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Bijnor (UP), February 28 Two men were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, allegedly threatening the presiding judge and the complainant in open court after the verdict was pronounced here, officials said on Saturday.Assistant District Government Counsel Ajit Pawar said that on Thursday...

Kozhikode (Kerala), February 27 A Kerala court on Friday sentenced a 41-year-old man to a cumulative 53 years in prison for the aggravated sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl at her residence near Perambra here in 2023.Judge Devan K Menon of the Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court sentenced...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 A court here on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹50,000 for murdering his father in Nedumangad in July 2022.Thiruvananthapuram Additional Sessions Court Judge K P Anil Kumar found Vinod guilty of killing his father, Antony...

Thane, February 27 A court in Thane district of Maharashtra has acquitted a 21-year-old labourer accused of killing a man and injuring another in a 2018 knife attack, citing inconsistencies in the eyewitness testimonies.Principal district and sessions judge S B Agrawal granted the benefit of...

Idukki (Kerala), February 27 A 25-year-old man has been sentenced by a Kerala court to a cumulative 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at a theatre in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, in 2022, after luring her there with the promise of a job.Idukki Painav Fast Track Court Judge...

Singapore, February 27 A Malaysian man of Indian origin was sentenced in Singapore to 12 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a domestic worker outside a train station after deceiving her into believing that he was a police officer.Sharveen Chetty, 48, pleaded guilty on...

Guwahati, February 26 – The Assam Cabinet on Thursday decided to establish a dedicated fast-track court for the day-to-day trial of the case related to the death of popular singer Zubeen Garg, citing the sensitivity of the matter and its wider implications.The decision was made at a Cabinet...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), February 25 A court here has acquitted 37 accused in the 2013 communal riots case related to the killing of eight people, citing a lack of evidence.Additional District and Sessions Judge Manjula Bhalotiya acquitted 37 accused on Tuesday, stating that the prosecution failed...

Mumbai, February 24 A special court under the POCSO Act here has acquitted four men accused of gang-raping a mentally disabled girl, citing a lack of reliable evidence.Additional Sessions Judge Ashwini D Lokhande, in the verdict delivered on February 5, ordered the immediate release of the...

New Delhi, February 24 A Delhi court on Tuesday convicted a man for sodomizing and murdering a 11-year-old boy in 2019, stating that the prosecution had proven the charges against him beyond any reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing the case against the accused...

Prayagraj (UP), February 19 The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a man serving a life sentence, convicted in 1989 for a murder in Farrukhabad in 1987.A division bench comprising Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Prashant Mishra on Wednesday held that the sentence and conviction recorded...

Ballia (UP), February 19 A man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in the Ballia district in connection with a double murder case dating back 18 years, a senior police officer said on Thursday.Superintendent of Police Omveer Singh said that the court of Additional Sessions...

New Delhi, February 18 A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of murdering an 18-year-old flower vendor in Paschim Vihar in 2017, giving him the benefit of the doubt and holding that the prosecution failed to establish the chain of circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions...

Azamgarh (UP), February 18 A court here has sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment in a 27-year-old murder case linked to Shia-Sunni riots in Mubarakpur in the district, officials said on Wednesday.District and Sessions Judge Jai Prakash Pandey pronounced the sentence on Tuesday after...

Bemetara, February 17 A court in the Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday acquitted 17 people accused of murdering a man and his son following communal clashes in April 2023.Manoj Namdeo, a defense lawyer, said Additional Sessions Judge Sakshee Dixit delivered the verdict after...

New Delhi, February 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by an IAS officer seeking discharge in the multi-crore Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case, paving the way for her trial.A bench comprising justices M M Sundresh and N K Singh upheld the decision of the Telangana High Court...

Banda (UP), February 13 A special court here on Friday sentenced three individuals, including two brothers, to life imprisonment for strangling a six-year-old boy and throwing his body into a well.Additional District Government Counsel Jayaprakash Sahu said the court of Special Judge Shripal...

Bareilly (UP), February 13 A local court here sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife, relying on the testimony of their two minor daughters who deposed against him during the trial.Special Judge Tabrez Ahmad awarded life imprisonment to Ramesh Chandra and imposed a fine of...

New Delhi, February 11 A Delhi court acquitted two persons accused of murdering a 33-year-old Indian Air Force staffer in 2014, stating that the prosecution failed to prove the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Gurmohina Kaur was hearing a case against...

New Delhi, February 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the plea filed by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court order which overturned the death sentences awarded to four accused and life imprisonment to another in the 2007 Rampur CRPF camp terror attack...