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Greeshma was found guilty of murdering her lover, Sharon Raj, to marry another person chosen by her family. The court examined the manner of the commission of the crime in its sentencing decision.
The Supreme Court set aside the death penalty imposed on a convict for the 2016 sexual assault and murder of a four-year-old boy. The court commuted the sentence, citing procedural and legal considerations.
This case concerns the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, which killed 329 people. Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri were previously acquitted of mass murder and conspiracy charges related to the bombing. As reported on 21 October 2024, their involvement in a separate murder case concluded following the acceptance of guilty pleas.
The Siliguri court in West Bengal convicted Md Abbas for the rape and murder of a minor girl in 2023. On 8 September 2024, the court sentenced the convict to death for these crimes.
Mohan Nayak N, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, faces charges under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act after the Supreme Court restored them in October 2021. As reported on 8 December 2023, the Karnataka High Court granted him regular bail, and the Supreme Court dismissed a petition challenging this release on 21 August 2024.
On December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was gang-raped, brutally assaulted, and murdered in a moving bus in south Delhi. Six people were accused of the crime; one was a juvenile. Four adult convicts were sentenced to death and executed in March 2020 at Tihar jail. The case led to significant reforms in sexual assault laws in India.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing multiple criminal cases against renegade Maoist Mohammed Nayeemuddin and his associates, involving charges of murder, kidnapping, and extortion in Telangana.
Parvez Iqbal Tak was sentenced to death for the 2011 murder of actor Laila Khan, her mother, and four siblings. The court classified the case as 'rarest of rare'.
Yusuf Alias Sonu was convicted for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Dehradun. Following a stay of his death sentence by the Supreme Court, the High Court of Uttarakhand issued a judgment on 2 May 2024, referring the criminal matter for confirmation.
Two minor brothers were killed in Baba Colony, Budaun. The primary accused, identified as a local barber, was later killed in a police encounter, while his brother was arrested for alleged involvement in the incident.
B.A. Umesh alias Umesh Reddy is a serial killer convicted for rape and murder who has faced multiple legal challenges regarding his death sentence and solitary confinement. The Supreme Court of India ruled on 4 November 2022 that his decade-long solitary confinement was illegal due to the resulting mental trauma. Most recently, the Karnataka High Court rejected his petition concerning ongoing legal challenges to his conviction and sentencing as reported on 27 February 2024.
Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan was shot dead in her car in South Delhi on September 30, 2008. Four individuals convicted of her murder were granted bail by the Delhi High Court, which suspended their life sentences pending the outcome of their appeals.
The case involves the 2002 gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family members. The trial court judge who delivered the 2008 life imprisonment verdict commented on the sentencing.
The Delhi High Court heard bail pleas for three accused individuals charged in connection with the murder of Rahul Solanki during the 2020 North East Delhi riots.
The CBI is investigating the murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty, following the submission of a closure report in the special court on 18 April 2018. The victim's family has formally opposed the move to close the investigation against several individuals. As reported on 31 August 2023, a Supreme Court bench led by Justice Abhay S. Oka directed that notices be issued regarding the CBI's closure report.
Alleged underworld don Ravi Pujari was extradited from Senegal to India in 2020 to face over 100 cases, including murder and extortion. In July 2023, he petitioned the Karnataka High Court to expedite his trial and challenged the legality of being tried for cases not specified in his extradition order. The matter remains pending before the Karnataka High Court as of 28 July 2023.
Former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the 32-year-old murder case of Awadesh Narain.
This case pertains to the double murder of Ramsingh Maurya and another individual in Mau, Uttar Pradesh. Mukhtar Ansari and seven others were accused in this matter, which was heard in a local court in Mau.
The murder of Aprani Krishnakumar is described as a significant event in the criminal history of Thiruvananthapuram, involving gang rivalry and organized crime elements.
A trial court in Tamil Nadu convicted 27 individuals for the 2018 murder of three Dalit men in Katchanatham village. The violence stemmed from a dispute over temple honours during a festival.
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