Delhi High Court dismisses appeal of 15 convicted of killing Dalits in Haryana's Mirchpur village
6 years, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court dismisses appeal of 15 convicted of killing Dalits in Haryana's Mirchpur village

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The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the appeal of 15 persons belonging to the dominant Jat community against their conviction and sentencing in a case of burning alive a 70-year-old Dalit man and his physically-challenged daughter at Mirchpur village in Haryana’s Hisar district in 2010. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the appeal of 15 persons belonging to the dominant Jat community against their conviction and sentencing in a case of burning alive a 70-year-old Dalit man and his physically-challenged daughter at Mirchpur village in Haryana’s Hisar district in 2010. The high court pronounced the verdict on the appeal of 15 persons challenging their conviction and sentence by a trial court in the case. The trial court had on 24 September 2011, convicted 15 of 97 men belonging to the Jat community.

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HC commutes death sentence awarded to four to life sentence
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HC commutes death sentence awarded to four to life sentence

The Hindu  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded by the Second Additional District and Sessions Court, Tirunelveli, to four persons to life term. In 2014, the Second Additional District and Sessions Court awarded death sentences to Ponnumani, Gurusamy, Muthukrishnan and Kaliraj and imposed a fine on them. The trial court also awarded life sentence …

History Today: When 4 convicts in 2012 Delhi gang rape were hanged
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History Today: When 4 convicts in 2012 Delhi gang rape were hanged

Firstpost  

On March 20, 2020, justice was delivered to a 23-year-old medical student who was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012. The same day in 1977 also witnessed India’s first non-Congress government come to power after then-PM Indira Gandhi suffered a crushing defeat On this day, in 2020, four men convicted of the gang rape and …

3 get death sentence for killing 24 Dalits in UP village over 40 years ago
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1 week, 2 days ago

3 get death sentence for killing 24 Dalits in UP village over 40 years ago

Hindustan Times  

A special court in UP's Mainpuri district on Tuesday sentenced three persons to death in the 1981 Dehuli massacre which saw 24 Dalits, including women and two children, being killed. Special judge Indira Singh in UP's Mainpuri district convicted the trio on March 12. On March 12, special judge Indira Singh convicted the trio, namely, Kaptan Singh, Rampal and Ram …

Haryana: CBI court jails 3 excise officials for 4 years in corruption case
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Haryana: CBI court jails 3 excise officials for 4 years in corruption case

Hindustan Times  

A special CBI court in Panchkula has sentenced three central excise officials to four years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2017 corruption case. The convicted officials—Anil Kumar, Ajay Kumar, and inspector Ravinder Singh Dahiya—were found guilty under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code and various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. During the trial, the complainant turned …

Delhi HC junks plea against 30-year-old order acquitting 16 in 1984 riots case
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Delhi HC junks plea against 30-year-old order acquitting 16 in 1984 riots case

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court has refused to accept an appeal put forward by the Delhi Police against a 30-year-old city court’s order to acquit 16 people in connection with a case stemming from the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. While this court is conscious of the large-scale quantum of human lives and property during the 1984 riots, after having seen the quantum …

Supreme Court denies bail to Arun Gawli in Shiv Sena corporator murder case
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court denies bail to Arun Gawli in Shiv Sena corporator murder case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied bail to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case. Arun Gawli, who is undergoing life imprisonment for the 2007 murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar, claims to have complied with all the conditions of the 2006 remission policy. The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on …

RG Kar case: Calcutta HC rejects Bengal govt's plea challenging Sanjay Roy's life term, admits CBI’s appeal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

RG Kar case: Calcutta HC rejects Bengal govt's plea challenging Sanjay Roy's life term, admits CBI’s appeal

India TV News  

Calcutta High Court on Friday rejected West Bengal government's appeal challenging the trial court's life term till death sentence awarded to RG Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay Roy. CBI's plea against Sanjay Roy's life sentence Central Bureau of Investigation approached Calcutta High Court seeking enhancement of the punishment awarded to the convict at the trial. West Bengal government's appeal …

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 27 To February 02, 2025
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 27 To February 02, 2025

Live Law  

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Bombay High Court reserves order on petitions and appeals in Mumbai 7/11 train blasts
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bombay High Court reserves order on petitions and appeals in Mumbai 7/11 train blasts

