced another 22-year-old man to death for murdering primary school teacher Bandhu Prakash Pal, …

Haryana ‘honour’ killing | Death penalty for a daughter
1 year, 4 months ago

Haryana ‘honour’ killing | Death penalty for a daughter

The Hindu  

“She was a dreamer,” says Sandeep Vats, 28, before taking a long pause to regain his composure. They just didn’t let her be happy.” His wife, Anjali Deshwal, 22, was strangled to death on August 17, allegedly by her parents and younger brother, for marrying against what is considered ‘acceptable’ in rural Haryana’s Surehti village in Jhajjar district. “Anjali put …

Calcutta HC Suspends Sentence of Woman Convicted for Killing of 6-Yr-Old Step-daughter
1 year, 6 months ago

Calcutta HC Suspends Sentence of Woman Convicted for Killing of 6-Yr-Old Step-daughter

News 18  

The Calcutta High Court recently suspended the sentence of a woman who was convicted for murdering her six-year-old step-daughter by poisoning. “There is no certainty of the appeal being finally decided at an early date given the large number of cases pending, and also on an overall appreciation and assimilation of the nature and quality of the evidence on record, …

Chhattisgarh High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Murder, Rape Of 12 Year Old To Life Imprisonment
1 year, 8 months ago

Chhattisgarh High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Murder, Rape Of 12 Year Old To Life Imprisonment

Live Law  

The Chhattisgarh High Court, while partly allowing a criminal appeal filed by a POCSO convict, has commuted the death sentence awarded to him by the lower court to imprisonment for life. “In case of conviction under Section 302 of the IPC or any conviction for an offence punishable with death or in the alternative imprisonment for life, the Court is …

Bhiwani murders: Rajasthan Police refutes allegations of assaulting pregnant wife of accused
1 year, 10 months ago

Bhiwani murders: Rajasthan Police refutes allegations of assaulting pregnant wife of accused

India Today  

Days after the charred remains of Nasir and Junaid alias Juna were found in a burnt four-wheeler on Thursday, Rajasthan Police has denied allegations of assaulting the pregnant wife of an accused. One of the accused, Shrikant, from Haryana's Nuh district, had alleged that Rajasthan Police assaulted his pregnant wife during a search operation. Bharatpur Superintendent of Police Shyam Singh …

Bombay HC upholds life term of man for murder of wife, sons over suspicion of affair
2 years, 4 months ago

Bombay HC upholds life term of man for murder of wife, sons over suspicion of affair

India Today  

Bombay high court has rejected the appeal of a convict and upheld his life sentence for the cold-blooded murder of his wife and minor sons in Nashik in 2012. However, the bench of Justices AS Gadkari and MN Jadhav said that on the facts and circumstances of the present case, if it was the case of pal that Sangita and …

"Sacred Relation Of Uncle & Niece Was Besmirched": PH High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Man Who Raped 12-Year-Old Niece
2 years, 4 months ago

"Sacred Relation Of Uncle & Niece Was Besmirched": PH High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Man Who Raped 12-Year-Old Niece

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence awarded to a man who had raped his own 12-year-old niece in the year 2008. Noting that the accused was the real uncle of the victim, the Court remarked thus:"The factual matrix of this appeal is unfortunately related to a sordid and obnoxious incident, where the appellant, who …

Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat's death: Murder case filed by Goa Police
2 years, 4 months ago

Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat's death: Murder case filed by Goa Police

Hindustan Times  

The Goa Police have registered a murder case in connection with Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party leader and actor Sonali Phogat’s death on the complaint of her brother naming two people. Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat. The investigation is underway,” a police officer said two days after Phogat died. We had asked her to stay away from them and …

Sonali Phogat’s death: Family agrees for postmortem with this condition
2 years, 4 months ago

Sonali Phogat’s death: Family agrees for postmortem with this condition

Live Mint  

Two days after BJP leader Sonali Phogat's death, her family members on Thursday gave their consent for the postmortem with the condition that the procedure should be captured in video footage, according to news agency PTI. However, Sonali Phogat's brother Rinku Dhaka claimed that she was murdered by two of her associated. Police also told us that the FIR will …

Chhattisgarh: Minor kills parents as sacrifice to cure his mentally-ill brother
2 years, 5 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Minor kills parents as sacrifice to cure his mentally-ill brother

Hindustan Times  

Two people fell prey to black magic in Chhattisgarh after a 17-year-old boy allegedly killed his parents in connivance with his relatives in Jashpur district, offering them as sacrifice at the behest of a ‘tantric’ to cure his mentally-ill elder brother, the police said on Tuesday. During the investigation, the police became suspicious about the family’s role in the incident, …

