Why not death? Telangana High Court to Samatha convicts
4 years, 10 months ago

Why not death? Telangana High Court to Samatha convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday issued notices to convicts of the Samatha gang rape-cum-murder case, asking them to explain their contention against death punishment awarded to them by the special fast track court in Adilabad. The High Court was dealing with the referred trial case filed by the state government for confirmation of death sentence given to the three accused convicts – Shaik Babu, Shaik Shaboddin and Shaik Mukhdum. Before the death sentence is executed, confirmation by High Court is necessary as per provisions of Section 366 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The High Court may confirm the sentence or pass any other sentence warranted by law, or may annul the conviction and convict the accused under any offence the court of session might have convicted the accused, or order a new trial on the same on an amended charge, or may acquit the accused person or persons based on the inquiry it conducts.

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VHR urges Telangana HC to ensure speedy implementation of Hajipur rape accused death penalty
1 week ago

VHR urges Telangana HC to ensure speedy implementation of Hajipur rape accused death penalty

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao wrote a letter to Telangana High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhye requesting to ensure speedy implementation of capital punishment given to the accused Marri Srinivas Reddy for raping and killing three minor girls at Hajipur village in Bommalaramaram on the city suburbs. In the letter, Rao draw the attention of the court regarding …

Telangana High Court Acquits Rape Convict After Noting That Minor Girl's Testimony Appeared To Be Tutored
1 week, 2 days ago

Telangana High Court Acquits Rape Convict After Noting That Minor Girl's Testimony Appeared To Be Tutored

Live Law  

Justice K. Surender in his order said, " The evidence of a child witness can easily be influenced by the elders in the family. While acquitting a man who was convicted by the trial court for raping a minor girl after taking note of her, the Telangana High Court observed that the evidence of the child witness in the present …

Telangana High Court Annual Digest 2024 [PART I]
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Telangana High Court Annual Digest 2024 [PART I]

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 01 To 2024 LiveLaw 111 498A IPC | Magistrate Can't Take Cognizance Merely On Superintendent's Note If Accused Given Clean Chit In Chargesheet: Telangana HC Gangadhara Manoj and 3 others vs. State of TS Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 01 The Telangana High Court has held that a Magistrate cannot take cognizance against those accused, against whom a chargesheet …

Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Civil Judges Accused Under SC/ST Act By Colleague
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Civil Judges Accused Under SC/ST Act By Colleague

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has granted relief to two Junior Civil Judges in a long pending case of 10 years, wherein they were charged under Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989. “It is pertinent to mention that respondent No.5 has lodged a complaint against the petitioners on 09.10.2015, subsequent to the report submitted by the …

Telangana High Court Proposes To Take Action Against Police Officers Who Failed To Register Rape FIRs, Seeks List Of Survivors
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Telangana High Court Proposes To Take Action Against Police Officers Who Failed To Register Rape FIRs, Seeks List Of Survivors

Live Law  

While hearing a PIL petition concerning women's safety which In the previous hearing on October 25, the petitioner had made a prayer in his application for amendment that complaints of the women, who are allegedly subjected to rape, was not being registered as first information reports; however the court had noted that the petitioner "had not furnished any particulars of …

State Must Not Defeat Purpose Of Death Sentence By Showing Laxity In Implementation: Supreme Court
4 weeks, 1 day ago

State Must Not Defeat Purpose Of Death Sentence By Showing Laxity In Implementation: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court while upholding the commutation of death sentences of two convicts highlighted several instances of administrative and judicial delays in the processing of mercy petitions and issuance of death warrants, which ultimately led to the commutation of sentence. A bench of Justices Abhay Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Augustine George Masih observed a delay of over three years by …

Legal Briefs | Telangana HC sets aside life imprisonment of hotel worker
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Legal Briefs | Telangana HC sets aside life imprisonment of hotel worker

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court set aside a life sentence imposed on a hotel worker. Return certificates to student, Malla Reddy medical college told Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court directed Malla Reddy Medical College for Women to promptly return a student’s original certificates. TGPSC bid to withhold appointment letters challenged Justice Pulla Karthik …

Trial Court Cannot Convict Accused Based on Police Submissions: Telangana HC
5 months ago

