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New Delhi, March 23 – A special CBI court in Delhi has sentenced a former Sub-Inspector of the Delhi Traffic Police to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case, officials said on Monday.The court convicted Jagmal Singh Deshwal, who was posted as Sub-Inspector and Zonal Officer...

New Delhi, March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a corruption case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation after finding him guilty of demanding a bribe of Rs 24,000 from the complainant.Special Judge Jyoti Kler awarded the...

Ballia (UP), March 21 A local court has sentenced five members of a family, including the husband and in-laws, to 10 years in prison for killing a woman over dowry demands two years ago, officials said on Saturday.District government counsel Sanjeev Singh said that the court of District Judge...

Thane, March 19 A special POCSO court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Palghar district in 2018, describing the crime as "heinous".Special Judge N K Karande, delivering the verdict on March 11, held the accused, Sandesh...

Deoria (UP), March 18 A court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his father-in-law with an iron rod nearly a decade ago, officials said on Wednesday.According to Assistant District Government Counsel Harendra Nishad, the incident took place on the night of August 17...

Ballia (UP), March 17 A court here has sentenced eight people to life imprisonment and five others to ten-year rigorous imprisonment for the killing of two people during a clash over the demarcation of a boundary wall in 2015.District and Sessions Judge, Ballia, Anil Kumar Jha, on Monday...

Hyderabad, March 16 A man convicted in the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002, surrendered before a city court on Monday.His surrender follows a Supreme Court ruling on February 17, dismissing the plea of G Siddhartha Reddy, who was challenging his conviction in the actress's death. The...

New Delhi, March 16 A Delhi court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting and murdering a 11-year-old boy in 2019, stating that he needed to be dealt with firmly due to his criminal mindset.Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat, however, refused to award the...

New Delhi, March 16 A court here has overturned the conviction of a school van driver in a case of alleged sexual assault on a minor boy, holding that the trial court failed to follow the prescribed legal procedure.According to the prosecution, the father of a seven-year-old boy complained to...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 13 A 49-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kerala court on Friday for repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor girl during her school holidays in 2019, police said.The Chavakkad Fast Track Special Court sentenced Unnimon, also known as Vinod, to life...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 13 A court here has sentenced a father-son duo to life imprisonment for murdering a man in Chaukhriya village in 2018.District government counsel, criminal, Arvind Tripathi said on Friday that two others were acquitted in the murder case of villager Ramesh Yadav...

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...

New Delhi, March 11 – The Delhi High Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on a plea filed by the Unnao rape survivor seeking to enhance the sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar and other convicted individuals in the custodial death case of her father.A division bench...

Ahmedabad, March 11 A court in Ahmedabad has sentenced a Nigerian and a Zambian national to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in an international drug trafficking case.The special court for Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act cases, in its order passed on Tuesday, also...

Mumbai, March 9 The Bombay High Court on Monday described a father's claim that his minor daughter accused him of rape simply out of anger as "far-fetched".Upholding the man's life sentence, a bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram Shirsat dismissed his plea challenging a March 2020...

Ahmedabad, March 3 – A special court in Ahmedabad sentenced two drug traffickers to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each in the 2019 case related to the possession of 3.983 kg of charas, an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Tuesday...

Sonbhadra (UP), February 27 A court here on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a Dalit girl seven years ago, the prosecution said.Government Advocate Dinesh Prasad Agrahari said on October 25, 2018, a woman submitted a written...

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court on Friday allowed a plea by Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence without remission for the murder of businessman Nitish Katara in 2002, seeking to be released from prison on furlough.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Vipul M Pancholi...

Bijnor (UP), February 27 Two men were allegedly seen threatening a judge with violence shortly after being sentenced to life imprisonment here, officials said on Friday.On Thursday, Jaideep and Pintu Chauhan were convicted of the murder of Pukhraj, who was killed by a car on May 19, 2024...

February 19, New Delhi: A South Korean court is set to deliver its verdict on charges of insurrection against former President Yoon Suk Yeol in a criminal case that could result in a death sentence over his 2024 declaration of martial law.The sentencing on Thursday afternoon concludes a...