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New Delhi, March 13 – A Delhi court on Friday sentenced four men to life imprisonment for the 2017 murder of a 17-year-old boy in Kirti Nagar area of west Delhi, stating that they all played an active role in causing the death, motivated by a common intention.The court also fined Ramu, Sonu...

New Delhi, March 12 The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to two individuals accused in the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in 2022.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted relief to Pawan Bishnoi, an alleged associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, and Jagtar...

Kochi (Kerala), March 12 The Kerala High Court has upheld the life sentence of five BJP activists for the murder of a young CPI(M) worker by throwing a bomb at him in Kannur in 2006, terming it as another incident of a person losing his life due to the political rivalry between the two parties...

Thane, March 6 A court in Thane, Maharashtra, has sentenced a 31-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing a security guard following a fight over a vulgar message nearly three years ago.In his order delivered on Thursday, Principal District and Sessions Judge S B Agrawal acquitted the...

New Delhi, March 5 A Delhi court has convicted a man and his father for the 2021 murder of a young man following a dispute over a loan of Rs 5,000 in northeast Delhi's Welcome area.Additional Sessions Judge Charu Aggarwal was hearing the case against Mehboob and his father Mehfooz. The two...

New Delhi, March 4 A dispute during Holi celebrations in the Burari area of north Delhi turned violent on Wednesday, resulting in the death of one man and serious injuries to another, police said.The deceased has been identified as Nepal, while the injured person is receiving treatment at a...

New Delhi, March 2 A Delhi court has acquitted three men accused of killing a man under the Janakpuri District Centre flyover in 2015, giving them the benefit of the doubt after finding material inconsistencies in the prosecution's case.Additional Sessions Judge Pooja Talwar was hearing a case...

Guwahati, March 2 – The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Kamrup district, Assam, ordered on Monday that one of the accused in the death case of Zubeen Garg – Shyamkanu Mahanta, the festival organizer's, bank accounts be unfrozen, noting that the provisions under Section 107 of the Bharatiya...

Balrampur (UP), March 1 A young man has been arrested for allegedly raping a teenager with intellectual disabilities, police said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Monu (25), also known as Maqsood, was arrested, police said.The incident occurred on February 27 when the 13-year-old girl...

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...

Prayagraj, February 26 The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a man who spent about 23 years in jail after being convicted for the murder of his wife and three children, holding that the prosecution failed to conclusively prove his guilt.A division bench of Justices Siddharth and Jai Krishna...

Thane, February 22 A special court in the Thane district has acquitted nine individuals who were charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for an attempted robbery and shooting incident in 2017, citing a lack of incriminating evidence against them.Special...

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...

Thane, February 18 A court in Thane has acquitted a 32-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, stating that the case appeared to stem from a personal dispute with the victim's mother over a marriage proposal.Special POCSO Court Judge D S Deshmukh, in the judgment on February...

Prayagraj (UP), February 17 The Allahabad High Court has acquitted three men, who were convicted for robbery in 1983.The court acquitted them on Monday in a case of robbery that allegedly took place in 1982.Justice Avnish Saxena found inconsistencies in the testimonies of the witnesses and...

Faridabad, February 13 The court here on Friday convicted three individuals in the kidnapping and murder of a woman in 2019 and sentenced them to life imprisonment, officials said.According to police, a resident of Ismailpur in Faridabad reported that his wife had been kidnapped and illegally...

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...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 13 A special court for crimes against women and children here on Friday sentenced a 26-year-old man to life in prison after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering a four-year-old boy three years ago.Additional District Judge (ADJ) and judge of the...

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 10 A Delhi court has acquitted two brothers accused of murdering a truck driver in Okhla in 2020, stating that the prosecution failed to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Anuj Agrawal acquitted Rakesh Arora and Dheeraj Arora in a case...