State of Karnataka vs Jaishankar — Serial rape and murder cases
Jaishankar, an individual convicted in multiple rape and murder cases across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, died by suicide while incarcerated at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison.
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Jaishankar, an individual convicted in multiple rape and murder cases across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, died by suicide while incarcerated at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison.
The Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of four convicts involved in the 2012 gangrape and murder of a woman in Delhi. The court categorized the incident as a 'rarest of rare' case.
Govindachamy was accused and convicted for the 2011 rape and murder of 23-year-old Soumya. The Supreme Court of India commuted his previously awarded death sentence to 14 years of imprisonment.
In January 2013, a college student was gang-raped and murdered in Kamduni, West Bengal, leading to the trial of six individuals. On 30 January 2016, a Kolkata court convicted the six defendants, sentencing three to death and three to life imprisonment. The court categorized the crime as the rarest of rare cases.
A man was sentenced to double death and double life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a two-year-old girl. This was reported as the first sentencing under the amended Section 376A of the IPC.
Vikas and Vishal Yadav were convicted for the 2002 murder of Nitish Katara. The Supreme Court heard appeals regarding the death penalty for the convicts.
The Allahabad High Court commuted the death sentence of Surinder Koli to life imprisonment in the murder case of Rimpa Haldar, a victim associated with the Nithari killings.
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