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Prez commutes death sentence of four prisoners

The death sentence of four prisoners, including a man convicted for rape and murder of a five-year-o...

Man gets life term in 10-year-old murder case

A man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in a 10-year-old murder case.

4 women, 2 men face death for dancing at wedding

The ‘accused’ were allegedly caught on videotape singing and dancing together at a wedding ceremony.

Court awards life sentence to three in murder case

A local court here has awarded life imprisonment to three persons in an 18-year-old murder case.

President commutes death sentence of servant

The Supreme Court, while sending Om Prakash to the gallows, had observed that "he is a menace to the...

Indian couple sentenced for UK immigration scam

An Indian man has been sentenced along with his wife for running a racket that helped many Indian ci...

Somalia: 17 gets death sentence for attack

An official says a military court in Somalia`s breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced 17 peopl...

Bihar: Three sentenced to death

A local court on Monday sentenced three persons to death for killing six members of a family in 2006...

‘Bank Bomber’ in China given death sentence

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death and awarded varied jail terms to two of his accomplices...

No plan to review laws on death sentence: PC

There were no plans to review laws on death sentence, Home Minister P Chidambaram clarified and said...

Abu Azmi sentenced to 2-year jail term

A local court convicted and sentenced SP MLA Abu Azmi to two years in jail for allegedly giving prov...

Life sentence a ground for granting divorce: HC

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that life sentence can be a ground to grant divorce.

10 sentenced for attempting ‘forcible conversion’

A local court sentenced 11 persons on charges of trying to "forcibly` convert people to another reli...

Mumbai: Man gets life sentence for raping daughter

The session’s court on Wednesday sentenced a 44 years old man to life imprisonment for raping his ...

Indian to be hanged in Singapore for murder

A 36-year-old Indian man was on Wednesday sentenced to death by Singapore court for murdering his Fi...

Pune BPO employee murder: Convicts awarded death

A Sessions Court on Tuesday awarded death sentences to two persons convicted in connection with the ...

Death sentence in absentia for Qaeda`s N Africa

An Algerian court sentenced the head of al Qaeda`s north African offshoot to death in absentia for ...

Prez Patil most merciful of all Presidents

President Pratibha Patil has commuted death sentences of 23 petitioners to life imprisonment during ...

Iran presidential adviser sentenced: Report

An Iranian news agency says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad`s press adviser has been sentenced to six ...

Drug case: Death sentence for the first time

In the first ever case of capital punishment in a drug crime, a special Narcotics court here has a...

Iran presidential adviser sentenced: Report

An Iranian news website says a court has sentenced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad`s press adviser to...

Japan has year without executions

Its the first year in nearly two decades the country has not carried out a single death sentence.

20 sentenced to life term in triple murder case

A local court here has awarded life imprisonment to 20 people in a 15-year-old triple murder case.

Eleven sentenced to life in abduction case

Eleven people were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court here in a 17-year-old...

Six sentenced to life in IISc attack case

A fast-track court on Monday sentenced to life all six men convicted of involvement in the 2005 terr...

Why not death, apex court asks Hawara

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted for his involvement in t...

Man, parents sentenced in dowry death case

A local court here has handed down a lifer to a man and sentenced his parents to 10 years rigorous...

Five get 7 yrs RI for unintentional killing

On the basis of the charge sheet filed by police and evidence, the court held all the accused guilty...

Life term to rapist who gouged out victim`s eye

The life sentence given to a man, who gouged out an eye of a private hospital nurse to rape her, w...

Bihar: Court awards life sentence to 13

A local court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to 13 persons in a 31-year-old murder case in B...

Morocco bomber sentenced to death

A Moroccan judge sentenced Adel Othmani to death for plotting and carrying out an April 28 bomb atta...

Iranian actress sentenced to lashes released: Rpt

Iranian actress Marzieh Vafemehr who was sentenced to 90 lashes and further imprisonment for actin...

Centre against commuting sentence of Rajiv killers

Centre on Friday said the delay in the disposal of the clemency pleas was not a valid ground for com...

95-year-old woman gets life term

The 95-year-old woman was acquitted by a trial court for burning her daughter-in-law and her infant ...

‘Death sentence is a judicial murder’

Death sentence is judicial murder, says former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas, who headed the bench t...

Taseer assassin appeals death sentence

The police guard sentenced to death for assassinating Governor Salmaan Taseer filed an appeal agai...

Rajiv`s assassin was sentenced by SC? CBI blooper

In a glaring blooper, CBI has noted on its website that suicide bomber Dhanu was successfully put to...

Plea filed against Taseer killer`s death penalty

A lawyer has filed a petition in a Pakistani court challenging the death sentence given to the kill...

US condemns death sentence for Iran pastor

Iran pastor, Yusuf Naderkhani, has been sentenced to death for apostasy.

Saudi King revokes woman driver`s lashing sentence

A sentence of 10 lashes was imposed on a woman for breaking the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia...

SC commutes death for child killer

SC commuted the death sentence of a man, who murdered his neighbour`s two minor children, saying it ...

Minimum sentence can`t be reduced by courts: SC

The SC ruled that minimum sentence prescribed under law for criminal offences, cannot be reduced by...

SC upholds death sentence for ‘dictator’ husband

The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a "hot tempered" and "dictatorial" husband who ...

Man sentenced to life for burning wife to death

Mohammed, a tea master, had asked his wife to get Rs 50,000 from her father for setting up the shop ...

PMK for cancelling death sentence of Rajiv killers

The Madras High Court yesterday stayed for eight weeks the execution of the three convicts fixed fo...

Thane blasts: 2 sentenced to ten years` RI

Two members of Hindu right wing group Sanathan Sanstha were sentenced to ten years` rigorous impris...

Rajiv killers’ hanging: Man sets himself afire

CM Jayalalithaa said that she has no power to alter the Presidential order rejecting the clemency pl...

Iranian gets death sentence for scientist`s murder

Majid Jamali-Fashi had pleaded guilty to murdering Massoud Ali-Mohammadi in January 2010.

Tight security in prison for Rajiv’s assassins

On behest of Sonia Gandhi, that the death sentence of another convict, Nalini, was commuted to death...

US `deeply disappointed over Iran hikers` sentence

Iran has sentenced two American hikers to 8 years in prison each for illegal entry and espionage.

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