Split Verdict On Sentence: Orissa HC ‘Finally’ Decides Not To Hang A Youth Accused Of Murdering 16-Year-Old Girl [Read Judgment]
7 years, 3 months ago

Split Verdict On Sentence: Orissa HC ‘Finally’ Decides Not To Hang A Youth Accused Of Murdering 16-Year-Old Girl [Read Judgment]

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Brutality of the crime committed is not the sole criteria for judging the case to be within the category of “rarest of rare” cases; it has to be one of extreme brutality and exceptional depravity so as to avoid the criticism that the death penalty has been taken as the norm and not the exception, the court said.The Orissa High Court has finally decided not to sentence a man accused. Brutality of the crime committed is not the sole criteria for judging the case to be within the category of “rarest of rare” cases; it has to be one of extreme brutality and exceptional depravity so as to avoid the criticism that the death penalty has been taken as the norm and not the exception, the court said. In a ‘split’ judgment delivered by the division bench of the high court in November 2015, answering the ‘death reference’ from trial court, one of the judges observed that ‘it is a case of brutal murder of a young adolescent damsel aged about sixteen years by infliction of twelve numbers of injuries on her person by means of a sharp cutting weapon and thus the death sentence is only adequate one’ and the other judge emphasizing the young age of the accused without any criminal track record opined that imposition of sentence of death is not called for. Commuting the sentence to life imprisonment, the court observed that brutality of the crime committed is not the sole criteria for judging the case to be within the category of “rarest of rare” cases; it has to be one of extreme brutality and exceptional depravity so as to avoid the criticism that the death penalty has been taken as the norm and not the exception.

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Man Gets Death for Rape, Murder of 5-Year-Old Girl in Madhya Pradesh
2 days, 9 hours ago

Man Gets Death for Rape, Murder of 5-Year-Old Girl in Madhya Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: A special court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to death after convicting him in a case of abduction, rape and murder of a five-year-old girl here around seven months ago. Pronouncing judgment in the case, special court judge Justice Kumudin Patel sentenced Atul Bhalse after finding him guilty under sections 103 and 66 of BNS. He was also …

Man gets death for rape, murder of minor in 2019
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Man gets death for rape, murder of minor in 2019

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Friday sentenced a man to death for the 2019 rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, calling the crime “rarest of the rare” and emphasising that society’s interest in protecting vulnerable children from such horrific crimes warranted the strictest punishment. The court also sentenced Rajender’s father, Ram Saran, to life imprisonment for participating in the gruesome …

What judges said on refusing demands for a death sentence to Sajjan Kumar
3 weeks, 2 days ago

What judges said on refusing demands for a death sentence to Sajjan Kumar

India Today  

A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. WHAT SPECIAL JUDGE KAVERI BAWEJA'S VERDICT SAID "The 'satisfactory' conduct of the convict as per the report of the jail authorities, the ailments from which he is reportedly suffering, the fact that the convict has roots …

Person with severe stress who is accused of attempting suicide cannot be tried, says HC
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Person with severe stress who is accused of attempting suicide cannot be tried, says HC

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has held that an accused who attempts suicide after committing a crime cannot be tried or punished not only for the offence of attempting suicide but also for any other offences committed unless it is proved that the accused is not having severe stress. The court observed that “Section 115 of the …

Odisha HC overturns POCSO court decision referring major accused to juvenile board
1 month ago

Odisha HC overturns POCSO court decision referring major accused to juvenile board

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has set aside the order of Special POCSO Court, Sambalpur, referring a 20-year-old accused to the Juvenile Justice Board simply because he was a minor at the inception of a continuing offence of alleged rape. The accused shall be tried strictly in accordance with law, as a major, without recourse to the protective provisions of …

SC sets aside death penalty to man convicted of killing wife, daughter
1 month ago

SC sets aside death penalty to man convicted of killing wife, daughter

Hindustan Times  

India’s criminal justice system disproportionately disadvantages the accused, especially those who are economically or socially vulnerable, the Supreme Court has lamented while setting aside the death penalty awarded to a man convicted of murdering his wife and 12-year-old daughter. The court held that the accused was denied a fair trial due to procedural deficiencies, including the absence of legal representation …