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Friday reserved its order for judgment on the death confirmation petition by the State government and appeals filed by the 12 convicts in the July 11, 2006, bomb blast case in which a series of seven bomb blasts happened in Mumbai’s local trains that caused over 180 deaths and several injured. On January 31, 2025, …

Delhi High Court clears public servant in negligence case, cites belated sanction
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court clears public servant in negligence case, cites belated sanction

India Today  

Sanction has to be obtained by the prosecuting agency before a court takes cognisance and any subsequent sanction would be futile, the Delhi High Court held recently. Justice Neena Krishna Bansal passed the order in a case where a belated sanction was accorded for prosecution of public servants -- the petitioner, an MCD school principal, and a junior engineer contractor …

Calcutta High Court Reserves Order On Admissibility Of State's, CBI's Appeal Demanding Death Sentence For RG Kar Convict
2 months ago

Calcutta High Court Reserves Order On Admissibility Of State's, CBI's Appeal Demanding Death Sentence For RG Kar Convict

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has reserved its order on the admissibility of appeals by the state of West Bengal and CBI against the life sentence awarded to Sanjoy Roy who was convicted of rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.Both authorities have demanded a death sentence for the convict after the sessions court …

70 Important Judgments Of Delhi High Court In 2024 [Part II]
2 months ago

70 Important Judgments Of Delhi High Court In 2024 [Part II]

Live Law  

LiveLaw reported 1394 judgments from Delhi High Court in 2024. Finalize Technical Solution To Sync ICJS System With Police Criminal Database: Delhi High Court To NIC, State Crime Record Bureau Title: COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. STATE Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 865 The Delhi High Court has called for finalization of the technical solution to sync the Inter-operable Criminal Justice …

Court sentences rape convict to jail time already undergone
2 months ago

Court sentences rape convict to jail time already undergone

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A Delhi court has sentenced a convict in a minor's rape case to five years' imprisonment which he already underwent observing it must not be swayed by emotions and follow judicial principles. Court sentences rape convict to jail time already undergone The verdict paves way for the release of the 40-year-old convict. "I consider a sentence of imprisonment …

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 …

Bengal Govt Approaches Calcutta High Court Challenging Life Sentence For RG Kar Convict, Calls For Death Penalty
2 months ago

Bengal Govt Approaches Calcutta High Court Challenging Life Sentence For RG Kar Convict, Calls For Death Penalty

Live Law  

The West Bengal government has approached the Calcutta High Court demanding the death penalty for the convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sessions court. Background The incident, which occurred in August 2024, caused great furore across the country, with the High Court transferring the matter to the CBI, which …

Kerala HC acquits second accused in rape and murder of woman and daughter in Kumily
2 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Periya Double Murder Case: Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Four CPI(M) Activists
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Periya Double Murder Case: Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Four CPI(M) Activists

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentence of 4 convicts in the Periya double murder case, including the former CPI MLA K. V. Kunhiraman. The Special CBI Court had found the former MLA K. V. Kunhiraman, K. Manikandan, Raghavan Velutholi, K. V. Bhaskaran guilty of offence under Section 225 of IPC and had sentenced them to 5 years …

Kerala High Court suspends life sentence of four in political double murder case
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court suspends life sentence of four in political double murder case

India Today  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentence of four individuals, including former CPI MLA KV Kunhiraman, who were sentenced to five years imprisonment in connection with the murder of two Youth Congress workers in Kasaragod five years ago. A bench of Justices PB Suresh Kumar and Jobin Sebastian put on hold the sentence following an appeal from Kunhiraman, …

Periya twin murder: Kerala HC suspends sentence of four convicts
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Periya twin murder: Kerala HC suspends sentence of four convicts

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentence of four accused, including a former CPI MLA, who was sentenced to five years imprisonment in connection with the murder of two Youth Congress workers in Periya, a town in Kasaragod district five years ago. A bench of Justices P B Suresh Kumar and Jobin Sebastian put on hold the …

28 get life term in Chandan Gupta murder case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

