criminal justice

Bhubaneswar, March 30 – In a shocking development, the Bhubaneswar police arrested two individuals on Monday on charges of gang-raping a woman in the Tamando area of the city during the night of March 27 and 28.The accused, identified as Narayana Swain (31) and Bichitra Sahoo (34), are from...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A 21-year-old married woman from West Bengal was allegedly raped by two men in Bhubaneswar, police said.The incident occurred on March 27, and the two accused, both residents of Odisha's Nayagarh district, were arrested on Monday, they said.The woman had come to...

Los Angeles, March 30 – Actor-comedian Russell Brand’s rape trial will now begin in October. The trial was originally scheduled to take place in June.In April 2025, he was charged with rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault in connection with four women, according to ‘Deadline’ reports...

New Delhi, March 30 – The Delhi High Court has acquitted two men who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, stating that the prosecution's case was based on a single, unreliable eyewitness whose testimony was inconsistent and lacked credibility.A division bench of Justices...

Dharwad (Karnataka), March 30 – In a concerning incident in Dharwad, Karnataka, an individual accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is alleged to have made threatening calls to a minor victim while inside prison.The case, which came to light on Monday, has...

Hyderabad, March 30 The Telangana Assembly on Monday referred a bill aimed at preventing hate speech to a select committee following demands by the BJP, CPI, and also some ruling Congress members.According to the statement of objects and reasons of the Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes...

Ranchi, March 30 The Jharkhand High Court took suo motu cognizance of the rape and brutal murder of a minor girl in the Vishnugarh area of Hazaribagh district on Monday and issued notices to the State Home Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP), seeking their responses.The court...

Wellington, March 30 The identity of the nephew of one of Indira Gandhi's assassins, convicted in a drug case, was revealed after he lost a bid in a New Zealand court to keep his name secret, a local media report said.Baltej Singh, who is serving a 22-year prison sentence for importing over...

Koppal (Karnataka), March 30 – The Karnataka Police have launched a search for a man involved in a series of unusual thefts targeting women's undergarments in the Gangavathi town of Koppal district over the past few days.This development has caused concern among residents in the area.The...

Bhadohi (UP), March 30 Two employees of a carpet export company allegedly entered their colleague's rented room here and raped his 32-year-old wife, police said on Monday.Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhinav Tyagi said the woman's husband, from the city kotwali area, works at a carpet export...

Bulandshahr (UP), March 29 Police arrested a man on Sunday for allegedly killing his 12-year-old daughter with a stick for "stealing" a packet of candy from a grocery store here, officials said.According to police, a complaint was lodged at Ratanpur village on March 27 by the girl's mother...

New Delhi, March 29 Observing that being held in jail without a trial constitutes punishment, the Supreme Court granted bail to a resident of Punjab in an attempt-to-murder case, noting that he had spent two years in jail without the trial even beginning.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and...

Thane, March 29 A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy at a railway station in Navi Mumbai in 2019.Special judge V A Patravale of the Kalyan court found the accused, Shrinivas Ramanna Reddy...

Bengaluru, March 29 Three prison officials have been suspended in connection with videos allegedly recorded and released by under-trial prisoners from inside Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, officials said on Sunday.In the videos that were released by a news portal, the prisoners purportedly...

Mysuru (Karnataka), March 29 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday urged newly inducted police sub-inspectors to uphold justice without compromise and work towards building a drug-free and equitable society.He said this while addressing the passing-out parade of the 46th batch of...

Bengaluru, March 28 – In a shocking incident, a minor girl originally from Assam was found dead under suspicious circumstances within the jurisdiction of the Electronics City police station in Bengaluru on Saturday.Her body was discovered in a secluded area of the Bolugudda region.The victim...

Simdega (Jharkhand), March 28 A 30-year-old man from Odisha was allegedly strangled to death and his body set on fire in Jharkhand's Simdega district, police said on Saturday.Jharkhand Police have arrested three persons from Odisha in connection with this incident, a senior officer said.The...

New Delhi, March 28 The Supreme Court has strongly criticized the disclosure of a girl's identity in a rape case and has directed all high courts to ensure that the names of survivors and their family members are not mentioned in court orders.In its 2018 judgment in the Nipun Saxena case, the...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 27 A woman has filed a complaint with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the police, alleging sexual assault by a Congress councillor, officials said on Friday.The complainant, who belongs to a Scheduled Tribe community, has accused Prashob C Valsan, a Congress...

Saharanpur (UP), March 27 Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested a gym trainer for allegedly raping a woman after rendering her unconscious by mixing an intoxicant in her protein drink, officials said on Friday.The police have also arrested his accomplice, who kept track of her and assisted the...