criminal law

Mumbai, March 27 The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI investigation against Reliance Industries Limited and its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani for alleged illegal extraction of natural gas from ONGC's Krishna-Godavari basin fields.A bench of Chief...

Agartala, March 27 A man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripura for murdering his wife.Additional District and Sessions Judge of West Tripura, P P Paul, convicted Mithu Das and sentenced him to rigorous life imprisonment on Thursday.Mithu, a daily wage laborer, had been...

March 26, Kohima: The court of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kohima, has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to seven years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine.The accused, Roshni Banet, was found guilty on the 23rd of this month for an incident that occurred on May 22, 2022, in which...

New Delhi, March 26 A Delhi court has convicted a man in a 2015 attempt to murder case, stating that the prosecution has proven the case against him beyond a reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Vandana Jain was hearing a case against Surender Jain alias Vicky, who was accused of...

New Delhi, March 26 Observing that dowry deaths are a severe stain on society, the Supreme Court has stated that despite legal prohibitions, this practice continues to result in the unnatural deaths of thousands of women.A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi made the observation...

New Delhi, March 26 The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a man accused of kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl, ruling that the horoscope and vaccination card were not proof of age and, therefore, he could not be prosecuted under the POCSO Act.A bench of Justices Navin Chawla...

New Delhi, March 26 The Supreme Court has directed the consolidation of all pending petitions challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, for adjudication by a three-judge bench.The law was...

Patna, March 26 – In a significant judgment, the Patna High Court has granted major relief to Lambu Sharma and other convicts in the Arrah Civil Court blast case. The court acquitted Lambu Sharma of the death penalty, providing him with substantial relief. However, it upheld the convictions of...

Singapore, March 26 An Indian-origin man was charged in a Singapore court on Thursday for driving a luxury sports car with his two children sitting on the car's trunk.According to a report by Channel News Asia, Prem Anan Sugunakumar was charged with reckless driving that endangered the safety...

Palghar, March 26 Police have arrested a man for allegedly stabbing his 30-year-old friend to death after a dispute in Palghar district, Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday.The incident occurred around 10:30 pm on Tuesday at Jijai Nagar in the Moregaon area, under the jurisdiction of the...

Mumbai, March 25 The Maharashtra Legislative Council unanimously passed the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill 2026 on Wednesday to include provisions in the Shakti Bill to protect the identities of acid attack victims and ensure imprisonment for online sexual advances.The...

Lucknow, March 25 The Allahabad High Court ruled on Wednesday that a candidate cannot be denied a government job solely because of a minor criminal case, especially when the candidate has disclosed the case.The order was passed by Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the Lucknow bench of the HC...

New Delhi, March 25 A woman was allegedly stabbed by her husband during a domestic dispute in Keshav Puram, northwest Delhi, on Wednesday, police said.The incident was reported from a house in Tri Nagar, where the woman alleged that her husband attacked her with a kitchen knife during a heated...

Gandhinagar, March 25 The Gujarat legislative assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to amend an existing law, removing provisions related to terrorism so that they do not overlap with the Centre's new criminal code.The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (Amendment)...

New Delhi, March 25 The new criminal laws have introduced specific timelines for various stages of investigation and trial to ensure faster and fair resolution of cases, the Centre has informed the Lok Sabha.Responding to a question by BJP MP Anil Baluni, Minister of State for Home Bandi...

Mumbai, March 25 – The Maharashtra Assembly passed the Bill presented by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to amend the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on Wednesday, effectively integrating the stringent provisions of the Shakti Act into the new national criminal code and incorporating two...

Indore, March 24 Narayan Sai, the convict in a rape case and son of jailed self-proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu, appeared before a family court in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday, under tight security, where he recorded his statement in the divorce case filed by his wife.Narayan Sai is...

New Delhi, March 24 A Delhi court has summoned gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and two other accused in an extortion call case, a month after they were discharged in the matter.Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singh was hearing the revision petition filed by the state against the discharge order...

Relevance: RushSubject: POCSO CaseCategory: CrimeHandwara Police secures conviction in POCSO caseThe Jammu & Kashmir Police in Handwara has successfully secured a conviction in a POCSO case registered under FIR No. 69/2021 at Police Station Kralgund.Srinagar, March 24: In a significant...

Mirzapur (UP), March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a rape case involving a woman with hearing impairment, police said.The court also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict.On March 28, 2018, a complaint was lodged at the Chunar police...