Death penalty an exception, not the rule: SC
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Death penalty an exception, not the rule: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that not every case of multiple murders qualifies as a “rarest of rare” instance warranting the death penalty, particularly when there is potential for reform. The court underscored that while the crime was brutal and deeply disturbing, the absence of criminal antecedents, favourable prison reports indicating a scope for rehabilitation and legal precedents weighed against …

Death Penalty in India: Courts Clash Over Reform Standards in Murder Cases
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Death Penalty in India: Courts Clash Over Reform Standards in Murder Cases

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2025 12:11 IST - 6 MINS READ The rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the R.G. Just when everyone assumed that the convict in the case, the prime accused Sanjay Roy, was sure to be sentenced to death in view of the public outcry against the gruesome incident, the Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court, …

5 who raped, killed Chhattisgarh teen, murdered 2 family members sentenced to death
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

RG Kar rape-murder case: Judge Anirban Das says it is not the 'rarest of rare' cases
2 months ago

RG Kar rape-murder case: Judge Anirban Das says it is not the 'rarest of rare' cases

India TV News  

In a significant development, a local court in Kolkata sentenced Sanjay Roy to imprisonment till death on Monday after he was convicted of the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. While hearing the case, Anirban Das, Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sealdah court, said the crime did not fall …

Courts must not use ‘abetment of suicide’ charge just to assuage distraught family of deceased: SC
2 months ago

Courts must not use ‘abetment of suicide’ charge just to assuage distraught family of deceased: SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday held that the police must not deploy the criminal provision of ‘abetment of suicide’ casually or to assuage the immediate feelings of the distraught family members of the deceased. Viswanathan and A.S. Oka said Section 306 of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code or corresponding Section 108 read with Section 45 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, …

Orissa HC commutes death penalty to nine for triple murder over witchcraft suspicion
2 months ago

Orissa HC commutes death penalty to nine for triple murder over witchcraft suspicion

Op India  

On 15th January, the death sentence handed down to nine individuals by the Sessions Judge in Rayagada for the 2016 murder of three family members on suspicion of witchcraft was commuted by the Orissa High Court. “It cannot be said that there is no possibility of the appellants being reformed and rehabilitated foreclosing the alternative option of a lesser sentence …

Orissa HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment for nine in Rayagada triple murder case
2 months ago

Orissa HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment for nine in Rayagada triple murder case

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: Death sentence awarded to nine persons convicted in the 2016 Rayagada triple murder over sorcery suspicion was commuted to life imprisonment by the Orissa High Court here on Wednesday. The Rayagada villagers - Dengun Sabar, Dasunta Sabar, Aajanta Sabar, Padhantu Sabar, Dalasa Sabar, Malku Sabar, Bubuna Sabar, Lakiya Sabar and Iru Sabar - had branded the victims Asina Sabar, …

'Ruthless Criminal Also Entitled To Life Of Dignity': Orissa HC Commutes Death Sentence Awarded To 9 Persons For Witchcraft Triple Murder
2 months ago

'Ruthless Criminal Also Entitled To Life Of Dignity': Orissa HC Commutes Death Sentence Awarded To 9 Persons For Witchcraft Triple Murder

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence awarded to nine persons by the Sessions Judge, Rayagada for committing murder of three members of a family in 2016, suspecting their involvement in witchcraft. Trial Court's Order After analysing the oral and documentary evidence, the trial Court found that the appellants, after assaulting the three deceased persons in the …

Horrendous but not a crime, says Chhattisgarh HC on rape of 9-yr-old girl’s body
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Horrendous but not a crime, says Chhattisgarh HC on rape of 9-yr-old girl’s body

Hindustan Times  

RAIPUR: Raping a dead body is one of the most horrendous crimes that one can think of but it does not constitute rape under the penal code in India, the Chhattisgarh high court has said in a December 10 ruling, rejecting an appeal by the mother of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who was raped and killed by two men. The …

'Possibility Of Reformation Can't Be Ruled Out': Supreme Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Murder & Sexual Assault Of 4 Year Old
3 months ago

