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Two sentenced to life for murdering elderly woman

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Two persons were today sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for murdering a70-year old woman farmer in 2015. District Mahila Court Judge N Thirunavukkarasu awarded life sentence to Annadurai (45) and Murugan (48) of Vengambur for murdering Pavayee. According to prosecution, the accused had murdered the woman by slitting her throat when she […]

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Ponty shootout case: Reply to Namdhari’s bail plea

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Delhi High Court has sought Delhi Police’s reply on the bail plea of sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, who along with 20 others is facing a murder trial in a 2012 shootout here that claimed the lives of liquor baron Ponty Chadhaand his younger brother Hardeep. Justice P S Teji also asked […]

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Court sentences 8 to life for murdering shopkeeper

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A Muzaffarnagar (UP) local court today sentenced eight persons to life imprisonment for murdering a shopkeeper during a riot at Dahkheri village here in 2006. Additional District Sessions judge Mayank Chouhan convicted Mushtak, Sabu, Shokin, Rifamat, Sultan, Taswer, Mosam and Hasnu under relevant sections of IPC for murdering Mangta on January 7, 2006. A fine of Rs […]

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Court seeks CBI’s progress report in scribe’s murder

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The special court here today directed CBI to file a progress report in connection with journalist J Dey murder case of 2011 and adjourned the hearing to March 14. Special judge for CBI cases S S Adkar sought the progress report saying it will help the court know how much more time CBI would need […]

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HC furlough to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli

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Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli has been granted furlough by the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court. The bench, however, asked the state government to decide the duration of the furlough. The former MLA, currently lodged in the Central Prison here and serving life imprisonment in a murder case, had filed a petition before the bench on […]

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M Shahbuddin gets bail from HC in twin murder case

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The Patna High Court today granted bail to former MP and RJD strongman Mohammad Shabuddin in a case relating to the killing of two brothers by drenching them in acid 12 years ago. A division bench of Justice Anjana Mishra and Justice R K Mishra granted bail to Shahbuddin in the case for want of […]

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Murder case: Court awards life sentence to accused

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A Muzaffarnagar (UP) court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing an eight-year-old boy in the district seven years ago. Additional District Sessions Judge Arvind Rai has also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the accused Deepak after holding him guilty under section 302 of IPC yesterday. Kartik was shot dead by the […]

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Life sentence for tribal man

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A court here today handed down life imprisonment to a 35-year-old tribal man who had surrendered before the police with the severed arm of his uncle after killing him in Odishas Mayurbhanj district. District Session Judge rpt Judge, Mayurbhanj, Pramod Kumar Jena, convicted Nabakishore Nayak (35) of Halapur village under Karanjia police station jurisdiction for […]

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5 of family jailed for murder in Thane

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A 72-year-old man and his four sons, who were found guilty of the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, were jailed for varying terms by a district court here for killing an elderly man in 2012. In his order, Additional Sessions Judge V V Bambarde sentenced the sons to 3.5 years rigorous imprisonment […]

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Couple get life imprisonment for relative’s murder

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A couple from the tribal Jawhar taluka of neighbouring Palghar district has been awarded life imprisonment by a local court for murdering a close relative. Additional Sessions Judge Mridula V K Bhatia awarded the life sentence to Ganesh Bacchu Valavi (34) and his wife Sakhubai Ganesh Valavi (31), both labourers, for murdering Ganesh’s step-brother Rajaram […]

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Court acquits man, 4 others accused of killing father

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A man and four other persons, accused of killing his father, have been acquitted by a Delhi court which said suspicion however strong cannot take the place of proof. Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain let off all the five accused, including the son of the deceased, a north-west Delhi resident, of the charge of committing […]

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Man acquitted in murder case

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A man was acquitted in the case of murder of his wife by a local court after the prosecution failed to prove the offence against him. Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhaisare observed that the prosecution had failed to bring home the charge of murder and disappearance of evidence against the accused, a labourer from […]

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