criminal justice

Guwahati, April 2 The proceedings in the Zubeen Garg death case in Assam will not be affected in any way by the Singapore Police concluding their investigation by stating that there is no evidence of foul play, officials said here on Thursday.The Assam Police's investigation here has been...

London, April 1 An Indian-origin man was remanded in custody on Wednesday after he was charged with dangerous driving, as his car hit people and injured seven outside a pub in the UK.Seven people, including three women, were injured, some seriously, outside the Bishop Blaise pub in Friar Gate...

New Delhi, April 1 The national capital has become a "market" for child trafficking, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday, and asked the railways and the police to respond to a petition raising concerns about such incidents blatantly occurring at railway stations and surrounding areas.A...

Lahore, April 1 An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced an Al-Qaeda operative to 33 years in prison for planning an attack in a busy marketplace in the Punjab province, the Counter Terrorism Department said on Wednesday.The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said that it arrested...

Islamabad, April 1 – In yet another shocking crime, four men are alleged to have gang-raped a woman in a van that was traveling through the Baga Sheikhan area, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Rawat police in Punjab province, Pakistan, local media reported.A police spokesperson said...

New Delhi, April 1 Kerala recorded the highest number of cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in 2023, at 30,697, while Jammu and Kashmir topped among Union Territories with 2,232 cases, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.In a written reply to a...

Bhubaneswar, April 1 A court in the Jharsuguda district of Odisha has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a four-year-old girl in 2025.The additional district judge of Jharsuguda delivered the verdict on Tuesday."Pankaj Podh, the main accused in the case, has been sentenced to...

Kochi, Apr 1 A court here on Wednesday sent prominent Malayalam film director Ranjith into judicial custody after he was arrested late last night in connection with an attempted sexual assault case.Ranjith, who was produced before a magistrate at his residence here, was remanded in judicial...

Washington, April 1 – A US federal judge has stripped a married couple of their American citizenship after they were convicted of stealing sensitive medical trade secrets and sharing them with China, the Justice Department said.Judge James E. Simmons Jr. of the US District Court for the...

March 31, Kohima: The Principal District & Sessions Court in Kohima on Monday sentenced a 44-year-old man to six months of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexual harassment under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.The court also imposed a fine of 10,000 rupees, with...

Patna, March 31 – A married woman was publicly molested, and an attempt was made to gang-rape her by three individuals in Nalanda. The district police have arrested two of them.The shocking incident occurred in Noorsarai, in Bihar's Nalanda district. The accused also recorded a video of the...

Itanagar, March 31 An insurgent belonging to NSCN(IM) surrendered in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, police said.Changlang Superintendent of Police Kirli Padu said the militant, identified as 30-year-old Jungron Chena, a resident of Manmao in the district, surrendered to...

Thane, March 31 A one-and-a-half-year-old boy was seriously injured during an attack on his parents by a local thug following a dispute in the Kalwa area of Thane district, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when the victim's father was returning from a...

New Delhi, March 31 The Delhi High Court has awarded a 10-year prison sentence to a woman for aiding her minor brother in committing the crime of rape in 2013.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha said that the convict played an "active and deliberate" role in luring the victim and was not only...

Prayagraj, March 31 A court here has sentenced a man to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in 2024, officials said on Tuesday.In the verdict pronounced on Monday, Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO Court) Vinod Kumar Chaurasia also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict...

Home Minister Amit Shah stated that India has been freed from left-wing extremism due to the measures taken by the Modi government. Mr. Shah explained that left-wing extremism had hindered development in the affected areas, but now development is reaching these regions. He emphasized that anyone...

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...