'Possibility Of Reformation Can't Be Ruled Out': Supreme Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Murder & Sexual Assault Of 4 Year Old

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday, considering the possibility of reformation as per behavioural and mental assessment reports, converted the death penalty of a convict guilty of sexual assault and murder of a 4-year-old child, to an imprisonment sentence. The Court thus concluded that the failure of any explanation on the part of the accused adds to the chain of circumstances …

Supreme Court Stays Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Killing Mother
3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Stays Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Killing Mother

Live Law  

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the death sentence of a man convicted for brutal killing of his own mother and eating her organs. In July 2021, a Session Court in Kolhapur convicted and sentenced him to death, saying that the incident shook the "collective conscience of the society". Upholding the death sentence awarded to him, the High Court said, "This …

'Monster Like Conduct': Punjab & Haryana High Court Confirms Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Rape And Murder Of Minor Girl
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Monster Like Conduct': Punjab & Haryana High Court Confirms Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Rape And Murder Of Minor Girl

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Thursday confirmed death sentence of a man convicted for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl in 2018, observing that the "gruesome murder" of a girl child after committing rape upon her is an example of "monster like conduct of the convict. The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Thursday confirmed death …

Chhattisgarh HC commutes death sentence of man convicted of rape and murder of 7-year-old girl as he is from backward caste
3 months, 2 weeks 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’ …

'Belongs To Backward Community, Reformation Can't Be Ruled Out': Chhattisgarh HC Commutes Death Sentence Of Man For Rape & Murder Of 7 Yr-Old
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Belongs To Backward Community, Reformation Can't Be Ruled Out': Chhattisgarh HC Commutes Death Sentence Of Man For Rape & Murder Of 7 Yr-Old

Live Law  

The Chhattisgarh High Court has commuted the extreme sentence of death imposed on a man for committing rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in the year 2021. While weighing the aggravating and mitigating circumstances against the accused-appellant, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad held – “These are the incriminating circumstances, but there …

Wife Asking Hungry Husband To Wait For Preparation Of Food Not 'Grave & Sudden Provocation': Orissa High Court Upholds Murder Conviction
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4 months, 1 week ago

Wife Asking Hungry Husband To Wait For Preparation Of Food Not 'Grave & Sudden Provocation': Orissa High Court Upholds Murder Conviction

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has recently held that a wife asking her husband to wait for some time to have food, as preparation of food was underway, is not grave and sudden provocation which would lead him to cause injuries to her and take away her life. A housewife cannot be said to have caused grave and sudden provocation to …

Mother Not Likely To Harm Unborn Baby By Committing Suicide: Orissa HC Upholds Conviction Of Ex-MLA For Pregnant Wife's Murder
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mother Not Likely To Harm Unborn Baby By Committing Suicide: Orissa HC Upholds Conviction Of Ex-MLA For Pregnant Wife's Murder

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has upheld the conviction and life-term of former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Ramamurty Gamango for murder of his pregnant wife in the year 1995 at his official residence. The Court observed that there was no motive for commission of the murder and there was no evidence of any rivalry or animosity between the couple. The …

Delhi court sentences woman to life for smothering 2 minor daughters to death
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court sentences woman to life for smothering 2 minor daughters to death

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court sentenced a 32-year-old woman to life imprisonment on Wednesday for smothering two of her minor daughters to death in February 2018. Additional Sessions Judge Sachin Jain of Tis Hazari court said the woman's act of killing her own daughters shook the conscience of the court and also the society at large. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to …

'Disproportionate & Unwarranted': Orissa High Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Triple Murder
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Disproportionate & Unwarranted': Orissa High Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Triple Murder

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday commuted the death penalty imposed upon a man convicted by the trial Court for commission of murder of three members of a family, including two women, in order to wreak vengeance relating to a landed property dispute. While handing down life imprisonment to the condemned prisoner so also to the co-accused, the Division Bench …

'Violated Sacred Trust & Duty': Odisha Court Sentences Man To Death For Stabbing Wife 33 Times, Slitting 6-Yr-Old Daughter's Throat
7 months, 1 week ago