Haryana man kills minor daughter for chatting over phone for long hours, arrested
2 years, 9 months ago

Haryana man kills minor daughter for chatting over phone for long hours, arrested

India Today  

A man has been arrested for strangulating his minor daughter to death for allegedly chatting to someone on the phone for long hours in Sonipat district of Haryana. The man had warned her daughter not to use the mobile phone for long hours and was upset with her behaviour. Sonipat Assistant Superintendent of Police Deepti Garg said, "We received information …

BJP MP Kailash Soni raises Kishan Bharwad murder case in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 11 months ago

BJP MP Kailash Soni raises Kishan Bharwad murder case in Rajya Sabha

Op India  

BJP Rajya Sabha member Kailash Soni making a submission during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha Budget Session Thursday highlighted the barbaric murder of Dhandhuka youth Kishan Bharwad for alleged blasphemy. Kishan Bharwad’s murder was a conspiracy to instigate communal riots in the country ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections The BJP Rajya Sabha member further said that the …

Parents murder minor daughter in suspected honour killing in Haryana's Sonipat; arrested
3 years, 2 months ago

Parents murder minor daughter in suspected honour killing in Haryana's Sonipat; arrested

India Today  

Parents of a 16-year-old minor have been arrested for allegedly murdering their daughter at a village in Gannaur, Sonipat. In order to destroy the shreds of evidence, the accused couple even cremated their daughter after murdering her, police said. Sunil Kumar, Station House Officer of Gannaur police station was quoted by IE as saying that after the murder, the accused …

Widow, Daughter Brutally Murdered by Unknown Persons in Haryana
3 years, 3 months ago

Widow, Daughter Brutally Murdered by Unknown Persons in Haryana

News 18  

A widow and her daughter were brutally murdered by unknown miscreants on late Wednesday evening in Haryana’s Kaithal district. According to police, the incident came to light after the Mohna village head called the emergency police helpline number and informed them about the attack. A senior police officer stationed at Kaithal district police headquarters said, “Our police team reached within …

Angry Over Getting Less Dowry, In-laws Beat Pregnant Woman to Death in Haryana
3 years, 6 months ago

Angry Over Getting Less Dowry, In-laws Beat Pregnant Woman to Death in Haryana

News 18  

An eight-month pregnant woman was allegedly beaten to death by her in-laws over dowry in Nuh district of Haryana. Police have booked seven people, including the victim’s husband, on charges of dowry death, but no arrests have been made so far. The victim’s father Mubeen, who hails from Ali Meo village in Palwal, registered a police complaint against seven people …

'Take her home or she'd be killed': Ludhiana woman burnt to death, father alleges harassment over dowry
3 years, 6 months ago

'Take her home or she'd be killed': Ludhiana woman burnt to death, father alleges harassment over dowry

India Today  

A 34-year-old woman was burnt to death on Tuesday allegedly over dowry by her in-laws in the Ludhiana district of Punjab. Surinderpal said his daughter's father-in-law had called him to inform him that Mandeep had received some burn injuries and was rushed to a civil hospital, the Hindustan Times reported. Surinderpal said Mandeep had married Balram Singh around three years …

Delhi: Man killed, wife shot at five times in suspected case of honour killing
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi: Man killed, wife shot at five times in suspected case of honour killing

India Today  

In a suspected case of honour killing, a 23-year-old man was shot dead in Dwarka's Ambarhai village on Thursday and his wife severely injured, police said here. “During an enquiry, it was found that Vinay Dahiya of Haryana's Sonipat and his wife Kiran Dahiya were shot at by six to seven people inside their rented accommodation in Amberhai village,” Deputy …

Jaipal Bhullar Encounter: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Second Postmortem In View Of Supreme Court's Direction
3 years, 6 months ago

Jaipal Bhullar Encounter: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Second Postmortem In View Of Supreme Court's Direction

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today ordered a second post-mortem to examination to be conducted on the dead body of alleged gangster Jaipal Singh Bhullar. This order comes after the Supreme Court last week set aside an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court itself dismissing the petition filed by the father of Bhullar, who was allegedly …

Jaipal Bhullar Encounter - 'Serious Allegations Against Punjab Police' : Supreme Court Asks P&H HC To Hear Father's Plea For Second Postmortem
3 years, 6 months ago

Jaipal Bhullar Encounter - 'Serious Allegations Against Punjab Police' : Supreme Court Asks P&H HC To Hear Father's Plea For Second Postmortem

