Telangana High Court on Tuesday confirmed the death penalty of five people awarded by the NIA Special Court in the Dilsukhnagar bomb blast case of 2013. The High Court dismissed their criminal appeal petition.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared on Saturday the decision by a federal jury which convicted two crime leaders who had been hired to murder Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad on behalf of the Iranian government.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court has sentenced four convicts to 20 years of jail punishment in a decade-old case involving abduction, gang rape, illegal confinement, causing hurt and criminal intimidation. Women convicts have been sentenced for the Abetment of the offences.
Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a non-governmental organization consisting of domestic and international rights activists, stated that the extent of unlawful detention by Chinese authorities could amount to crimes against humanity.
Court-ordered community service punishment includes two days of cleaning a public place, such as a hospital. One day dedicated to raising awareness about the harmful effects of alcohol consumption. One day of planting 20 trees on public/state land, facilitated by the concerned Tehsildar.
The court said that the circumstantial evidence is complete and consistent with the only conclusion that accused persons in furtherance of their common intention committed gruesome murder of the deceased victim.
The Rouse Avenue court has convicted former Madhya Pradesh MLA Kishore Samrite for allegedly threatening to blow up Parliament with dynamite. However, he has been acquitted of the offence under the Explosive Act.
A division bench comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan gave the decision in favour of suspending the sentences and approved bail of the convicts after surety bonds worth Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 25,000 each were submitted, the report said.