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Punjab and Haryana High Court says mothers have blind love for 'raja betas' who can be villainous, gives 30-year jail term to man in rape, murder case

December 26, 2025 12:39 pm

Punjab Haryana HC Raja Betas remark: Handing out a 30-year jail term to a man for the rape and murder of a minor, the bench said 'in this part of India', family members, especially mothers, often exhibit blind love for 'precious' sons.

'Has he apologised?... still maintains his innocence’: Priyadarshini Mattoo’s family relives her brutal death as killer seeks freedom

October 17, 2025 12:18 pm

In 1996, Priyadarshini Mattoo was raped and killed by her college senior, Santosh Kumar Singh. He was later sentenced to life in prison. Nearly three decades later, on July 1, the Delhi High Court directed the Sentence Review Board to consider afresh Singh’s case for premature release.

New Town rape-murder: Over 100 CCTVs to be installed in Bidhannagar Commissionerate, ‘dark areas’ in focus

March 02, 2025 6:02 pm

The trial in the rape-murder of a 14-year-old girl in New Town is set to begin in the first week of March.

2014 rape-murder of techie in Mumbai: The case against Chandrabhan Sanap and how he was arrested

January 29, 2025 5:28 am

More than a decade after a 23-year-old software engineer from Hyderabad was allegedly murdered in Mumbai, the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted Chandrabhan Sanap, the man arrested for the crime.

Kotkhai custodial death: CBI court convicts IG Zaidi and 7 others

January 18, 2025 6:48 pm

Verdict delivered in case linked to minor’s rape and murder; sentencing on January 27.

No crime graver and heinous than the rape and murder of 7-year-old child: Ludhiana POCSO court awards death to 2

March 31, 2023 7:54 am

As per the case file, the girl was kidnapped by a 25-year-old relative on March 10, 2019, on the pretext of buying candies.

Missing nine-year-old girl ‘raped’, found dead 2 hours later in Jaipur; minor detained

June 07, 2022 2:30 pm

The girl’s body was found just 200 metres from her home, the police said. Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia visited the area following the incident and sought strong punishment for the accused.

Nagaur rape-murder: Kin of accused, victim point fingers at local Congress man

February 22, 2022 7:52 am

The police have arrested Suresh Meghwal on charges of rape and murder, while a juvenile who allegedly aided him has been detained.

Surat district court: Death penalty for man who raped and killed 3-year-old girl

August 01, 2019 3:25 am

Additional Sessions Judge PS Kala convicted Pandey under IPC sections 302, 366, 376 (a)(b), 377,201, POCSO Act 3, 5, 6 for his alleged involvement in the rape-cum-murder of the minor girl.

Gurgaon: Three-year-old missing from home found raped and murdered

November 13, 2018 2:32 am

“The cause of death was a head injury and excessive internal bleeding. She has been sexually assaulted. We also found a 10-cm-long wooden stick inside her private parts,” said Dr Deepak Mathur, who conducted the post-mortem.

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