A special court in Malda has convicted an individual accused for the rape of a nine-year-old girl, marking the first conviction in the post-poll violence cases of West Bengal investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), said a statement from the agency.
In a significant development, a local court pronounced the death sentence for convict Sanjay Sen alias Bappa, in connection with a 2015 Chitpur double murder case.
The Special Task Force (STF) of the South East District and the Sunlight Colony police station executed a joint operation where the accused was injured during an encounter with the police officials near the Sarai Kale Khan bus stand.
Uttar Pradesh's law and order landscape has undergone a transformation under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's zero-tolerance policy. Moving beyond arrests, the state police--working under his direct supervision--are now focused on securing swift convictions through fast-track prosecution. La
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday overturned the Sentence Review Board's rejection of life convict Santosh Kumar Singh's premature release plea in the Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case, directing a fresh review. Singh's death sentence was commuted in 2010.
While directing the release of a jail inmate on furlough, the Delhi High Court has said that there is no complete prohibition with respect to simultaneous furlough. The petitioner was not released despite three weeks furlough on the grounds that his co-convict was already on furlough on medi
According to the statement of Visakhapatnam City Police, the court convicted Appalaraju under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and handed down a death sentence under IPC-302, along with a fine of ₹10,000.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant the relief of 'exemption from surrender' to an Indian Army Officer convicted in a dowry death case, despite his counsel highlighting the officer's service in 'Operation Sindoor', a recent military operation against Pakistan.
The student identified as Zou Zhenhao (28) was convicted of attacks on 10 women in England and China between 2019-2023. However, investigators said they had identified 50 further victims in videos he recorded using cameras in his homes.
R&B singer R Kelly, convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in 2021, has found himself at the centre of a dramatic new legal dispute after he was rushed to a hospital following an apparent drug overdose.