28 get life term in Chandan Gupta murder case

Hindustan Times  

pawan.dixit@htlive.com Chandan Gupta A special National Investigation Agency court on Friday awarded life imprisonment to all 28 convicted persons in connection with the murder of Chandan Gupta in a communal flare-up in Kasganj during Tiranga Yatra on January 26, 2018. “The NIA court has awarded life sentences to all 28 in the Chandan Gupta murder case,” district government counsel Manoj …

10 sentenced to double life term in Kerala political twin murder case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

10 sentenced to double life term in Kerala political twin murder case

India Today  

A CBI Special Court in Ernakulam on Friday sentenced 10 individuals to double life imprisonment for the killings of Youth Congress workers Sarath Lal PK and Kripesh in Kasaragod, Kerala five years ago. The court also handed five years of rigorous imprisonment to four CPI leaders, including former MLA KV Kunhiraman, for aiding the crime. In addition to the double …

Delhi High Court Half Yearly Digest: July To December 2024 [Citations 734 - 1394]
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Half Yearly Digest: July To December 2024 [Citations 734 - 1394]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court Bench of Mr. Justice Jasmeet Singh held that the role of the court under section 9 of the Arbitration Act is to preserve the subject matter of the Arbitration till the arbitral tribunal decides the claims on merits. The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula held that the issue of limitation, raised as a …

Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Man Accused Of Involvement In "Cutting Hand" Of Professor For Allegedly Insulting Prophet Mohammad
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Man Accused Of Involvement In "Cutting Hand" Of Professor For Allegedly Insulting Prophet Mohammad

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday suspended the sentence of M K Nasar who was convicted to life imprisonment by the Special Court of Trial of NIA Cases for chopping the hands of Professor T J Joseph. While suspending the sentence and granting bail to the accused, the Court observed thus: “The applicant has been undergoing incarceration, at the pre-conviction …

Delhi riots: Court convicts five for culpable homicide
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi riots: Court convicts five for culpable homicide

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has convicted five people for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the death of a 22-year-old man during the 2020 North East Delhi riots. Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of the Karkardooma Court noted that the fatal head injuries sustained by Monish could not be directly attributed to any specific person. Case involved …

P&H High Court Enhances Fine In Double Murder Case To ₹2 Lakhs, Says There Should Be No Disparity Of Amount Between Co-Convicts
3 months, 2 weeks ago

P&H High Court Enhances Fine In Double Murder Case To ₹2 Lakhs, Says There Should Be No Disparity Of Amount Between Co-Convicts

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld the conviction in a double murder case of four convicts, observing that the fine of Rs.50,000 imposed on one convict was "extremely minimal" and there should not be a disparity of fine amount among co-convicts.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Kuldeep Tiwari said, "the imposition of the fine amount of Rs.50,000/- upon the convict.Gurdev …

Supreme Court Grants Bail To UP Police Officers Convicted For Hashimpura Massacre
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Grants Bail To UP Police Officers Convicted For Hashimpura Massacre

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today granted bail to the members of the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel who were convicted by the Delhi High Court in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case.A bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice AG Masih passed the order considering that the convicts have been undergoing imprisonment for over six years since November 2018. The …

Delhi court awards 15-yr jail term to man for repeated rape of minor girl
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi court awards 15-yr jail term to man for repeated rape of minor girl

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A Delhi court sentenced a man to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for the alleged repeated rape of a minor girl in 2018, observing the offence not only intruded upon the survivor's dignity but was also a crime against society. Delhi court awards 15-yr jail term to man for repeated rape of minor girl Additional Sessions Judge Harleen …

Supreme Court Suspends Sentence Of 2 Convicts In 2003 Murder Case Of Chhattisgarh NCP Leader Ram Avatar Jaggi
4 months ago

Supreme Court Suspends Sentence Of 2 Convicts In 2003 Murder Case Of Chhattisgarh NCP Leader Ram Avatar Jaggi

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the life imprisonment of two persons who were convicted for the murder of Nationalist Congress party leader Ram Avatar Jaggi in Chhattisgarh in 2003.The Court suspended the sentence of convicts Feroz Sidhique and Abhay Goel and ordered that they be released on bail during the pendency of the appeals on terms and conditions to …

Bombay High Court Objects To Trial Court Quoting 'Mahabharata' To Hand Over Death Sentence To Parents, Son; Commutes Penalty To Life Term
4 months, 1 week ago