Trial Court Cannot Convict Accused Based on Police Submissions: Telangana HC

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court made it clear that trial courts cannot convict an accused on a moral basis and the basis of the confession statement recorded by the police officers, which is inadmissible. The High Court suggested the trial courts keep in mind the five golden principles —panchsheel — summed up in ‘Sharad Birdhichand Sarda vs State of Maharashtra’, …

Murder of 5-year-old Girl: Telangana HC Confirms Death Sentence on Rapist
5 months, 1 week ago

Murder of 5-year-old Girl: Telangana HC Confirms Death Sentence on Rapist

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a landmark judgement, a division bench of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence on Dinesh Kumar Dharne, who raped and murdered a five-year-old girl at Narsingi seven years ago. The High Court division bench comprising Justice P. Sam Koshy and Justice Sambasiva Rao Naidu dismissed the criminal appeal filed by the convict challenging the …

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 20 - May 26, 2024
7 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 20 - May 26, 2024

Live Law  

Nominal index: Mir Sadath Ali vs. Joint Collector, Ranga Reddy District & Ors 2024 LiveLaw 82 Maddikunta Narsimha Rao vs M. Chandra Shekar and four others 2024 LiveLaw 83 Smt Haneefa Bee vs. Mohd Nizam & Ors. Naveditha Manvikar 2024 LiveLaw 86 The Oriental Insurance Company Limited v Smt Chukkala Eshwari and Others 2024 LiveLaw 38 Report: Telangana High Court …

The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-XVI]
8 months ago

The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-XVI]

Live Law  

Prevention of Dangerous Activities Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Land Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticide Offenders, Fertiliser Offenders, Food Adulteration Offenders, Fake Document Offenders, Scheduled Commodities Offenders, Forest Offenders, Gaming Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Explosive Substances Offenders, Arms Offenders, Cyber Crime Offenders and White Collar or Financial Offenders Act 1986; Section 3 - …

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]

Live Law  

Citations 2024 LiveLaw 240 to 2024 LiveLaw 255 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; Section 78 – Arbitration clause – Two-Contract Case – When the parties enter into a contract, making a general reference to another contract, such general reference would not have the effect of incorporating the arbitration clause from the referred document into the …

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 25
9 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 25

Live Law  

G. Krishnaveni vs The State through S.H.O., PS, 2024 LiveLaw 53 Dubbudu Ramakanth Reddy vs State of TS, 2024 LiveLaw 54 Central Bureau of Investigation, vs Sridhar Subasri, A2 2024 LiveLaw 55 Mohammed Abdul Mobeen Mobin vs. State of TS, 2024 LiveLaw 56 Venkata Siva Kumar Yadhanapudi vs. the Union of India, 2024 LiveLaw 57 Dugyala Praneeth Kumar alias Praneeth …

Lawyers Practising in Other States Ineligible for District Judge Posts: HC
1 year ago

Lawyers Practising in Other States Ineligible for District Judge Posts: HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court ruled that advocates as well as public prosecutors practising in states other than Telangana are ineligible for the recruitment to the post of district judge in the state of Telangana. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar, was dealing with a batch of writ pleas challenging …

Telangana: Two get lifer for killing Dalit Man in Saroornagar
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana: Two get lifer for killing Dalit Man in Saroornagar

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The judge of the special court for SC & ST cases Afroz Akthar on Friday sentenced Syed Mobin Ahmed and his brother-in-law Mohammed Masood Ahmed to life imprisonment for the murder of a Dalit man, Billipuram Nagaraju, husband of Mobin’s sister Syeda Ashrin Sultana, at Saroornagar in May 2022. The court awarded them four life imprisonment sentences on each …

Medical Student's Death: Telangana High Court Seeks Report On Anti-Ragging Measures Enforced In Educational Institutions
1 year, 4 months ago

Medical Student's Death: Telangana High Court Seeks Report On Anti-Ragging Measures Enforced In Educational Institutions

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has ordered the State to file an affidavit stating the measures taken to curb ragging in school and college premises throughout the State in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court. The Division Bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar passed the order in a Public interest litigation that was taken …

