Relying on a police dog's evidence, the Bombay High Court has held a man guilty in a robbery and murder case and upheld the life sentence given to him by a lower court. Another person was held guilty on the basis of witness identification parade, while three others were acquitted. ...
12:36 PM, Mar 31, 2013
A sessions court here on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to an accused of raping a minor girl in Shingaj village of the district in March 2011. Additional Sessions Judge BA Gadhvi sentenced Vipul Koli (22) to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh as a compensation to the victim. ...
03:46 PM, Jan 15, 2013
New Delhi: The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday upheld the life sentence awarded to ex-Samajwadi Party MP Amarmani Tripathi in the Madhumita Shukla murder case. The court also upheld the punishment against all other accused in the case, including Amarmani's wife, Madhumani. Amarmani and his wife were found guilty of the murder of the poetess nearly a decade ago. Two other accused in the case, Amarmanis nephew Rohit Chaturvedi and...
10:51 AM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: Spurned by friends and relatives after his release following 15 years of incarceration for a murder, a man thought "the best place for him was jail" and committed another murder to earn another life term. The ironical realisation dawned upon 60-year-old Satish Kumar of West Delhi within six months after he walked out of Tihar Jail in March 2009 after serving a life term there following his conviction...
01:40 AM, Jun 15, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court has ruled that life sentence can be a ground to grant divorce. Rejecting a Miscellaneous First Appeal by a husband serving life in a murder case, a division bench, headed by Justice KL Manjunath in its recent order said when the appellant is convicted for life, even the grounds of desertion have to be taken into account legally because the man cannot live with the...
03:56 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Fritzl, 73, pleaded guilty to incest, rape, enslavement among other charges. ...
07:51 PM, Mar 19, 2009
Melbourne: Australia Test captain Michael Clarke has back soreness and will not play the opening round of the Twenty20 domestic competition this weekend. Cricket Australia officials on Wednesday also told pace bowlers Ben Hilfenhaus and John Hastings to sit out the initial Big Bash round, while Test hopeful Josh Hazlewood won't play for a month because of a foot injury. Clarke, who plays for the Sydney Thunder, reported lower back...
05:43 PM, Jul 26, 2008
New Delhi: Veteran batsman Anjum Chopra will lead the Indian women's cricket team in the limited overs series against Australia, starting March 12 in Ahmedabad. Mithali Raj has been named as Anjum's deputy for the series. According to a BCCI statement, the All-India Women's Selection Committee picked up the 15-member squad after a meeting at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai on February 29. During the home series, India will play...
04:04 PM, Apr 30, 2008
Melbourne: Describing Sachin Tendulkar as a "pocket rocket", Australia's new pace sensation Pat Cummins is excited at the prospect of "versing" the "rockstar". The 18-year-old, who made a sensational Test debut by taking seven wickets to set up a thrilling series-levelling win for Australia against South Africa earlier this month, is looking forward to bowl against Tendulkar in the Test series next month. "He's one of the greats of all...
10:26 PM, Mar 24, 2008
Jaipur: A visibly disappointed Pune Warriors captain Yuvraj Singh blamed it on "poor fielding" which resulted in the sixth loss for the franchise in the Indian Premier League after Rajasthan Royals defeated them by six wickets. "Sunday's loss was a result of poor fielding. If you drop catches of three of their main batsmen, it's difficult to win matches. Now we are in such a situation where another loss would...
02:10 PM, Jan 21, 2008
Bangalore: Ireland batting sensation Kevin O'Brien warned his team to beware an India World Cup backlash when the two sides meet on Sunday as the quarter-final race hots up. India came under fire for a sloppy bowling and fielding display which allowed England to tie their 338 in Bangalore last week after letting Bangladesh make 283-9 in pursuit of 370 in the tournament opener. But O'Brien said that the hosts'...
11:28 PM, Dec 25, 2007
![15 get life term in Kanpur riots case]( "15 get life term in Kanpur riots case")
They were involved in the riots that broke out in the city four days after the Babri Masjid demolition. ...
11:40 PM, Oct 24, 2007
CBI demanded death but court said it wasn't rarest of rare crimes. ...
11:07 AM, Oct 24, 2007
Sydney: Australian cricket legend Shane Warne on Thursday said he was still mates with Test captain Ricky Ponting despite a public slanging match over tactics during the series wipeout against India. The retired leg-spinner said he had made up with Ponting after voicing tough criticism over this week's bruising seven-wicket loss in Bangalore, which concluded on Wednesday. We're mates; we're going to disagree a few times. It doesn't mean we...
10:43 AM, Oct 24, 2007
Politicos are engaged in a war of words over the Shahabuddin issue with Venkaiah Naidu calling for his resignation. ...
01:40 PM, May 08, 2007
Mohammad Shahabuddin has been given life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering Chhote Lal Gupta in 1999. ...
10:24 AM, May 08, 2007
Uttam Kumar, who murdered her former student Priyanka Garg, spared death penalty because of lack of evidence. ...
05:39 PM, Mar 15, 2007
The Supreme Court has admitted the bail plea of Manu Sharma and Tony Gill, convicts in Jessica Lall murder case. ...
07:18 PM, Mar 07, 2007
A poor rag picker, who was given a lifer for rape and murder of a minor, has been found innocent after 11 years. ...
09:02 PM, Oct 16, 2006
Charles Sobhraj has expressed hope that Nepal's highest court will overturn the life sentence awarded to him. ...
06:39 PM, Sep 13, 2006
