MUMBAI: Seeking maximum sentence of death against the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the intervenor, father of one of the victims, submitted in the final arguments that the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt, reports Rebecca Samervel.“Changes in the regime led to shifts in the approach of the prosecuting agencies, but…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted a death row convict who spent 12 years in jail out of which eight years were under the shadow of death for allegedly killing his wife, mother and two-year-old daughter in 2012 in Pune. It found that there was no conclusive evidence to prove his guilt and directed…
LUCKNOW: A murderer successfully concealed his dark secrets and served in UP irrigation department for six years in what clearly puts a question mark on the process of stringent police verification for a govt job. The man in his mid-30s had spent four months in jail in 2013 after being charged with a murder that…
JAIPUR: A special Pocso court in Pali on Friday sentenced a 47-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping his 14-year-old daughter, resulting in her pregnancy. The conviction comes nearly a year after the incident, despite the victim, her mother, and other family members turning hostile in court and attempting to withdraw…
LUCKNOW: As many as 835 cases were registered in the state till July 31 under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act since its inception in 2020. A total of 1,682 people were arrested in these cases.The commissionerate of Ghaziabad and the districts of Ambedkarnagar, Bhadohi, Saharanpur, and Shahjahanpur have taken maximum…
NAGPUR: Nagpur bench of Bombay high court upheld the conviction of four men for gang rape, clarifying that direct participation in the sexual assault was not necessary to establish guilt. If there was evidence of shared intent, it was sufficient for conviction, the court said.Justice Govinda Sanap dismissed the appeals filed by the four accused,…
PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad high court on Monday set aside the conviction and four-year sentence awarded to Ghazipur SP MP Afzal Ansari in a Gangsters’ Act case linked to the murder of a BJP MLA, Krishnanand Rai, in 2005. Afzal’s late brother Mukhtar had been sentenced to 10 years in the same case lodged in 2007, reports…
MOHALI: Special CBI court judge RK Gupta on Thursday convicted former Punjab Police DIG Dilbagh Singh and retired DSP Gurbachan Singh in a fake encounter case of 1993. The conviction came 31 years after the fake encounter and the two convicted former police officers will be sentenced on Friday.Advocate Sarabjeet Singh Verka said the case…
NEW DELHI: In another major relief, Islamabad High Court on Monday cleared Pakistan‘s former Prime Minister Imran Khan of charges related to leaking state secrets, according to his lawyer and party officials.The court also acquitted former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case. However, Khan will remain in prison for now due to…
NEW DELHI: Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns the social networking site Truth Social, are rising shortly after the opening bell on Friday, following former US president Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial. A New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence…
