Bombay HC confirms life sentence for mafia don Arun Gawli
5 years, 1 month ago

Bombay HC confirms life sentence for mafia don Arun Gawli

India TV News  

The Bombay High Court has confirmed the life imprisonment awarded to mafia don Arun G. Gawli under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act by a trial court in 2012 for the murder of a Shiv Sena municipal corporator, here on Monday. Dharmadhikari and Justice Swapna Joshi confirmed the sentence on Gawli - a former MLA - and some other associates involved in the crime. In a sensational operation, some assailants sent by Gawli had barged into the Ghatkopar home of the Sena corporator, Kamlakar Jamsandekar in March 2008 and killed him. After two months, Gawli - who had taken the contract to kill Jamsandekar - was arrested and a Special Court awarded him a life sentence in 2012, which has now been confirmed by the Bombay High Court.The mafia don has been imprisoned since then and is currently lodged in Nagpur Central Jail.

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28 sentenced to life for Chandan Gupta’s murder during 2018 Tiranga yatra in Kasganj
6 days, 1 hour ago

28 sentenced to life for Chandan Gupta’s murder during 2018 Tiranga yatra in Kasganj

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: A special National Investigation Agency court on Friday awarded life imprisonment.to the 28 men convicted for the murder of Chandan Gupta who was killed in a communal clash in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh during the “Tiranga yatra” on the Republic Day in 2018. Chandan Gupta was killed on January 26, 2018 during a rally involving large number of …

10 sentenced to double life term in Kerala political twin murder case
6 days, 11 hours 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 …

HT Archives: Ranga, Billa’s death penalty upheld for gruesome murders
3 weeks, 5 days ago

HT Archives: Ranga, Billa’s death penalty upheld for gruesome murders

Hindustan Times  

A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India YV Chandrachud, and including justices Chinnappa Reddy and Bahrul Islam, on December 8, 1980, dismissed an appeal by Jasbir Singh alias Billa, and Kuljit Singh alias Ranga, against their death sentence and conviction for the abduction and murder of the teenaged Chopra children. On November 16, 1979, the Delhi high …

Baba Siddique’s shooter among six sentenced to life for Kaithal murder
1 month ago

Baba Siddique’s shooter among six sentenced to life for Kaithal murder

Hindustan Times  

A Kaithal court sentenced six people, including one of the shooters of former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique, to life imprisonment for the murder of a youngster in 2019. Additional district and sessions judge, Kaithal, Nandita Kaushik on Tuesday sentenced Vicky, alias Sultan, Sandeep, alias Sunny, Raj Kumar and Ankit, who were all out on bail, and accused …

Baba Siddique murder case: Mumbai cops invoke stringent MCOCA against 26 accused
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1 month, 1 week ago

Baba Siddique murder case: Mumbai cops invoke stringent MCOCA against 26 accused

The Hindu  

The Mumbai Police has invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against 26 accused arrested so far in NCP politician Baba Siddique murder case, officials said on Saturday. Provisions of stringent MCOCA are invoked in the Baba Siddique murder case, a Mumbai Police official said without elaborating. A total of 26 persons have been arrested so far in …

26th held in Baba Siddique murder case: Crime branch arrests mastermind Shubham Lonkar’s ‘close friend’ from Akola
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

26th held in Baba Siddique murder case: Crime branch arrests mastermind Shubham Lonkar’s ‘close friend’ from Akola

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Mumbai crime branch on Friday arrested a 26-year-old man believed to be a close aide of mastermind shooter Shubham Lonkar from Akola district in connection with the Baba Siddique murder case, raising the total number of arrests to 26. 26th held in Baba Siddique murder case: Crime branch arrests mastermind Shubham Lonkar’s ‘close friend’ from Akola The NCP …

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

17 years on, three get life in jail for murdering nephew in Greater Noida
6 months, 4 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}} …

Gangster Chhota Rajan gets life sentence in 2001 case of murder of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty
7 months, 1 week ago

Gangster Chhota Rajan gets life sentence in 2001 case of murder of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty

The Hindu  

A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court in Mumbai on Thursday sentenced underworld gangster Chhota Rajan to rigorous life imprisonment in the case pertaining to the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty here in 2001. The court also found Rajan and four others guilty of conspiring to kill Shetty, who was the owner of four restaurants in Mumbai, including …

