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Atiq Ahmed's hearing in Prayagraj court today; Slain Umesh Pal's kin seek
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Atiq is an accused in the BSP MLA Raju Pal 2005 murder case and the recent Umesh Pal murder case. Umesh Pal, who was a prime witness in the Raju Pal murder case, was shot dead in broad daylight in Prayagraj on February 24 this year.
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Uganda passes strict anti-homosexuality law, to criminalise those identify
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Uganda has passed strict legislation for homosexual relationships in the country which criminalises anyone identifying as LGBTQ, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
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SC commutes death penalty of TN man to 20 years imprisonment
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha upheld the conviction but set aside the death penalty and commuted it to 20 years imprisonment without any reprieve.
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UP: Man convicted of raping and killing minor girl sentenced to death
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A special court on Wednesday sentenced the accused in the rape and murder of a minor girl to death, informed police.
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SC reserves order on Balwant Singh Rajoana's plea seeking to commute his d
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A bench of justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, and Sanjay Karol reserved the order after both parties concluded the arguments.
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Bhopal-Ujjain train blast case: NIA court awards death penalty to 7 of 8 c
Updated : 3 years ago IST
National Investigation Agency Special Court on Tuesday gave death sentences to seven out of eight convicts in Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast case.
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Delhi fridge murder case: Nikki's uncle Praveen Yadav demands death penalt
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the killing of 25-year-old Haryana woman Nikki Yadav, her uncle Praveen Yadav demanded that the case should be heard in a fast-track court and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hang the accused Sahil.
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2012 Chhawala Rape case: Early hearing sought on ground of acquitted perso
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Delhi Police on Wednesday, mentioned a petition before the Supreme Court seeking urgent listing of a review petition challenging the top court order which acquitted three men who were awarded the death penalty by a Delhi Court in connection with allegedly raping and killing a woman in Delhi'
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MP: Court awards death penalty to man for raping, killing minor in Indore
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The court of special judge (POCSO) Surekha Mishra convicted Saddam with death penalty in section 302 for murder, life imprisonment in section 364 for abducting, 10 years of imprisonment each in section 363 of IPC and section 9/10 of POCSO Act and one year of imprisonment in section 342 for w
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Ghaziabad: Special court convicts man of rape, murder of minor girl, sente
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Saturday convicted a man of raping and killing a six-year-old girl and awarded the convict a death sentence.
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Chhattisgarh: Court gives death sentence to man for killing parents
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The offence came to light in 2016 after the convict, Udyan Das, was arrested from his residence in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal in connection with the murder of his girlfriend in 2017.
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SC stays death penalty of man accused of killing wife, kids
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Saturday stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to a man by an Allahabad High Court bench, till further orders and directed to constitute a suitable team for carrying out a psychological evaluation of the appellant man, accused of killing his wife and childre
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