Bombay High Court Objects To Trial Court Quoting 'Mahabharata' To Hand Over Death Sentence To Parents, Son; Commutes Penalty To Life Term

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court at Nagpur on Wednesday while commuting the death sentence of two men and a woman to life term, objected to the reasoning of the Trial Court, especially for quoting Mahabharata verses.The High Court was dealing with an appeal filed by a family convicted for killing four members of the maternal family over a land dispute.A division …

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To 99 Convicts In Marakumbi Atrocity Case, Admits Their Appeal Against Conviction
4 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To 99 Convicts In Marakumbi Atrocity Case, Admits Their Appeal Against Conviction

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted bail to 99 convicts in a decade old case of atrocity against members of the Scheduled Caste community at Marakumbi village. Therefore accused persons have made out grounds for grant of bail and case for suspension of sentence.” Accordingly, it granted bail and directed release of each of them on executing personal bond …

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Life Convict 26 Years After Incarceration, Calls For 'Deeper Consideration' In SRB Decisions
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Life Convict 26 Years After Incarceration, Calls For 'Deeper Consideration' In SRB Decisions

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ordered release of a murder convict serving life imprisonment 26 years after his incarceration by quashing the decision of Sentence Review Board rejecting his plea for premature release by calling it arbitrary, irrational and illogical.Referring to various scholars, Justice Anish Dayal underscored that SRB procedures require “better compliance and. The Delhi High Court has ordered …

Delhi HC holds lawyer guilty of contempt, gives 4 months jail for remarks against judges
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC holds lawyer guilty of contempt, gives 4 months jail for remarks against judges

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has held a lawyer guilty of criminal contempt, sentencing him to four months' imprisonment for "scandalising and lowering the dignity" of courts through his remarks against judges. Delhi HC holds lawyer guilty of contempt, gives 4 months jail for remarks against judges A bench of Justices Pratibha M Singh and Amit Sharma held the …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Awards Life Sentences To Three Army Officers In 1998 Murder Case
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

101 Held Guilty in Marakumbi Caste Atrocity Case, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
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5 months ago

101 Held Guilty in Marakumbi Caste Atrocity Case, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

The Hindu  

101 people have been convicted in a decade-old case of atrocity against members of Scheduled Castes in Koppal district of Karnataka. The court sentenced 98 convicts to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹5,000 on each of them, while the remaining three are members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and were sentenced to five years of imprisonment and …

Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam
6 months ago

Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam

New Indian Express  

TIRUNELVELI: Four persons were sentenced to death, while seven others were awarded multiple life imprisonments in connection with the murders of three SC persons in Udappankulam village near Thiruvengadam in 2014. According to prosecution, 25 persons from a caste Hindu community were accused of murdering 3 scheduled caste men — Kaliraj, Venugopal and Murugan — when they were headed towards …

Bombay High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Man Convicted For Sexually Abusing Five Minor Girls
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bombay High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Man Convicted For Sexually Abusing Five Minor Girls

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and the life sentence imposed on a 40-year-old man, who was convicted for sexually abusing at least five minor girls.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan upheld the March 29, 2014 judgment of a special court in Thane, which convicted Ramesh Gopnur for raping five minor girls and …

Supreme Court verdict on Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in Delhi liquor ‘scam’ tomorrow
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court verdict on Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in Delhi liquor ‘scam’ tomorrow

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court will deliver on Friday its judgment on the petitions filed by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal against his arrest by the Central Bureau Investigation in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy case. The Aam Aadmi Party convener challenged the August 5 decision of the Delhi high court, which upheld his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation and …

Odisha: Court sentences 14 murder accused to life imprisonment after 15 years
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Court sentences 14 murder accused to life imprisonment after 15 years

India TV News  

An Odisha court on Thursday convicted 14 people in a 15-year-old murder case, granting life imprisonment to them. However, two of them had already died and hence Additional District Judge Pradeep Kumar Samal sentenced life imprisonment to 14 convicts. Accused attacked deceased while he was asleep Speaking over the sentence, public prosecutor Brundaban Nayak said while two accused persons have …

Kerala High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man For Murdering 3 & 7 Yr-Old Nephews, Imposes 30-Yr Rigorous Imprisonment Sentence
8 months ago

