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.
In the earlier bill which was passed in 2021, the maximum sentence was 10 years, however, in the amended bill, the maximum sentence is life imprisonment.
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.
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.
The prosecution examined 20 witnesses while the defence examined two witnesses during the trial. The accused were opposed to Dabholkar's crusade against superstition, the prosecution had stated in its final arguments.
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.
Premature release of 61 male life convicts, aged more than 60 years of age, and 2 female life convicts, aged more than 55 years of age has been approved by the Bengal govt.
According to the prosecution, in March 2012, a police constable found two minor girls crying in front of a house and when he asked them why they were weeping, they told him their uncle and aunt had murdered their grandfather.
In the first judgement of its kind in India, a court in Hyderabad on Thursday sentenced a juvenile to double life imprisonment for sexual assault and murder of a 10-year-old boy
According to the FIR lodged at Muffasil Police Station, the convicts had first demanded money and a mobile phone from the woman as a penalty because her friend was a non-tribal, and then all of them raped her near Dighi village on September 6, 2017.
Top News
Latest News
