criminal justice

New Delhi, April 10 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a plea challenging the denial of parole granted to convicted Santosh Kumar Singh in the 1996 Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Prashant Kumar Mishra noted that the main matter related to...

Hyderabad, April 10 – Hyderabad police have started conducting drug tests on all known criminals within the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate's jurisdiction.The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) has decided to crack down on individuals with criminal records or known troublemakers...

Gandhinagar, April 10 – The Gujarat Police has introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based investigative tool designed to strengthen the handling of drug-related cases and improve conviction rates, which officials say is the first such system deployed by any state police force in India...

New Delhi, April 9 An incident involving the father of 10-year-old spiritual content creator Abhinav Arora led to a minor scuffle in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar area and the arrest of three people under preventive provisions, police said on Thursday.According to officials, the incident took place...

Ranchi, April 9 The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday directed Director General of Police (DGP) Tadasha Mishra to submit a sealed report on the alleged assault of a relative of a missing girl by the police.The court was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Rekha Devi, whose daughter has...

New Delhi, April 9 Two men were arrested following a brief exchange of fire with police in the Rani Bagh area of northwest Delhi, hours after they allegedly stabbed a 40-year-old man to death on Thursday, an officer said.The incident came to light after information was received from Bhagwan...

Thane, April 9 A case has been registered against four individuals, including a woman, following an alleged assault on a sub-inspector inside a police station in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday.The incident occurred around 7:30 pm on April 6 at the Shantinagar police...

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), April 8 A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing a teacher after she repeatedly demanded repayment of a Rs 13 lakh loan that he had taken from her, police said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Amar, allegedly attacked the woman with a sharp...

Bhubaneswar, April 8 A retired accounts officer killed his wife with a kitchen knife and surrendered to the police here on Wednesday, officials said.The deceased, identified as Priyambada Sarangi (54), and the accused, her 62-year-old husband, Debraj Sarangi, are residents of Swasti Nagar...

Kochi, April 8 – In a development that highlights the legal limitations on electoral participation for those in custody, a court in Ernakulam, Kerala, on Wednesday refused to grant interim bail to filmmaker Ranjith, who is currently in jail in connection with an alleged sexual assault case...

Chandigarh, April 8 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has overturned the death sentences awarded to two men in a 2019 rape and murder case of a seven-and-a-half-year-old girl in Doraha, Ludhiana.The High Court also sent the case back to the trial court, asking it to begin the trial from the...

Mumbai, April 8 The Bombay High Court has upheld a trial court's order to frame murder charges against eight police personnel in the alleged custodial death of city youth Agnello Valdaris in 2014.A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Shyam Chandak, in an order passed on Monday, said the...

Pune, April 7 Police have arrested a 22-year-old woman for allegedly killing her 11-month-old son and dumping his body in a well in the Ranjangaon MIDC area of Pune district, officials said on Tuesday.The killing took place on March 8, and the woman was arrested on Monday.The woman's husband...

Lucknow, April 7 The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday acquitted a man who had spent 11 years in prison after being convicted in a rape case involving a minor, citing serious shortcomings in the police investigation and a lack of reliable evidence.A bench of justices Rajan Roy and Brij Raj Singh...

Godda (Jharkhand), April 7 Five people were arrested for looting Rs 4.5 lakh from a businessman in Godda district, Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.The incident took place on April 3 on NH 133 near Mahuasol in the Pathargama police station area.The accused, who were on motorcycles, chased...

Mumbai, April 7 – A major illegal abortion and sex determination racket has been busted in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, with four people, including two nurse sisters, arrested and the alleged mastermind on the run, officials said on Tuesday.The operation was carried out in the...

Bhopal, April 7 The Madhya Pradesh government will release 87 prisoners serving life sentences for good conduct on April 14 to mark the birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, an official said.This will be a premature release of these prisoners.In addition, remission/special remission is also...

Ankara, April 7 – All three attackers were killed after a gunfight broke out with police personnel deployed outside the building housing the closed Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday. The gunfire occurred outside the consulate building in the Besiktas district, local media...

Islamabad, April 7 – A transgender woman, identified as Sara, was killed in the city of Peshawar, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, after she refused to have a friendship with an individual and allegedly failed to pay extortion money, local media reported.The incident took place...

Kochi, April 7 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by the father of an accused in the Venjaramoodu mass murder case, seeking to prevent the release of a film that he claimed was based on the incident.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas rejected the plea of Abdal Rahim, father of A R...