Kerala High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man For Murdering 3 & 7 Yr-Old Nephews, Imposes 30-Yr Rigorous Imprisonment Sentence

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has commuted the death penalty imposed upon Thomas Chacko alias Shibu to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment without remission for murdering his nephews aged 3 and 7. observed that Constitutional Courts have the power to substitute the death penalty imposed by the Trial Court to imprisonment for a fixed term without remission in appropriate cases. Taking …

Rape-cum-murder case: SC stays execution of death sentence awarded to convict
8 months, 1 week ago

Rape-cum-murder case: SC stays execution of death sentence awarded to convict

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to a man convicted for raping and murdering a 30-year-old law student in Kerala in 2016. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai passed the order while hearing the convict's plea challenging the Kerala High Court's May 20 verdict that upheld his conviction and confirmed …

Delhi excise case: SC to deliver verdict on Kejriwal's plea challenging ED arrest today
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi excise case: SC to deliver verdict on Kejriwal's plea challenging ED arrest today

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver on July 12 its verdict on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The apex court had on April 15 sought a response from the ED on Mr. Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest in the …

Delhi High Court judge recuses himself from hearing NIA plea seeking death penalty for Yasin Malik
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi High Court judge recuses himself from hearing NIA plea seeking death penalty for Yasin Malik

The Hindu  

Delhi High Court judge Amit Sharma on July 11 recused himself from hearing a plea by the National Investigation Agency seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror-funding case. On May 29 last year, the high court had issued a notice to Malik on the NIA's plea seeking death penalty for him in the terror-funding case and …

Delhi High Court reserves order on Bibhav Kumar's bail plea, Judgement on July 12
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi High Court reserves order on Bibhav Kumar's bail plea, Judgement on July 12

India TV News  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the bail plea moved by Bibhav Kumar, former personal secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Swati Maliwal's alleged assault case. On July 6, a Delhi court extended till July 16 the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar. On June 22, a Delhi court extended …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 8 agreed to examine the pleas filed by Delhi Police challenging the high court's order granting bail to four convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice on the four pleas filed by Delhi …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: SC to hear DP's SLP challenging bail to four convicts on July 8
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: SC to hear DP's SLP challenging bail to four convicts on July 8

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI : On July 8, the Supreme Court will hear Delhi Police’s Special Leave Petition challenging the bail granted by Delhi HC to four life convicts in the 2008 TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case. Earlier on April 22, 2024, a bench led by Justice Trivedi had also issued notice to Delhi police and the four convicts -- Ravi …

17 years on, three get life in jail for murdering nephew in Greater Noida
9 months, 2 weeks 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}} …

Uttarakhand High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Repeatedly Committing Rape Upon 5-Yr-Old Step-Sister
10 months ago

Uttarakhand High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Repeatedly Committing Rape Upon 5-Yr-Old Step-Sister

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has recently commuted the death penalty awarded to a man convicted for repeatedly committing rape upon his five-year-old orphan cousin and assaulting her numerous times. While lessening the punishment awarded to the convict to twenty-year rigorous imprisonment, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Alok Kumar Verma observed – “…we are of the …

Delhi HC reduces the life sentence of 5 JeM terrorists to 10 years jail, says they only 'conspired, did not actually commit terrorism '
10 months ago

Delhi HC reduces the life sentence of 5 JeM terrorists to 10 years jail, says they only 'conspired, did not actually commit terrorism '

Op India  

Referring to a quote from Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s book “Crime and Punishment,” the Delhi High Court on Monday altered and decreased the sentence granted to five members of the terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed. The court reduced the punishment from life imprisonment to ten years of prison time for the offense under Section 121A of the Indian Penal Code. A division …

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, 1 week 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 …

Kerala High Court upholds death sentence of a convict in law student rape and murder case
10 months, 1 week ago

Kerala High Court upholds death sentence of a convict in law student rape and murder case

India TV News  

The Kerala High Court on Monday upheld the death sentence for Ameerul Islam, convicted in the 2016 rape and murder of a 30-year-old Dalit law student in Perumbavoor. The high court dismissed Islam's appeal against the sessions court verdict and confirmed the capital punishment. The court had said that the confirmation of the capital punishment was also made based on …

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