Noida: A man accused of killing his 96-year-old grandfather was acquitted by a fast-track court. It noted that a false complaint had been lodged by the man’s brother and ordered that a separate criminal miscellaneous case be registered against the brother for giving false evidence in the court.A separate miscellaneous case is an independent court…
Prayagraj: Observing that in a free fight each person is responsible for their own act, the Allahabad high court acquitted four women while upholding the conviction of two men in a 1984 land dispute clash. The court held that the prosecution failed to establish which side was the aggressor.Justice Sanjiv Kumar made the observation while…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Thursday set aside a sessions court verdict and acquitted Arjuna Kazidoni in the 2020 Fatorda double murder case, granting him the benefit of doubt in the deaths of Ravi Badiger and Bhimsi Gasti.Kazidoni had been sentenced to life imprisonment in Oct 2024 for allegedly killing the two men with…
Mohali: Nearly four years after an auto-rickshaw driver was fatally stabbed in Balongi, a Mohali court has convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment, with forensic DNA evidence emerging as the decisive factor in the case.Additional district and sessions judge Vikrant Kumar on Wednesday sentenced Ravi Sharma to life imprisonment for the murder…
Panaji: A fast-track court has acquitted a man of raping a married woman, a mother of three, under the pretext of marriage, giving him the benefit of doubt. The court observed that even if the accused had wanted to fulfil his promise and marry her, it would not have been legally possible for him, as…
Noida: A man identified in court the person he said had killed his mother during a snatching bid, testifying that the accused and his accomplice had met his father the day after the attack to demand payment for the job. But 24 years later, the three were acquitted. The court noted that the son’s testimony…
Jhanvi Kukreja’s mother Niddhi had moved the Bombay High Court against the acquittal in March Mumbai: The Bombay High Court division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata on Wednesday issued a notice to the state and Diya Padalkar, who was acquitted in the 2021 murder of her friend Jhanvi Kukreja (19) following…
During the trial, the court found that the evidence and witness testimonies produced by the prosecution were insufficient to establish the guilt of the accused Mohali: A local court has acquitted all three persons in a murder case that was registered in 2019 under the jurisdiction of the Phase-XI police station. The court exonerated Gujram,…
Varanasi: In a case of violent communal clash sparked by frisking of Mufti-e-Banaras Maulana Abdul Batin by security personnel near Gyanvapi gate on Sep 2, 2005, court of additional session judge on Wednesday acquitted all 14 named accused, giving them benefit of doubt.In his order, Additional Session Judge Yajuvendra Vikram Singh ruled that prosecution failed…
