CUTTAK: Orissa high court has acquitted a 42-year-old murder convict, out on bail after 14 years in jail, due to insufficient evidence.A bench of justices Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Chittaranjan Dash in its March 7 judgment set aside a 2008 life sentence given to Madan Kanhar by a sessions judge in Phulbani district for the…
NEW DELHI: Holding that the evidence of a child witness stands on the same footing as any other witness if the child is competent to testify, Supreme Court has convicted and sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife by relying upon the statement of the couple’s seven-year-old daughter who witnessed the incident.A…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday took exception to Delhi govt’s stand that a convict, sentenced to life imprisonment with 20 years of jail term without remission, could not be released even after completion of the period.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan expressed surprise over the oral submission made by the Delhi…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: IANS) BAREILLY: A local court has sentenced a man, his wife, and his sister to life imprisonment for torturing his 10-year-old daughter to death. Additional district and sessions judge Arvind Kumar Yadav cited the Supreme Court ruling in Nupur Talwar vs State of UP and Anr, 2018, while…
AHMEDABAD: A special CBI court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old teacher to life imprisonment “till his last breath” for raping a student and impregnating her, after eloping with her on the pretext of marriage.This is the second time the accused, Dhaval Trivedi, has been awarded life sentence. A repeat offender, he was already…
KALABURAGI: As the heavy gates of Kalaburagi central jail swung open last Thursday, Durgappa, 68, stepped out. But freedom came at a price – Rs 1.1 lakh, to be precise.The murder convict was set to walk free in November 2024 on account of good behaviour during his 12 years behind bars. But a court-mandated fine…
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court has admitted an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the trial court’s decision to sentence Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar medical college and hospital rape-murder case, to life imprisonment without parole. However, the court refused to admit a separate appeal by the…
Zahur Haider Zaidi (left) NEW DELHI: A CBI court in Chandigarh sentenced Himachal Pradesh inspector general (IG) of Police Zahur Haider Zaidi and seven other police personnel to life imprisonment on Monday. The sentence follows their involvement in the custodial death of an accused in the rape and murder of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Shimla‘s…
KOLKATA: Sanjay Roy responded “I can’t say” to 56 out of 104 questions from prosecution, but said “yes” when asked if he was the person seen in CCTV footage at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital’s chest department on Aug 9.This key admission played a critical role in linking him to the rape and murder…
KOLKATA: A sessions court in Kolkata Monday sentenced former traffic police volunteer Sanjay Roy (35) to jail for the remainder of his life for raping and murdering a 31-year-old junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug 9 last year, acknowledging that it resisted “the temptation to bow to public pressure or…
