25 verified cases involving Suspicious death, newest first.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR to take over and commence a probe into the 2020 death of celebrity manager Disha Salian, following an order from the Bombay High Court concerning allegations of gang rape, murder, and a cover-up.
An FIR has been registered against six students and the management of an Ayurveda college in Meerut following the death of a first-year BAMS student in a road accident. The family of the deceased has alleged that the student was subjected to ragging and that his death was a murder.
A man was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his wife's murder in connection with dowry demands. The trial court invoked Sections 498A (cruelty by husband/relatives), 304B (dowry death), and 302/34 (murder) of the IPC, along with Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
A Gujarat High Court judgment upheld death sentences for 38 convicts in connection with the February 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts. The verdict also imposed life sentences on 11 other convicts. This was noted as the first occasion on which 38 convicts received the death penalty in a single judgment in India.
The Supreme Court acquitted a husband and 17 in-laws in a dowry death case where charges were filed under Sections 498-A and 304-B IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Court criticized the prosecution as frivolous.