Calcutta HC Acquits Death Row Convict [Read Judgment]
8 years ago

Calcutta HC Acquits Death Row Convict [Read Judgment]

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The man was accused of conspiring murder of his wife and maid servant.The Calcutta High Court has acquitted a man who was sentenced to death penalty by the trial court finding him guilty of conspiring murder of his wife and maid servant.The prosecution had accused Avik Ghosh of conspiring with other accused to commit dacoity in his own home and also of conspiring and abetting murder of his. The Calcutta High Court has acquitted a man who was sentenced to death penalty by the trial court finding him guilty of conspiring murder of his wife and maid servant. The prosecution had accused Avik Ghosh of conspiring with other accused to commit dacoity in his own home and also of conspiring and abetting murder of his own wife and maid servant. Answering the death reference in negative while allowing the appeals, the court also observed that the trial judge also relied on the alleged confessional statement of the convict Somnath Tanti allegedly made while in police custody, although the same is inadmissible in evidence according to the provisions of Section 25 of the Evidence Act.

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Two, including woman, get death sentence for murder
2 weeks ago

Two, including woman, get death sentence for murder

Hindustan Times  

Additional Sessions Judge Jahendra Pal Singh at Mainpuri court on Tuesday sentenced two persons to death, including a woman, in case of murder of man on May 4, 2024 at a village within limits of Karhal police station of Mainpuri district. Narendra Singh, a resident of village Ravri Chamarpura within limits of Karhal police station of Mainpuri district was brutally …

Court sentences man to death in ‘rarest of rare’ case of rape of infant
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Court sentences man to death in ‘rarest of rare’ case of rape of infant

Hindustan Times  

A Pocso court in Kolkata on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year-old man to death by hanging for the rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old girl in November last year after the defence counsel and public prosecutor argued that the crime fell under the “rarest of the rare” category. The Bankshall court on Monday convicted the man, Rajib Ghosh, of kidnapping, …

West Bengal man sentenced to death by hanging for raping 7-month-old child, attempting murder
1 month, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal man sentenced to death by hanging for raping 7-month-old child, attempting murder

Live Mint  

A man from West Bengal's Jhargram district was on Tuesday sentenced to death by hanging after a special POCSO court in Kolkata held him guilty in connection with the rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old child. Judge Indrila Mukherjee found the convict Rajib Ghosh guilty under sections 65, 140, 137 and 118 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Sec …

HC acquits two persons convicted in honour killing case in Kasaragod
1 month, 2 weeks ago

HC acquits two persons convicted in honour killing case in Kasaragod

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday set aside the Ernakulam Central Bureau of Investigation Special Court’s verdict awarding life imprisonment to Muhammad Iqbal and Mohammed Haneefa, the first and second accused respectively in a case relating to an honour killing in Kasaragod. The prosecution case is that Balakrishnan, a Youth Congress activist, was stabbed inside a …

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 …

Bengal Govt Approaches Calcutta High Court Challenging Life Sentence For RG Kar Convict, Calls For Death Penalty
2 months, 1 week 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, 3 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 …

Madras HC reverses acquittal of seven in murder case, hands them double life-term
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras HC reverses acquittal of seven in murder case, hands them double life-term

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Finding the judgment of the trial court to be “perverse”, the Madras HC has reversed the acquittal of seven persons and sentenced them to double life imprisonment in a murder case. Holding that the prosecution has proved the charges beyond doubt, the bench sentenced Ramesh, Pandu alias Pandurangan, Sathish alias Sathishkumar, Prakash, Suresh, Ravi alias Pillakka Ravi and Kutti …

HC acquits murder case convict, sets aside life imprisonment sentence
7 months, 4 weeks ago

HC acquits murder case convict, sets aside life imprisonment sentence

The Hindu  

The life imprisonment sentence awarded nearly nine years ago by a trial court of Siddipet to a person holding him guilty of murdering his mother had been set aside by the Telangana High Court. A division bench of Justices K. Surender and J. Sreenivas Rao, pronouncing verdict in the criminal appeal petition filed by the ‘convict’ P. Pochaiah, directed the …

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 …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail
8 months, 3 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 …

