criminal justice

Key cases to be heard in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, March 11:* The High Court will hear the plea of the Unnao rape survivor to increase Kuldeep Sengar's 10-year prison sentence to a death sentence in the custodial death case of her father.

Ahmedabad, March 11 A court in Ahmedabad has sentenced a Nigerian and a Zambian national to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in an international drug trafficking case.The special court for Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act cases, in its order passed on Tuesday, also...

Los Angeles, March 11 – The disgraced producer, Harvey Weinstein, has alleged that he was violently assaulted while serving his prison sentence.The 73-year-old former movie producer, who was convicted of rape and sexual assault in New York and Los Angeles, described the incident and his daily...

New Delhi, March 10 A 31-year-old scrap tools dealer from central Delhi, who had gone missing after leaving home with Rs 2.5 lakh in cash for business purposes, was found murdered in Faridabad, police said on Tuesday.The police have apprehended three men in connection with the murder, which...

Bengaluru, March 10 A Karnataka court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl with physical and mental disabilities in the Belagavi district.The accused, Dhareppa alias Dheeraj Angata Khanase, illegally entered the girl's house while her...

Thane, March 10 Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl with a mental disability in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The incident took place in the Bhiwandi area on December 12 last year, but the victim's mother approached...

Ballari (Karnataka), March 10 A ninth-grade student was apprehended after he allegedly went on a rampage at a private residential school here, killing one person and injuring others with a sharp object and an iron rod, police said on Tuesday.The boy, who had been on the run since the incident...

New Delhi, March 9 Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta met the family of a 26-year-old man who died in a Holi brawl in Uttam Nagar on Monday and said ensuring justice for the family is the "topmost priority" of her government."The Delhi government stands with the affected family with complete...

Lucknow, March 9 A 17-year-old boy killed his father by hitting him on the head here on Monday, police said, after becoming resentful of his father spending money on substance abuse and burdening the family financially.Upon receiving information from the village head around 11:30 am, a police...

New Delhi, March 9 The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Unnao rape survivor to be a party in the petition filed by the CBI challenging the suspension of life imprisonment for former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, stating that the victim has the right to be heard in the proceedings.A bench...

New Delhi, March 9 A court here on Monday granted 10-day interim bail to activist Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, to attend his brother's wedding.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing the interim bail application filed by Imam, seeking relief for six weeks...

Gumla, March 9 An elderly woman was allegedly beaten to death by a mob in Gumla district, Jharkhand, after they suspected her of being a "child kidnapper," police said.The incident took place on Sunday night in the Lagaba village, within the Bishunpur police station area, they said."The...

New Delhi, March 9 – The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the bail granted to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.Due to the unavailability of Solicitor...

Bhubaneswar, March 9 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday informed the Assembly that a total of 44 prisoners have escaped from different jails of the state during the last five years.A total of 33 were under-trial prisoners (UTPs) and 11 convicted prisoners have escaped from...

New Delhi, March 9 The CBI has summoned actor and TVK chief Vijay on Tuesday for a fresh round of questioning in connection with the Karur stampede case, officials said.The actor was earlier questioned by the agency at its headquarters on January 12 and 19.During the investigation, the CBI...

Beed, March 8 A court in Beed district of Maharashtra has allowed Jairam Chate, one of the accused in the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, to step out of jail for a few hours to participate in his brother's post-death rituals.Chate has been in jail for the past 14 months for his alleged...

New Delhi, March 7 Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday condemned the killing of a man in a clash in west Delhi's Uttam Nagar area on Holi, and said that Delhi follows a zero-tolerance policy against such "heinous criminal and violent acts."In a post on X in Hindi, the chief minister said...

Rajouri/Jammu, March 7 A scuffle broke out among inmates inside a jail in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday following a heated argument between two prisoners, officials said.The altercation between the two inmates – one from Kashmir and the other from Rajouri – quickly escalated, leading...

Kolkata, March 7 The Calcutta High Court has ordered the immediate release and repatriation of a Bangladeshi prisoner, who was a minor when apprehended for illegal entry into India and has been languishing in jail for the last 21 years.Pointing out that the maximum punishment that can be...

Thane, March 7 A 35-year-old man is alleged to have attacked an acquaintance with a sharp object and caused serious injuries, suspecting him of having an affair with his wife, in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Saturday.The incident took place in the Kamathghar area of Bhiwandi in...