Telangana High Court Directs Trial Court To Pass Fresh Order On Convict's Claim Of Juvenility In 2004 Rape Case, Over 13 Years After Dismissal Of SLP
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana High Court Directs Trial Court To Pass Fresh Order On Convict's Claim Of Juvenility In 2004 Rape Case, Over 13 Years After Dismissal Of SLP

Live Law  

More than 13 years after the Supreme Court dismissed the SLP against his conviction in a rape case dating back to 2004, the Telangana High Court has directed the trial court to pass fresh order on the convict's claim of juvenility. The division bench of Justice K Lakshman and Justice Sree Sudha said the trial court shall conduct enquiry in …

Telangana High Court Issues Notice To State Human Rights Commission On Plea Challenging Closure Of Proceedings In 2005 Custodial Torture Case
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana High Court Issues Notice To State Human Rights Commission On Plea Challenging Closure Of Proceedings In 2005 Custodial Torture Case

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has issued notice to the State Human Rights Commission on a petition challenging closure of an application seeking compensation of Rs 5 Lakh for alleged illegal detention and torture of a man by Golconda Police Station in 2005. According to the petition, the High Court of Andhra Pradesh - the State was yet to be bifurcated …

Telangana High Court Commutes Death Penalty of Three In Gang Rape And Murder Case, Sentences Them To Life Imprisonment Till Last Breath
1 year, 8 months ago

Telangana High Court Commutes Death Penalty of Three In Gang Rape And Murder Case, Sentences Them To Life Imprisonment Till Last Breath

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has commuted the death penalty of three convicts in a case of gang rape and murder of a Schedule Caste women in 2019. The court held that the prosecution has established by leading cogent and convincing evidence that on 24.11.2019, while the deceased was going towards Ramnaik Thanda, the accused followed her and when she reached …

Hyderabad Gang Rape: Telangana High Court Sets Aside Magistrate's Decision To Try Juvenile As Adult, Says Entire Assessment Done In One Day
1 year, 8 months ago

Hyderabad Gang Rape: Telangana High Court Sets Aside Magistrate's Decision To Try Juvenile As Adult, Says Entire Assessment Done In One Day

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has set aside the order of a Magistrate to try a juvenile as an adult in the Jubilee Hills gang rape case.In June 2022, five minors and one major accused were arrested for the gang rape of a 17 years old girl in a car in Jubilee Hills area near Hyderabad. The Telangana High Court has …

If Prosecution Proposes Death Sentence, It Must Produce Before Trial Court Information About Background Of Accused : Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

If Prosecution Proposes Death Sentence, It Must Produce Before Trial Court Information About Background Of Accused : Supreme Court

Live Law  

In a notable judgment, the Supreme Court has held that in cases where the offences are so heinous that death sentence is warranted, the prosecution must produce before the trial court all materials which are relevant to assess the mitigating circumstances favouring the accused. Trial Courts cannot impose fixed term sentences The Supreme Court also reiterated that the trial court …

High Courts have no territorial jurisdiction, rules Justice Lakshman
1 year, 9 months ago

High Courts have no territorial jurisdiction, rules Justice Lakshman

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court held that the High Court of a state will have no territorial jurisdiction if no part of the action complained has occurred within its territorial jurisdiction. RR collector summoned in contempt case A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Friday summoned the Ranga Reddy district collector, revenue divisional officer …

HC suggested to file murder FIR against 10 cops in Disha rape encounter case
1 year, 10 months ago

HC suggested to file murder FIR against 10 cops in Disha rape encounter case

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Senior counsel Desai Prakash Reddy, who is the amicus curiae in the case of wrongful encounter of suspects in the Disha rape and murder case, on Monday suggested the Telangana High Court register an FIR of murder against the 10 police officers who took part in the encounter. Sirpurkar Commission for an inquiry, which submitted a report, following which …

Telangana High Court issues notices to TS, DGP, SP for Khadeer death
1 year, 10 months ago

Telangana High Court issues notices to TS, DGP, SP for Khadeer death

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday issued notice and sought the responses of the Chief Secretary, principal secretary for home, DGP and the Medak superintendent of police in a suo motu writ petition on the alleged custodial death of Khadeer Khan in Medak earlier this month. J. Ramchandra Rao, additional advocate-general, representing the state government and police said that …

