criminal defense

Thane, March 19 A special POCSO court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Palghar district in 2018, describing the crime as "heinous".Special Judge N K Karande, delivering the verdict on March 11, held the accused, Sandesh...

Thane, March 18 A court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted two men accused of the murder of a shepherd nearly three years ago, citing a lack of evidence and the failure of a key eyewitness to support the prosecution's case.In his judgment delivered on March 16, Principal District and...

Thane, March 6 A court in Thane, Maharashtra, has sentenced a 31-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing a security guard following a fight over a vulgar message nearly three years ago.In his order delivered on Thursday, Principal District and Sessions Judge S B Agrawal acquitted the...

Mumbai, March 2 Former RPF constable Chetansinh Chaudhary, accused of killing his senior and three passengers on a moving train in 2023, sought bail from a local court on Monday, citing "borderline insanity".Through his lawyer, Chaudhary blamed railway authorities for failing to conduct a...

Washington, February 21 – An 11-year-old boy in Pennsylvania has been ordered to stand trial as an adult after allegedly fatally shooting his adoptive father during a birthday celebration earlier this year.The ruling reflects the seriousness of the crime and overrides efforts by his defense...

Singapore, February 19 A Singaporean woman of Indian origin was sentenced to two weeks in jail on Thursday for intentionally causing harm by slapping a taxi driver allegedly over fare at a police station.Shalini Devarajan, 36, refused to pay her taxi fare of SGD 24 (USD19) because she had no...

Thane, February 18 A court in Thane has acquitted a 32-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, stating that the case appeared to stem from a personal dispute with the victim's mother over a marriage proposal.Special POCSO Court Judge D S Deshmukh, in the judgment on February...

New Delhi, February 17 There is no country like that, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while hearing the bail plea of an accused who claimed to be a citizen of Vanuatu, a Pacific island nation.A bench of justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and N V Anjaria was hearing a plea filed by the man...

New Delhi, February 17 Actor Rajpal Yadav walked out of Tihar Jail on Tuesday evening after the Delhi High Court permitted his temporary release from jail in cheque bounce cases.After all formalities were completed, Rajpal Yadav walked out of Tihar jail around 4:50 pm, a source said. He was...