[Vishnupriya Murder Case] Kerala Court Finds Man Guilty Of Murdering Woman For Breaking Relationship
7 months, 1 week ago

[Vishnupriya Murder Case] Kerala Court Finds Man Guilty Of Murdering Woman For Breaking Relationship

Live Law  

A Kerala court has convicted Shyamjith for the murder of Vishnupriya on October 22, 2022, at her residence in Panoor, Kannur District. Additional District Judge I, Thalaserry, A V Mridula found Shyamjith guilty of murder. Shyamjith entered the victim's house after making sure that no one was in the house and stabbed her multiple times using a knife and hammer to commit the murder. It was argued that Shyamjith was monitoring the victim and her surroundings to commit the murder when no one else was present at home.

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Murder-for-gain case of elderly couple in Tamil Nadu’s Rajapalayam cracked after two years
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Murder-for-gain case of elderly couple in Tamil Nadu’s Rajapalayam cracked after two years

The Hindu  

Close on the heels of the cracking the November 23 case of murder for gain of a lone retired teacher reported in Rajapalayam North police station limits, the district police have solved the 2022 murder of an elderly couple registered by Rajapalayam South police, on Saturday. One T. Muthukumar, who was arrested in connection with the murder of elderly woman, …

Kerala couple arrested in Kochi for killing woman over gold, money
4 weeks ago

Kerala couple arrested in Kochi for killing woman over gold, money

India Today  

An IT professional and his lover have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 55-year-old real estate agent in Kerala’s Kochi, police said. The duo, identified as 42-year-old Gireesh Babu and Kadeeja, reportedly committed the crime on November 17, motivated by financial distress and the lure of cash and gold. He then staged the scene as an accidental fall, moved the …

Uttar Pradesh: Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife over dowry
1 month, 1 week ago

Uttar Pradesh: Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife over dowry

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh: A court in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district sentenced a man to life imprisonment after holding him guilty of murdering his wife three years ago, police said today. Additional Sessions and Special Judge Fast Track Court Phool Chand Kushwaha on Tuesday convicted the accused Jitendra Chauhan for killing wife Preeti Chauhan after harassing her for dowry, Additional Superintendent of …

Pharmacist's Murder: Accused Planned Suicide Threat, Conspiracy to Kill Wife
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pharmacist's Murder: Accused Planned Suicide Threat, Conspiracy to Kill Wife

New Indian Express  

A pharmacist was arrested for allegedly killing his wife by forcibly injecting her with high dose anesthesia. The victim had been threatened by the accused of committing suicide if he did not take her back to his house. The accused planned the murder and had help from his two female friends who were employed as record room and nursing staff …

Palakkad Court Awards Life Imprisonment for Honour Killing of Aneesh
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Palakkad Court Awards Life Imprisonment for Honour Killing of Aneesh

New Indian Express  

A Kerala court has awarded life imprisonment to two individuals, including the father-in-law, for the brutal honour killing of Aneesh (27). The court found the two guilty of murdering Aneesh on Christmas Day 2020, when he was returning from work. The victim's family, belonging to a lower caste, was angered by the marriage and resisted the daughter's decision to marry …

Man arrested for killing home alone relative over a financial dispute in Chickballapur
4 months, 1 week ago

Man arrested for killing home alone relative over a financial dispute in Chickballapur

The Hindu  

The Chintamani rural police on Saturday arrested a 30-year-old man for killing a home-alone woman at Kaivara village over an alleged financial dispute on August 5. The victim, Lalithamma, was found dead in a pool of blood in broad day light at her house opposite a government school. Initial probe revealed that Devaraju, a resident of Thummenahalli village in Shidlaghatta …

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

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

Live Law  

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

3 held for murder of Kerala woman 15 years back
5 months, 2 weeks ago

3 held for murder of Kerala woman 15 years back

Hindustan Times  

Three people were arrested a day after the Kerala police confirmed that Kala, a woman who was suspected to have gone missing in 2009, was murdered, and her remains were reportedly buried in Mannar, an officer familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The woman was suspected to have gone missing in 2009 “The arrested persons were identified as Jinu, …

