A 23 year girl, who was the victim of a gang rape and murder which triggered an outpouring of grief and anger across India was cremated at a private ceremony on Sunday, hours after her body was flown home from Singapore. The cremation plans were kept a secret till the last moment as police apprehended a large [ Read More ]
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FSL pulled up for having non-competent officersIrked over non-availability of competent forensic experts for conducting DNA examination, a Delhi court has directed a forensic science laboratory (FSL) here to hold the test again on an accused in a gangrape case of a minor girl in a moving car in 2010. The court’s order came after the prosecutor submitted to it that the [ Read More ] Girl acquitted of murder chargesA girl aged 19, Anusha (name changed) has been acquitted of murder charges of her father. She murdered her father when her father attempted to rape and kill her. The Madras high court, took note of the circumstances under which she committed the murder, has quashed the case against her and left her free of murder [ Read More ] Murder of Paramour: Woman got 7 yrs RIA widow has been sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment by a local court for murder of her paramour, a Roman catholic priest. District and sessions judge S Solaimalai also slapped a fine of Rs 500 on Stella Mary, in default of which she would have to undergo two years RI and another Rs 200 fine [ Read More ] Ex-navy man, starlet sentenced for TV executive’s murderEx-naval officer Jerome Mathew was sentenced to 10 years in jail for the 2008 murder of TV executive Neeraj Grover for allegedly having an affair with his girlfriend Maria Monica Susairaj. The actress got a three-year term for destroying evidence, but would walk free for time done as an undertrial. Mathew and Susairaj were sentenced [ Read More ] Two get life term for judo coach’s murderTwo men were sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track court here Friday for murdering judo coach Biranchi Das, who had trained child marathon runner Budhia Singh. Judge Vivekananda Das of the first track court III awarded life term to Raja Acharya and his associate Akhya Behera, special government prosecutor Sidhartha Das told reporters. [ Read More ] Former Kerala cop gets life term for Maoist’s murderA 40-year-old case came back to haunt a retired Kerala police officer Thursday when he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI Special Court for killing a Maoist leader in cold blood and passing it off as a shootout. Retired Inspector General of Police K. Lakshmana, now 74, was found guilty of murdering the [ Read More ] Bangalore cabbie gets life term for Pratibha murderBangalore taxi driver Shiva Kumar was Friday sentenced to “life imprisonment till death” for the 2005 rape and murder of Hewlett Packard (HP) India employee Pratibha Murthy, prompting her mother to say tearfully that her daughter’s soul would now rest in peace. Judge B.V Guddali of the 11th fast track court pronounced the judgment in [ Read More ] Apex court clears way for verdict in builder’s murder caseThe Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the way for the pronouncement of a special TADA court’s verdict in the 1995 murder of real estate builder Pradeep Jain. Underworld don Abu Salem is the prime accused in the case. The judgment was given by Justice R.M. Lodha. The apex court had earlier asked the trial court to [ Read More ] |