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had dismissed the petition filed by the father of alleged gangster Jaipal Bhullar, who was allegedly killed in a fake police encounter by Punjab police at Kolkata, seeking directions to the State of Punjab to get a second postmortem examination conducted on …

Courts in Uttar Pradesh sentence two to death in rape, murder cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Courts in Uttar Pradesh sentence two to death in rape, murder cases

India Today  

A court sentenced one person to death and three to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of three people over a land dispute in Bharuch. Three years ago, Satya Prakash, Bhavar Singh, Sundar Singh were shot dead in Bharuch village of Raya while they were sleeping at three different places. The Additional District Judge released Bhagwati Devi as she …

Haryana Man Booked for Dowry Death After His Wife and Son Die of Burns
4 years, 1 month ago

Haryana Man Booked for Dowry Death After His Wife and Son Die of Burns

News 18  

A 27-year-old woman and her three-year-old son died of burns they suffered under mysterious circumstances in Haryana’s Nuh district on Thursday, with police booking her husband and some members of her in-laws’ family for dowry death. The incident took place in a village under Nagina police station in Nuh, a police official said. The police official said the woman’s parents, …

Haryana Woman Shot Dead Outside Her College, Accused Arrested
4 years, 2 months ago

Haryana Woman Shot Dead Outside Her College, Accused Arrested

The Quint  

Cops told ANI that Touseef was arrested aand the matter is under investigation. "We complained earlier also as these people used to trouble her and now they have killed my daughter," the father told news agency ANI. An SIT led by ACP Crime Anil Kumar will ensure quick probe and time-bound trial to ensure justice to the family,” Haryana Home …

Chhattisgarh Family Poisons Cousins Over Alleged Love Affair, Dispose Bodies by Burning
4 years, 3 months ago

Chhattisgarh Family Poisons Cousins Over Alleged Love Affair, Dispose Bodies by Burning

News 18  

In a suspected case of honour killing, a 21-year-old man and his cousin sister were allegedly poisoned to death by two of their family members in Chhattisgarh's Durg district for reportedly having a love affair, police said on Sunday. "The incident took place on Saturday, following which the accused identified as victims' uncle Ramu and the woman'sbrother Charan were arrested," …

Rajasthan HC Upholds Death Sentence Awarded To Murder Accused [Read Judgment]
4 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan HC Upholds Death Sentence Awarded To Murder Accused [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court last week upheld the death sentence awarded to a murder accused. As per the post mortem examination report Exhibit P36, liver, ovary, bladder, uterus and part of intestine of the deceased were missing. "As per the post mortem examination report Exhibit P36, liver, ovary, bladder, uterus and part of intestine of the deceased were missing. 7/2020 …

Haryana man arrested for killing his five children in last four years: Police
4 years, 5 months ago

Haryana man arrested for killing his five children in last four years: Police

India Today  

A 38-year-old man has been arrested in Haryana's Jind district after he confessed to killing his five children in the last four years, including two of them recently, a senior police official said on Friday. The bodies of two of his daughters, ages 11 and 7, were recovered from the Hansi-Butana Link canal near his home in Didwara village on …

Haryana man Jumma confesses he killed his 5 children over 5 years
4 years, 5 months ago

Haryana man Jumma confesses he killed his 5 children over 5 years

Op India  

A man named Jumma was arrested by the Jind police in connection with the killing of his two daughters—Muskan and Nisha —in an incident of drowning. Bodies of two girls recovered from canal raised suspicions A complaint of missing persons was lodged by the parents– Jumma, a labourer, and his pregnant wife, who is bearing their sixth child. The man …

"Protector Turns Predator": Death Penalty Awarded To Police Officer Who Murdered Wife And Son Of Judge [Read Judgment]
4 years, 11 months ago

"Protector Turns Predator": Death Penalty Awarded To Police Officer Who Murdered Wife And Son Of Judge [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

A Haryana court on Friday awarded death sentence to a personal security officer who murdered the son and wife of Additional Sessions Judge Krishna Kant Sharma, in the year 2018. However, while justifying the imposition of capital punishment, the court remarked that when "protectors turn predators", there appears to be no mitigating circumstance for consideration on the question of sentence …

Bombay HC Confirms Death Penalty To Man Who Killed Mother, Wife & Daughter [Read Judgment]
5 years, 5 months ago

Bombay HC Confirms Death Penalty To Man Who Killed Mother, Wife & Daughter [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has confirmed the death sentence awarded to one Vishwajit Masalkar, 25-year-old convicted under Section 302 of IPC for killing his mother, wife and two-year-old daughter in order to marry another woman. Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SS Joshi confirmed the death sentence awarded to the accused and concluded- "All the aforesaid. Division bench …

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