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UP: Girl's father, uncle get life term for killing teenage lovers; mother sentenced to 7 years
They were also awarded seven years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 each under sections 201 (Causing disapp...
Special court to frame charges against accused on Dec 19 in sarpanch Deshmukh murder case
Deshmukh, sarpanch of Massajog village, was abducted, tortured and murdered on December 9 last year for opposing an exto...
Man gets two-year jail for dragging police constable 100 ft with motorcycle
The judge stressed that the behaviour and action of the accused "definitely amounted to using criminal force to deter th...
'Diabolical, brutal': Delhi court awards life term to 2 men for forcing boy to ingest acid
The court noted that after the acid attack, the victim was unable to eat or drink and that at the time of death, he had ...
Local court to hear on Dec 18 UP govt plea to withdraw Akhlaq lynching case
According to officials, the withdrawal application was filed by the Assistant District Government Advocate (Criminal) fo...
UP: Man, parents get life term in jail in dowry death case
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on each convict and said that failure to pay the amount would attract an addi...
Actress sexual assault: Court says Prosecution 'miserably' failed to prove conspiracy against Dileep
The court also rejected the prosecution's claim that the accused had been planning the assault on Dileep's instructions ...
Defamation case involving Rahul Gandhi postponed, next hearing on Dec 23
He surrendered in February 2024, following which a special magistrate granted him bail on two sureties of Rs 25,000 each...
UP: Man sentenced to 20 years of RI for raping, forcing minor to undergo abortion
he case was filed at the Ghurawal police station on September 23, 2024, based on a written complaint by the minor's fath...
Court sentences six people convicted in actress sexual assault case to 20 yrs rigorous imprisonment
The court asked the prosecution whether the same sentence can be imposed on the first accused and other convicted person...
Sabarimala gold loss case: Kerala vigilance court rejects bail plea of former TDB prez
The prosecutor added that for offences under the IPC, 60 days is the maximum limit for holding a person in custody witho...
Honour killing case: UP court sentences couple to life imprisonment
According to the prosecution, the couple along with their sons had killed their 24-year-old daughter Jyoti on January 19...
UP: Man gets 20 years in prison for abducting, raping girl
Police registered a case under sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping), 376 (punishment for rape) and 506 (punishment f...
Gangster Nilesh Ghaywal declared proclaimed offender in cheating case
Chief Judicial Magistrate K P Jain-Desarada issued the proclamation order, observing that Ghaywal had committed an offen...
Guest professor, booked for molesting Mumbai college students, seeks anticipatory bail
Therefore, based on a complaint filed by the college principal, police registered a case under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya ...
Death to 1, life term to 9 in Maharajganj communal clash murder
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Mishra's family in Lucknow, assuring them of justice and extending financial assistan...
Court issues NBW against Telangana Minister Konda Surekha in defamation case
In the complaint, Rama Rao had submitted that Surekha made defamatory imputations against him only with an oblique motiv...
TN district judge placed under suspension
Later, the Madras High Court quashed the order to imprison the DSP and directed a vigilance enquiry into the judge's con...
TN man missing since 2010 found in Kerala jail, to be arrested after court nod
The court directed that Vasanth’s formal arrest be recorded at the prison in the presence of the Superintendent before D...
UP: Chinese national sentenced to 1 year in jail for illegally entering India from Nepal
The case dates back to January 14, when police in Sonauli bordering Nepal spotted a suspected foreign national entering ...
Three decades later, man acquitted in 1993 Mumbai riots case
A prosecution witness testified to the presence of a violent mob, but did not identify the accused as one of the people ...
Court convicts Haryana gangster for running organised crime syndicate
The court, meanwhile, said that neither of the accused persons was directly found in the possession of movable or immova...
UP: Man gets 20 years rigorous imprisonment for attempting to raping girl in Jhansi
Hearing the girl's cries, her 10-year-old brother rushed inside the house and Ramkishan to flee the scene, he said, addi...
SC issues notification designating 4 retired judges as senior advocates
The former judges who have been designated as senior advocates are former chief justice of the Patna High Court Pavankum...
Delhi court grants interim bail to Umar Khalid to attend sister's wedding
The court directed Khalid to surrender before the prison authorities on the evening of December 29....
MNS chief Raj Thackeray appears in Thane court in 2008 rioting case
In 2008, the MNS chief and his party workers were accused of targeting candidates from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh who had c...
SC accords ceremonial welcome to Sri Lankan Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena
CJI Kant informed the court that the Sri Lankan delegation spent three days at the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal u...
Mathura court orders FIR against 15 cops over abduction, fake encounter complaint
Gajendra Singh claimed that the policemen also took away the phones of Harendra and his wife, and Rs 50,000 cash kept in...
CJI Surya Kant reconstitutes AI committee of SC
Registrar (Technology) Anupam Patra of the Supreme Court will function as member (Secretary) and convener of the committ...
Flagging vehicular emission significant to Delhi's air pollution; CAQM in SC seeks review of order
Suggesting a way forward, the CAQM said, "For controlling vehicular emissions, BS-III and below standard vehicles are re...
UP: Naxal supporter gets life term in 2009 murder case
During the investigation, charges were framed against Naxal supporters Sant Kumar Chero, his brother Baba, and three Nax...
Andhra court slaps 10 years of imprisonment on two people for marijuana trafficking
Directorate of Revenue Inteligence (DRI) officials said that the case pertained to a seizure of 1,400 kg of cannabis con...
Pak terrorist get 10 years in jail for 2016 attack on security forces
Though the offences are grave and strike at the security of the State, the material on record, including the circumstanc...
No discharge for Eknath Khadse in `land grab' case; court orders framing of charges
Khadse, a senior minister in the earlier BJP-led government in Maharashtra, had to step down in 2016 after he was accuse...
Man moves court against wife's decision to initiate 7-yr-old daughter into monkhood
His wife used to take the daughter to religious gatherings, and once left her alone with a `guru' at his Ahmedabad ashra...
Court in Karnataka sentences 10 Bangladeshis to 2 years in prison over illegal stay
Sources said on the evening of October 11, 2024, Malpe police noticed seven people moving around suspiciously with lugga...