Telangana HC rules remission is not an indefeasible right of convicts
1 year, 11 months ago

Telangana HC rules remission is not an indefeasible right of convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court held on Saturday that remission is not an indefeasible right of convicts, and they cannot seek premature release on the sole ground that they have completed 18 years of sentence and 24 years of sentence including remission. GO 30 said that convicted male prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for life and who had undergone an actual …

Confining Death Row Inmates In Separate Cells Unwarranted: Telangana High Court Directs Prison Admin To Remove Prisoners From Solitary Confinement
2 years ago

Confining Death Row Inmates In Separate Cells Unwarranted: Telangana High Court Directs Prison Admin To Remove Prisoners From Solitary Confinement

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has directed Cherlapally Central Prison to remove two death row inmates from solitary confinement and permit their movement within jail by treating them equally with other prisoners.Justice Lalitha Kanneganti said the prisoners shall be provided to all facilities like the other prisoners. The Telangana High Court has directed Cherlapally Central Prison to remove two death row …

Supreme Court Monthly Criminal Digest November 2022
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Monthly Criminal Digest November 2022

Live Law  

CBI Investigation - Keralite Medical Student Death in Mangaluru in 2014 - Writ petition filed by his father seeking CBI investigation - Allowed - It appears prima facie that it is not a case of simple accident as opined by the Investigating Agency - CID, Bengaluru has failed to perform its duty by not thoroughly investigating the case and tried …

Woman Commits Suicide After 17 Yrs Of Marriage: Telangana High Court Says No Presumption Of Abetment Against Husband
2 years, 6 months ago

Woman Commits Suicide After 17 Yrs Of Marriage: Telangana High Court Says No Presumption Of Abetment Against Husband

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court recently refused to apply presumption of abetment against a man whose wife committed suicide after 17 years of marriage. Justice K. Surender observed: "When there are no specific allegations in the background of the 1st respondent/A1 taking care of the deceased in all respects as admitted by P.Ws.1 to 3, it cannot be said that only …

Telangana encounter killing in Disha rape-murder case fake, says Supreme Court-appointed commission
2 years, 7 months ago

Telangana encounter killing in Disha rape-murder case fake, says Supreme Court-appointed commission

The Hindu  

In a damning indictment of the Telangana police and the K. Chandrasekhar Rao government in the State, a Supreme Court-appointed Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice V.S. The commission’s findings, released by a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Hima Kohli on May 20, found that the four accused were “deliberately fired upon”, with the …

All High Courts Weekly Roundup: May 9- May 15, 2022
2 years, 7 months ago

All High Courts Weekly Roundup: May 9- May 15, 2022

Live Law  

Allahabad High Court NOMINAL INDEX Lavkush v. State of U.P.Thru.Prin.Secy.Home Lko. "Accused Left Indelible Mark Of Devastation On 3 Yr Old Girl's Mind & Body": Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds Life Sentence Case title - PAPPU v. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Case Citation: 2022 LiveLaw 144 The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently upheld the life sentence awarded to a …

Sanctity Of Judicial Proceedings Is Paramount, Otherwise, The Very Edifice Of Democracy Breaks, And Anarchy Reigns: Telangana High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Sanctity Of Judicial Proceedings Is Paramount, Otherwise, The Very Edifice Of Democracy Breaks, And Anarchy Reigns: Telangana High Court

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court recently observed that the sanctity of judicial proceedings is paramount to a society governed by law. The Court referred to the case of Jagarlmudi Chandramouli v. K.Appa Rao, where it was held that disobedience of an order of the court, whether prohibitive or mandatory, whether made ex parte or upon hearing both parties, or interim or …

Issue Of Improper Investigation By Police Cannot Be Decided Under Writ Jurisdiction Of High Court, Private Complaint To Be Filed: Telangana High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Issue Of Improper Investigation By Police Cannot Be Decided Under Writ Jurisdiction Of High Court, Private Complaint To Be Filed: Telangana High Court

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court recently ruled that inaction by the police in day to day activities cannot be decided in Writ Petition and a private complaint has to be filed. Justice Lalitha Kanneganti observed: "Day in and day out, several writ petitions are being filed stating that the police are not conducting proper investigation and not filing the charge sheet …

