Tag: Murder case

source:- tribuneindia.com Death penalty has been held to be a valid form of punishment in India by the Supreme Court. But can convicts inordinately delay their execution by using procedural loopholes in the law? The question is being asked in view of delay in execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape

source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: Cuttack serial murder case prime accused Narayan Sahoo’s wife Geetanjali’s battle for seizure of CCTV footage and its inclusion in the investigation has taken a new turn on Tuesday. The Orissa High Court has issued notices to the branch manager of Punjab National Bank at Sunamuhin under Odagaon police limits in Nayagarh

Source: newindianexpress.com MADURAI: Observing that motive gains significance in cases wherein the eyewitness’s version is unbelievable, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has set aside the conviction and life sentence awarded to two brothers in a murder case.  A bench comprising Justices S Vaidyanathan and N Anand Venkatesh passed the order on an appeal filed

Source: outlookindia.com Ranchi, Sep 26 (PTI) The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday granted bail to former minister Enos Ekka, who is in jail after being convicted in a case of kidnap and murder of a para-teacher. A division bench of justices Amitav Kumar Gupta and Rajesh Kumar allowed Ekka”s bail petition saying no definite evidence

Source: newindianexpress.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday expressed displeasure over the probe report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the murder case of CPI leader Govind Pansare. The report “lacks independent steps” and the things “need t be moving”, noted the bench of justices SC Dharmadhikari and GS Patel, as they heard

Source: dnaindia.com Former BJP parliamentarian Dinu Bogha Solanki and his nephew Shiva, who have been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court on July 11 for the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa, have moved the Gujarat High Court challenging the verdict of the lower court. The appeals are likely to

Source: in.news.yahoo.com Mumbai: In a major setback a real estate agent, accused of conspiring and killing a developer in Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court has turned down his application seeking bail. The accused is in police custody from October 2013 for his role in the infamous Sunil Lahoriya murder case. A bench of Justice

Source: dnaindia.com A charge sheet was filed on Saturday by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) against six accused in the conspiracy and murder of eminent scholar MM Kalburgi. “The charge sheet was filed under sections 120(B), 302, 449, 109, 201 r/w 35 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 25(1A), 25(1B) and 27(1) of the

Source: dnaindia.com A man, named Kamaruddin Mansuri, who murdered his wife by setting her on fire over a petty dispute on ‘dal’, and was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court, has been saved by the Gujarat High Court on the ground that the incident has happened on account of a sudden quarrel and

Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court, in a majority judgment of 2:1, confirmed the death sentence of a man for the gruesome rape of a 10-year-old child and the double murder of her and her seven-year-old brother in Coimbatore nine years ago. The majority decision of Justices Rohinton Nariman and Hemant Gupta on Thursday concluded that the convict, Manoharan,