Madras HC acquits 7 death row convicts, two others in TN doctor murder case
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras HC acquits 7 death row convicts, two others in TN doctor murder case

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Friday acquitted all the convicts, including seven on death row, in the sensational murder of neurosurgeon Dr SD Subbaiah in Chennai in an alleged property dispute in 2013. Allowing the appeals filed by the nine convicts, the division bench of Justices MS Ramesh and Sunder Mohan on Friday set aside the judgment passed by …

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
10 months 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 …

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 …

[T P Chandrasekharan Murder] Kerala High Court Upholds Conviction Of Accused, Sets Aside Acquittal Of Two
1 year, 1 month ago

[T P Chandrasekharan Murder] Kerala High Court Upholds Conviction Of Accused, Sets Aside Acquittal Of Two

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has today confirmed the conviction of the accused in the murder of T P Chandrasekharan under Section 302 and Section 120B. The Division Bench comprising Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Kauser Edappagath while confirming the conviction held thus: “We sustain the conviction Of Anoop, Manoj Kumar @ Kirmani Manoj, N.K.Sunil Kumar @ Kodi Suni, Rajeesh Thondikkandi …

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, …

Calcutta HC asks police to add murder charges in IIT KGP student Faizan Ahmed’s death
1 year, 9 months ago

Calcutta HC asks police to add murder charges in IIT KGP student Faizan Ahmed’s death

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked the police to add charges for murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code in connection with the death of IIT Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed. “The institute seems to have influenced the first autopsy report because the way head injury was avoided in the report creates doubt of suspicion,” the court said. …

'Accused deprived of fair trial': SC acquits 3 sentenced to death in 2012 Chhawla rape case
2 years, 4 months ago

'Accused deprived of fair trial': SC acquits 3 sentenced to death in 2012 Chhawla rape case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted three convicts who were sentenced to death for the gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Delhi's Chhawla area in 2012. Speaking about the trial court order, the Supreme Court said the courts cannot convict the accused on the basis of moral conviction or suspicion alone. However, the law does not permit …

Three get life term for murder of Ambala cop in 2019
3 years ago

Three get life term for murder of Ambala cop in 2019

Hindustan Times  

A local court has awarded life imprisonment to three accused and acquitted seven others, including gangster Bhupinder Singh, alias Bhupi Rana, for the murder of a Ambala police personnel in 2019. However, police probe later found that the assailants had in fact come to murder Rambir, an eyewitness in the murder of a JBT teacher, Session Kumar Judge, alias Master, …

Patna High Court Acquits Man On Death Row For Failure Of Police To Inspect Scene Of Crime
3 years, 8 months ago

Patna High Court Acquits Man On Death Row For Failure Of Police To Inspect Scene Of Crime

Live Law  

The Patna High Court on Friday acquitted a person who was sentenced to death for allegedly raping and killing a 16 year old girl in Bhojpur district, Bihar. "In view of the inordinate and unexplained delay in lodging the FIR, the casual manner in which the investigation was carried out, the investigating officer did not inspect the place of occurrence …

High Court acquits main accused in T.N. honour killing, commutes death sentence of five others
4 years, 9 months ago

High Court acquits main accused in T.N. honour killing, commutes death sentence of five others

The Hindu  

A two-member Bench of the Madras High Court on June 22 acquitted the prime accused B. Chinnasamy in the case of the brutal honour killing of a Dalit youth, V. Shankar, at Udumalpet town in Tamil Nadu on March 13, 2016, for marrying his daughter Kausalya. The High Court also set aside the death sentences of the five others and …

Madras High Court sets aside death sentence awarded to prime accused in 2016 Udumalpet Shankar murder case
4 years, 9 months ago

Madras High Court sets aside death sentence awarded to prime accused in 2016 Udumalpet Shankar murder case

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday acquitted B. Chinnasamy, the prime accused in the sensational 2016 ‘Udumalpet’ Shankar murder case from all charges, and set aside the death sentence imposed on him by the trial court in December 2017. The trial court awarded the death sentence to six, life to one and five years of imprisonment to one more accused …

Bombay HC Confirms Death Penalty To Man Who Killed Mother, Wife & Daughter [Read Judgment]
5 years, 8 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 …

Allahabad HC Acquits Man Sentenced To Death By Trial Court [Read Judgment]
5 years, 10 months ago

