A court has convicted and sentenced six people to life in prison following a deadly armed assault that took place nine years ago JAISALMER: The Additional District and Sessions Court, Pokaran, has sentenced six accused to life imprisonment with rigorous imprisonment in a nine-year-old case involving an armed attack and an attempt to murder.The court,…
Patna: As the nation celebrates Independence Day and remembers those who fought British rule, Patna faces an uncomfortable question: why has the city failed to adequately honour Batukeshwar Dutt, one of the resolute revolutionaries of India’s freedom struggle who chose the Bihar capital as his home after Independence?Dutt, who stood alongside Bhagat Singh in one…
Ahmedabad: A city sessions court on Friday sentenced 27-year-old Sudhir Jatav to life imprisonment for the murder of a 10-year-old boy, relying on circumstantial evidence that included the “last seen together” theory.Jatav was accused of abducting the child, Kanaiya, from near his residence in Narol on Dec 8, 2018. After the boy went missing, police…
Bhubaneswar: A fast-track special court in Angul has sentenced a 23-year-old man to life imprisonment after convicting him in a case involving rape of a seven-year-old girl.The police attributed the verdict to a prompt, scientifically-backed investigation and effective prosecution.The convict, Kalia alias Satyabrata Mishra of Similipada in Angul, was found guilty in connection with Angul…
Kanpur: An additional sessions court on Tuesday convicted two men and sentenced them to life imprisonment in connection with the murder case of a 17-year-old boy in 2005.The prosecution had charged the accused under Sections 302, 364, 201 and 120B of the IPC, pertaining to murder, kidnapping, destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy.The presiding judge,…
Koderma: The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge III Rakesh Chandra on Monday sentenced 31-year-old Amarjeet Singh, alias Bhooltan, to life imprisonment and imposed a Rs 25,000 fine on him for kidnapping and murdering driver Pradeep Pandit.Amarjeet, a resident of Nawada in Bihar, was found guilty of murdering and dumping the body in an…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Thursday ordered the release of three life convicts — Rohan Dhungat, Shankar Tiwari and Ryan Pinto — in the 2006 kidnapping and murder of Mandar Surlakar, after the Sentence Review Board recommended their premature release on completion of 14 years of actual imprisonment.The court quashed state govt’s order rejecting…
In UP’s first conviction under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, a court on Tuesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for murder, in a record time of 115 days. In UP’s first conviction under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, a court on Tuesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for murder, in a…
Kanpur: A local court on Monday convicted a Kanpur man for murdering his wife from Fatehpur and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 11,000 after holding that the prosecution established a complete chain of circumstantial evidence, including the accused’s presence at the house, forensic bloodstain evidence and the recovery of…
Berhampur: Two life convicts in Ganjam district, including a 60-year old woman, have been prematurely released from two prisons on Sunday following remission awarded to them by the State Sentence Review Board.Shantilata Pradhan (60) of Badagudiali in Kodala police station limits and Dinabandhu Altia (71) of Takarada in Buguda police station limits lodged in Berhampur…
