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  Japanese court sentences man who shot former PM Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment

  World | January 21, 2026 11:00 IST

  Shinzo Abe, one of Japan's most influential politicians, was serving as a regular lawmaker after leaving the prime minister's job when he was killed in 2022 while campaigning in the western city of Nara. It shocked a nation with strict gun control.

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  Indian-origin man sentenced to life in 2022 Vancouver golf course homicide

  World | October 31, 2025 16:43 IST

  The British Columbia Supreme Court found Basra guilty of first-degree murder and arson in connection with the execution-style killing at the University Golf Club on October 17, 2022.

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  MP high court upholds life term of professor who used science to defend husband’s murder charge

  Madhya Pradesh | July 30, 2025 21:23 IST

  The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the life sentence of Mamta Pathak, a former chemistry professor, for murdering her husband, Dr Neeraj Pathak, by electrocution in 2021. The couple had a strained relationship, and the case was built on strong circumstantial evidence.

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  Rajasthan: Woman in live-in poisons partner and five others with tantrik's help, gets life sentence

  Rajasthan | May 20, 2025 8:25 IST

  The case involved a woman conspiring with a tantrik (occultist) and his aides to poison her live-in partner and others over a property dispute. The incident dates back to November 10, 2022.

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  Bombay High Court grants bail to gangster Chhota Rajan in Jaya Shetty murder case

  India | October 23, 2024 12:40 IST

  A division bench comprising Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Prithviraj Chavan approved Rajan’s bail on a surety of Rs 1 lakh. This development allows him temporary relief while the case proceedings continue.

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  Odisha: Court sentences 14 murder accused to life imprisonment after 15 years

  India | August 02, 2024 10:03 IST

  The Aditional District Judge convicted a total of 16 accused. However, two of them had already died and hence remaining 14 convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment.

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  Tamil Nadu: PhD scholar sentenced five life imprisonment for sexually assaulting eight minors

  July 09, 2024 22:31 IST

  The Thanjavur special court also imposed a fine of Rs 6,54,000 on him. Additionally, the court ordered him to pay Rs 4 lakh to each minor victims. He used to trap children below the age of 12 years.

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  Maharashtra: Court convicts disabled minor's rapist after speech-impaired girl testifies

  Maharashtra | June 29, 2024 14:53 IST

  The case happened in January 2017, when a man named Sanehi Shrikisan Gaud raped an intellectually disabled and speech-impaired minor girl, leaving in his neighbourhood.

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  Nishant Agarwal, former BrahMos engineer, gets life imprisonment for spying for Pakistan's ISI

  India | June 03, 2024 16:14 IST

  The 2018 case caused a significant stir, marking the first espionage scandal to impact BrahMos Aerospace. The controversy centered around Agarwal, who had been communicating with suspected Pakistani intelligence operatives via two Facebook accounts.

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  UP man sentenced to life imprisonment for slashing pregnant wife’s belly to determine baby’s gender

  Uttar Pradesh | May 24, 2024 23:06 IST

  In a disturbing case driven by the desire for a son, a Badaun court sentenced Pannalal to life imprisonment for slashing his pregnant wife Anita’s abdomen with a sickle to determine the gender of their unborn child. The attack led to a miscarriage and endangered Anita’s life.

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  Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal doses to numerous patients gets life imprisonment

  World | May 02, 2024 23:06 IST

  According to authorities, the victims to whom she administered lethal doses ranged in age from 43 to 104. Coworkers often questioned Pressdee’s conduct and said she frequently showed disdain for her patients and made derogatory comments about them,

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  Pakistan court sentences woman to life imprisonment for burning pages of Quran

  World | March 22, 2024 16:59 IST

  The Muslim woman Aasiya Bibi was arrested in 2021 on blasphemy charges on charges of burning the pages of the Quran. This came after another court earlier in March sentenced a 22-year-old court to death for 'blasphemous' messages and videos.

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  Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan's father dies days after her killers awarded life sentence

  India | December 10, 2023 11:34 IST

  Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: For the next 15 years, MK Vishwanathan dedicated his life to following up on the case, frequently visiting the police station. The legal battle concluded last month, with the four convicts found guilty on October 18 and sentenced to life imprisonment on November 25.

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  US: Michigan teen sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting dead four classmates in 2021

  World | December 09, 2023 16:28 IST

  Ethan Crumbley was 15 years old when he killed four of his fellow students at Oxford High School in 2021 while injuring six other students and a teacher. Oakland County Circuit Judge Kwame Rowe rejected defense lawyers' request for the possibility of parole, calling it a "true act of terrorism".

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  US: Indian-origin man sentenced to life imprisonment in Florida for gruesomely killing wife in 2020

  World | November 06, 2023 13:41 IST

  Philip Mathew reportedly stopped his wife Merin Joy's car and stabbed her at least 17 times, even driving over her body on the ground. He pleaded no contest to the first-degree murder and was spared the possibility of a death sentence.

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  US: Teenager who shot dead four students in Michigan 'eligible for life' in prison, rules judge

  World | September 30, 2023 11:05 IST

  Ethan Crumbley, then 15 years of age, shot dead four students in Michigan's Oxford High School on November 2021. He reportedly suffered from deteriorating mental health and was allegedly provided easy access to a firearm by his parents.

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  Bihar MP Prabhunath Singh gets life imprisonment in murder case, SC says never seen case like this

  India | September 01, 2023 14:02 IST

  While convicting Singh in the matter, the apex court had observed that it was dealing with a case which was an "exceptionally painful episode of our criminal justice system".

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  Uttarakhand: Court sentences 3 to life imprisonment in 11-year-old murder case

  India | July 15, 2023 10:00 IST

  Government advocate Anuj Kumar Saini said that RTI activist and retired teacher Jagdish Prasad Chauhan was murdered in a field near his house on February 14, 2012, at in Ferupur village of the Pathri area.

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  Honour killing: Man, brother sentenced to life imprisonment by Faridabad court

  India | February 16, 2023 23:38 IST

  On March 18, 2021, a case of honour killing was registered at the Ballabgarh police station on a complaint from the woman's husband Sagar Yadav, according to police.

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  'Unacceptable!': India slams OIC over remarks on Yasin Malik's life sentence

  India | May 28, 2022 8:43 IST

  The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik, a separatist from Jammu and Kashmir, in a terror funding case.