Allahabad HC Acquits Man Sentenced To Death By Trial Court [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a couple in a murder case, one of whom was sentenced to death by the Trial Court. Rashid @ Zakir and his wife Shakila @ Bitta were accused of murdering three persons who were found killed in a factory where the couple used to live. "We further find from the prosecution case that it …

SC Acquits 3 Men Who Were Sentenced To Death Penalty, Commutes It For One [Read Order]
6 years, 2 months ago

SC Acquits 3 Men Who Were Sentenced To Death Penalty, Commutes It For One [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted three murder accused whose death penalty was confirmed by the Karnataka High Court. The three-judge bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Sanjiv Khanna also commuted death penalty awarded to one accused to life imprisonment. The apex court acquitted three accused holding that there was lack of adequate evidence on …

Kerala HC Commutes Death Penalty Awarded To Man Accused Of Rape & Murder Of 15-Yr-Old Girl [Read Judgment]
6 years, 2 months ago

Kerala HC Commutes Death Penalty Awarded To Man Accused Of Rape & Murder Of 15-Yr-Old Girl [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has commuted death sentence awarded to a man accused of rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl. The prosecution case was that the accused, Rajesh Kumar, trespassed into the girl's house with an intention to commit rape and theft, committed murder by throttling her and thereafter tied a towel tightly around her neck to ensure her …

Madras HC Acquits Man Of Rape Charges; Blames “Faulty Investigation” & Directs Training Of Investigation Officers [Read Judgment]
6 years, 4 months ago

Madras HC Acquits Man Of Rape Charges; Blames “Faulty Investigation” & Directs Training Of Investigation Officers [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently acquitted a man, who was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a lower court in a rape case and primarily blamed the “faulty investigation” for the same.Justice MV Muralidharan, therefore, directed the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu to peruse the judgment and arrange for training sessions for all investigation officers throughout the state. …

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Sentence Of Seven For Witch-Hunting 3 Women, Says When Motive Is Engrained In Psyche, Judicial Execution Doesn’t Help [Read Judgment]
6 years, 5 months ago

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Sentence Of Seven For Witch-Hunting 3 Women, Says When Motive Is Engrained In Psyche, Judicial Execution Doesn’t Help [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

State told to implement court guidelines in Moyna Murmu case, bring in legislation The Calcutta High Court has commuted to life the death sentence of seven men guilty of killing three women believing them to be witches while noting that when motive of crime is engrained in psyche, judicial execution does not help and that cases like this reflected upon …

Calcutta HC Reduces Sentence Of Rape Accused As He Married The Victim [Read Judgment]
6 years, 8 months ago

Calcutta HC Reduces Sentence Of Rape Accused As He Married The Victim [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

‘The fact that the prosecutrix and the appellant are married and have settled in life with their children appears to be “adequate and special reason” for imposing lesser sentence.’In July 2015, the Supreme Court had pronounced a judgment in which it categorically observed that in a case of rape or attempt of rape, the conception of compromise under no circumstances. …

Allahabad HC Upholds Death Sentence Of Man For Murdering His Own Kin, Including Octogenarian Parents [Read Judgment]
6 years, 10 months ago

Allahabad HC Upholds Death Sentence Of Man For Murdering His Own Kin, Including Octogenarian Parents [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The dastardly act of wiping out the entire family therefore falls within the category of “rarest of rare cases” where passing of a death sentence is of greatest concern in order to keep the faith of people alive in the law of the land, the bench said.The Allahabad High Court has confirmed death sentence awarded to a man holding him …

Allahabad HC Upholds Death Sentence Of Man For Murdering His Own Kin, Including Octogenarian Parents [Read Judgment]
6 years, 10 months ago

Allahabad HC Upholds Death Sentence Of Man For Murdering His Own Kin, Including Octogenarian Parents [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The dastardly act of wiping out the entire family therefore falls within the category of “rarest of rare cases” where passing of a death sentence is of greatest concern in order to keep the faith of people alive in the law of the land, the bench said.The Allahabad High Court has confirmed death sentence awarded to a man holding him …

Kerala HC Upholds Death Penalty To A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Of 9-Yr-Old Girl [Read Judgment]
6 years, 11 months ago