Kerala: Life imprisonment for Shyamjith in Vishnupriya murder case
7 months, 1 week ago

Kerala: Life imprisonment for Shyamjith in Vishnupriya murder case

New Indian Express  

KANNUR: The Thalassery Additional District Court on Monday awarded life sentence to M Shyamjith in the Vishnupriya murder case. Moreover, Justice AV Mrudula sentenced the convict to ten years imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2 lakh for house-trespass in order to kill Vishnupriya. Vishnupriya was engaged on a video call with her male friend when Shyamjith barged into …

Kerala court convicts stalker who killed 23-year-old in 2022
7 months, 1 week ago

Kerala court convicts stalker who killed 23-year-old in 2022

Hindustan Times  

: A Kerala court on Friday convicted a 27-year-old man for the murder of a 23-year-old woman at her residence near Panoor in Kannur district. The Thalassery additional district sessions court found the accused, Shyamjith, guilty of trespassing into the home of Vishnupriya, a pharmacist, when her family members weren’t around and stabbing her to death in her bedroom at …

Verdict deferred in Vishnupriya murder case
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Verdict deferred in Vishnupriya murder case

The Hindu  

The Thalassery Additional District Court Judge, A.V. Mridula, has deferred the verdict in the case involving the tragic death of Vishnupriya, who was allegedly stabbed to death at her residence at Kannachankandi near Koothuparamba in Kannur, to May 10. The accused, Shyamjit, 27, resident of Manantheri near Koothuparamba, allegedly broke into Vishnupriya’s residence and committing the heinous act on October …

Kerala Man sentenced to 51yrs imprisonment for rape of minor stepdaughter
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Man sentenced to 51yrs imprisonment for rape of minor stepdaughter

New Indian Express  

IDUKKI: A Kerala court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old man to a cumulative 51 years imprisonment for the rape of his then 17-year-old stepdaughter in 2018 at their residence in Munnar here. Devikulam Fast Track Special Court judge Sirajudheen P A sentenced the accused to varying jail terms for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences …

Man sentenced to life for murdering 8-month pregnant wife
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Man sentenced to life for murdering 8-month pregnant wife

Hindustan Times  

A 42-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment and slapped with a fine of ₹15,000 by the district court for killing his wife for dowry on August 10, 2013. According to the additional district government counsel, Nitin Tyagi, Parveen’s brother Raees Ahmad lodged a complaint with Sector 24 police station in August 2013, alleging that after years of marriage, Akthar …

Kerala Court Gives Death Sentence To 15 PFI Men In 2021 BJP Leader Murder
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Court Gives Death Sentence To 15 PFI Men In 2021 BJP Leader Murder

ABP News  

A Kerala Court sentenced 15 persons of now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India to death in connection with the murder of BJP OBC wing leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in this district in December 2021. According to ANI, "BJP leader Ranjith Srinivasan Murder Case: 15 accused awarded capital punishment by Mavelikkara Additional Sessions Court" The special prosecutor Prathap G Padickal said …

Ranjith Sreenivasan Murder: Kerala Court Awards Death Sentence to 15 SDPI-PFI Activists
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ranjith Sreenivasan Murder: Kerala Court Awards Death Sentence to 15 SDPI-PFI Activists

News 18  

The Alappuzha court in Kerala handed over a death sentence to all the 15 PFI activists, who were convicted of murdering of RSS activist Ranjith Sreenivasan. On December 19, 2021, the BJP OBC Morcha state secretary, was brutally attacked and allegedly killed in his home, in front of his family by PFI activists. The BJP leader’s murder occurred just hours …

Kerala Court Convicts 15 Men Linked To PFI In BJP Leader’s Murder Case
11 months ago

Kerala Court Convicts 15 Men Linked To PFI In BJP Leader’s Murder Case

ABP News  

A Kerala court on Saturday convicted 15 men in the murder of BJP OBC wing leader in Alappuzha in December 2021. Ranjith Sreenivasan, the state secretary of BJP OBC Morcha, was attacked and killed at his home in the presence of his family on December 19, 2021. When the arrest of the accused was reportedly delayed at the time of …

