criminal trial

Kannur (Kerala), April 11 A court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife, a police officer, at Karivellur.Thalassery District Sessions Court Judge K T Nisar Ahamed awarded life imprisonment to Rajesh K (43) of Kozhummal for murdering his wife, Divyasree (38) of...

Guwahati, April 10 Shyamkanu Mahanta, the key accused in the Zubeen Garg death case and organizer of the North East India Festival (NEIF), applied for bail before the special fast-track court on Friday.Special public prosecutor Ziaur Kamar said Mahanta's lawyer had filed the bail petition...

Mumbai, April 8 The widow of a victim in the 2023 railway firing incident on Wednesday appealed to the sessions court to overturn its order directing a fresh mental health evaluation for the accused, former RPF constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary.The application, filed through advocates Karim...

Prayagraj (UP), April 8 The Allahabad High Court has overturned the death sentence awarded to a man convicted of the 2016 killing of an NIA officer, who was investigating several "high-profile cases related to national security," and his wife, and ordered his release from jail.Mohammad Tanzil...

Bhubaneswar, April 8 – The District and Sessions Court in Keonjhar district of Odisha on Wednesday sentenced three individuals to life imprisonment in connection with a murder case that took place in 2022.The convicted individuals – identified as Uttam Kumar Mahakud, Upendra Kumar Behera, and...

Thane, April 8 A court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted eight men accused of attempting to murder a police constable, citing the victim's inability to identify his attackers and the fact that key prosecution witnesses turned hostile.In her judgment delivered on April 6, Additional Sessions...

Azamgarh (UP), April 7 A court in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh has sentenced five members of a family to life imprisonment in a murder case that occurred nearly two years ago.Special Sessions Judge Jainuddin Ansari, after completing the trial in the murder of a man named Pankaj...

Kochi, April 7 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by the father of an accused in the Venjaramoodu mass murder case, seeking to prevent the release of a film that he claimed was based on the incident.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas rejected the plea of Abdal Rahim, father of A R...

Raipur, April 6 – The Chhattisgarh High Court has sentenced Amit Jogi, the son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, to life imprisonment for the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi, stating that he was the "mastermind" and "driving force" behind the conspiracy.A division bench of Chief...

Seoul, April 6 – A special counsel team on Monday demanded a 10-year prison sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during the appeals trial of his obstruction of justice case, stemming from his imposition of martial law in 2024.The team, led by special counsel Cho Eun-suk...

Raipur, April 6 – In a landmark verdict that has sent shockwaves through Chhattisgarh's political landscape, the High Court has sentenced former MLA Amit Jogi, the son of the state's first Chief Minister, late Ajit Jogi, to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 in the sensational 2003...

Kannur (Kerala), April 6 A court on Monday acquitted seven members of the National Democratic Front in a case related to the alleged murder of a former CPI(M) worker in 2008.The Thalassery Additional Sessions Court Judge, Philip Thomas, acquitted the accused in the case concerning the death of...

Gurugram, April 4 A Gurugram court on Saturday sentenced two men to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs 50,000 each in connection with a 2022 murder case, police said.On April 11, 2022, the body of Sunil Kumar, a resident of Dhadhot village in Mahendragarh, was found in a deserted area near...

Kota, Apr 3 A court in Rajasthan's Kota has awarded a life sentence to a dozen members of a family, including two women, in an eight-year-old murder case.The Additional Sessions Court (Woman Harassment), Kota, on Thursday convicted all 12 members of the family involved in the murder, and...

New Delhi, April 2 A Delhi court has convicted a man for attempting to murder an acquaintance by slashing his neck with a blade in east Delhi's Mandawali area around four years ago.Additional Sessions Judge Subhash Kumar Mishra was hearing a case against Sachin, alias Golu, who was accused of...

Bilaspur, April 2 Nearly 23 years after the murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi, the Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday convicted former CM Ajit Jogi's son, Amit Jogi, in the case, and ordered him to surrender within three weeks, the CBI's counsel said.A trial court had acquitted Amit Jogi...

New Delhi, April 2 The Delhi High Court on Thursday gave a final opportunity to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, and others to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate to remove "unwarranted" remarks made against it by the trial court while discharging...

Raipur, April 2 – In a significant development, the Chhattisgarh High Court has delivered a major blow to Amit Jogi, the son of former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, declaring him guilty and ordering him to surrender within three weeks in the high-profile Ramavtar Jaggi murder case.A division bench...

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)...