Kerala HC Upholds Death Penalty To A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Of 9-Yr-Old Girl [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

She expected him to behave to her like a father. He smothered her, prevented her from crying, raped her and in the process committed murder, the bench said.The Kerala High Court recently confirmed death sentence of a man accused of rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl, who was his daughter’s friend.On her way to madrassa, the girl went to …

Kerala HC Upholds Death Penalty To A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Of 9-Yr-Old Girl [Read Judgment]
6 years, 11 months ago

Kerala HC Upholds Death Penalty To A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Of 9-Yr-Old Girl [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

She expected him to behave to her like a father. He smothered her, prevented her from crying, raped her and in the process committed murder, the bench said.The Kerala High Court recently confirmed death sentence of a man accused of rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl, who was his daughter’s friend.On her way to madrassa, the girl went to …

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Eight Murder Accused [Read Judgment]
7 years, 1 month ago

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Eight Murder Accused [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

We find that the case under reference is simply a case of retaliation and in that view of this case, we are not in a position to accept the case as one of rarest of rare cases, the bench observed.The Calcutta High Court has commuted death penalty awarded to eight persons accused in a kidnap-cum-murder case and also acquitted two …

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Eight Murder Accused [Read Judgment]
7 years, 1 month ago

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Eight Murder Accused [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

We find that the case under reference is simply a case of retaliation and in that view of this case, we are not in a position to accept the case as one of rarest of rare cases, the bench observed.The Calcutta High Court has commuted death penalty awarded to eight persons accused in a kidnap-cum-murder case and also acquitted two …

Jigisha Ghosh murder case: a chronology of events
7 years, 2 months ago

Jigisha Ghosh murder case: a chronology of events

The Hindu  

Following is the chronology of events in the Jigisha Ghosh murder case in which the Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted the death penalty awarded to two men to life imprisonment. August 22, 2016: Court awards death penalty to two men and life term to another and imposes a fine of nine lakh on the three convicts. September 15: 2016: …

Jigisha Ghosh murder case: Delhi High Court commutes death penalty of 2 convicts to life term
7 years, 2 months ago

Jigisha Ghosh murder case: Delhi High Court commutes death penalty of 2 convicts to life term

India TV News  

Jigisha Ghosh murder case: Delhi High Court commutes death penalty of 2 convicts to life term This comes almost two years after the court awarded death penalty to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla for kidnapping and killing IT professional Jigisha Ghosh in Delhi. The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted the death penalty awarded to two convicts in 2009 Jigisha …

22 Years Later, Bombay HC Sets Aside Acquittal of Man in Wife’s Murder [Read Judgment]
8 years, 1 month ago

22 Years Later, Bombay HC Sets Aside Acquittal of Man in Wife’s Murder [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has set aside a 22-year-old judgement of the Additional Sessions Judge, Satara acquitting one Ramchandra Lokhande who was accused under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.The division bench of Justices VK Tahilramani and Revati Mohite Dere have convicted Lokhande under charges of murder and causing disappearance of evidence and sentenced him to suffer. …

22 Years Later, Bombay HC Sets Aside Acquittal of Man in Wife’s Murder [Read Judgment]
8 years, 1 month ago

22 Years Later, Bombay HC Sets Aside Acquittal of Man in Wife’s Murder [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has set aside a 22-year-old judgement of the Additional Sessions Judge, Satara acquitting one Ramchandra Lokhande who was accused under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.The division bench of Justices VK Tahilramani and Revati Mohite Dere have convicted Lokhande under charges of murder and causing disappearance of evidence and sentenced him to suffer. …

Murder Of Wife And Son: Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Husband, Awards Minimum 30yrs Without Remission
8 years, 1 month ago

Murder Of Wife And Son: Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Husband, Awards Minimum 30yrs Without Remission

Live Law  

Calcutta High Court on Friday commuted the death sentence awarded by Additional Sessions Judge Arambagh to Lakhikanta Adhikary who killed his 26 year old wife and 7 year old son. The High Court awarded life imprisonment with minimum 30 years without remission.The case of the prosecution is that accused Lakhikanta Adhikary was married to Sulekha Adhikary nine years ago. Question …

