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Chandrabhan Sanap was originally convicted and sentenced to death by a trial court for the 2014 rape and murder of a woman in Mumbai, a decision upheld by the Bombay High Court in 2018. On 28 January 2025, the Supreme Court of India set aside this conviction and acquitted him, citing significant gaps in the prosecution's evidence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gangster Jitender Maan Gogi was shot dead by two rival assailants disguised as lawyers inside a Delhi courtroom on 24 September 2021, leading to a police retaliation that killed both attackers. The Delhi Police Crime Branch submitted a chargesheet regarding the murder in the Rohini court as reported on 23 December 2021, and the case against the deceased remains closed.
A special court in Pune acquitted gangster Gajanan Marne and 21 others in connection with the 2014 murder of Amol Hari Badhe.
The case involves the 2008 double murder of Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj Banjade in Noida. It is frequently cited in discussions regarding the impact of sustained, aggressive media coverage on high-profile criminal investigations.
In the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case, the Supreme Court of India upheld the death sentences of four convicts in May 2017. Following the exhaustion of all legal remedies, the four convicts were executed by hanging at Tihar Jail on 20 March 2020.
Six men who were previously convicted for the 2002 Akshardham temple attack were cleared of all murder and terrorism charges by the Supreme Court in an order overturning its previous judgment.
This case concerns the rape and murder of a minor in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. Various groups and individuals, including bar association panels and political figures, have campaigned for the case to be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) rather than local authorities, a matter which reached the Supreme Court for adjudication.
The Supreme Court acquitted six individuals who had been sentenced to death in 2009 for the 2003 murder of five members of a family, including a minor girl. The court overturned its own previous judgment in a rare reversal.
The Supreme Court upheld the Delhi High Court's acquittal of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shibu Soren in the 1994 kidnapping and murder of his former personal secretary, Shashi Nath Jha.
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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