News for 'murder trial'

Delhi riots accused student activist moves HC for anti-CAA stir videos, chats

Delhi riots accused student activist moves HC for anti-CAA stir videos, chats

Rediff.com16 Nov 2023

Kalita pleaded that she needed the videos and chats to prove her innocence, but the Delhi police counsel contended that her petitions were not maintainable.

Ponty case: Murder charge was rightly dropped, HC told

Ponty case: Murder charge was rightly dropped, HC told

Rediff.com4 Sep 2014

Sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari on Thursday told the Delhi high court that the lower court had rightly dropped the murder charge levelled against him and 20 others in the case relating to the 2012 shootout in which liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep were killed.

Paris attacks suspect gets 20-year sentence in Brussels trial

Paris attacks suspect gets 20-year sentence in Brussels trial

Rediff.com23 Apr 2018

Belgian court finds Salah Abdeslam guilty of terrorism-related attempted murder in relation to shootout in Brussels in March 2016.

Rapists need to be lynched: Jaya Bachchan on vet's rape-murder

Rapists need to be lynched: Jaya Bachchan on vet's rape-murder

Rediff.com2 Dec 2019

Leaders from different political parties raised the issue of the gruesome murder and rape of a veterinary doctor in Telangana in Parliament on Monday.

Prof Sabharwal case: SC stays trial

Prof Sabharwal case: SC stays trial

Rediff.com11 Jul 2007

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed till further orders the trial in Professor H S Sabharwal murder case.

SC breather for Shah: No separate trial in Prajapati case

SC breather for Shah: No separate trial in Prajapati case

Rediff.com8 Apr 2013

In a breather to Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Amit Shah, the Supreme Court on Monday restrained the Central Bureau of Investigation from conducting a separate trial against him in the Tulsiram Prajapati murder case, and said it has to be clubbed along with the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

Sheena Bora Trial: Why did Peter want a broom?

Sheena Bora Trial: Why did Peter want a broom?

Rediff.com7 Feb 2019

Peter said he needed a broom to sweep his cell because, he joked, there are no vacuum cleaners in jail.

Sheena Bora Trial: What accounts for Indrani, Peter bonhomie?

Sheena Bora Trial: What accounts for Indrani, Peter bonhomie?

Rediff.com6 Apr 2018

Indrani and Peter Mukerjea seemed more at ease on Wednesday, maybe with the INX Media interrogation over temporarily, chatting cheerfully and easily amongst themselves, and with former husband Sanjeev Khanna, at the back of the courtroom, in the accused enclosure.

10 convicted in murder of Kerala Dalit Christian

10 convicted in murder of Kerala Dalit Christian

Rediff.com22 Aug 2019

Those convicted included the brother-in-law of Kevin.

BJP MLA in UP gets 25-year jail for raping minor, faces disqualification

BJP MLA in UP gets 25-year jail for raping minor, faces disqualification

Rediff.com15 Dec 2023

Ahsan Ullah Khan, the additional district and session judge of the MP-MLA court in Sonbhadra, also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Gond which would be used in the rape survivor's rehabilitation.

Kathua rape-murder kingpin moves HC seeking suspension of life term

Kathua rape-murder kingpin moves HC seeking suspension of life term

Rediff.com3 Feb 2022

The application came up for hearing on Thursday before a division bench of justices Tejinder Singh Dhindsa and Lalit Batra through video conferencing during which the counsel for Jammu and Kashmir R S Cheema requested for a new date that was granted.

Salman, Spies, Soup, Superheroes on OTT

Salman, Spies, Soup, Superheroes on OTT

Rediff.com12 Jan 2024

Sukanya Verma lists her this week's OTT recommendations.

The Indrani Vs Rahul Face Off

The Indrani Vs Rahul Face Off

Rediff.com7 Oct 2022

Rahul knew this was coming. That 'dirt' would be dug up.

Historic shift: New criminal laws to replace British-era laws on July 1

Historic shift: New criminal laws to replace British-era laws on July 1

Rediff.com30 Jun 2024

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who piloted the laws, said the new laws would give priority to providing justice, unlike the British-era laws that gave primacy to penal action.