Murder Of Wife And Son: Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Husband, Awards Minimum 30yrs Without Remission
8 years, 1 month ago

Murder Of Wife And Son: Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Husband, Awards Minimum 30yrs Without Remission

Live Law  

Calcutta High Court on Friday commuted the death sentence awarded by Additional Sessions Judge Arambagh to Lakhikanta Adhikary who killed his 26 year old wife and 7 year old son. The High Court awarded life imprisonment with minimum 30 years without remission.The case of the prosecution is that accused Lakhikanta Adhikary was married to Sulekha Adhikary nine years ago. Question …

Delhi HC Acquits Accused In 25-Year-Old Murder Case [Read Judgment]
8 years, 3 months ago

Delhi HC Acquits Accused In 25-Year-Old Murder Case [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a rare verdict in Jai Bhagwan vs. State of Delhi, a division bench of the Delhi High Court, speaking through Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra, quashed and set aside a lower court’s judgment that held the petitioners guilty for commission of offences punishable under Section 498A and Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC and sentencing them …

Bombay HC Upholds Life Term Of Husband For Murdering Wife [Read Judgment]
8 years, 5 months ago

Bombay HC Upholds Life Term Of Husband For Murdering Wife [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

There is presumption that the husband is custodian of the wife. He has to maintain his wife properly and with huge degree of dignity, said the CourtThe Bombay High Court in Sunil Vitthal Raut v. The State of Maharashtra, has upheld a sessions court verdict to sentence accused Sunil Vitthal to life imprisonment for charge of murdering his wife. He …

Allahabad HC Commutes Death Penalty In Rape-Cum-Murder Case [Read Judgment]
8 years, 6 months ago

Allahabad HC Commutes Death Penalty In Rape-Cum-Murder Case [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The State has failed to show that the appellant is a continuing threat to the society or he is beyond reform or rehabilitation, the Bench observed.The Allahabad High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded by a trial court for a man accused of raping and murdering a 4-year-old girl, to life imprisonment.Upholding the conviction recorded by the trial court, …

Allahabad HC Commutes Death Penalty In Rape-Cum-Murder Case [Read Judgment]
8 years, 6 months ago

Allahabad HC Commutes Death Penalty In Rape-Cum-Murder Case [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The State has failed to show that the appellant is a continuing threat to the society or he is beyond reform or rehabilitation, the Bench observed.The Allahabad High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded by a trial court for a man accused of raping and murdering a 4-year-old girl, to life imprisonment.Upholding the conviction recorded by the trial court, …

Jigisha Ghosh murder case: Delhi HC issues production warrant to death row convicts
8 years, 6 months ago

Jigisha Ghosh murder case: Delhi HC issues production warrant to death row convicts

Firstpost  

Delhi High Court on Monday issued production warrants to two death row convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case on trial court reference for confirmation of capital punishment given to them. New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Monday issued production warrants to two death row convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case on trial court reference for confirmation …

Jigisha Ghosh murder case: Death sentence for two, life term for another
8 years, 7 months ago

Jigisha Ghosh murder case: Death sentence for two, life term for another

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday awarded death penalty to two convicts and life term to another for robbing and killing IT executive Jigisha Ghosh in New Delhi in 2009, observing that it was a “brutal” and “cold blooded murder”. “To be hanged by neck till death,” additional sessions judge Sandeep Yadav said, while awarding death to convicts Ravi …

Death sentence for two in Delhi IT professional Jigisha murder case
8 years, 7 months ago

Death sentence for two in Delhi IT professional Jigisha murder case

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Monday awarded the death penalty to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla for kidnapping and killing IT professional Jigisha Ghosh in the national capital in 2009. Any leniency in such cases will send a very wrong message in society and will encourage criminals like the convicts,’’ the Judge said, while rejecting the plea for lenient punishment by …

Murder of wife and daughters: Bombay HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment [Read Judgment]
8 years, 7 months ago

Murder of wife and daughters: Bombay HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

From overall conduct of the accused, it cannot be said that after causing the murder, he has acted in the manner to be termed as something uncommon, which render the sentence of life imprisonment inadequate and calls for death sentence, the Bench observed.The Bombay High Court, has commuted death penalty awarded by Trial Court to a man who was convicted …

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