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Ghatkopar resident gets life term for kidnapping, raping 7-year-old girl
MUMBAI: A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) court recently sentenced a 43-year-old man from Ghatkopar to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 7-year-old girl while she was walking back home from a local shop in April 2022
Published on May 04, 2025 05:44 AM IST
Delhi court sentences man to life imprisonment for murder
Delhi court sentences man to life imprisonment for murder
Updated on Apr 28, 2025 06:03 PM IST
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Malad resident sentenced to life imprisonment for killing neighbour
Four individuals were seen to have participated in the scuffle. The court acquitted three other people charged with the murder due to lack of evidence against them.
Published on Apr 22, 2025 08:30 AM IST
Ashwini Bidre murder case:Ex-cop Abhay Kurundkar gets life term
Kurundkar, who was posted in Thane when he murdered and dismembered Bidre’s body before disposing of it in the Vasai creek, was in a relationship with Bidre at the time
Published on Apr 22, 2025 07:42 AM IST
Vasai diamond trader gets life sentence for killing live-in partner and her son
Additional sessions judge said that it was not a rarest of rare cases and sentenced the accused to lifetime imprisonment along with a fine of ₹10,000
Published on Apr 18, 2025 09:14 AM IST
Megha Sood
Court stresses primacy of crime motive to hand life imprisonment to double-murder convict
Court stresses primacy of crime motive to hand life imprisonment to double-murder convict
Published on Apr 15, 2025 07:49 PM IST
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5, including father-son and two brothers, handed life term in Gonda murder case
5, including father-son and two brothers, handed life term in Gonda murder case
Published on Apr 12, 2025 11:08 AM IST
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Kerala court sentences ambulance driver to life for rape of Dalit COVID patient
Kerala court sentences ambulance driver to life for rape of Dalit COVID patient
Updated on Apr 11, 2025 08:50 PM IST
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Four convicts awarded life imprisonment for 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blasts
The serial blasts took place at Manak Chowk Khanda, Chandpole Gate, Badi Chaupad, Chhoti Chaupad, Tripolia Gate, Johri Bazar and Sanganeri Gate.
Published on Apr 08, 2025 06:06 PM IST
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Meerut court sentences 5 to life after woman turns witness against family
Meerut court sentences five men to life for the 2018 murder of Sanjeev, aided by his courageous girlfriend who testified against her own family.
Published on Apr 06, 2025 05:04 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Meerut
Pastor Bajinder sentenced for life in Zirakpur rape case
Additional district and sessions judge Vikrant Kumar pronounced the judgment as Bajinder, who runs the Church of Glory and Wisdom in Mohali, was brought from Patiala jail and produced before him amid tight security.
Published on Apr 02, 2025 07:24 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Who is Bajinder Singh? 5 things about ‘Yeshu Yeshu’ pastor and 2018 rape case
A court in Punjab's Mohali sentenced self-styled pastor Bajinder Singh to life imprisonment in a 2018 rape case.
Updated on Apr 01, 2025 01:06 PM IST
Punjab: Pastor Bajinder gets life imprisonment till death in Zirakpur rape case
Life imprisonment till death signifies a life sentence with no possibility of parole or release, meaning the individual will remain incarcerated until natural death.
Updated on Apr 01, 2025 12:08 PM IST
Murder of electricity staff: Wife, lover & killers sentenced to life imprisonment
Among the five accused, one was declared a minor by the court. His case is being handled separately, and the verdict is still awaited
Published on Mar 28, 2025 09:08 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Meerut
Ludhiana: Man gets life imprisonment for strangulating 17-yr-old to death
The convict Mohammad Abdul, alias Jaspreet Singh, alias Jassa, of Kuchha Malak Road, Jagraon, has been sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment
Published on Mar 26, 2025 06:42 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Gurugram: 2 get rigorous life imprisonment for killing friend after booze party
The murder took place inside the office on the night of July 4, 2019 following a dispute between the deceased Sharma on one side and his friends Shukla, and Mehta on the other side
Published on Mar 25, 2025 07:08 AM IST
POCSO court sentences 51-yr-old man to life imprisonment for raping minor girl
When advocate sought minimum sentence on account of age of the accused and his good behaviour in jail, the court observed that crimes against children is “something which cannot be allowed to desensitise a court while awarding a sentence in matters in which such offences have been proved”.
Published on Mar 23, 2025 06:38 AM IST
Thane court sentences man to life imprisonment in 2016 murder case
Thane court sentences man to life imprisonment in 2016 murder case
Updated on Mar 22, 2025 11:15 AM IST
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Men gets lifer for sodomising, killing boy in 2018
Men gets lifer for sodomising, killing boy in 2018
Published on Mar 12, 2025 06:05 PM IST
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Chinese man fakes love with nanny to win back ex-wife but gets stabbed to death
A man faked love with a nanny to win back his ex-wife, but she killed him in revenge after learning the truth.
Published on Mar 07, 2025 05:52 PM IST
Ghaziabad: Man gets life term for murdering wife based on children’s testimony
A Ghaziabad court on Wednesday sentenced a 40-year-old man to life imprisonment for murdering his 36-year-old wife, based on the testimonies of the couple’s children, who were witnesses to the crime
Published on Mar 07, 2025 05:22 AM IST
Brothers get life term for murder over land dispute in Muzaffarnagar
The case dates back to May 23, 2020, when Kayyum, a resident of Kutesra village, lodged a complaint at Charthawal police station, accusing Masoom alias Sonu and Murtaza of killing his son, Abad. According to the complaint, the accused entered the victim’s house and shot him dead using a licensed firearm.
Updated on Mar 04, 2025 09:31 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Muzaffarnagar
Two get life imprisonment for murder of 8-year-old
According to the prosecution, the crime stemmed from a dispute between the children of the two families
Published on Mar 04, 2025 07:20 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Woman, lover get life term for killing husband in U.P’s Amroha
Chand, a carpenter from Alhaipur village in Moradabad’s Dilari police station area, was married to Mehnaj, a resident of Qureshi Mohalla. The couple lived in a rented house in Islamnagar, while their six children stayed with Chand’s parents in the village.
Published on Mar 01, 2025 07:32 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Meerut
Life sentence for Dhakoli man who axed wife to death
Son had found the woman’s body in the toilet of their Dhakoli house after noticing her abrupt disappearance in October 2020
Published on Feb 27, 2025 08:52 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Sajjan gets second life sentence over 1984 riots
Delhi court sentences Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for 1984 anti-Sikh riots, disappointing victims' families seeking harsher punishment.
Published on Feb 26, 2025 06:22 AM IST
Arnabjit Sur
Denied justice for 40 years, riots victims demand death for Sajjan
The harrowing tales of these survivors are a painful testament to the brutality of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a massacre that saw thousands of Sikhs murdered in the wake of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh bodyguards.
Published on Feb 26, 2025 05:56 AM IST
Arnabjit Sur
Ludhiana: ‘84 riot victims’ body seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar
Kumar is already serving a life sentence in Tihar Jail after being convicted by the Delhi high court for five murders in another riot-related case.
Updated on Feb 26, 2025 05:06 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
1984 riots: Why court gave life term, not death penalty, to Sajjan Kumar?
This case pertains to the killing of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984.
Updated on Feb 25, 2025 07:25 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Shivam Pratap Singh
Nitish Katara murder: SC questions Delhi govt's stand for not releasing convict post jail term
Nitish Katara murder: SC questions Delhi govt's stand for not releasing convict post jail term
Published on Feb 25, 2025 03:44 PM IST
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