15 accused found guilty in Kerala BJP leader’s murder
11 months ago

15 accused found guilty in Kerala BJP leader’s murder

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: A court in the Alappuzha district of Kerala on Saturday found 15 accused guilty in the brutal murder of BJP OBC morcha state secretary chief Ranjeet Sreenivasan in December 2021. The prosecution whose hearing got over on Saturday, sought maximum punishment for the accused since they have been found guilty of the heinous crime. The accused; Naisam, Ajmal, Anoop, …

All 15 accused PFI members found guilty in BJP leader’s murder in Kerala
11 months ago

All 15 accused PFI members found guilty in BJP leader’s murder in Kerala

Hindustan Times  

A court in Kerala on Saturday found all 15 accused guilty in the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in Alappuzha in December 2021. The sentencing in the Kerala BJP leader’s murder case is expected to take place on January 22. The Mavelikkara additional sessions court found accused 1 to 8 guilty of murder among other offences and …

15 found guilty in Kerala BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivas murder case
11 months ago

15 found guilty in Kerala BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivas murder case

The Hindu  

The Mavelikara Additional District Session Court-I on January 20 convicted 15 accused in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ranjith Sreenivas. Back then, the Communist Party of India -led Left Democratic Front government in the State came under fire for its failure to rein in religious fundamentalist outfits and its “appeasement of communal groups.” ‘Hitlist’ proves crucial …

Kerala court finds 15 guilty in BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan murder in Dec 2021, sentence on Monday
11 months ago

Kerala court finds 15 guilty in BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan murder in Dec 2021, sentence on Monday

New Indian Express  

ALAPPUZHA: A local court here on Saturday found the 15 accused persons -- all linked to PFI-SDPI -- behind the murder of BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in December 2021, guilty. The Mavelikara Additional District Session Court-I Judge Sreedevi V found the first eight accused, who took part in the murder, guilty under Section 302. The 15 accused who are convicted …

Kerala court acquits man in 5-yr-old’s rape-murder case
1 year ago

Kerala court acquits man in 5-yr-old’s rape-murder case

Hindustan Times  

Kochi: A special Pocso court in Idukki district of Kerala on Thursday acquitted a man accused of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl in June 2021. The verdict of the special fast-track court in Kerala acquitting the 21-year-old man in the case has dealt a blow to the prosecution and the police as the incident had triggered outrage back then. …

Kerala: Man kills Israeli woman, attempts to kill self; cops suspect a suicide pact
1 year ago

Kerala: Man kills Israeli woman, attempts to kill self; cops suspect a suicide pact

Hindustan Times  

A 36-year-old Israeli woman, who was found dead near Mukhathala in Kollam district, and her live-in partner, who attempted to end his life and has been hospitalised since, had ostensibly formed a suicide pact, police said on Friday. 36-year-old Israeli woman who was found dead in Kollam was living with her 73-year-old live-in partner. On Thursday afternoon around 3,30 pm, …

Aluva child rape and murder: Accused found guilty
1 year, 1 month ago

Aluva child rape and murder: Accused found guilty

The Hindu  

Asafaq Alam, the accused in the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl at Aluva in Kerala, has been found guilty of the offences alleged to have been committed by him. K. Soman, the Special Judge trying the case booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Indian Penal Code, on November 4, 2023 found the …

Offence of cruelty to wife inapplicable in live-in relationship: Kerala High Court
1 year, 2 months ago

Offence of cruelty to wife inapplicable in live-in relationship: Kerala High Court

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala High Court recently observed that punishments relating to cruelty to a married woman, under Indian Penal Code section 498A, cannot be applied to or invoked by women in live-in relationships. But, when there was no solemnisation of marriage at all, and only live in relationship on the basis of a marriage agreement, then the woman cannot seek shelter …