Best Bakery: Prosecution failed to prove charges against 2 accused, says court

Best Bakery: Prosecution failed to prove charges against 2 accused, says court

Rediff.com14 Jun 2023

Additional sessions judge MG Deshpande on Tuesday acquitted Solanki and Gohil of all charges. The detailed order became available on Wednesday.

Lakhimpur case: SC relief for Ashish Mishra, allows him to visit ailing mother

Lakhimpur case: SC relief for Ashish Mishra, allows him to visit ailing mother

Rediff.com26 Sep 2023

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta relaxed the interim bail conditions imposed on Mishra by the court on January 25.

Jigisha murder: HC commutes death penalty of 2 convicts to life term

Jigisha murder: HC commutes death penalty of 2 convicts to life term

Rediff.com4 Jan 2018

A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta, however, upheld the life imprisonment awarded to the third convict by a trial court in the case.

Bombay HC grants bail to accused in Dabholkar murder case

Bombay HC grants bail to accused in Dabholkar murder case

Rediff.com7 May 2021

The Bombay high court on Thursday granted bail to Vikram Bhave, an accused in the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in 2013.

Pistorius's murder conviction appeal challenged

Pistorius's murder conviction appeal challenged

Rediff.com25 Jan 2016

South African authorities are challenging Olympian Oscar Pistorius appeal against his conviction for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the national prosecuting authority said on Monday.

20 accused acquitted in Chandrasekharan murder case

20 accused acquitted in Chandrasekharan murder case

Rediff.com11 Sep 2013

A local court today set free 20 accused, including a Communist Party of India-Marxist district secretariat member, in the case relating to the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T P Chandrasekharan.

Here's Where You Can Watch Fighter On OTT

Here's Where You Can Watch Fighter On OTT

Rediff.com22 Mar 2024

Patriotism, politics, pain, it's all there on OTT this week.

Law panel chief for making lynching a separate crime in new criminal law

Law panel chief for making lynching a separate crime in new criminal law

Rediff.com22 Sep 2023

The Law Commission on Friday told a parliamentary panel that there was a need to define as to what amounts to "lynching" in the proposed Bharat Nyay Sanhita, sources said.

Indrani, Peter, Sanjeev: A morning at the Sheena Bora trial

Indrani, Peter, Sanjeev: A morning at the Sheena Bora trial

Rediff.com8 May 2017

'A man, probably a lawyer, in black trousers and a white shirt, next to me, was talking to a woman in white.' 'My stock-taking stopped frozen in its tracks.' 'I was sitting almost right next to Indrani Mukerjea.'

Sheena Bora Trial: The tricks memory plays

Sheena Bora Trial: The tricks memory plays

Rediff.com9 Feb 2019

When it came to his cross examination by Sanjeev Khanna's lawyer Niranjan Mundargi, Imtiaz Shaikh appeared to be afflicted by that peculiar gap-in-one's-memory or Choosy Memory Syndrome with his recall of other dates in his life, except those directly related with the murder, shaky or non-existent.

Aarushi-Hemraj murder: Verdict on November 25

Aarushi-Hemraj murder: Verdict on November 25

Rediff.com12 Nov 2013

A Central Bureau of Investigation court on Tuesday reserved for November 25 the verdict in the sensational 2008 double murder case of teenager Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in which her parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are accused.

Kodnani, Bajrangi among 67 acquitted in Naroda Gam massacre case

Kodnani, Bajrangi among 67 acquitted in Naroda Gam massacre case

Rediff.com20 Apr 2023

A special court in Gujarat on Thursday acquitted all the 67 accused, including former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Maya Kodnani, in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case in which 11 people were killed.

Sheena Bora Trial: Like Indrani, Mekhail is a fighter

Sheena Bora Trial: Like Indrani, Mekhail is a fighter

Rediff.com25 Jul 2018

The ripping off the lid, that Mekhail did, on the chain of episodes that lead up to his sister's murder, while condemning Indrani for her actions, for the first time, paradoxically, allowed a more human -- if flawed and complicated -- picture to emerge of Indrani, allegedly The Woman Who Killed Her Own Daughter and shocked a nation.

