criminal trial

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A special court for crimes against women and children (POCSO) here on Monday convicted a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a 13-year-old girl in August 2020.Saroj Kumar Sahoo, additional sessions judge, POCSO court, Bhubaneswar, pronounced the...

Latehar (Jharkhand), March 28 A court in Latehar district of Jharkhand sentenced six people to life imprisonment on Saturday for the gang rape of a minor.The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Second) cum Special Judge (POCSO), Sanjay Kumar Dubey, sentenced Kariman Ganjhu (38)...

Sambalpur (Odisha), March 27 A court in Odisha sentenced seven individuals to life imprisonment for the murder of a man in the Sambalpur district in 2021, an official said on Friday.District and sessions judge Pragyan Panigrahi delivered the verdict on Thursday after examining 23 witnesses and...

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...

Mumbai, March 26 A Mumbai court has directed prison authorities to once again transfer former RPF constable Chetan Singh Choudhary, who is accused of killing four people on a train in 2023, to the Thane mental hospital and submit a report on his mental health, with a specific opinion on whether...

Thane, March 26 A Thane court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of an 84-year-old man and his caretaker here nearly a decade ago.Additional Sessions Judge GG Bhansali, in the order passed on March 20, also ordered rigorous imprisonment of seven years on two counts of...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A local court in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday awarded the death penalty to a 22-year-old man for raping and murdering a minor, delivering the verdict in a swift trial under the POCSO Act.Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act)...

Johannesburg, March 25 The trial of six South African women of Indian origin, accused of stealing jewellery worth over R3.2 million from a renowned jewellery store in Durban, has commenced nearly three years after the incident, a media report said on Wednesday.The women were arrested in...

Mumbai, March 25 A court here has refused to allow an accused in a UAPA case to travel abroad for a family vacation, describing the reason for travel as "too trivial".Businessman Vaibhav Raut, who is out on bail, had sought permission to visit Vietnam with his wife and children from May 4 to...

Madurai, March 23 A local court here on Monday found all nine accused police officers guilty in the case of custodial torture of a man and his son, which led to their deaths in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district in 2020.Judge G Muthukumaran of the First Additional District and Sessions Court...

New Delhi, March 23 – The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in response to a plea filed by former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, challenging a trial court order that denied the prosecution access to documents not relied upon in the alleged...

Kollam (Kerala), March 21 A teacher convicted in the sensational murder of Dr Vandana Das inside a hospital here was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday, and the prosecution said it will move an appeal seeking the death penalty for the accused. The victim's family also called for "maximum...

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...

Kollam (Kerala), March 21 A Kerala court on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of Dr. Vandana Das in a taluk hospital in May 2023.The Kollam Additional District and Sessions Court sentenced G. Sandeep to a total of 30 years for various offenses under...

Bulandshahr (UP), March 20 A court here on Friday sentenced six persons to life imprisonment in connection with a 2017 murder case, officials said.According to the prosecution, the incident took place on July 1, 2017, in Gadana village under Kakod police station.When a wedding procession was...

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...

New Delhi, March 19 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted time until April 2 to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, and 21 others to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate to remove "unwarranted" remarks made against it by the trial court while...

Guwahati, March 19 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Thursday a significant development in the investigation and trial process in the Zubeen Garg death case, stating that a dedicated fast-track court will now conduct daily hearings to ensure timely justice.In a post on X...

Guwahati, March 19 The Gauhati High Court has appointed a dedicated fast-track court to conduct the day-to-day trial proceedings in the Zubeen Garg death case, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday.Judge Sharmila Bhuyan of the Baksa district will head the fast-track court...

New Delhi, March 18 A court here has acquitted two men in a case related to the 2020 Delhi riots, stating that it would be unsafe to rely on the testimonies of the two police witnesses as there is serious doubt about the claim that they were present together at the incident site.Furthermore...