The White House called upon Iranian authorities to immediately release US-Iranian ex-Marine Amir Mirzai Hekmati, who was "sentenced to death for cooperating with a hostile nation, membership of the CIA and trying to implicate Iran in terrorism."
A former district judge, accused of driving her daughter-in-law to suicide, claims her life is in danger as she and her son are remanded to judicial custody. She alleges assault by the victim's family lawyer and a media trial.
Activists from Andhra Pradesh are gearing up to take the cudgels on behalf of Jiten Marandi, the tribal activist and cultural artist of Jharkhand, who along with three others was awarded the death sentence in Chilkari massacre case.
A Mumbai court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the 2017 murder of a three-year-old boy, ruling the crime was intentional but did not warrant the death penalty.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Abdul Ghani Isma Turk in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
A court in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of their relative following a drunken brawl over the Bihar assembly election results last year.
The bench also ruled that Pakistan had violated India's rights to consular visits after his arrest.
The Jharkhand High Court has reserved its order in the criminal appeal filed by Rahul Verma and Lakhan Verma, who were convicted for the murder of Dhanbad Judge Uttam Anand. The incident occurred on July 28, 2021, when an autorickshaw hit Anand during his morning walk.
All the four were found guilty of "conspiracy" to wage war against the government of India and sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment.
A member of a Hindu right-wing organisation met with the family of a man killed in a brawl in Uttam Nagar following a Holi celebration, as tensions remain high in the area.
Describing as "shocking" the death sentence to 17 Indians in the United Arab Emirates, the government said on Tuesday that it will ensure all possible help to them, including legal assistance, to file an appeal in a higher court.
'Leave B Raman aside, 50 eminent personalities have written about commuting his death sentence. Even a retired judge of the Supreme Court has written about it. Nobody is talking about it.'
Delhi prisons are severely overcrowded, housing nearly double their authorised capacity, with undertrials making up the vast majority of the inmate population, according to the latest NCRB data.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death sentence of a young woman and her lover convicted for killing seven members of her family, including a 10-month-old baby, in Uttar Pradesh in 2008.
A local court in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of his mentally challenged wife. The man repeatedly electrocuted her while she was tied to a cot in their home.
European nations say their findings show that his death was not a natural result of ill health but the consequence of deliberate poisoning.
The Centre on Saturday moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its verdict holding that undue delay by the government in deciding a mercy plea can be a ground to commute the death sentence of a condemned prisoner.
A Bench comprising Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice A R Lakshmanan partially allowed the appeal of Rahul alias Raosaheb, who has been convicted of raping and murdering a four-year-old girl in 1999.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty awarded to Surinder Singh Koli in the Nithari killings case. Upholding Koli's death sentence, the court said, "The killings by Koli are horrifying and barbaric."Koli was awarded the fourth death sentence in the Nithari killings on December 22 last year.The CBI court also awarded the death sentence to Koli on May 12 last year for murdering seven-year-old Aarti in Noida's Nithari village.
Three Indian-origin men have been found guilty of first-degree murder in Canada in connection with the killing of a couple in Abbotsford in May 2022. The British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that the men played a willing and integral role in the couple's murder, which was financially motivated.
A labourer has been arrested in Thane for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl at a construction site, sparking outrage and demands for stricter verification of migrant workers.
The Delhi government has backed the death sentence for Parliament attacks convict Afzal Guru, but added that there is a need to examine the implications of the law and order situation while carrying out the Supreme Court's verdict.Earlier, the state government cleared the file on Guru's mercy petition and sent it to the Lieutenant Governor's office, four years after its opinion was sought on the issue by the Centre.
The Kerala high court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to Govindachamy by a fast track court for brutally raping and causing the death of a 23-year-old woman after pushing her out of a moving train on February 1, 2008.
A woman and her accomplice have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Kullu District and Sessions Court for the murder of her husband in 2018.
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has officially disqualified Congress MLA Vinay Kulakarni after his conviction in the 2016 murder of BJP leader Yogeshgouda Goudar. Kulkarni, currently serving a life sentence, is disqualified from the Assembly from the date of his conviction, April 15, 2026.
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has officially disqualified Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni after his conviction in the murder case of BJP leader Yogeshgouda Goudar. Kulkarni is currently serving a life sentence.
Delhi Police have arrested a life convict in a murder case who had been absconding for 24 years after jumping parole in 2002. The accused, Rakesh Patel, had allegedly changed his identity and was living under the name 'Nandlal Verma' in Prayagraj to evade arrest.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence awarded to Yaqub Memon in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, till further orders.
Paving the way for his execution, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the review plea of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, sole death row convict and a co-conspirator of fugitive Dawood Ibrahim in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
Maoists put up posters in a village in Bihar's Vaishali district announcing 'death sentence' for four people of a family, police on Sunday said.
Slain sandalwood smuggler Veerappan's wife Muthulakshmi has appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to take steps for commuting the death sentence awarded to four of his associates in the 1993 Palar landmine explosion case.
The Delhi high court on Friday confirmed the death sentence awarded to alleged Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Hussain, who was charged with engineering a bomb blast in a bus in Delhi in December 1997 that killed four people.
The fate of four convicts in the December 16 gang rape and murder case will be known on Friday with a Delhi court set to pronounce the much-awaited order on whether their offence falls in the "rarest of rare" category warranting death sentence.
President Pratibha Patil has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence given to eight murder convicts in two separate cases.
'While she was particularly attached to Sanju, she'd spew expletives at him, and hit him with chappals when he misbehaved.' 'She'd even beat me when I was rude to my elder sister Namrata.' 'Today you can't whack your child, but we have grown up with two-three whacks a day.'
A fast-track court in Odisha on Thursday gave death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in the second capital punishment handed down to a rapist-killer in the country this week.
British Sikh groups are cautioning against calls to ban the kirpan in the UK following the murder conviction of a man who claimed to carry the knife for religious reasons, arguing that it unfairly targets the entire community.
A special court in Ahmedabad on Friday awarded death sentence to 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, which had claimed 56 lives and left over 200 injured.
A Pakistani court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of death sentence given to the self-confessed assassin of Governor Salmaan Taseer till it decided his appeal against the verdict.
A 36-year-old man was murdered by his partner with a hammer in an Agra hotel room. Police have arrested the woman and are investigating the motive behind the crime.
