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 for murdering his wife and two. 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 for murdering his wife and two daughters, to life imprisonment. It has come on record that when they found Police Patil and other villagers reached outside the house then found him reading the religious book.” The Court commuted the Death sentence awarded to life imprisonment, though with a rider that the State Government shall not consider the case of the appellant for premature release unless the appellant undergoes minimum sentence of 30 years.

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Man Gets Death for Rape, Murder of 5-Year-Old Girl in Madhya Pradesh
1 week, 3 days 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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1 month 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 …

Life sentence for Dhakoli man who axed wife to death
1 month ago

Life sentence for Dhakoli man who axed wife to death

Hindustan Times  

An interior decorator who axed his wife to death at their house in Dhakoli in October 2020 will spend the rest of his life in jail, a Mohali court has ruled. Sentencing Ashok Kumar, a resident of Basant Vihar, Phase 2, Dhakoli, to life imprisonment, the Mohali court of additional sessions judge Baljinder Singh Sra also slapped a fine of …

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

Kolkata court awards death penalty to perpetrator for rape, attempted murder of seven-month-old infant
1 month, 1 week ago

Kolkata court awards death penalty to perpetrator for rape, attempted murder of seven-month-old infant

The Hindu  

A city court on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to a 34-year-old man in Kolkata after convicting him of the rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old baby. Since the RG Kar rape and murder came to light, multiple courts in West Bengal have awarded death penalties to at least half a dozen people in similar cases. Public prosecutor Bivas …

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

Jalpaiguri Court awards death penalty to man for killing wife and daughter
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Jalpaiguri Court awards death penalty to man for killing wife and daughter

The Hindu  

A Sessions Court in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to a man for killing his wife and 18-month-old daughter. The crime occured at the Looksan tea garden in Nagrakata, Jalpaiguri district, where the convict, Lal Singh Oraon, hacked his wife, Sakhi Oraon, and their daughter to death in their home on March 27, 2023. Sentencing …

Death penalty an exception, not the rule: SC
1 month, 4 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 …

SC upholds over ₹1 crore award to daughters of couple which died in road mishap
1 month, 4 weeks ago

SC upholds over ₹1 crore award to daughters of couple which died in road mishap

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a verdict and upheld over ₹1 crore compensation awarded to the daughters of a couple which died in a road accident. SC upholds over ₹ 1 crore award to daughters of couple which died in road mishap A bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah took note of the appeal …

Would verdict be same if she was MP or judge's daughter? Asks murdered techie's kin
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Would verdict be same if she was MP or judge's daughter? Asks murdered techie's kin

India Today  

Reacting to the Supreme Court verdict in the 2014 brutal rape and murder of their techie daughter, the victim’s family expressed deep anguish over the judgment. The Mumbai court and the Bombay High Court found the accused guilty, and now the Supreme Court finds loopholes in the case and lets the accused go? When asked whether the family would take …

RG Kar rape-murder victim's parents not seeking death for convict, court told
2 months ago

RG Kar rape-murder victim's parents not seeking death for convict, court told

India Today  

The parents of a 31-year-old doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have said they do not seek the death penalty for Sanjoy Roy, convicted of the crime. The High Court reserved its judgement after an initial hearing of appeals filed by the West Bengal government and the Central Bureau of Investigation. Both …

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 …

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 …

HC upholds life sentence of man for sexual assault of 2-yr-old daughter
2 months, 4 weeks ago

HC upholds life sentence of man for sexual assault of 2-yr-old daughter

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court recently upheld the life sentence of a man for sexually assaulting his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter. The trial court had convicted the father for repeatedly committing rape on his own daughter and had imposed life sentence on him. In the high court, additional public prosecutor Dr. Ashvini Takalkar inferred the guilt of the father by presenting medical …

'Death Penalty Not Warranted': Chhattisgarh HC Commutes Capital Sentence Awarded To Man For Murder Of Wife & Three Minor Children
3 months, 1 week ago

'Death Penalty Not Warranted': Chhattisgarh HC Commutes Capital Sentence Awarded To Man For Murder Of Wife & Three Minor Children

Live Law  

The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently commuted the extreme sentence of death awarded by a Sessions Court to a man who was found guilty for commission of murder of his wife and three minor children. While finding the crime to be heinous but not 'rarest of rare', the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Singh and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad …

Supreme Court Stays Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Killing Mother
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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, 3 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, 3 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 …

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 …

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

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

Hindustan Times  

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

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

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

Hindustan Times  

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

Bombay High Court upholds penalty of a man convicted in murdering his mother and later eating her organs
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bombay High Court upholds penalty of a man convicted in murdering his mother and later eating her organs

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty awarded to a man from Maharashtra’s Kolhapur for brutally murdering his 63-year-old mother and later eating her body parts and organs in 2017. Thus, we have upheld your death sentence, as awarded to you by the sessions court,” the Division Bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan observed. The …

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 …

Delhi court sentences woman to life for smothering 2 minor daughters to death
6 months, 3 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 …

Odisha HC commutes death penalty in triple murder case
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Odisha HC commutes death penalty in triple murder case

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The Odisha High Court on Wednesday commuted death sentence of one Nabin Dehury to imprisonment for life till his natural death without remission or commutation. Nabin was convicted in the triple murder case in which Pirobati Behera was killed along with her daughter Sabitri Sahu and son-in-law Giridhari Sahu at village Lapada under Mahulpali police station in Sambalpur district …

