criminal law

Ballia (UP), March 10 A court here has sentenced six individuals to 10 years in prison in a 2014 culpable homicide case, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.The case involves the killing of a man, Jaishankar, in a land dispute at Haldi Paschim village in Ballia district, 12 years ago...

Jammu, March 10 Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Tuesday expressed full confidence in the judiciary and said that he and others who were recently discharged in the excise policy case but were later served notices by the Delhi High Court would follow all legal processes.Sisodia...

Mumbai, March 9 The Bombay High Court on Monday described a father's claim that his minor daughter accused him of rape simply out of anger as "far-fetched".Upholding the man's life sentence, a bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram Shirsat dismissed his plea challenging a March 2020...

New Delhi, March 9 The Supreme Court on Monday directed all high courts to set timelines for trial courts to ensure the speedy conclusion of acid attack cases across the country.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of the status reports submitted by...

New Delhi, March 9 The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the response of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, and 21 others to a petition filed by the CBI challenging the trial court's order discharging them in the liquor policy case.Justice Swarna Kanta...

New Delhi, March 9 – Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Delhi High Court on Monday that the order issued by the trial court discharging AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and 21 others in the 2021-22 excise policy case was "perverse" and...

March 8, Kohima: The court of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kohima, Mezivolu T. Therieh, has convicted Lezo Seletsu, 49, of murdering his 33-year-old brother at Pfuchama village under Kohima district on August 20, 2023.According to the prosecution, the accused fired at the victim...

Bhadohi (UP), March 8 An FIR has been registered against a man and seven of his family members for allegedly giving his wife triple talaq and harassing her over dowry, officials said on Sunday.The case was filed on a complaint by 21-year-old Jannat Bano against her husband, Dr Zainul Abedin...

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...

Kolkata, March 6 The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence of a convict for killing his pregnant wife, holding that he took two lives in cold blood.Rejecting an appeal by the convict, a division bench presided over by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha said that the conviction of Ram Chandra...

New Delhi, March 6 – Five Nigerian nationals who were found to be staying in India illegally have been deported or repatriated, officials said on Friday, adding that this was part of an ongoing crackdown by the Delhi Police in the national capital.According to police officials, the operation...

New Delhi, March 5 A court here has acquitted two men, accused of attempting to kill their cousin in 2018, saying the prosecution failed to prove their guilt in the case.Additional Sessions Judge Sumedh Kumar was hearing a case under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 34 (common...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 A Kerala court has sentenced a 65-year-old man to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy in April last year.Thiruvananthapuram Fast Track Special Court judge Anju Meera Birla said that there was no need to show any undue leniency to the accused...

Bhubaneswar, March 5 Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate a three-day exhibition on the new criminal laws, organized by the Odisha Police here on Friday, Director General of Police (DGP) Y B Khurania said.The ‘Nyaya Sanhita Exhibition’, to be inaugurated in the presence of...

Palghar, March 3 A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his father with an axe in the Mokhada taluka of Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Ishwar Walaya Waje, attacked his father, Walaya Hadkya Waje (47), on Sunday after...

Lucknow, March 1 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ruled that the credibility of an FIR cannot be doubted simply because it was prepared with the assistance of a lawyer.With this observation, the court upheld a person's conviction, even though it reduced his sentence from life...

Kaushambi (UP), February 27 A court here on Friday found a man and his brother guilty of murdering his wife and sentenced them to life imprisonment, a lawyer said on Friday.Additional District and Sessions Judge Farida Begum also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convicts.On February 21...

Bhubaneswar, February 27 BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Friday alleged that women were not safe under the BJP rule in Odisha, and said the state government should take proactive steps to ensure their safety."While the government makes long speeches on women's safety and law and order, the...

New Delhi, February 27 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Rouse Avenue Court's order discharging all 23 accused, including AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in the 2022 Delhi excise...

New Delhi, February 27 – A Delhi court on Friday acquitted all 23 accused, including AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court ruled that the...