'Violated Sacred Trust & Duty': Odisha Court Sentences Man To Death For Stabbing Wife 33 Times, Slitting 6-Yr-Old Daughter's Throat

Live Law  

A Sessions Court in Odisha's Khurda district has sentenced a man to the extreme penalty of death for committing murder of his wife by stabbing 33 times and causing grievous hurt to his six-year-old daughter by slitting her throat. As she would have endured this savage attack, the deceased would have been overwhelmed by a flood of emotions: the shock …

Orissa High Court Upholds Conviction & Life Term Of Man For Committing Murder Of Mother & 18-Day-Old Brother
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Orissa High Court Upholds Conviction & Life Term Of Man For Committing Murder Of Mother & 18-Day-Old Brother

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of man who was found guilty for commission of murder of his mother and 18-days-old infant brother. Rejecting the plea of insanity advanced by the appellant, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Chittaranjan Dash observed – “Key pieces of evidence, including the consistent testimonies of …

Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Death Penalty Given To Man For Rape-Murder Of Law Student In Kerala
8 months ago

Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Death Penalty Given To Man For Rape-Murder Of Law Student In Kerala

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of the death sentence given to Muhammed Ameer-Ul Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam, for committing the rape and murder of a law student in Perumbavoor on April 28, 2016.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, Sanjay Karol and KV Viswanathan, considering the appeal filed by the convict against the Kerala High Court's. …

Orissa HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment to rape-murder convict
9 months ago

Orissa HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment to rape-murder convict

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The death sentence awarded to Sk Asif Ali, a rape and murder convict, by a Special Pocso court was commuted to imprisonment for life by the Orissa High Court on Thursday. Sk Asif Ali along with Sk Akil Ali was convicted by the Pocso Court in Jagatsinghpur for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl on November 21, …

Dr Subbiah Murder | Trial Court Showed "Callous Attitude" In Failing To Appreciate Evidence, Disregarded Legal Proposition: Madras High Court
9 months ago

Dr Subbiah Murder | Trial Court Showed "Callous Attitude" In Failing To Appreciate Evidence, Disregarded Legal Proposition: Madras High Court

Live Law  

While setting aside the conviction of all 9 accused in the infamous Dr. Subbiah murder case, the Madras High Court recently observed that the trial court had taken a callous approach in the case, by not appreciating the evidence before it and disregarding the settled legal proposition. “We thought it fit to touch upon this aspect also to highlight the …

Undertrials Unable To Effectively Defend Themselves Due To Poor Socio-Economic Status, Leads To Sole Focus On Gravity Of Offence: Calcutta HC Reverses Death Sentence
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Undertrials Unable To Effectively Defend Themselves Due To Poor Socio-Economic Status, Leads To Sole Focus On Gravity Of Offence: Calcutta HC Reverses Death Sentence

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has recently reversed a death sentence awarded to a man who was accused of brutally murdering a home-maker and her 13-year-old daughter with a sharp and heavy weapon.A division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Partha Sarathi Sen were adjudicating upon a death reference case wherein the trial court had handed a death sentence to Padam …

'Psychopathic Killers, Threat To Society': Kerala Court Awards Death Sentence To Three For Robbing And Murdering 71-Yr-Old Woman
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Psychopathic Killers, Threat To Society': Kerala Court Awards Death Sentence To Three For Robbing And Murdering 71-Yr-Old Woman

Live Law  

A Kerala Court has convicted and sentenced a woman named Rafeeka and two men Al Ameen and Shafeek to death for murdering 71-year-old Santhakumari on January 14, 2022, for committing the robbery of her gold ornaments in Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram District, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Neyyatinkara, A M Basheer found the accused guilty under Sections 120, 342, 397, 201 …

Kerala HC upholds death sentence in 2016 rape and murder of law student
10 months ago

Kerala HC upholds death sentence in 2016 rape and murder of law student

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the death sentence given by a trial court to Muhammed Ameer ul-Islam, the lone convict in the 2016 rape and murder of a 30-year-old law student in Ernakulam district of the state. Kerala HC upholds death sentence in 2016 rape and murder of law student The accused, then 22 years old and a …

