Rinku Sharma, 25, a hospital technician was allegedly stabbed by a group of persons on February 10, 2021. The situation had got tense after the incident and forces were deployed to control the situation.
A bench of justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol set aside the death sentence of the accused, convicted in a December 2017 rape and murder case in Madhya Pradesh.
Meanwhile, on the very first day of the budget session of the assembly, the opposition party Congress announced to lay siege to the assembly and protest against the recruitment scam, Ankita murder case and Adani case.
Crime Branch had filed the review petition seeking permission for a further comprehensive psychological, psychometrical and mental evaluation of Gopal Das. He is the prime accused in the murder of former Odisha health minister Naba Das.
No visible marks of injury was found on the body of the deceased. According to police, the preliminary investigations have revealed the cause of death to be smothering.
Three out of four persons, accused in the rape and murder case of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras, were released from the Aligarh district jail on Friday, a day after they were acquitted by a special court in Uttar Pradesh.
Rejecting the bail application of Atiq Ahmed's son Ali Ahmed in a 2021 extortion case, the Allahabad High Court observed that enlarging "such a criminal" on bail would be a threat "not only to the witnesses but also a constant threat to society".
The Allahabad High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail application of Atiq Ahmed's son Ali alias Ali Ahmed in the case of demanding extortion of five crores and murder.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it would hear on March 17, Atiq Ahmed's plea seeking protection, and restraining from taking him from central jail Ahemdabad to Prayagraj or any part of the state of Uttar Pradesh apprehending that he may be killed in any fake encounter.
The Rajasthan government suspended internet services for 48 hours in Bharatpuru's Phari, Kaman and Sikri Tehsils over fears of rumous being spread in the wake of the recovery of the charred bodies of two men from Ghatmika Village in Haryana's Bhiwani on February 16.