Execution Proceedings Not Maintainable Against Decision Of Court In A Petition Filed Under Section 34 Of The A&C Act: Telangana High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Execution Proceedings Not Maintainable Against Decision Of Court In A Petition Filed Under Section 34 Of The A&C Act: Telangana High Court

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has held that a Civil Court does not have the power to modify an arbitral award in an application filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to set aside an arbitral award. Constructions filed an Execution Petition before the District Court seeking execution of the order passed modifying the arbitral award under …

Dying Declaration Can Be The Sole Basis Of Conviction If It Is True & Voluntary: Telangana High Court Reiterates
2 years, 10 months ago

Dying Declaration Can Be The Sole Basis Of Conviction If It Is True & Voluntary: Telangana High Court Reiterates

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court recently reiterated that Dying Declaration can be the sole basis of conviction if the deceased makes the statement in a fit state of mind and voluntarily. of NCT Delhi, 2010 in which it was ruled that the Dying Declaration can be the sole basis of conviction if it inspires full confidence of the Court and the …

Telangana High Court Orders Magisterial Inquiry Into Death Of Hyderabad Rape Accused
3 years, 3 months ago

Telangana High Court Orders Magisterial Inquiry Into Death Of Hyderabad Rape Accused

Live Law  

The Telanagana High Court on Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death of Palakonda Raju, the 30-year-old accused in the case pertaining to the rape and murder of a minor girl in Hyderabad. Raju had allegedly raped and murdered a 6-year-old girl in the Singareni colony of Hyderabad in Telangana following which the victim's body had been discovered by …

Telangana High Court Stays Govt's Order Allocating Nearly ₹60 Crores To Contest Contempt Cases Against Officials
3 years, 5 months ago

Telangana High Court Stays Govt's Order Allocating Nearly ₹60 Crores To Contest Contempt Cases Against Officials

Live Law  

In a significant move, the Telangana High Court, earlier this week, suspended the operation of the State Government order which allocated nearly rupees 60 Crores to fight contempt cases pending in the High Court against bureaucrats.The Bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy issued a notice to the State of Telangana directing it to file a …

Telangana High Court Extends The Life Of Interim Orders Passed By It And Subordinate Courts Till July 16
3 years, 6 months ago

Telangana High Court Extends The Life Of Interim Orders Passed By It And Subordinate Courts Till July 16

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has decided to extend the life of interim orders passed by it and courts subordinates to it till July 16. Therefore, taking suo motu cognizance of the aforesaid extraordinary circumstances and in the exercise of the powers vested in this court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the Court directed as under: …

Courts in Uttar Pradesh sentence two to death in rape, murder cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Courts in Uttar Pradesh sentence two to death in rape, murder cases

India Today  

A court sentenced one person to death and three to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of three people over a land dispute in Bharuch. Three years ago, Satya Prakash, Bhavar Singh, Sundar Singh were shot dead in Bharuch village of Raya while they were sleeping at three different places. The Additional District Judge released Bhagwati Devi as she …

Telangana High Court awards jail terms for 3 senior officials in land case
3 years, 10 months ago

Telangana High Court awards jail terms for 3 senior officials in land case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has punished three senior bureaucrats with various terms of simple imprisonment after they were convicted for contempt of court in relation to some land deals. The court pulled up Siddipet collector P. Venkatrami Reddy, IAS officer Krishna Bhaskar who served as Siddipet collector for eight months and is now Rajanna Siricilla collector, and erstwhile revenue …

Telangana High Court issues contempt notice over not increasing Covid tests
4 years, 1 month ago

Telangana High Court issues contempt notice over not increasing Covid tests

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Expressing serious concern over not increasing Covid-19 tests even after its specific orders, the Telangana High Court on Thursday issued "Contempt Notice" against Dr. G. Srinivas Rao, Director, Public Health and Family Welfare, for wilful disobedience. The Director had, as ordered by High Court, not taken up 50,000 tests from November 19 to November 25, 2020, apart from one …

Telangana HC Directs Courts to Hear Cases on MPs and MLAs on Day to Day Basis
4 years, 3 months ago

