criminal justice

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...

Bilaspur (HP), March 14 A sheep herder was allegedly killed by his helper in the Guga Malhot area of the Bilaspur district, police said on Saturday.The accused killed the victim by repeatedly striking his neck with an axe on Friday night, they said, adding that he fled the spot afterwards and...

New Delhi, March 14 The Delhi Police have arrested a 19-year-old man for allegedly stabbing a young man in Model Town, after the victim's family confronted him about harassing a woman in the neighborhood, an official said on Saturday.The accused, identified as Shyam Sunder alias Shyamlal, a...

Phnom Penh, March 13 – The Cambodian government approved a draft law on combating online scams on Friday, which will impose severe penalties on masterminds, a minister said.The approval was made during a weekly Cabinet meeting, said Cambodia's Information Minister Neth Pheaktra."This law is...

New Delhi, March 13 A day after three members of a family in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly committed suicide due to threats of being falsely implicated in SC/ST cases, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to allow a person or victim to file a...

New Delhi, March 13 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the District Magistrate (West Delhi) and the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, over allegations that a 26-year-old Dalit youth was assaulted and lynched during Holi celebrations in Uttam Nagar, a district of the...

New Delhi, March 13 A serial burglar, nicknamed "Doremon," has been arrested along with his accomplice in northwest Delhi, an official said on Friday.The accused, Dinesh alias "Doremon" (26), was apprehended along with Sunny (26) on March 11 during night patrol near a government bank in Raja...

Jhansi, March 12 A local court on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 25,000 for raping a college student in the Kotwali area of the city in 2022.After the trial, the court of Additional District Judge-II, Anubhav Trivedi, found the...

Kota, March 12 A court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes here on Thursday sentenced a 65-year-old man, his three sons, and six other relatives to life imprisonment for the murder of the brother of a Rajasthan Police constable seven years ago, due to rivalry in a local cooperative society...

Bengaluru, March 11 The Government of Karnataka has ordered the early release of 31 life convicts housed in various central prisons across the state, based on good conduct, following recommendations from the LCR Committee and approval from the Governor under Article 161 of the Constitution...

Thane, March 12 A fast-track court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a 34-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy nearly seven years ago.In his order of March 7, Judge V A Patravale also imposed a fine of ₹31,000 on Vicky, also...

In Jammu and Kashmir, the police have launched a thorough investigation into the background of Kamal Singh Jamwal, the man accused of attempting to assassinate National Conference President and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah at a wedding function in Jammu last night. An Akashvani Jammu...

Thane, March 11 A 39-year-old construction worker has been arrested in the Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly killing a waiter, based on the suspicion that the victim was having an affair with his wife, an official said on Wednesday.The body of Prakash Bisa (40) was found in a rice...

New Delhi, March 11 – The Delhi High Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on a plea filed by the Unnao rape survivor seeking to enhance the sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar and other convicted individuals in the custodial death case of her father.A division bench...

Raipur/Jagdalpur, March 11 – One of the largest Naxalite surrenders in recent years took place in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in the Union government’s drive for a “Naxal-free India.” Chhattisgarh’s Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Vijay Sharma told reporters that...

Jammu, March 11 Police arrested three alleged drug peddlers on Wednesday and recovered cannabis from their possession in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.During routine patrolling and checks in the Kishtigarh area, police arrested Mubashir Hussain, Muzamil Raja Beg, and...