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Singapore, April 11 An Indian-origin man in Singapore was sentenced to seven weeks in jail for forging his clients' bank statements so that the insurance policies he was selling to them could take effect.Vijendren Tanapal, 38, pleaded guilty to two charges of forgery involving two Japanese...

Lucknow, April 10 A court here has sentenced nine people, including five Rohingya and three Bangladeshi migrants, to eight years of rigorous imprisonment after finding them guilty of illegal immigration, possession of fake documents, and human trafficking, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad...

Mainpuri (UP), April 10 A court in the Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh sentenced a man to life imprisonment on Thursday for killing his two daughters, allegedly for stealing a mobile phone, according to the government prosecutor on Friday.According to him, the incident took place on March...

New Delhi, April 10 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a plea challenging the denial of parole granted to convicted Santosh Kumar Singh in the 1996 Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Prashant Kumar Mishra noted that the main matter related to...

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...

Ballia (UP), April 6 A local court on Monday sentenced a man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a six-month-old case of kidnapping and rape of a 16-year-old girl.The court of Additional District Judge (POCSO) Pratham Kant also imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 on the accused...

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...

Thane, April 6 Three Bangladeshi nationals were sentenced to 14 months in prison by a Thane court for illegal stay in India.Additional Sessions Judge R.S. Bhakare, in a judgment delivered on April 1, however, acquitted them under the Foreigners Act.Jahid Aainal Khan (23), Sapna Madan Sikdar...

Budaun (UP), April 4 A court here on Saturday sentenced a man to life in prison for the murder of his nephew in a seven-year-old case, officials said.Additional District and Sessions Judge (Court Number 1) Rinku Kumari pronounced the verdict, holding the accused, Shahid, guilty of murder...

Islamabad, April 3 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, approached a high court on Friday to request an expedited hearing of their appeals in a case related to the unlawful sale of state gifts.The couple was sentenced to 14 years in the Toshakhana-I case on...

Lucknow, April 1 – A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Lucknow has sentenced five accused, including a senior bank official, to three years in prison along with a total fine of Rs 3.4 lakh in a bank fraud case linked to Kanpur, officials said on Wednesday.The...

March 31, Kohima: The Principal District & Sessions Court in Kohima on Monday sentenced a 44-year-old man to six months of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexual harassment under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.The court also imposed a fine of 10,000 rupees, with...

Ahmedabad, March 30 A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Ahmedabad convicted and sentenced the wife of a former Income Tax Officer to a rigorous imprisonment (RI) of two years in a disproportionate assets (DA) case dating back nearly 19 years.The convict, Jasodaben...

Phnom Penh, March 30 – The National Assembly of Cambodia passed a draft law on combating online scams on Monday, which would impose sentences of up to 30 years or life imprisonment on those responsible.A total of 112 lawmakers present unanimously approved the draft bill.According to the...

March 26, Kohima: The court of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kohima, has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to seven years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine.The accused, Roshni Banet, was found guilty on the 23rd of this month for an incident that occurred on May 22, 2022, in which...

Chennai, March 25 The ruling DMK on Wednesday criticized the AIADMK, demanding to know whether former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami would issue a public apology following the conviction of nine police officers in the Sathankulam custodial deaths case.In its party organ, 'Murasoli', the...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A court in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in 2020, officials said on Wednesday.The court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) and Additional Sessions Judge Dinesh Kumar also imposed a fine of...

New Delhi, March 24 A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment following her conviction in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case.Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh announced the verdict on...

Mumbai, March 24 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a girl in 2017, and ordered a fresh trial as he had not been represented by a lawyer during the earlier proceedings.A division bench of Justices...

Madurai, March 23 – In a landmark verdict that brings partial closure to one of Tamil Nadu’s most shocking custodial death cases, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday convicted nine police personnel for the murder of father-son duo P. Jayaraj and J. Bennix in...