SECTION 302

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram criticised the Centre for enacting three new criminal laws without consulting the Law Commission, instead appointing a panel of "part-timers." He highlighted concerns about the inclusion of solitary confinement a...

​​The apex court also tagged these four pleas with a pending petition filed by Vishwanathan's mother, who is also contesting the bail granted to the convicts.

With the arrival of new criminal laws under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), familiar sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) have undergone significant changes. Crimes once defined under well-known sections like 302, 420, and 376 have now been red...

Lawyers question whether frequent prayers offered by a 36-year-old death row convict, convicted of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, justify commuting his sentence to life imprisonment. Orissa High Court cited the convict's religious devotio...

Judge Dipankar Bora issued the life term sentence, ensuring justice for the murder that occurred over a decade ago. The case highlights the consequences faced by law enforcement officials who breach their duty to protect and serve the public. The in...

The officials informed that Qayoom was summoned for questioning by the State Investigation Agency officials and later detained for sustained interrogation in connection with the murder. The officials claim that they have collected "substantial evide...

The Delhi police have submitted a supplementary chargesheet with nearly 3,000 pages of additional digital and forensic evidence against Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who is accused of murdering his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, dismembering her body, an...

As per Mumbai police, a man reportedly murdered a 38-year-old man, who was allegedly involved with his wife, in Mumbai. He then proceeded to bury the body in a forest located in the nearby Thane district. The incident occurred on June 1, and the bod...

The Supreme Court, while ordering the premature release of a woman convicted of murder, said courts are not institutions to sermonize society on morality and ethics but bound by the rule of law. The woman had given poison to her children and herself...

The Goa Police has registered a murder case pertaining to the death of BJP leader Sonali Phogat. The FIR has been registered under section 302 of IPC following the complaint made by Phogat's family.Goa Police register murder case in Sonali Phogat's ...

Majumdar was attacked in August and he succumbed to his injures recently in Kolkata.Barman met the family members of Majumdar at Badarghat.

The arguments over framing of charges against the five accused - Dr Virendrasinh Tawde, Sharad Kalaskar, Sachin Andure, advocate Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave - began before additional sessions judge (special court judge) S R Navandar on Friday.

One of the grounds for Yashpal’s death penalty was the suppression of his financial status.

Restrictions have been imposed as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order in view of the strike called by separatists, he said.

FIR was registered against the personnel of 10, Garhwal unit, of the Army. A Major, who led the Army personnel at the time of the incident, was also mentioned in the FIR, officials said.

The hotel has claimed that due to the sealing of the suite, which costs between Rs 55,000 and Rs 61,000 a night, it has suffered a loss of over Rs 50 lakh in the last three years.

The inmates alleged that Shette, the victim, was beaten up by a woman prison official. They wanted to present the issue before the media which isn't permissible under prison rules.

According to SIT sources, it has started with the investigation of 11 missing people after considering that they had been killed in riots in the district.

NIA Act silent on offence under Section 302 of IPC which forced agency to invoke a section with death penalty against Italian marines.