'It's Time Women Said Enough Is Enough'

'It's Time Women Said Enough Is Enough'

Rediff.com23 Aug 2024

'We have been threatened. We have felt violated.' 'Everything is in danger if you don't give safe spaces to women.'

Sheena Bora Trial: And then the witness began to cry

Sheena Bora Trial: And then the witness began to cry

Rediff.com1 Jun 2018

She continued to cry, harder, feebly dabbed her eyes with the handkerchief she had received, and declared painfully: "He is hurting my emotions!"

Alwar lynching victim's kin requests SC to move trial out of Rajasthan

Alwar lynching victim's kin requests SC to move trial out of Rajasthan

Rediff.com10 Sep 2018

On September 7, the Alwar police charged three men linked to the murder of Rakbar Khan.

Ex-TV anchor Suhaib Ilyasi acquitted in wife's murder case

Ex-TV anchor Suhaib Ilyasi acquitted in wife's murder case

Rediff.com6 Oct 2018

Ilyasi's daughter Aaliya, who was present at the time of pronouncement of the verdict, expressed happiness and said she always had trust in her father.

Court imposes media gag on reporting Sohrabuddin case trial

Court imposes media gag on reporting Sohrabuddin case trial

Rediff.com30 Nov 2017

Raising security issues, the defence lawyers referred to a media report on the death of a judge who had dealt with the case and said "misreporting has already caused prejudice to both sides". They said it was a "sensational" case and some untoward incident could happen if publication of reports was allowed.

Pistorius has anxiety disorder, psychiatrist tells court

Pistorius has anxiety disorder, psychiatrist tells court

Rediff.com12 May 2014

Oscar Pistorius has an anxiety disorder brought on by an unstable childhood and the "traumatic assault" of having his lower legs amputated as a baby, a psychologist told the court hearing the South African track star's murder trial on Monday.

Where are Aaftab's parents, asks Shraddha Walkar's father

Where are Aaftab's parents, asks Shraddha Walkar's father

Rediff.com11 Apr 2023

Shraddha's father also demanded the case be fast-tracked and Poonawala hanged.

SC says windfall gains of Rs 338cr established, rejects Sisodia's bail plea

SC says windfall gains of Rs 338cr established, rejects Sisodia's bail plea

Rediff.com30 Oct 2023

In a setback to former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the Supreme Court on Monday denied him bail in the corruption and money laundering cases related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, saying the accusation of "windfall gains" of Rs 338 crore to wholesale liquor dealers was "tentatively supported" by evidence.

'Bo's wife's trial test for China's judicial system'

'Bo's wife's trial test for China's judicial system'

Rediff.com27 Jul 2012

The trial of disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai's wife Gu Kailai, who was charged with the murder of a British businessman, would test the credibility of Chinese judicial system, state-run media said in Beijing on Friday.

Court convicts 6 PFI members in 2010 professor's hand chopping case

Court convicts 6 PFI members in 2010 professor's hand chopping case

Rediff.com12 Jul 2023

A special NIA court in Kerala on Wednesday convicted six persons, who are allegedly members of the now banned radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), in the sensational hand chopping case of a college professor in Kerala in 2010.

90-yr-old gets lifer for killing 10 Dalits 42 yrs ago

90-yr-old gets lifer for killing 10 Dalits 42 yrs ago

Rediff.com2 Jun 2023

The convict, Ganga Dayal, was also asked to furnish a fine Rs 55,000. The killings, which happened 42 years ago, had sent shockwaves across the country.

Prosecutor wraps up five-day Pistorius grilling

Prosecutor wraps up five-day Pistorius grilling

Rediff.com15 Apr 2014

The prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius ended his five-day cross-examination of the double amputee track star on Tuesday with a stark summary of how he shot his girlfriend, insisting he killed her deliberately after an argument.

'I made a mistake, I took Reeva's life,' Pistorius tells South African court

'I made a mistake, I took Reeva's life,' Pistorius tells South African court

Rediff.com9 Apr 2014

Facing questioning from prosecutor Gerrie Nel for the first time in his murder trial, the double amputee Olympic and Paralympic sprinter admitted killing Reeva Steenkamp at his home on February 14 last year but said "I made a mistake".