Man awarded death sentence for raping, killing minor

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 22:44

A 50-year-old man was awarded death sentence by a sessions court in connection with a 2011 case of rape and murder of a minor girl.

Delhi gang-rape: HC adjourns hearing on death penalty till Oct 1

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 08:33

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing on the trial court`s reference for confirmation of the death penalty awarded by it to four men convicted in the December 16 gang-rape case till October 1.

Delhi gang-rape: HC to begin day-to-day hearing from Wednesday

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 08:43

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that it would hear the trial court`s reference for confirmation of the death penalty awarded by it to four men convicted in the December 16 gang-rape case on a day-to-day basis.

Bo Xilai calls life sentence as `unfair`, `unjust`

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:22

Fallen Chinese leader Bo Xilai reacted angrily, shouting "unfair" and "unjust", when a Chinese court gave him a life sentence in a corruption case before he was forcibly taken out of the courtroom.

Delhi gang-rape: Production warrants issued against convicts, hearing on Tuesday

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 08:43

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued production warrants against four death row convicts in December 16 gang-rape case.

2010 Mangalore gang-rape: Two get life sentence

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 22:34

A local court on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to two persons for gangraping a minor girl at a railway station here in 2010.

Life sentence to 29-yr-old doctor who raped patient in ICU

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 17:30

The Bombay High Court on Saturday confirmed the life sentence awarded to a 29-year-old doctor who was convicted for raping a patient in an Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital in neighbouring Thane this year.

SC upholds death for two for setting ablaze family members

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 21:38

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence of two persons for setting ablaze seven people, including five kids of a family, after locking them in a house in a Bihar village nearly seven years ago.

After `Gudiya`, `Nirbhaya` rape case, now four-year-old girl raped in Delhi

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 20:09

It seems that even death sentence has failed to infuse fear in the perverted minds of rapists. In yet another shocking incident,a four-year-old girl was found in a semi-conscious state near her home here after being sexually assaulted, police said Monday.

Delhi gangrape verdict: Confirmation might take a year

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 18:46

The exultation over speedy justice after a trial court here sentenced the four convicts in Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape to death may turn out to be short-lived as the journey of the case through the higher judiciary may, even if speeded up, take at least an year, jurists and legal experts say.

Delhi gangrape convict`s wife rues death sentence

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 00:47

Delhi gangrape convict Akshay Thakur`s wife said on Saturday that the court should have thought about the future of their child before awarding death sentence to her husband.

Death verdict not under political pressure: Gang-rape victim`s father

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 15:13

The father of the Delhi gang-rape victim has taken a strong exception to the defence counsel`s contention that death penalty was awarded to the four convicts under political pressure and termed the statement as an insult to the judiciary.