Created Fear & Vulnerability Amongst Women, Had Profound Impact On Society: Kerala High Court Confirms Death Sentence Of Man Convicted Of Brutal Rape-Murder
10 months ago

Created Fear & Vulnerability Amongst Women, Had Profound Impact On Society: Kerala High Court Confirms Death Sentence Of Man Convicted Of Brutal Rape-Murder

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today confirmed the death sentence imposed upon Muhammed Ameer-Ul Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam for committing the rape and murder of a law student in Perumbavoor on April 28, 2016. It said, “The Court stated that the brutality committed by the accused on the body of the victim to cause her death can only be …

S.391 CrPC | Additional Evidence Of Witness Can Be Recorded At Stage Of Death Reference If Needed For Arriving At Just Conclusion: Orissa High Court
10 months, 1 week ago

S.391 CrPC | Additional Evidence Of Witness Can Be Recorded At Stage Of Death Reference If Needed For Arriving At Just Conclusion: Orissa High Court

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has recently allowed a petition filed on behalf of nine persons, convicted and sentenced to death by trial Court for murder of three family members on the suspicion of witchcraft, for recording of additional evidence of a prosecution witness at the stage of hearing of death reference by the High Court. The Court placed reliance on …

“Every Sinner Has A Future”: Orissa High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Convicted By Trial Court For Rape & Murder Of 6-Yr-Old Girl
10 months, 2 weeks ago

“Every Sinner Has A Future”: Orissa High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Convicted By Trial Court For Rape & Murder Of 6-Yr-Old Girl

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court, on Monday, commuted the capital punishment awarded to a man who was convicted by the trial court for committing rape and murder of a 6-year-old girl in 2018. However, the Court rejected such contention observing that: “The appellant was a co-villager and he was a family man having wife and children and there was nothing on …

Orissa High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Need For Background Analysis Of Convicts In Death Penalty Cases
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Orissa High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Need For Background Analysis Of Convicts In Death Penalty Cases

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of need for background analysis of the convicts, so as to ascertain mitigating circumstances in their favour, before imposing the extreme sentence of death. Emphasizing the importance of providing real and effective hearing on the question of sentence, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik …

Judicial officers should not identify rape victims during trial: Orissa High Court
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Judicial officers should not identify rape victims during trial: Orissa High Court

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: Expressing serious displeasure over disclosure of identity of a minor rape victim in the deposition sheet at a trial court, a single judge bench of the Orissa High Court has directed the Registry, with the permission of Chief Justice, to circulate his judgment specifying the norms among the subordinate judiciary while dealing with such cases. The single judge bench …

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused
1 year, 1 month ago

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 accused, including local Communist Party of India leaders, and set aside the acquittal of two others by a trial court in the case of the murder of TP Chandrasekharan, founder of Revolutionary Marxist Party, by a group of assailants in May 2012. Of the 12 accused convicted by the …

MP court sentences man to death for killing two minor nieces after raping one
1 year, 1 month ago

MP court sentences man to death for killing two minor nieces after raping one

Hindustan Times  

A court in Madhya Pradesh has awarded death sentence to a man for killing his two minor nieces after raping one of them on suspicion of witchcraft at Waraseoni in Balaghat district. The court said hat the crime of the accused falls in the rarest of rare category. Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offence court justice Kavita Ivanati said …

Mere 'Absconding' Not Conclusive Proof Of Guilt Against Accused In Cases Of Murder: Orissa High Court
1 year, 2 months ago

Mere 'Absconding' Not Conclusive Proof Of Guilt Against Accused In Cases Of Murder: Orissa High Court

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has clarified that merely because an accused person absconded, he cannot be held guilty of the alleged crime and in cases of grave crimes like murder, the solitary conduct of the accused in absconding may not be given undue weightage ignoring other factors. So far as the 'last seen theory' is concerned, the Court observed that …

Man gets death for rape and murder of 8-year-old daughter
1 year, 5 months ago

Man gets death for rape and murder of 8-year-old daughter

Hindustan Times  

A POCSO court in Sitapur on Friday found a man guilty of raping and murdering his eight-year-old daughter, and awarded him the death sentence, senior police officials in Lucknow said. Man gets death for rape and murder of 8-year-old daughter The court of special judge and additional district judge Rahul Prakash, which pronounced the sentence, observed that the rape and …