Telangana HC Directs Courts to Hear Cases on MPs and MLAs on Day to Day Basis

News 18  

Hyderabad:: The Telangana High Court on Saturday directed subordinate courts to conduct day to day hearing of all cases pending against MLA and MPs as per the Supreme Court directive. In a notification, it directed the Metropolitan Sessions Judge at Hyderabad, Special Judge for trial of cases against MPs/MLAs, Court of the Special Judge under the Prevention of Corruption Act …

[Covid and Courts] Telangana High Court
4 years, 6 months ago

[Covid and Courts] Telangana High Court

Live Law  

LiveLaw has taken an initiative to analyse the functioning of High Courts across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. 14th May, 2020 The High Court cancelled its previous notification dated 11th May, 2020 which allowed hearing of only extremely urgent matters and the notification dated 9th May, 2020 was restored. 29th May, 2020 The suspension of work in High Court …

3 sentenced to death for Telangana woman's rape, murder
4 years, 11 months ago

3 sentenced to death for Telangana woman's rape, murder

India TV News  

Two months after gang-rape and murder of a woman in Telangana, a fast-track court on Thursday sentenced all the three accused to death. Sheikh Babu, Sheikh Shahabuddin and Sheikh Makhdoom broke down in the court hall as soon as the judge pronounced the judgment, awarding them the capital punishment. A 30-year-old woman, who used to sell balloons and utensils, was …

Hyderabad vet rape and murder case: Telangana HC orders a second autopsy of all four accused killed during police encounter
5 years ago

Hyderabad vet rape and murder case: Telangana HC orders a second autopsy of all four accused killed during police encounter

Firstpost  

On 6 December, they were gunned down by police at Hyderabad’s Chattanpalli when they were taken to the scene of crime near the culvert, under which the charred remains of the 25-year old veterinarian were found on 28 November. Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Saturday directed re-postmortem of the bodies of four accused in the gang-rape and murder of …

Telangana High Court adjourns hearing on encounter deaths of Hyderabad gangrape and murder accused to 13 Dec
5 years ago

Telangana High Court adjourns hearing on encounter deaths of Hyderabad gangrape and murder accused to 13 Dec

Firstpost  

The Telangana High Court on Thursday adjourned to Friday the public interest litigations filed against the alleged encounter of the four men accused in the gangrape and murder of a woman veterinarian near here last month. Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday adjourned to Friday the public interest litigations filed against the alleged encounter of the four men accused …

Hyderabad: Cases piling against encounter deaths
5 years ago

Hyderabad: Cases piling against encounter deaths

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state government and police personnel, who were part of the 'encounter' of the four accused in the gang rape and murder of Disha, will face a tough legal battle as petitions calling them to account are being filed every day. A better sense of what such extra-judicial killings mean emerged with time and human rights activists, professors, …

Special court to try Asifabad dist rape and murder case
5 years ago

Special court to try Asifabad dist rape and murder case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has designated the V Additional Sessions Judge Court at Adilabad as a fast-track court for the trial of the accused involved in the brutal rape and murder of a Dalit woman Samatha in the Kumurambheem Asifabad district last month. Following the court’s approval, the state government issued orders on Wednesday designating the Court of Special Judge …

Telangana sets up special court to try rape-murder case
5 years ago

Telangana sets up special court to try rape-murder case

The Quint  

Hyderabad, Dec 11 For delivering speedy justice in a case of gang-rape and murder of a woman in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district last month, the Telangana government on Wednesday set up a special court. With the Telangana High Court giving approval to a proposal sent by the government, the fifth additional sessions court in the Adilabad district has been …

After posting the case to Thursday, Telangana HC orders authorities to preserve accused's bodies till Dec 13
5 years, 1 month ago

After posting the case to Thursday, Telangana HC orders authorities to preserve accused's bodies till Dec 13

India TV News  

After posting the Hyderabad encounter of 4 accused in the brutal gangrape murder of a 26-year-old doctor, the Telangana High Court has ordered authorities to preserve the bodies of the four accused till Friday, December 13. The division bench headed by Chief Justice R. S. Chauhan wanted to know if the police followed the Supreme Court guidelines in the matter. …

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