The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted the death penalty awarded to Ariz Khan to life imprisonment in the Batla House Encounter case in which Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma was murdered.
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a batch of pleas filed against the remission granted to 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday said it arrested a person accused of murdering a minor girl after a failed rape attempt in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.
The Delhi High Court is scheduled to pass judgment on Thursday on confirmation of the death penalty awarded to Ariz Khan. Ariz Khan was convicted by the Saket District Court for the murder of Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma.
A contractor was allegedly shot in the Kulti police station area of Asansol, West Bengal on Wednesday morning. The 55-year-old deceased was identified as Shambhunath Mishra, a resident of Chinakudi.
The alleged killing happened on the intervening nights of November 4-5. According to the police, the accused shot the man dead in revenge for the "public humiliation" that he suffered from the latter.
According to the Police the clash occurred on Monday night over a trivial issue of not calling head of one group by the members of the other 'bhai', said police
Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh Singh Chandel told ANI, "Sarpanch of Banehri village Vikram Rawat on Monday was going to Court and during this some people shot him dead. Rawat was shot five bullets in the incident. It was said to be a case of old enmity and there had also been a dispu
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Kerala High Court order refusing to suspend the conviction of Lakshadweep politician Mohammed Faizal in an attempt to murder case and also permitted him to continue his membership as a parliamentarian.
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