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HC disposes of Nalini’s petition for premature release

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Madras High Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea by Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Nalini Sriharan seeking premature release, saying it cannot grant her request in view of pendency of a related matter before the Supreme Court. Justice M Sathyanarayana made it clear that the prayer of Nalini, a life convict, seeking a […]

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Peter, Indrani conspired to kill Sheena: CBI tells HC

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Peter Mukerjea had along with his wife Indrani Mukerjea conspired to kill her daughter Sheena Bora as they were not happy with her relationship with Peter’s son Rahul, the CBI told the Bombay High Court today while opposing the former media baron’s bail plea. The agency also said that probe in the case was still […]

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4 get life term for gangrape of 37-year-old woman

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Four persons were today awarded life imprisonment for the remainder of their natural life by a court here for alleged gangrape of a woman from Tamil Nadu in Kalamassery in February last year. “The accused 1 to 4 are sentenced to undergo, rigorous imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of their […]

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TN govt challenges acquittal of Kanchi seer in assault case

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The Tamil Nadu government today filed an appeal in the Madras High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Kanchi Sankarachraya Jayendra Saraswathi and eight others accused of all charges, including attempt to murder, in the 2002 Radhakrishnan assault case. Justice R Subbiah, before whom the appeal came up, ordered notice to all the accused, […]

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Madras HC upholds life term in acid attack case

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Madras High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to a 31-year-old man in an acid attack case which caused the death of a woman in 2013, observing that the punishment imposed by a lower court was reasonable and proportionate. Dismissing the appeal filed by accused Vijay Bhaskar, a division bench comprising justices S Nagamuthu […]

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Mother-son duo get life imprisonment for murder

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A man and his mother have been sentenced for life by a local court here for killing his wife in Kanesara village in 2010. Additional District Judge S P Mishra yesterday awarded life imprisonment to one Jagpal Singh and his mother Sheela Devi, and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on both. The two […]

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Man gets life imprisonment for raping minor tribal girl

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A court here has awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a 10-year-old tribal girl in 2011. Additional District and Sessions Judge Shirish Gadge yesterday sentenced Vijay Sudam Wagh to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 2.26 lakh on him for raping the minor girl on December 19, 2011, at Anandpur […]

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Jigisha murder case: Court convicts three men

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Three men were today convicted for murdering and robbing IT executive Jigisha Ghosh here in 2009 by a city court which said it was “abundantly clear” that they had committed the crime 28-year-old Jigisha, working as an operations manager in a management consultancy firm, was abducted and killed on March 18, 2009 after she was […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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Four convicted under Gangster Act

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A special court here has sentenced two persons to ten years imprisonment, holding them guilty under the Gangster Act. Additional District Sessions Judge Dinesh Gupta also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts. Rajesh, Vikas Sharma, Ashu and Arvind Kumar were awarded the sentence under the Gangster Act, Prosecutor V K Sehgal […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend’s parents

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Vadodara, Jul 13 (PTI) A 23-year-old youth has been sentenced for life by a local court for killing the parents of his girlfriend here in 2014. According to the prosecution, the victims – Shrihari Vinod (63) and his wife Sneha (60) – were allegedly killed by their adopted daughter, who was around 16 years old […]

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Court orders Guj Police to produce shooter in Asaram case witness murder

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Taking strong objection to Gujarat Police’s failure to produce Kartik Haldar, alleged henchman of Asaram, in connection with the Akhil Gupta murder case, a local court today directed it to do so on August 8. Chief Judicial Magistrate Garima Choudhry issued the order on the request of local police that it is necessary to interrogate […]

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Man sentenced to life term for raping 10-year-old girl

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A special court for POCSO Act cases today awarded life sentence to a man for raping a 10-year-old girl at Kathana village in Borsad tehsil of Anand district. Judge N N Parmar of the special court for Protection of Children from the Sexual Offences Act cases awarded life sentence to Sanjay Parmar (25), the accused. […]

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