After one of the accused in Badaun's double murder case was gunned down by the Uttar Pradesh police hours after committing the crime, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said on Wednesday that lawbreakers are not spared in UP.
Samajwadi Party on Wednesday hit out at Uttar Pradesh government over Budaun double murder, accusing BJP of carrying such incidents to create religious disputes among people.
In Uttar Pradesh's Budaun Double Murder case, the surviving brother of the two deceased children and an eyewitness to the incident has said that two people came here and took his brothers on the terrace.
The Supreme Court on Friday orally sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) Prabhunath Singh to life imprisonment in a matter pertaining to the 1995 double murder case. The order was pronounced by a bench of justices, including Sanjay Kishan Kaul, AS O
The Supreme Court on Friday sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Prabhunath Singh to life imprisonment in a matter pertaining to the 1995 double murder case.
"The applicant/respondent No. 2 is permitted to appear virtually through video conferencing on 01.09.2023 for hearing on the question of sentence, instead of the physical appearance, as directed vide judgment dated 18.08.2023," the top court said in its Friday order.
The top court said that Prabhunath Singh is liable to be convicted under Sections 302 and 307 IPC for committing culpable homicide amounting to murder and attempt to murder.
The invaders who were riding motorcycles, stormed into the village and resorted to indiscriminate firing on several houses purportedly to avenge the alleged kidnapping of a woman belonging to the Mahar community.
In the heinous murder case of two sisters in RK Puram, two more accused persons have been apprehended. They have been identified as Kishan Chaudhary, 27 years of age and Ganesh Swamy, 39 years. Overall 5 persons have been nabbed till now in the murder case of two sisters.
The statement comes after two women in Delhi's RK Puram were shot dead by unidentified shooters, on Sunday. They were sent to a hospital but they succumbed to the injuries. The police launched an investigation into the matter which is currently underway.
Delhi police arrested three people hours after two sisters were shot dead in Ambedkar Basti under RK Puram police station area during the early morning hours of Sunday, said police.