AGRA: A local court in Hathras district has sentenced a man and his friend, both in their early 50s, to life imprisonment for the murder of the former’s 70-year-old mother. The murder, committed nine years ago, was part of a plot to frame the man’s rivals, said police, reports Mohammad Dilshad.The case dates back to…
KOPPAL: A sessions court in Karnataka on Thursday sentenced 98 people to life imprisonment and handed five-year jail terms to three others in a 2014 case of discrimination and caste violence targeting Dalits at Marakumbi village of Gangavati taluk.Judge Chandrasekhar C convicted 101 people in the case, of whom three received lighter sentences because Scheduled…
AGRA: A district court in Kasganj has sentenced a 48-year-old man to life imprisonment for forcing his five-year-old daughter into a sack and setting her ablaze, resulting in severe burns which ultimately led to her death. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict. According to additional district government counsel (ADGC),…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday convicted former MLA and RJD functionary Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla and Mantu Tiwari for the 1998 murder of former Bihar minister Brij Bihari Prasad and awarded them life imprisonment. The court, however, granted benefit of doubt to five other accused including former MP Suraj Bhan Singh, acquitting them…
KOLKATA: The stringent anti-rape bill to be tabled by West Bengal’s govt in the assembly on Monday proposes to treat all rape crimes – even if the victim survives – as a murder to be punished with life imprisonment or death, irrespective of the victim’s age. It will also call for a time-bound trial and…
AJMER: A Pocso court in Ajmer sentenced six remaining accused in the notorious 1992 Ajmer rape and blackmail case to life imprisonment on Tuesday. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on each of the convicts. The Rs 30 lakh collected from the six convicts will be distributed equally to the rape…
AGRA: A fast-track court in Mainpuri sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his 15-year-old cousin after she rejected his advances six years ago. Judge Bhoola Ram also imposed a fine of Rs 55,000 on Jitendra Kumar, 25, who was convicted of pouring kerosene on the girl and setting her alight while she was…
A sessions court in Pithoragarh on Tuesday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for murdering her husband two years ago. Testimony by the couple’s daughter, a Class IX student, before cops and court against her mother nailed the case. District govt counsel (crime), Pramod Panth, said, “The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000,…
AGRA: A Mathura court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering their 23-year-old friend in 2018 for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh. Additionally, a fine of Rs 15,000 each was imposed on them. Anuj Sharma, a resident of Anand Ghat area in Vrindavan, went missing on the evening of Dec…
MOHALI: Former deputy inspector general (DIG) of Punjab Dilbagh Singh was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment, while former deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Gurbachan Singh was awarded life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of vegetable vendor Gulshan Kumar. Special CBI Court Judge RK Gupta had convicted the two former police officers on…
