criminal justice

Dhaka, March 18 – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed cabinet ministers and senior government officials to launch a nationwide campaign to address rape and violence against women across the country, warning that swift and concrete action is needed to curb the rising...

Chandigarh, March 18 The mastermind behind the 2018 rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua does not deserve the "concession of suspension of sentence at this stage," the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said while dismissing a plea from former temple caretaker Sanji Ram.Ram, who was...

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...

Prayagraj (UP), March 17 The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has objected to observations reportedly made by the Supreme Court regarding a high court judge granting bail in a large number of dowry death cases.Reacting to media reports, Bar Association president Rakesh Pandey said the...

Kollam (Kerala), March 17 A Kerala court on Tuesday convicted a man accused of the sensational murder of Dr. Vandana Das in a taluk hospital in May 2023.The accused was found guilty by the Kollam Additional District and Sessions Court over the brutal murder, public prosecutor Sicin G Mundakkal...

Mumbai, March 17 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the state Assembly on Tuesday that the state government has taken strict measures to control the growing drug networks in major cities across Maharashtra.During the Question Hour, the Chief Minister announced that a 'Dynamic...

New Delhi, March 17 A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl from his neighborhood in southwest Delhi's Chhawla area, police said on Tuesday.The incident came to light after the minor narrated the alleged events to her mother, who subsequently approached the...

Aligarh (UP), March 17 Two armed men allegedly entered a hospital here and fired at a man who was receiving treatment at the facility, seriously injuring him, a senior police official said on Tuesday.Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Neeraj Kumar Jadaun told reporters that the...

Gir Somnath (Gujarat), March 17 A special court on Tuesday sentenced five convicts in the 2016 Una flogging case, in which four Dalit men were beaten for trying to skin the carcass of a cow, to five years in prison and a fine of Rs 5,000 each.The day before, the special court in Veraval...

Kollam (Kerala), March 17 – A Kerala court on Tuesday found a man guilty in the sensational murder of Dr. Vandana Das in a taluk hospital in May 2023.The accused, G. Sandeep, was found guilty by the Kollam Additional District and Sessions Court of the brutal murder, according to public...

New Delhi, March 17 V Senthil Balaji, the DMK MLA from Karur, appeared before the CBI on Tuesday for questioning regarding a stampede that occurred during a political rally organized by TVK chief Vijay in the Tamil Nadu town last year, officials said.The CBI took over the case from an SIT...

Hyderabad, March 16 A man convicted in the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002, surrendered before a city court on Monday.His surrender follows a Supreme Court ruling on February 17, dismissing the plea of G Siddhartha Reddy, who was challenging his conviction in the actress's death. The...

Jaipur, March 16 Police in the Karauli district of Rajasthan have initiated proceedings to seize properties worth approximately ₹35 crore, allegedly linked to an online betting racket, officials said on Monday.The action was taken under "Operation Shikanja," a campaign launched across the...

Gir Somnath, March 16 A special court in Veraval, in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, on Monday convicted five people and acquitted 35 others in the 2016 Una flogging case, in which four Dalit men were beaten for trying to skin the carcass of a cow, triggering massive protests across the country...

New Delhi, March 16 A Delhi court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting and murdering a 11-year-old boy in 2019, stating that he needed to be dealt with firmly due to his criminal mindset.Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat, however, refused to award the...

Lahore, March 16 A Pakistani man killed his wife and five children on Monday, citing "honor" as the motive, in the Punjab province of the country, police said.The incident took place in the early hours of the day in a village in the Sargodha district, about 200 km from Lahore.According to a...

Thane, March 16 A special court in the Thane district has acquitted two men who were charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in a 2023 chain-snatching case, stating that there was no evidence linking them to the crime.Special judge V G Mohite acquitted Saurabh...

New Delhi, March 15 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal and senior leader Manish Sisodia have approached the Supreme Court following the rejection of their request to transfer the CBI plea against their discharge in the excise policy case to another Delhi High Court judge, their party...

Kollam (Kerala), March 15 Four more people were arrested in connection with the murder of a gangster at Puthiyakavu here, officials said on Sunday.With this, the total number of accused held in the case has risen to eight.Athul, a native of Ochira, was hacked to death in broad daylight on...

Kollam (Kerala), March 14 An accused in a murder case, who had been released on bail, was killed in broad daylight on Saturday by a group armed with weapons, police said.Later in the day, four people, two of whom allegedly carried out the attack, were arrested, police said, adding that a...