Kerala shudders at yet another brutal lynching of migrant labourer
1 year, 7 months ago

Kerala shudders at yet another brutal lynching of migrant labourer

The Hindu  

“This is the first lynching case in God’s Own Country. In fewer than six weeks since, the State witnessed yet another brutal lynching. Mr. Retheesh Kumar’s emphatic statement that Madhu’s should be the last lynching case in Kerala fell on deaf ears. Unlike the Madhu case, Manjhi’s lynching did not attract a wider attention largely because of other news developments …

14 held guilty of thrashing Kerala man to death in 2018
1 year, 8 months ago

14 held guilty of thrashing Kerala man to death in 2018

Hindustan Times  

A special court on Tuesday held 14 men guilty of thrashing a 27-year-old mentally ill tribal man to death after tying him to a tree over allegations of theft at Attapadi in Kerala’s Palakkad in February 2018. Madhu’s mother Malli, who faced threats and prompted the Kerala high court to supervise the trial in the case, said she was not …

Kerala 'Human Sacrifice' Updates: 'Pervert' Shafi, Other Accused Sent to 12-Day Police Custody; CPM Calls for New Law on Superstitious Rituals
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala 'Human Sacrifice' Updates: 'Pervert' Shafi, Other Accused Sent to 12-Day Police Custody; CPM Calls for New Law on Superstitious Rituals

News 18  

Kerala ‘Human Sacrifice’ Updates: A Kerala court on Thursday sent three accused in the gruesome ‘human sacrifice’ case to 12-day police custody. • Kerala police is now investigating the missing persons cases in Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta districts in the past five years to see if “others fell into Shafi’s trap”. • In the ‘human sacrifice’ case, a pervert is the …

Kerala 'human sacrifice' case: Mastermind Shafi 'a sexual pervert, psychopath', says senior police officer
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala 'human sacrifice' case: Mastermind Shafi 'a sexual pervert, psychopath', says senior police officer

Firstpost  

Kochi City Police Commissioner CH Nagaraju said Shafi designed the conspiracy and trapped the couple into believing that human sacrifice is needed for financial wellbeing Kochi: The Kerala police Wednesday said that the mastermind in ‘human sacrifice’ case - Mohammed Shafi - is a “sexual pervert, psychopath and crafty fellow” after it was revealed that he lured two women, tortured …

Kerala 'Human Sacrifice' Case: Key Accused's Motive Was Sexual, Say Police
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala 'Human Sacrifice' Case: Key Accused's Motive Was Sexual, Say Police

The Quint  

Mohammed Shafi, alias Rasheed, the prime accused in the shocking 'human sacrifice' double homicide in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, derived "sadistic pleasure" out of hurting his victims, said Kochi City Police Commissioner Ch Nagaraju on Wednesday, 12 October. The dismembered bodies of two missing women – Padma, 52, and Roselin, 49, both of whom sold lottery tickets in Ernakulam district – …

Man kills woman to get out of illicit relationship, arrested
2 years, 5 months ago

Man kills woman to get out of illicit relationship, arrested

India Today  

The police arrested a man for murdering a woman in the Mohan Garden Police Station area in Delhi. On June 23, a PCR call was received at Police Station Mohan Garden regarding a murder near Lal Farm. During the investigation, the police team analyzed CCTV footage near the spot and the CDR of the victim. On the basis of technical …

BREAKING| Kerala High Court Dismisses Dileep's Plea To Quash FIR In Murder Conspiracy Case
2 years, 8 months ago

BREAKING| Kerala High Court Dismisses Dileep's Plea To Quash FIR In Murder Conspiracy Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea moved by Dileep to quash the FIR filed by the Crime Branch of Kerala Police against him and five others for conspiring to murder the investigation officials in the 2017 actor rape case, in which Dileep is facing trial as the chief conspirator.Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A opined that even if what …

Tamil Nadu man arrested for murdering wife's lover after learning about their affair
2 years, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu man arrested for murdering wife's lover after learning about their affair