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a fresh petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case. In May, the Supreme Court also agreed to hear another plea filed by the father of one of the victims challenging the high court's …

'Violated Sacred Trust & Duty': Odisha Court Sentences Man To Death For Stabbing Wife 33 Times, Slitting 6-Yr-Old Daughter's Throat
7 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

28-year-old gets death penalty for rape, murder of toddler in 2018 in Gurugram
1 year, 1 month ago

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

Hindustan Times  

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

Law Is Focused On Reformation: Tripura HC Commutes Death Sentence To Life Imprisonment For Man Convicted Of Murdering Five, Including Daughters & Policeman
1 year, 1 month ago

Law Is Focused On Reformation: Tripura HC Commutes Death Sentence To Life Imprisonment For Man Convicted Of Murdering Five, Including Daughters & Policeman

Live Law  

The Tripura High Court recently commuted the death sentence of a person who was convicted by the Trial Court for the offence of murder of five persons including his two daughters and a police officer, to life imprisonment without remission, on the ground that there were laches on the part of the police authorities and also the investigating officer in …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Raped His Minor Daughter, Cites His Marginalised Background
1 year, 1 month ago

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

Live Law  

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

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 …

Lost daughter, but do not want death penalty, say Soumya Vishwanathan’s parents
1 year, 5 months ago

Lost daughter, but do not want death penalty, say Soumya Vishwanathan’s parents

Hindustan Times  

As additional sessions judge Ravindra Kumar Pandey read out a Delhi trial court’s finding, convicting the five men charged with television journalist Soumya Vishwanathan’s murder 15 years ago, her mother Madhavi Vishwanathan buried her head in her hands. On Wednesday, judge Pandey held that four of the accused —Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Ajay Kumar, and Baljeet Malik — had committed …

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 …

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, …

Supreme Court Declines To Commute Death Penalty Of Balwant Singh Rajoana, Allows Centre To Decide Mercy Petition 'When Necessary'
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Declines To Commute Death Penalty Of Balwant Singh Rajoana, Allows Centre To Decide Mercy Petition 'When Necessary'

Live Law  

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to commute the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana to life imprisonment on the ground of the long pendency of the mercy petition before the President of India. A three-judge bench of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, and Sanjay Karol was hearing a writ petition seeking for …

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 …

Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Murdered His Sister & Her Lover From Another Caste; Takes Note Of 'Social Pressure'
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Murdered His Sister & Her Lover From Another Caste; Takes Note Of 'Social Pressure'

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently has commuted the death penalty imposed on a murder convict to the sentence of life imprisonment on the ground that manner in which the offence committed by him does not fall under ‘rarest of rare’ category and he does not have any criminal antecedents.The convict was a man, who killed his sister and her lover from …

SC commutes death penalty of man convicted of killing sister, her partner
1 year, 11 months ago

SC commutes death penalty of man convicted of killing sister, her partner

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to a man who had murdered his sister and her lover in 2017, observing he has been found to be "well-behaved" and without a criminal mindset. While observing that no interference was warranted with the concurrent findings of the trial court and the high court which convicted …

Man gets life term for killing 17-year-old girl
1 year, 11 months ago

Man gets life term for killing 17-year-old girl

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The sessions court last week sentenced a man to life imprisonment for stabbing a 17-year-old girl to death in Santacruz in April 2017. HT Image The court said the heinous nature of crime, causing 25 stab injuries and slitting of the girl’s neck, clearly showed the intention of the accused to kill her and therefore the absence of evidence …

Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence For Mother Who Killed Her 5-Year Old Child
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence For Mother Who Killed Her 5-Year Old Child

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, reiterated that when there is concurrent findings of fact by the Trial Court and the High Court, the Apex Court ought not to re-appreciate the evidence to examine the correctness of such findings of fact, unless there is manifest illegality or grave and serious miscarriage of justice on account of misreading or ignoring material evidence. …

Convicted Of Murdering His Mother, Bombay High Court Allows Death Row Convict To Attend His Daughter’s Marriage
2 years, 1 month ago

Convicted Of Murdering His Mother, Bombay High Court Allows Death Row Convict To Attend His Daughter’s Marriage

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday allowed a death row convict, who murdered his mother and cut her body parts to eat them, to attend his daughter’s marriage. After taking into consideration over all view of the matter, we are inclined to release the Applicant on 23rd, 24th and 25th February 2023 between 9.00 am to 6.00 p.m from jail …

Honour killing: Man, brother sentenced to life imprisonment by Faridabad court
2 years, 1 month ago

Honour killing: Man, brother sentenced to life imprisonment by Faridabad court

India TV News  

A court on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his daughter in 2021 for marrying outside caste. Additional District and Sessions Judge Amrit Singh Chalia awarded the sentence to the woman's father Sohan Pal as well as her uncle Shiv Kumar in the honour killing case. While Pal was a sub-inspector with the railway police, Kumar was …

Madras HC Reduces Life Sentence Given to Woman, Who Set Ablaze Her Minor Daughter, to 10 Years in Jail
2 years, 2 months ago

Madras HC Reduces Life Sentence Given to Woman, Who Set Ablaze Her Minor Daughter, to 10 Years in Jail

News 18  

The Madras High Court recently commuted the life sentence awarded to a woman who had been convicted for setting her 13-year-old daughter on fire to 10 years in jail. The division bench reasoned that from the facts of the case, it appeared that the incident happened as a result of a quarrel between the mother and the daughter over the …

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