criminal justice

Lucknow, March 21 A man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping and killing his 17-year-old niece in Lucknow, police said.On March 19, the victim's brother filed a complaint against his maternal uncle, Kuldeep Maurya (28), alleging that he had taken his sister away on his motorcycle...

New Delhi, March 21 The Supreme Court has expressed its concern over the trend of people instantly uploading videos shot on mobile phones on social media and said that such activities pose a serious threat to a fair trial.The remark was made by a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and...

Kollam, March 21 – In a verdict that brings closure to one of Kerala’s most shocking crimes, the Kollam Additional Sessions Court has sentenced Sandeep, the accused in the brutal murder of young doctor Vandana Das, to life imprisonment.The prosecution had argued for the death penalty, citing...

Thane, March 21 A court in Thane district of Maharashtra has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of a fellow worker following a drunken brawl nine years ago.In an order passed on March 18, Additional Sessions Judge R S Bhakare convicted Ashok Laljitkumar Chaurasiya (39) and...

Shravasti (UP), March 20 Four people were arrested here on Friday for allegedly dumping leftover non-vegetarian food in a freshwater drain near a temple associated with an ashram, police said.The incident took place near the Sonpathri Ashram Temple in the Sirsia area, they said.In a video...

Banda (UP), March 20 A 16-year-old girl has been found to be seven months pregnant after she was allegedly raped in the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.According to the Kul Pahad Kotwali police, a case was registered on Friday based on a complaint from the minor. The...

New Delhi, March 20 A day after a 30-year-old man was shot dead inside a shop attached to his residence in outer north Delhi's Bawana, police on Friday said the deceased had two criminal cases registered against him, and the murder could have been the fallout of a gang rivalry.They said the...

Ranchi, March 20 The Jharkhand High Court on Friday directed the Bokaro Superintendent of Police to provide the case diary and details of the police investigation regarding the whereabouts of an 18-year-old missing woman.The court of Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Sanjay Prasad directed the...

New Delhi, March 20 A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly opening fire at a woman's mineral water plant in north Delhi's Narela area to assert dominance and force her to shut down the facility, police said on Friday.The accused, Anish alias Ishwar Dayal, had been evading arrest...

Raipur, March 20 The Chhattisgarh assembly on Friday passed a bill to curb paper leaks and malpractice, proposing up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 1 crore to ensure transparency in public recruitment and professional entrance exams.The Chhattisgarh (Lok Bharti evam Vyavsayik...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 20 The Thrissur Rural Police announced on Friday that they had apprehended over 100 convicted criminals who had been on the run for years after being sentenced by courts for varying terms of imprisonment.The police stated that those apprehended included convicts who...

New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking a CBI or SIT investigation into the rape of a 4-year-old girl in Gurugram.A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of an urgent mention by...

Faridabad, March 19 A court in this district of Haryana has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife, police said on Thursday.Additional Sessions Judge Surendra Kumar has also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict, they added.The convict killed his wife in April 2022 by...

Kochi, March 19 The Kerala High Court on Thursday cancelled the bail of eight men accused of killing a man from Jharkhand in Palakkad district in December last year, saying that the relief was granted to them "thoughtlessly" and in a "mechanical manner" by the lower court.Justice A Badharudeen...

Gurugram, March 19 A 35-year-old convict, serving a life sentence for raping a teenager at Bhondsi Jail in Gurugram, died on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday.His health deteriorated after taking medication, and he was rushed to the civil hospital, where he died during treatment...

Kendrapara (Odisha), March 19 A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl, which resulted in her becoming pregnant.The POCSO court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the 53-year-old convict, with failure to pay resulting in an additional...

Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), March 19 A 38-year-old man was arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl near Vilathikulam, police said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Dharma Muneeswaran, was apprehended after CCTV footage from a windmill and a stolen motorcycle...

The Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua have installed GPS-enabled tracking anklets on three accused persons who were granted interim bail by the court, in an effort to ensure continuous monitoring of their movements.This action was taken under the supervision of SSP Kathua, Mohita Sharma, in...

Kochi, March 18 The Kerala High Court has observed that maligning the character of a woman without any substance is a "pernicious form of social violence".It has also observed that when a society focuses more on a woman’s image than her achievements, "it exposes its own intellectual poverty"...

Bengaluru, March 18 A bill aimed at preventing crimes committed in the name of "honor" and tradition, and to penalize any conduct that interferes with individual freedom of choice in marriage, was tabled in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.The Karnataka Freedom of Choice in...