Bombay High Court Commutes Man’s Death Sentence To 25 Yrs Imprisonment For Rape, Murder Of 6-Yr-Old
1 year, 6 months ago

Bombay High Court Commutes Man’s Death Sentence To 25 Yrs Imprisonment For Rape, Murder Of 6-Yr-Old

Live Law  

The division bench of Justice Vibha Kankanwadi and Justice Abhay S Waghwase observed that the trial court did not consider mitigating factors, including the convict's background and the absence of any prior criminal record while awarding the death penalty. The Bombay High Court on Friday commuted the death sentence to 25-year fixed-term imprisonment for a 36 years old labour, convicted …

Rape & Murder Of 4-Year-Old: Madhya Pradesh High Court Commutes Convict's Death Penalty To Life Sentence Without Remission
1 year, 7 months ago

Rape & Murder Of 4-Year-Old: Madhya Pradesh High Court Commutes Convict's Death Penalty To Life Sentence Without Remission

Live Law  

Observing that the case does not fall under the category of the rarest of rare, the Madhya Pradesh High Court commuted a convict's sentence of death penalty to life imprisonment without remission, in a case for the murder and rape of a 3 years and 4 month old girl. The division bench of Chief Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal MIshra …

'Rarest of rare case': UP man awarded death sentence for raping, killing minor girl in Bulandshahr
1 year, 7 months ago

'Rarest of rare case': UP man awarded death sentence for raping, killing minor girl in Bulandshahr

India TV News  

A 35-year-old man has been awarded a death sentence for raping and killing a four-year-old girl in the Jahagirabad area of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.2 lakh on the accused which would be paid to the victim's family. The court's order "Dhruv Rai, special judge, has ordered that the accused be hanged …

Calcutta HC Suspends Sentence of Woman Convicted for Killing of 6-Yr-Old Step-daughter
1 year, 8 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, …

Here is why Supreme Court bench commuted the death sentence of a man who murdered his sister and her lover
1 year, 10 months ago

Here is why Supreme Court bench commuted the death sentence of a man who murdered his sister and her lover

Op India  

On April 28, the Supreme Court of India commuted the death penalty awarded to a 31-year-old man for murdering his sister Pooja and her lover Govind in 2017, and changed it to life imprisonment. “Young boy of 25 years – well-behaved, helping, and a person with leadership qualities” Supreme Court Says As It Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Killed …

Chhattisgarh High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Murder, Rape Of 12 Year Old To Life Imprisonment
1 year, 10 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 …

Rarest Of Rare Doctrine Requires Death Sentence Be Imposed Only If There Is No Possibility Of Reformation : Supreme Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Rarest Of Rare Doctrine Requires Death Sentence Be Imposed Only If There Is No Possibility Of Reformation : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, commuted the death sentence awarded for kidnapping and murder of a 7 year old child to life imprisonment for not less than twenty years without remission of sentence. Considering that the present case is one of death sentence, the Court thought it fit to consider the review petition without relying on the electronic evidence which …

Indore court awards death penalty to man who brutally killed minor after abduction
2 years, 1 month ago

Indore court awards death penalty to man who brutally killed minor after abduction

The Hindu  

“This type of barbaric crime committed by the accused with the deceased innocent girl child can create indignation and hatred in the consciousness of any normal mind. It is not possible to rehabilitate him,“ an Indore court made the above remarks on Monday while awarding death penalty to a man who had on September 23, 2022 killed a seven-year-old girl …

Important Decisions Of Orissa High Court In 2022
2 years, 2 months ago

Important Decisions Of Orissa High Court In 2022

Live Law  

The year 2022 has come to an end. Right Of Accused To Recall Witness U/S 311 CrPC Can't Always Be Denied In Lieu Of Prosecutrix's Right U/S 33 POCSO Act: Orissa High Court Case Title: Pidika Sambaru v. State of Odisha & Anr. "Transgender Has Every Right To Choose Gender": Orissa High Court Orders Family Pension To Transwoman Case Title: …

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