Gadag murder case: Civic head’s stepson arrested
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Gadag murder case: Civic head’s stepson arrested

Hindustan Times  

Days after the murder of four members of a family in Belagavi, the police in Gadag have arrested Vinayak Bakale, son of one of the victims and the key accused, and seven contract killers on Monday. Four members of a family were found dead in a house at Dasana Oni near Channamma circle on April 19 Gadag superintendent of police …

Bombay High Court orders premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli
9 months ago

Bombay High Court orders premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli

The Hindu  

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on April 5 gave a nod for a premature release of former mafia and gangster turned politician, Arun Gulab Gawli. A division Bench of judges comprising Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Vrushali Joshi have allowed the criminal re-petition filed by Mr. Gawli challenging rejection of his claim to be released prematurely in …

[Sunil Babu Gang Rivalry Murder] Kerala High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Four Accused For Murder, Acquits Other Accused
9 months, 1 week ago

[Sunil Babu Gang Rivalry Murder] Kerala High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Four Accused For Murder, Acquits Other Accused

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court upheld rigorous life imprisonment imposed upon four accuseds 1 to 4 for the offence of murder of CITU worker Sunil Babu due to gang rivalry. The Court also set aside the conviction of rigorous life imprisonment imposed upon accuseds 5 to 8 for criminal conspiracy to murder due to lack of evidence. It also set aside …

Four convicts in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case granted bail by Delhi HC
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Four convicts in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case granted bail by Delhi HC

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to four convicts serving life imprisonment for the murder of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A special court here had on November 26, 2023 awarded life imprisonment to the four men and three years in jail to another for receiving the stolen belongings. soumyaA trial court had awarded the death penalty to Kapoor …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: four convicts awarded life sentence
1 year, 1 month ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: four convicts awarded life sentence

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to four men for killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, who was robbed and shot dead by the convicts while she was returning home from her office in 2008. The court also observed that it was “unfortunate” that Vishwanathan, who was a “young, dynamic and hard-working journalist”, lost her life due to the …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: Four convicts sentenced to life imprisonment, fifth gets 3 years in jail
1 year, 1 month ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: Four convicts sentenced to life imprisonment, fifth gets 3 years in jail

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on November 25 sentenced four men to life imprisonment for killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in 2008. The court sentenced Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, and Ajay Kumar to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of ₹1.25 lakh on each of them. On October 18, the court convicted Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, and …

Court convicts 4 for 2008 murder that rocked Delhi
1 year, 2 months ago

Court convicts 4 for 2008 murder that rocked Delhi

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted four people for killing journalist Soumya Vishwanathan 15 years ago, bringing the curtain down on a gruesome saga that sent shock waves through the Capital and cemented Delhi’s unsavoury reputation as a city unsafe for women. Additional sessions judge Ravindra Kumar Pandey held four of the five accused — Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Ajay …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case | Delhi court convicts 4 for 2008 murder
1 year, 2 months ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case | Delhi court convicts 4 for 2008 murder

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted four men for the murder of 25-year-old journalist Soumya Vishwanathan and offences under the MCOCA. The fifth accused Ajay Sethi was convicted under IPC Section 411 along with the stringent MCOCA provisions for conspiring to abetting, aiding in, or knowingly facilitating organised crime and for receiving proceeds of organised crime. Seeks speedy trial After …

Delhi court convicts 5 in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case; mother demands life imprisonment
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi court convicts 5 in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case; mother demands life imprisonment

Hindustan Times  

Delhi's Saket court has convicted four accused in the case of murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. He also facilitated the organisation and held property derived from organised crime and is held guilty under section 3 and 3 of MCOCA, the court ruled. On the verdict, the deceased journalist's mother told ANI: “We've lost our daughter but this will act as …

Life convict Yasin Malik comes to Supreme Court to argue his case; shocks court, Centre
1 year, 5 months ago

Life convict Yasin Malik comes to Supreme Court to argue his case; shocks court, Centre

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court and the Central government were equally surprised to spot Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who is serving a life sentence in Tihar Jail in a terror-funding case, waiting his turn in the courtroom to argue his case in-person on Friday. Raju criticised the jail authorities for bringing Malik, a high-security prisoner, to the top court in such …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On NIA’s Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On NIA’s Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea moved by National Investigation Agency seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik who was convicted in connection with a terror funding case.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh issued notice to Yasin Malik through the concerned Tihar Jail Superintendent and listed the matter …

NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for JKLF chief Yasin Malik in terror funding case
1 year, 7 months ago

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

Firstpost  

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

‘Not Giving Capital Punishment Miscarriage of Justice’: NIA to Delhi HC, Seeking Death Penalty for Yasin Malik
1 year, 7 months ago

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

News 18  

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

NIA Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case
1 year, 7 months ago

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

Live Law  

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

Mafia Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder of BJP MLA
1 year, 8 months ago

Mafia Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder of BJP MLA

Live Mint  

Jailed mafia Muktar Ansari has been convicted in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai. Ghazipur's MP-MLA court also convicted Afzal Ansari, BSP MP and brother of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, in a gangster case & sentenced him to 4 years imprionment and imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh. BJP MLA Krishnanand …

Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years in jail in gang war incident
1 year, 8 months ago

Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years in jail in gang war incident

India TV News  

Mukhtar Ansari case: Ghazipur's MP MLA court on Saturday convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a gangster case and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5 lakh. Security was heightened ahead of the verdict by an MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur in a kidnapping and murder case against gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, his elder brother …

Yasin Malik jailed for life in NIA terror funds case
2 years, 7 months ago

Yasin Malik jailed for life in NIA terror funds case

Deccan Chronicle  

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

Yasin Malik's supporters clash with police in Srinagar; Internet suspended in J&K
2 years, 7 months ago

Yasin Malik's supporters clash with police in Srinagar; Internet suspended in J&K

Firstpost  

A Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced the Kashmiri separatist to life in connection with a terror funding case Clashes erupted between supporters of Yasin Malik and security forces in Srinagar’s Maisuma locality as a Delhi court sentenced the JKLF chairman to life. A Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced the Kashmiri separatist to life in connection with a terror funding case. …

Terror Funding Case: NIA Court Hands Life Sentence to JKLF Chief Yasin Malik
2 years, 7 months ago

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

The Quint  

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

Yasin Malik Sentenced to Life in Prison by Delhi Court in Terror Funding Case
2 years, 7 months ago

Yasin Malik Sentenced to Life in Prison by Delhi Court in Terror Funding Case

News 18  

Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court in connection with a terror funding case. The NIA court awarded life imprisonment based on section 121 of the IPC and section 17 of the UAPA. Malik, 56, has also been fined more than Rs 10 lakh as the court imposed different amounts for different …

Issewal gangrape: Life term till death to five, juvenile gets 20-year RI
2 years, 10 months ago

Issewal gangrape: Life term till death to five, juvenile gets 20-year RI

Hindustan Times  

Equating the 2019 Issewal gangrape to the infamous Nirbhaya case of 2012, a Ludhiana court on Friday sentenced five convicts to life imprisonment till death while sending the sixth accused, who was a 17-year-old juvenile at the time of the crime, to 20-year rigorous imprisonment. The Ludhiana court equated the 2019 Issewal gangrape to the infamous Nirbhaya case of 2012 …

Shakti Mills gang-rape case 2013 Bombay High court sets aside death sentence sends life imprisonment
3 years, 1 month ago

Shakti Mills gang-rape case 2013 Bombay High court sets aside death sentence sends life imprisonment

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Bombay High Court gave its final verdict in the 2013 Shakti Mills gang-rape case. The Bombay High Court was hearing a petition by the state government for the approval of the death penalty of the three convicts in the case. On 4 April 2014, the Mumbai Sessions Court had sentenced the three convicts Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali, …

Mysterious Death of Bar Association Employee At Tis Hazari Court Rattles Delhi Police
3 years, 1 month ago

Mysterious Death of Bar Association Employee At Tis Hazari Court Rattles Delhi Police

News 18  

In a shocking incident, a man was found dead outside chamber 192 in the western wing of Tis Hazari court in Delhi on Thursday morning. The man identified as Manoj was a junior employee of the Delhi Bar Association and was in his 30s, the police noted. Following Gogi’s killing by his rival Sunil Maan alias Tillu Tajpuria on September …

"Don't Want To Lose Lives": Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Directions To Ensure Safety & Security Of District Courts
3 years, 3 months ago

"Don't Want To Lose Lives": Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Directions To Ensure Safety & Security Of District Courts

