Bhopal, March 9 (IANS) In the case of notorious smuggler Babu Sindhi and seizure of 25,000 kg of narcotics substance, a special court in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch has delivered its much-anticipated verdict late Saturday evening. Three smugglers, including the ringleader Babu Sindhi, have been slapped 15-year sentences each, while five others walked free. Special Judge … Read more
Bhopal, March 8 (IANS) Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday expressed anguish over crime against girl children, warning that the state government has made a provision to award death sentence to those found guilty of raping girls below 12 years of age. Addressing an event on ‘International Women’s Day’ in Bhopal, Chief Minister Yadav said … Read more
Srinagar, March 2, KDC: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has temporarily suspended the sentence and granted bail to a man convicted in a kidnapping and rape case. The convict, Amir Ashraf Zargar, who was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment and fines by the Principal Sessions Judge, Ganderbal, had … Read more
Ahmedabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Courts in Gujarat’s Amreli, Vadodara, and Rajkot on Friday sentenced seven POCSO convicts to life imprisonment. In Amreli, charge sheets were filed in two cases within just 17 days, with one accused arrested on the day of the crime. In Rajkot, the charge sheet was submitted within 40 days, while in … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) After a Delhi court sentenced former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for his role in the brutal killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, BJP leaders have vocally demanded a harsher punishment, including the death penalty. The case stems from the horrific killing of Jaswant Singh and his son, … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life sentence to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in connection with the killing of a father-son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984, during the anti-Sikh riots. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced its decision on the quantum of the sentence after … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) The father of the victim in the R.G. Kar rape and murder case said on Friday that the West Bengal government should not have been so active in approaching the Calcutta High Court demanding the death penalty for the sole convict in the case, a former civic volunteer attached to Kolkata … Read more
Palakkad, Jan 29 (IANS) Fifty-eight-year-old Chenthamara, who had already killed one person and early this week murdered two more, on Wednesday told a court in Kerala’s Palakkad to sentence him to 100 years in prison. He said this when the police produced him before the court. As the court began its proceedings, Chenthamara added, “I … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29 (IANS) A controversy has erupted in Kerala after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan advised Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar to commute the sentence of a murder convict. The convict, Sherin, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her father-in-law in 2009. Sherin, the main accused, along with two others have been serving … Read more