New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence to be imposed on former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others convicted in the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Praveen Singh of the Karkardooma Court said it would pronounce the order on July 31 after hearing detailed submissions from the prosecution and the defence on the question …
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Ahmedabad, July 7 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentences awarded to 38 convicts and life imprisonment to 11 others in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, bringing to a close the appeals arising from one of India’s longest and most significant terrorism trials.Speaking after the verdict, Special Public Prosecutor Amit Patel said the appeals had been heard on a day-to-day basis since March 2025 before the Division Bench delivered its judgment.”The hearing in th…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The prime accused in the rape and murder of a 12-year-old minor girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal was arrested on Monday afternoon, the Baruipur Police District insiders informed. Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari promised stringent action, even capital punishment for the accused persons in the case.“The sleuths of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the state police, on Monday afternoon arrested a person, who had been suspected as th…