Courts should give special reasons for awarding death penalty: SC

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 19:28

Courts should record "special" reasons while awarding death penalty and "must" take into account the crime, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Jind rape-murder case: Distraught father to move court for girl`s 3rd autopsy report

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 21:48

The distraught father of the 20- year-old dalit girl who was allegedly rape and murdered in Jind claimed he was not being given the report of her third autopsy conducted at AIIMS here and will move court.

Gujarat HC commutes death sentence in rape, murder case

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 00:52

Gujarat High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence awarded to two convicts in the 2007 Chandni rape and murder case, to life imprisonment.

Gujarat HC commutes death sentence in rape and murder case

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 23:45

The Gujarat High Court commuted the death sentence awarded to two convicts in the 2007 Chandni rape and murder case, to life imprisonment.

Two get life term in minor rape and murder case

Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 13:42

Two persons were Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment and five others were awarded seven years of jail term by a local court here for rape and murder of a minor girl.

One detained in rape and murder of five-year-old

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 22:35

One person was detained Friday in connection with the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl here, the police said.

No arrests yet in Bhandara rape-murder case

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 12:13

Even eleven days after three minor sisters were allegedly raped and murdered in East Maharashtra district of Bhandara, culprits remain at large as police are struggling to achieve a breakthrough.

No need for CM to file affidavit in Pipili case: Odisha govt

Last Updated: Saturday, December 8, 2012, 23:01

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, who also holds the home portfolio, will not file any affidavit before the Justice PK Mohanty Commission probing the sensational Pipili gang rape and murder case.

HC upholds conviction of Pune BPO rape-murder case accused

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 20:14

The Bombay High Court upheld the conviction of two persons accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 22-year-old BPO employee in Pune.

Accused in minor girl`s rape, murder case undergoes narco test

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 17:29

Mohammad Ajmeri Shaikh, arrested for his alleged involvement in the rape and murder of a minor girl in suburban Kurla, on Tuesday underwent narco-analysis test at Nagpada police hospital in south Mumbai, police said.