India Today  

A 45-year-old man in Velampalayam of Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur district was arrested by police on Saturday, March 19, for allegedly killing his wife’s lover. Priya’s lover, Tamilarasan, was living with his mother, two sons and younger brother, in a rented house in Velampalayam. After Sasikumar killed his wife’s lover, he was arrested by the police and a case was lodged …

Chennai man kills lover for refusing sex, caught with blood-stained shirt
2 years, 9 months ago

Chennai man kills lover for refusing sex, caught with blood-stained shirt

India Today  

Chennai police have arrested a man who was sitting with a blood-stained shirt at a bus stand on Saturday, March 19. As per a report by The Times of India, a patrol team at Kundrathur in Chennai saw Raja sitting on the road at around 1 am, with blood stains on his shirt. Police said that Raja came to her …

10 convicted in 2015 Gokulraj murder case in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 9 months ago

10 convicted in 2015 Gokulraj murder case in Tamil Nadu

India Today  

The Madurai special sessions court on Saturday convicted 10 people including the main accused, S Yuvaraj, former president of Dheeran Chinnamalai Peravai, and nine others in the murder case of 21-year-old Gokulraj in Tamil Nadu. The Gokulraj murder case is related to the murder of a Dalit man, Gokulraj. The murder case developed further when Gokulraj's family released a phone …

Wife of murdered Kerala RSS worker demands CBI probe
3 years ago

Wife of murdered Kerala RSS worker demands CBI probe

India Today  

Murdered RSS worker Sanjith’s wife Arshika has moved the Kerala High Court, demanding a CBI investigation into her husband's death. Arshika alleged that the investigation was not going in the right direction and demanded a CBI probe to bring out the conspiracy behind the murder. It is also alleged that the murder was a result of interference by the RSS …

"When Public Opinion Influences Investigation Its Very Course Gets Diverted With Exasperating Results": Kerala HC Acquits Accused In Rape And Murder Of Tribal Woman
3 years, 5 months ago

"When Public Opinion Influences Investigation Its Very Course Gets Diverted With Exasperating Results": Kerala HC Acquits Accused In Rape And Murder Of Tribal Woman

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently acquitted two individuals, Mani and Rajan, life convicts in the rape and murder of a tribal woman that occurred on 30th May 2005.A Division Bench comprising Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman AA observed that 'when public opinion influences an investigation, its very course gets diverted with exasperating' results'.A tribal woman was raped. …

2 Days After Man’s Severed Head Found in Bihar's Banka, Wife Arrested For Murder
3 years, 5 months ago

2 Days After Man’s Severed Head Found in Bihar's Banka, Wife Arrested For Murder

News 18  

A woman was arrested in Banka district of Bihar for allegedly killing her husband two days after the man’s body with his severed head was found from a river. Police nabbed the woman after her daughter Sindhu Devi told authorities that her mother, Putul Devi, murdered Shyam in connivance with her lover Tempu Manjhi. According to information, Shyam used to …

Hyderabad serial killer invloved in 21 cases, murdered 18 women since wife left him
3 years, 10 months ago

Hyderabad serial killer invloved in 21 cases, murdered 18 women since wife left him

India TV News  

A 45-year-old man, who was allegedly involved in 18 cases of murder of women, besides other offences, was arrested in Hyderabad on Tuesday, the police said. "On January 1, 2021, the complainant Kavala Anathaiah, resident of Hyderabad came to Jubilee Hills Police and lodged a complaint regarding his wife Kavala Venkatamma found missing since December 30, 2020 at 8 am. …

Kanyakumari: Irked by wife's job, man tries to set her ablaze, held
4 years, 3 months ago

Kanyakumari: Irked by wife's job, man tries to set her ablaze, held

India Today  

Sureshrajan, a 53-year-old man in Kanyakumari has been booked for attempt to murder after he tried to set his wife, 40-year-old wife Epshibai, on fire. On August 2, Epshibai got a job in a court that irked Sureshrajan. He then tried to pour petrol on his wife and attempted to set her ablaze. Neighbours who heard the woman's cry for …

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