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SC stays execution of MP teacher in minor rape case
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of Mahendra Singh Gond, a school teacher who was awarded death sentence for raping a minor.
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MP: Man convicted of raping 4-year-old to be executed on March 2
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): A district court on Friday issued a death warrant against a school teacher convicted of raping a 4-year-old girl at Satna in Madhya Pradesh.
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China announces death sentence for Canadian drug trafficker amid Huawei ro
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 14 (ANI): A Chinese court here on Monday announced death sentence for a Canadian man who was earlier convicted under charges of drug trafficking and had already served 15 years of imprisonment.
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SC commutes Pune bus accident convict's death penalty to life sentence
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded to bus driver Santosh Mane, convicted for killing nine people in 2012, by mowing them down in Pune.
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Haryana court pronounces capital punishment to rape, murder convict
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Rewari (Haryana), Dec 23, (ANI): A Haryana court has pronounced death sentence to a 22-year-old man in connection with rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Haryana's Rewari district.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Yashpal Singh bail petition adjourned till Jan 29
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing till January 29 on a petition seeking bail and suspension of the death sentence awarded to convict Yashpal Singh in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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Sajjan Kumar convicted, Sikh leaders hail judgement
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday hailed the conviction of senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in anti-Sikh riots case and said that the leader should be given a death sentence.
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No conclusive study on deterrent impact of death sentence: Supreme Court
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Dec 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Saturday commuted the death sentence awarded to a man convicted of rape and murder of a three-year-old girl stating that "there is no conclusive study on its deterrent impact".
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Uttarakhand: Rape-Murder accused sentenced to the death penalty
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): A Dehradun court has awarded death sentence to an accused involved in a 2016 rape and murder case. ADJ 3rd Gurbaksh Singh pronounced the verdict on Wednesday.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi HC to hear convict's plea on Dec 19
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Dec 11 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal challenging the trial court's death sentence order to one of the convicts, Yashpal Singh, in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The hearing will come up on December 19.
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SC commutes death to life imprisonment to rape, murder case convict
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted death sentence to life imprisonment to a man who was convicted in a rape and triple murder case, after noting that death penalty is awarded only in those cases where there is no chance of a convict's reform.
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Hope Sajjan Kumar gets death sentence in Sikh riots case: KTS Tulsi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP and noted advocate KTS Tulsi on Saturday expressed hope that Congress leader Sajjan Kumar would get the death sentence for his role in 1984 Sikh riots case.
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