The Supreme Court has held that advanced age and a near forty-year delay at the appellate stage cannot dilute the mandatory life sentence for murder, upholding the conviction of two men in their late seventies for a 1984 killing in Barabanki. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition filed by two […]
The Bombay High Court has split the 2016 verdict in the Keenan-Reuben murder case: key convict Jitendra Rana’s life sentence for the rest of his natural life becomes 20 years in jail, while two co-accused are acquitted of murder but remain convicted on their other charges. Mumbai: A life sentence has been brought down to […]
The Supreme Court Upholds Husband’s Murder Conviction in a dowry harassment case: when a wife dies an unnatural death while alone with her husband inside the matrimonial home, the Court held, the heavy burden of explaining how it happened falls on him under Section 106 of the Evidence Act. New Delhi: A husband who offers […]
The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld the life sentence of CRPF constable Sant Kumar for murdering four colleagues. The court emphasized that stressful work conditions do not justify such violence. It rejected Kumar’s appeal, citing eyewitness testimony and noting his premeditated actions, despite his claims of mental strain and unfair duty assignments.
