The bench said that it has to be in exceptional circumstances when the conviction needs to be stayed and it cannot be a norm.
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Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Friday dismissed Opposition Congress' charge that his son had links with those wanted in connection with the recent murder of Muthoot group scion Paul M George, asserting that the government had nothing to hide in the case."My son (Beenish Kodiyeri) has no relation with the case whatsoever," he said.The government had nothing to hide in the case and was open to 'any sort of investigation', he added.
Soumya, an employee of a shopping mall in Kochi, was pushed out of a running train in February 1, 2011 and raped.
Controversial Telugu Desam Party legislator TV Rama Rao, who is facing a case of alleged rape and murder, is likely to be arrested by the Crime Branch's Criminal Investigation Department. Five girls from Kerala have given a statement to the CID, alleging sexual harassment and attempted rape by the legislator. The Kerala government has also raised the issue with the government of Andhra Pradesh and the central government. Rama Rao has claimed that this was a conspiracy.
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Security was stepped up in politically-volatile areas of north Kerala. Two companies of Central Rapid Action Force had been requisitioned by the state government for deployment in Kannur to meet any eventuality, police said.
A controversy has erupted over a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist and accused in a murder case placing a turban on the head of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his visit to Thiruvananthapuram last week. The incident, which has also raised security issues, happened when Singh visited the SreePadmanabhaswamyTemple last Saturday.
Media reports said the attacker, a Pakistani, had been under Dr Daniel's observation for a urinary disease for several weeks and apparently visited the doctor for a follow-up. He was also said to be upset over the treatment of his ailment
After celebrating Christmas with their families, the two Italian Marines, facing murder charges in Kerala, are expected to reach the state on Friday complying with the high court directive.
Kerala's Director General Of Jacob Punnose has said that he is not sure whether the two accused Om Prakash and Puthenpalam Rajesh were directly involved in the murder of Paul George Muthoot, scion of the Muthhot group.
In the midst of the diplomatic row between New Delhi and Rome over the killing of Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura on Wednesday met Chief Minister Oomen Chandy in Kottayam.
After putting the Communist Party of India - Marxist in Kerala in the dock with his controversial comment about it eliminating political foes in the past, party leader M M Mani has once again purportedly made a similar claim, embarrassing the party further.
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused to accept a plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the murder of the scion of Kerala-based Muthoot group Paul George even as two persons wanted in connection with the case surrendered before a court.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of Communist Party-Marxist activist A Pradeepan for the murder of a Kerala school teacher Jayakrishnan in front of students, but commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment.
The need of the hour is not a divisive, slanging match of accusations and counter-accusations, but a call for sanity,' says Vivek Gumaste.
Journalists from across the country gathered and demanded justice amid call for standing up to "forces" trying to the "muzzle" the voices of dissent.
Gohil, speaking after the HC ruling earlier in the day, maintained that in the past the apex court has provided relief to accused in different cases.
A fast track court in Thrissur, Kerala, on Friday awarded death sentence to a man from Tamil Nadu for raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman, whom he pushed out of a running train in February.
The murder of Paul Muthoot George, scion of the Rs 20,000 crore Muthoot group of companies and son of its managing director Mutthot M George, has sent shock waves across Kerala.Paul Muthoot George, 32, was killed in the wee hours of Saturday on the Alappuzha-Changanachery route, while he was traveling in a car along with some acquintances.
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An Indian national was sentenced to death and 11 others were given life imprisonment for torturing and killing a compatriot in Dubai.
The victim had gone with an autorickshaw driver, who was known to her, in his vehicle on the day of the incident. Two of his friends also got into the vehicle later. They then took the autorickshaw to a deserted spot and allegedly raped her, police said.
The apex court set aside the order of the Kerala high court which had upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal's decision that had not found fault with the state government's decision to transfer Senkumar from the post of the state police chief.
The government on Tuesday said there was no pressure from Italy on the marines issue, nearly a week after Italian Prime Minister called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to express concern over detention of two of his country's sailors in Kerala for allegedly killing two fishermen.
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Kerala goes to polls on April 13 to elect 140 legislators. Of the 970 candidates in the fray, the records of 335 were studied and it was observed that 153 among them have criminal records and 53 are crorepatis. Among the 153 tainted candidates 30 have confessed that they have serious charges against them such as murder, extortion, causing hurt by dangerous weapon etc.
Elanthottil Manoj, the latest victim of this violence, was hacked to death by goons who barged into his house. Manoj was the district leader of the Sharirik Shikshan, affiliated to the RSS. The incident occurred in Kizhakke Kadirur near Thalassery, the epicentre of political violence in Kannur district.
Eleven persons, three of them local Communist Party of India-Marxist functionaries, were sentenced to life imprisonment in the sensational T P Chandrasekharan murder case by a special court in Kozhikode on Tuesday.
A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker was on Tuesday attacked allegedly by Communist Party of India-Marxist men, after he was pulled out from his autorickshaw carrying school students in Kannur district.
An Indian and two Sri Lankans have been beheaded in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for robbing a house and murdering a woman four years ago. The Indian, Mohammad Naushad, who was executed on Wednesday along with the two Sri Lankans, was a resident of Pattambi in Kerala, said sources in the Indian Consulate at Jeddah."Although there has been no communication from their (the authorities) end, as is always the case, we have got confirmation from the Arabic media," they said.
Father Thomas Kottur, Father Jose Puthrikayil and Sister Sephi were directed by Justice K Hema to furnish a bail bond of one lakh rupees each and two solvent sureties for the same amount.The accused have been asked not to make or receive any telephone calls. If calls are made or received, their bail would be cancelled, the court held.
Petitioner, Borris Paul of Kollam, Secretary of Young Lawyers Association, had submitted that the investigation be handed over to CBI as the present probe was not going in the right direction. He had also sought a free, fair and impartial investigation in the case relating to the murder of George.
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The police on Monday arrested Victor Samuel, driver of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation boat that capsized in Thekkadi lake killing 45 tourists on board.
Expressing shock over the "brutal murder" of BJP state general secretary V Ramesh, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday constituted a Special Investigation Division under the Director General of Police (CB-CID) to probe the case.
The members of the RSS' student wing holding their organisation's saffron flag stormed inside the compound of Jnanendra's bungalow at Jayamahal here and raised slogans like 'We want justice'.
A former MLA and a prominent leader from the CPI(M) bastion of Kannur, Jayarajan has been charged under Section 118 of IPC (concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life), in connection with the murder of Muslim League youth activist Abdul Shukkoor at Keezhara in February this year.
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