criminal justice

Colombo, March 27 A man who was accused of hoarding four litres of petrol in a town in northwest Sri Lanka has been sentenced to 21 days in jail.Sri Lanka has banned fuel hoarding shortly after the joint attack by the US and Israel on Iran.Lasantha Kumara Balasuriya, 48, from the...

Islamabad, March 27 – A leading minority rights group alleged on Friday that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being exploited as a tool of systematic coercion, enabling organized religious groups and their allies to intimidate judges, prosecutors, police, and politicians, effectively holding the...

March 27, New Delhi – Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in a New York court on Thursday in an ongoing drug trafficking case. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seeking to have the charges dismissed amid a dispute over legal fees.The court heard arguments regarding whether...

Thane, March 27 A court in Thane has sentenced a 36-year-old woman to one year in simple imprisonment for assaulting an official of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) following a dispute over a power bill.In his judgment of March 20, a copy of which was...

New Delhi, March 27 In a joint operation with the Bihar Police, the Delhi Police has arrested the main shooter involved in the killing of a man inside his house in Delhi's Bawana area earlier this month, officials said on Friday.Akash, also known as Bittu or Khuddi (20), a resident of Nangal...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 26 A POCSO court in Odisha's Ganjam district on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering his minor sister-in-law three years ago.Additional district judge-cum-judge of the POCSO court, Pranati Pattnaik, pronounced the verdict after...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 26 A POCSO court here on Thursday sentenced a man to death for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in Odisha's Ganjam district five years ago.Describing the crime as falling in the "rarest of rare" category, fast-track court judge Rohit Lal Panda delivered the...

New Delhi, March 26 The Delhi Police has solved the case of a 23-year-old man's murder in the outer Delhi area of Bawana, and has apprehended four minors who are alleged to have planned and carried out the crime following a previous dispute, an official said on Thursday.The incident came to...

New Delhi, March 26 A court here has sentenced a 72-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor last year, stating that despite the victim addressing him as "grandfather," he exploited her to satisfy his lust.Highlighting the betrayal of trust and the erosion of...

Mathura (UP), March 26 A 57-year-old inmate died after allegedly attempting suicide inside a cell at the Mathura district jail early Thursday, a senior official said.Jail Superintendent Anshuman Garg said the incident occurred at 2 am when the inmate, Suresh, went to use the washroom inside...

New Delhi, March 26 A Delhi court has convicted a man in a 2015 attempt to murder case, stating that the prosecution has proven the case against him beyond a reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Vandana Jain was hearing a case against Surender Jain alias Vicky, who was accused of...

Thane, March 26 A Thane court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of an 84-year-old man and his caretaker here nearly a decade ago.Additional Sessions Judge GG Bhansali, in the order passed on March 20, also ordered rigorous imprisonment of seven years on two counts of...

New Delhi, March 26 The Supreme Court has directed the consolidation of all pending petitions challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, for adjudication by a three-judge bench.The law was...

Patna, March 26 – In a significant judgment, the Patna High Court has granted major relief to Lambu Sharma and other convicts in the Arrah Civil Court blast case. The court acquitted Lambu Sharma of the death penalty, providing him with substantial relief. However, it upheld the convictions of...

New Delhi, March 26 A 29-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed by her cousin at her residence in east Delhi's Mayur Vihar following a dispute over money, officials said on Thursday.The incident took place around 9:45 pm on Wednesday when the accused, Aslam, reached the house of the victim...

Hathras (UP), March 26 A court here has acquitted a college professor accused of sexually exploiting female students by claiming to help them pass competitive examinations and secure jobs, officials said on Thursday.According to the prosecution, the court of Additional District Judge Mahendra...

Mumbai, March 26 The Maharashtra legislative council has ordered the implementation of a motion that recommended a five-day jail term for a young man from Akola for publishing false news against NCP MLA Amol Mitkari on a YouTube channel.The young man, Ankush Gawande, had been asked to be...

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally seized properties worth approximately ₹1,700 crore in the Mahadev online betting case. In a press release issued on March 25, the Raipur Zonal Office of the ED stated that the action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.The agency...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A local court in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday awarded the death penalty to a 22-year-old man for raping and murdering a minor, delivering the verdict in a swift trial under the POCSO Act.Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act)...

Panaji, March 25 A 42-year-old tourist from Bengaluru was seriously injured after allegedly being attacked by nearly 20 employees of a Goa beach shack, police said on Wednesday.Kaushat Pasha was allegedly assaulted by the group at Calangute beach over a minor dispute on Tuesday evening, they...