criminal justice

Gumla, April 6 Three people were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women in a village in Gumla district, Jharkhand, police said.All three accused have been remanded in judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told

Madurai, April 6 In a landmark judgment, a court here on Monday handed the death penalty to nine police personnel in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case.The father-son duo, P Jayaraj and J Bennix, died after they were assaulted by the convicted police personnel in...

Ballia (UP), April 6 A local court on Monday sentenced a man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a six-month-old case of kidnapping and rape of a 16-year-old girl.The court of Additional District Judge (POCSO) Pratham Kant also imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 on the accused...

Bengaluru, April 6 – The Bengaluru Police arrested five men on Monday in connection with the assault of a 20-year-old woman and her male friend at a residence in Labourers’ Colony on Balagere Road in the city, within the jurisdiction of the Varthur Police Station.The video of the incident had...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), April 6 In a landmark judgment, a court here on Monday awarded the death penalty to nine police personnel in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case.The father and son, P. Jayaraj and J. Bennix, were allegedly assaulted by the convicted police officers in...

Madurai, April 6 – In a landmark judgment that has reignited national debate on custodial violence, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday awarded the death penalty to nine police personnel convicted in the 2020 Sattankulam custodial deaths case.The case pertains...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), April 6 A court here on Monday sentenced nine police personnel to death for the brutal custodial torture and murder of a father-son duo in Sathankulam, Tuticorin.First Additional District and Sessions Judge G Muthukumaran classified the case as the rarest of rare...

Thane, April 6 Three Bangladeshi nationals were sentenced to 14 months in prison by a Thane court for illegal stay in India.Additional Sessions Judge R.S. Bhakare, in a judgment delivered on April 1, however, acquitted them under the Foreigners Act.Jahid Aainal Khan (23), Sapna Madan Sikdar...

Meerut (UP), April 5 Police have arrested three people, including a woman, after three men drank alcohol from the same bottle and died, officials said on Sunday, adding that they suspected foul play.According to police, the three victims – Baburam (60), a grocery shop owner, Jitendra (35), who...

New Delhi, April 5 An FIR was registered against a woman sub-inspector of the Delhi Police on Sunday after she allegedly slapped a 78-year-old shopkeeper for objecting to her parking a vehicle in front of his shop, sources said.The incident took place in Rohini Sector 7, when the elderly man...

Nanded, April 5 Police have arrested six individuals in connection with a sensational triple murder case in the city of Nanded, Maharashtra, which stemmed from a rivalry between two gangs, an official said on Sunday.The accused were produced before a local court of the Judicial Magistrate...

Hazaribag (Jharkhand), April 5 Jharkhand Police have arrested five young men for killing a 21-year-old man during a Ram Navami procession in the Hazaribag district, a police officer said on Sunday.The incident took place on March 29 in the Lohsinghna police station area, during a procession...

Macherla (Andhra Pradesh), April 5 A police inspector was suspended on Sunday over allegations that he was involved in the alleged honour killing of a woman in a village near Macherla in the Palnadu district, a senior police official said.According to police, the woman, identified as...

Thane, Apr 5 A convict serving a life sentence allegedly assaulted and threatened a jail guard in Thane district, Maharashtra, after he was denied an unauthorized meeting with his brother in the premises of a court, police said on Sunday.A case has been registered against Avinash Jadhav, who...

Chandigarh, April 4 Enforcement agencies are focusing on building legally robust cases that ensure drug traffickers are not just caught, but punished in Punjab, according to a statement on Saturday.They said the ongoing anti-drug drive, 'Yudh Nashean Virudh', is increasingly being defined not...

Shimla, April 4 Two tourists from Uttar Pradesh were apprehended on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a local after a road rage incident in the Matiana area here, police said.The accused, Ujjwal Jain (36) and Sohil Arora (36) – residents of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh – allegedly assaulted a...

Chandauli (UP), April 4 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a minor here, police said on Saturday.According to police, the victim's mother filed a complaint against the accused and stated that he lured his daughter to his house and raped her.Station House Officer (SHO) of Balua police...

Hoshiarpur, April 4 Punjab Jails Minister Ravjot Singh reviewed the functioning of the state prisons department on Saturday and called for stronger measures to curb illegal activities in prisons while chairing a meeting of jail superintendents at the District Administrative Complex here.Senior...

Katihar (Bihar), April 4 A man arrested in a robbery case allegedly hanged himself to death inside the police lockup in Katihar district, Bihar, following which the SHO and the investigating officer were suspended, an official said on Saturday.Rakesh Kumar Yadav (24) was arrested on Friday...

Ghaziabad (UP), April 3 A man with a criminal record, who sustained four gunshot wounds to his neck, chest, abdomen, and leg in Ghaziabad district, managed to drive himself to a private hospital and survive the attack, a police official said on Friday.The incident took place around 11 pm on...