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‘Quite harsh’: Death sentence commuted, Supreme Court questions convicts’ 35-year jail term without remission
May 12, 2026 5:04 pm
The Supreme Court was hearing a challenge to a 2017 judgment of the Orissa High Court in a rape-murder case. The bench may examine if the punishment struck a legally sustainable balance.
Unsolved Crimes: Six years and 1,500 DNA tests later, rape, murder of three girls still a mystery
January 16, 2018 3:14 am
One by one, the police began to eliminate each suspect after a thorough probe revealed that immediate family members and known male acquaintances had strong alibis. However, no one was exempt from undergoing a DNA test.
German couple jailed for rape-murder of Chinese student
August 07, 2017 3:30 pm
After friends in Germany and China alerted the authorities that she was missing, police organised a search for the woman, who was from the eastern province of Henan. Her corpse was found two days later.
Badaun sisters’ ‘rape-murder’: Prime accused arrested, sent to judicial custody
January 28, 2016 2:19 am
The Badaun court in October 2015 had issued summon against prime accused Pappu Yadav after rejecting CBI’s closure report in the case.
Power to grant clemency should be used judicially: Parl panel
February 27, 2013 6:49 pm
Reasons for granting clemency should also be made public,says panel.
Ex-DMK MLA arrested for rape-murder of 15-year old girl
July 13, 2012 9:43 pm
The MLA was accused of raping and murdering the girl from Kerala who worked as a servant in his house.
Man rapes minor,rushes her to hospital,but ends up throwing her on tracks
February 13, 2012 2:15 am
Firoz lured eight-year-old from near her house with eatables,say police.
President rejects mercy plea of two death row convicts
May 27, 2011 1:10 am
This is the first time since 2004 that the President has rejected a mercy petition.
100 injured as protests paralyse Kashmir valley
June 03, 2009 8:30 pm
At least 100 people were injured as violent protests over the death of two women under mysterious circumstances paralysed Kashmir Valley for the third day.
Pandher,Koli held guilty
February 12, 2009 3:37 am
A CBI special court convicted the main accused - Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli - in the brutal killings in the Nithari village in Noida.
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