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea seeking directions on Delhi Police and Bar Council of Delhi for taking measures to ensure safety and security of Delhi District Courts, in wake of the recent firing incident in Rohini Court.Justice Rekha Palli, who sought status report to be filed in the matter within five days, remarked thus:"This …

Delhi Jails on high alert after criminal Jitender Gogi's murder, gang war feared
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi Jails on high alert after criminal Jitender Gogi's murder, gang war feared

India TV News  

All Delhi jails were put on high alert by the authorities over apprehension of a gang war a day after Gangster Jitender Gogi was murdered in a crowded courtroom on Friday. Thirty-year-old Jitendra Mann 'Gogi', who was shot dead in a crowded Rohini courtroom on Friday, was one of Delhi's most wanted criminals and the chief of an "extremely sophisticated" …

Mizoram Court Sentences Man to 20 Yrs RI to Be Followed by Life Term for Murdering 5 of Family
4 years, 1 month ago

Mizoram Court Sentences Man to 20 Yrs RI to Be Followed by Life Term for Murdering 5 of Family

News 18  

A man who was angry that a person refused to buy some products from him was on Monday sentenced by a Mizoram district court to 20 years rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by life imprisonment, for murdering five members of the person’s family in 2015. According to the verdict, the convict has been sentenced to undergo life imprisonment, under section …

Delhi HC Asks Prisons Dept to Prepare Updated List of Cases Pending Against Jagtar Singh Hawara
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi HC Asks Prisons Dept to Prepare Updated List of Cases Pending Against Jagtar Singh Hawara

News 18  

The Delhi High Court Friday asked the Department of Prisons to prepare an updated list of cases pending against Jagtar Singh Hawara, undergoing life sentence for conspiring to assassinate former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. Delhi government standing counsel Rahul Mehra, representing the Department of Prisons, submitted before Justice A J Bhambhani that as per the information available with the …

Bombay HC Grants 28-day Furlough To Gangster Arun Gawli Serving Life Sentence For Murder Of Shiv Sena Corporator
4 years, 6 months ago

Bombay HC Grants 28-day Furlough To Gangster Arun Gawli Serving Life Sentence For Murder Of Shiv Sena Corporator

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted 28 days furlough to gangster Arun Gawli who is currently lodged at the Nagpur Central Jail and is serving life sentence awarded to him for the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar. A division bench of Justice ZA Haq and Justice NB Suryawanshi of the Nagpur bench was hearing via video conferencing …

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case: Pawan Kumar Gupta files curative plea in SC seeking commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case: Pawan Kumar Gupta files curative plea in SC seeking commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment

Firstpost  

New Delhi: One of the four death row convicts, Pawan Kumar Gupta, in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case moved a curative plea in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment. Reuters Gupta, against whom the death warrant has been issued for execution along with three other condemned prisoners on 3 …

Execution of convicts will be 'real tribute' to her, says officer who headed Nirbhaya case SIT
5 years ago

Execution of convicts will be 'real tribute' to her, says officer who headed Nirbhaya case SIT

India TV News  

The execution of the Nirbhaya case convicts will be a "real tribute" to her, Deputy Commissioner of Police Pramod Singh Kushwaha, who headed the SIT which probed the 2012 case, said on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, a Delhi court issued death warrants against all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case and ordered that they be hanged on …

HC upholds Gawli’s life sentence in Sena corporator murder case
5 years ago

HC upholds Gawli’s life sentence in Sena corporator murder case

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Monday confirmed gangster Arun Gawli’s conviction and upheld the life sentence awarded to him for murdering a Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar in 2007. Gawli, a contract killer-turned-politician shot Jamsandekar on March 2, 2007, at Ghatkopar, along his gang members — Sunil Ghate, Suresh Patil, Pratap Godse, Sandeep alias Sandy Gangan, Shrikrishna alias Babu Gurav, …

Police conducted biased investigation in murder case, gangster Sunil Rathi tells court
5 years, 2 months ago

Police conducted biased investigation in murder case, gangster Sunil Rathi tells court

India TV News  

Gangster Sunil Rathi, alleged killer of mafia don Munna Bajrangi, claimed before a Delhi Court Thursday that the police had conducted a "false" and "biased" investigation against him in the case of the murder of an engineer of the Ganga Link Canal project in 2006. Rathi, along with other accused persons, had allegedly murdered Radhey Shyam, then Superintending Engineer of …

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