death penalty

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...

Madurai, April 6 In a landmark judgment, a court here on Monday handed the death penalty to nine police personnel in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case.The father-son duo, P Jayaraj and J Bennix, died after they were assaulted by the convicted police personnel in...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), April 6 In a landmark judgment, a court here on Monday awarded the death penalty to nine police personnel in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case.The father and son, P. Jayaraj and J. Bennix, were allegedly assaulted by the convicted police officers in...

Madurai, April 6 – In a landmark judgment that has reignited national debate on custodial violence, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday awarded the death penalty to nine police personnel convicted in the 2020 Sattankulam custodial deaths case.The case pertains...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), April 6 A court here on Monday sentenced nine police personnel to death for the brutal custodial torture and murder of a father-son duo in Sathankulam, Tuticorin.First Additional District and Sessions Judge G Muthukumaran classified the case as the rarest of rare...

Mumbai, April 5 Nationalist Congress Party leader Sunil Tatkare said on Sunday that individuals with "malicious tendencies" should be tried in fast-track courts, and if warranted, should be given the death penalty.He was responding to queries about self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who was...

Prayagraj, March 31 A court here has sentenced a man to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in 2024, officials said on Tuesday.In the verdict pronounced on Monday, Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO Court) Vinod Kumar Chaurasia also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict...

Tel Aviv, March 31 – Israel's parliament has passed a controversial law that makes hanging the default punishment for Palestinians convicted in military courts of carrying out deadly attacks, fulfilling a key demand of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right allies.The legislation...

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)...

Washington, February 27 – A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives to authorize the death penalty for individuals convicted of raping children under federal law, declaring that there would be “zero mercy for child rapists” and that those who prey on...

Siliguri, February 26 Protesters clashed with the police in Siliguri, a city in northern West Bengal, on Thursday during a demonstration over the assault of a pregnant tribal woman.Members of the Janjati Suraksha Manch, backed by the RSS, were on their way to gherao Uttarkanya, the state...

Koppal (Karnataka), February 16 A court in Karnataka on Monday sentenced three people to death for sexually assaulting an Israeli tourist and murdering a youth in this district last year.The Gangavathi Civil Court delivered the judgment, sentencing the convicts – Mallesh alias Handi Malla...

Bengaluru, February 16 – The First Additional District and Sessions Court in Gangavati, in Karnataka’s Koppal district, on Monday sentenced three men to death in connection with the gang-rape of an Israeli tourist and an Indian woman, and the killing of a male tourist near Sanapura Lake last...