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Odisha court awards death penalty to 2 in gang rape and murder of minor girl

Chinmayee Dash Nov 29, 2022

Jagatsinghpur: A court in Jagatsinghpur today awarded death penalty to two persons in connection with gang rape and murder of a minor girl. The two convicts were Sheikh Asif and Sheikh Shakil. Both were accused of killing an…

INDIA

‘Attack on unity, sovereignty of India’, SC affirms death penalty for Red Fort attack…

Sambad English Bureau Nov 3, 2022

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the death penalty for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq for carrying out the December 2000 Red Fort attack, saying there was a direct attack on the unity, integrity…

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Man awarded death penalty for raping, killing of 5-YO cousin

Sambad English Bureau Oct 1, 2021

Lucknow: A POCSO court in Lucknow has awarded capital punishment to a man for brutally raping and murdering his five-month-old cousin. Judge Arvind Mishra said that the convict be hanged till death after confirmation of the death penalty…

CRIME

Principal gets death penalty for raping class-V student

Sambad English Bureau Feb 16, 2021

Patna: A Special POCSO court here awarded death sentence to the principal of a school in Patna for raping a class-V girl student. In an order passed on Monday, Special POCSO judge Awadhesh Kumar announced capital punishment for convict…

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Odisha HC quashes POCSO court’s death penalty to rape & murder accused

Sambad English Bureau Dec 23, 2020

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today quashed death penalty awarded to a rape and murder accused by a POCSO court in 2019. The High Court also asked the POCSO court to review its judgement. The POCSO court had in July, 2019 awarded death…

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Gujarat court awards death penalty to Odisha man for rape-murder of daughter

Sambad English Bureau Jan 10, 2020

Surat: A special POCSO court here today awarded death penalty to a person for raping and killing his minor daughter in 2017. According to reports, convict Budhia Das alias Tukuna, a native of Odisha who was residing in Pandesara area …

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UTP dies in Odisha jail after inmate awarded death penalty in rape case

Sambad English Bureau Dec 20, 2019

Keonjhar: In a shocking incident, an undertrial prisoner (UTP) died of heart attack in Keonjhar jail today reportedly after hearing news of death penalty awarded to an inmate accused in a rape case. The deceased has been identified as…

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Odisha man gets death penalty for raping, killing 3-year-old girl

Sambad English Bureau Dec 19, 2019

Keonjhar: The court of Additional District & Sessions Judge, Keonjhar today awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a 3-year-old girl two years ago. The incident had taken place on January 13, 2017 in Champua area of…

INDIA & BEYOND

SC upholds convict Akshay’s death penalty in Nirbhaya case

Sambad English Bureau Dec 18, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four convicts on death row, seeking review of death penalty handed down to him in Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case. A bench headed by…

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Odisha: Death penalty for Salipur rape & murder accused

Sambad English Bureau Sep 19, 2019

Cuttack: A POCSO court today awarded death penalty to accused youth convicted in 2018 Salipur minor girl rape and murder case. Yesterday, the special POCSO Court, Cuttack, had convicted accused Mohammed Mustaque under sections 302, 363,…

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