A man wanted for a double murder was shot at and his brother, a co-accused in the case, was arrested after an exchange of fire with the police in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.
A man and his son were found dead at a dhaba he ran at Gali No. 6, Aarakasha Road, opposite Woodland Hotel in the Nabi Karim area of the national capital on Saturday, police said.
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.
During the trial, evidence revealed that Mahek Bukhari, the 24-year-old TikTok influencer, had set up a trap for Saqib Hussain by luring him to a meeting under false pretences. Prosecutors argued that this was in response to Hussain's threats of revealing an affair he had with Ansreen Bukhar
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.