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    Justice Served: Man Sentenced in Odisha Child Murder Case

    Bhubaneswar, April 10 A POCSO court in Odisha's Angul district on Friday sentenced a man to death for raping and killing a 4-year-old girl.The death sentence was pronounced by Additional District Judge-cum-Special Court under the POCSO Act, Angul, Judge Soumya Priyadarshini.The convict...
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    Bangladesh Tribunal Sentences Two Former Police Officers to Death

    Dhaka, April 9 A special Bangladeshi tribunal on Thursday sentenced two former police officers to death for their role in the killing of a university student in 2024, which intensified street protests and eventually led to the downfall of the then Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.The...
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    2019 Case Update: Convicts Receive Death and Imprisonment Sentences

    Muzaffarnagar (UP), April 6 A fast-track court in Muzaffarnagar on Monday awarded the death sentence to three individuals and seven years of imprisonment to another in connection with the abduction and murder of a lawyer in 2019, officials said.Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast...
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    Odisha Man Sentenced to Death for Child Assault

    Berhampur (Odisha), March 26 A POCSO court here on Thursday sentenced a man to death for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in Odisha's Ganjam district five years ago.Describing the crime as falling in the "rarest of rare" category, fast-track court judge Rohit Lal Panda delivered the...
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    Calcutta High Court Acquits Death Row Convict

    Kolkata, March 12 Taking a stern view of a sessions court judge not following proper procedure in convicting and awarding the death sentence to an accused, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday acquitted him of the charge of murder.A division bench said that the court of the Additional District...
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    Man’s Death Sentence Temporarily Suspended in Child Murder Case

    New Delhi, March 11 The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to a man, who was convicted for sexually assaulting and murdering a five-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh in 2024.A three-judge bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria...
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    Kuldeep Sengar Case and Other Matters Heard in Delhi High Court

    Key cases to be heard in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, March 11:* The High Court will hear the plea of the Unnao rape survivor to increase Kuldeep Sengar's 10-year prison sentence to a death sentence in the custodial death case of her father.
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    Beant Singh Assassination: Supreme Court to Consider Balwant Rajoana's Mercy Petition

    New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it would hear a plea filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, seeking commutation of his death sentence to a life term due to the delay in deciding...
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    Odisha Court Issues Death Sentence for Acid Attack Murder

    Balasore, February 13 A man was sentenced to death by a court in the Balasore district of Odisha for killing his wife in an acid attack.Judge Abdul Samim Akhtar awarded the death sentence to Chandan Kumar Rana, in addition to imposing a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.Rana, a resident of...
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