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Court cancels builder’s bail in murder case

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A Delhi court has cancelled bail granted to a builder, arrested for allegedly murdering a financier by throwing him down from the fifth floor of an apartment. District Judge A S Jayachandra said the bail granted to accused Sunil Uppal by an additional sessions judge (ASJ) was based on irrelevant material and the order suffered […]

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HC notice to man on plea against discharge in murder case

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The Bombay High Court has issued a notice to a senior citizen here seeking his response to a petition of the Maharashtra government challenging his discharge from the 2003 murder case of a Canadian national. The state government approached the high court challenging an order passed by a sessions court in February this year, discharging […]

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Testimonies of children nail man in wife’s murder case

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Testimonies of two minor children nailed the fate of a man, with a Delhi court convicting him for killing his wife as he suspected her fidelity. Besides the deposition of the man’s son and daughter, the court also relied on the DNA report and the convict’s conduct of absconding after committing the crime. The court, […]

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Man gets life sentence, three others 10 yrs jail in riot case

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A Jalna court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment and awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) to three persons and one year RI to 17 others for killing two men and rioting at Seweli here in 2008. District and Sessions judge S S Kosamkar yesterday convicted a total of 21 persons and acquitted 10 […]

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Three persons sentenced to life imprisonment for murder

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A Nawada court today sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for murdering a man two years ago. Additional District Judge Rajesh Kumar convicted Rajesh, Vijay and Mukesh after holding them guilty. According to the prosecution, the convicts had beaten one Mithun Chauhan to death with sticks following a scuffle over playing music in Laxmipur village […]

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Plea of alibi by convicts an afterthought: SC

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The Supreme Court today rejected the plea of alibi raised by three of the four convicts in the December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder case, saying it was an “afterthought” and could be read as an additional circumstance against them. The court said the evidence produced by them in support of their plea of alibi […]

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SC rejects review plea of man who raped, killed 4-yr-old

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The Supreme Court today dismissed a review petition of a 55-year-old man and sent him to gallows for raping and stoning to death a four-year-old girl in 2008. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said “no case is made out” and dismissed the review petition. The bench, which also comprised Justices R F Nariman […]

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Madras HC acquits 15 persons awarded life term by lower court

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The Madras High Court has acquitted 15 persons who were awarded life imprisonment by a trial court last year in a 1998 triple murder case. A division bench comprising Justices S Nagamuthu and Anita Sumanth acquitted the accused recently maintaining that the prosecution has failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. The court also […]

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Two persons get life sentence for murder

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A local court today sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for the murder of a scrap dealer in Odisha’s Sundargarh district about four years ago. Additional Sessions judge Srinibash Pratihari pronounced the jail term for Mahesh Gope and Rabi Nayar after holding both guilty of killing scrap dealer Ananda Panda (35) in June, 2013. Two […]

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‘Death due to grave, sudden provocation not cruel act of murder’

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Death due to “grave and sudden provocation” could not be termed as a “cruel act” of murder, the Supreme Court has said while reducing the life term of a man to 10-year-jail term in a homicidal case. A bench comprising justices A K Sikri and R K Agrawal granted the relief to Punjab resident Surain […]

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Man sentenced to death for raping, killing minor

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A fast track court today handed death sentence to a man for raping and killing a minor at Kashipur in Udhamsingh Nagar district last year. Fast track POCSO court judge Neelam Ratra handed the death sentence to Karandeep Sharma alias Raju after pronouncing him guilty of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl on the night […]

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Three get life in prison for murdering man

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Three persons, including a woman and her paramour, were sentenced to life in prison by the district court for murdering her husband three years ago. Additional District Judge Vivekanand Saran Tripathi found Saraswati, her paramour Karan Singh and their accomplice Bhima guilty of killing Veeru (32), a resident of Mahendra Nagar, with a knife and […]

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