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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
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Hitman Sentenced To Life For Murder Of Air India Kanishka Bombing Suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik
A contract killer in Canada was convicted on Tuesday (local time) of murdering an acquitted suspect in 1985 Air India bombings that had claimed 331 lives.
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Japanese Man Acquitted Of 1966 Murders After 45 Years On Death Row
A Japanese man said to have spent the world's longest time on death row was acquitted of murder on Thursday, his legal team said, ending his family's search for justice after a wrongful conviction for crimes committed nearly 60 years ago.
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Supreme Court To Hear CBI's Plea Against Nithari Killer Surendra Koli's Acquittal
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a fresh plea filed by the CBI challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case.
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Bangladesh Interim Caretaker Acquitted Of Labour Charges Before Swearing-In
A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday overturned a conviction against Mohammed Yunus, a day before the Nobel winner is set to return to lead a caretaker government.
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Pakistan Ex PM Imran Khan Acquitted Of Leaking State Secrets, Says Court
A Pakistan high court on Monday overturned a treason conviction against former prime minister Imran Khan, who remains in jail on other charges.
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Rajasthan Court Convicts 2, Acquits 7 For Raping Teen, Burning Her Alive
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Saturday convicted two men and acquitted seven accused in the Bhilwara gangrape and murder case in which the minor was burnt alive after the heinous crime.
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4 Accused Convicted, 10 Acquitted In Mumbai Toxic Liquor Tragedy
A sessions court on Monday convicted four accused and acquitted 10 others in the 2015 hooch tragedy, in which more than 100 people lost their lives in Mumbai's Malvani area.
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2 Men Convicted Of Murder 26 Years Ago Acquitted By Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court has set aside the life sentence of two men for allegedly committing a murder over 26 years ago and acquitted them of all charges, holding that they cannot be held guilty merely because they were "last seen together" with the victim.
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Delhi Court Acquits Man In Child Sex Abuse Case, Says Stigma More Painful Than Jail
The case dates back to 2016 when the victim (12) had alleged that the appellant, her aunt's brother, sexually abused her in her home.
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Supreme Court Acquits Man In Murder Case, Cites Extrajudicial Confession
Extrajudicial confession by its very nature is a "weak piece" of evidence and it may be used as a corroborative piece of evidence in tandem with substantive evidence, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while acquitting a man who was convicted in a 199
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Wheelchair-Bound Ex Professor GN Saibaba, Jailed For Alleged Maoist Links, Acquitted
Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, jailed for alleged Maoist links, has been acquitted by the Bombay High Court. Mr Saibaba, 54, and five others were convicted in 2017 by a sessions court.
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Russian Convicted For Killing Journalist Freed After Fighting In Ukraine
Russian former detective Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, who was convicted over the 2006 killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has been pardoned after fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer told AFP on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Acquits Woman Accused Of Killing Her Baby, Says No Evidence
The Supreme Court has acquitted a woman convicted by a trial court for killing her newborn child whom she had allegedly conceived following her physical relations with a co-villager, saying there was no conclusive proof to establish her guilt.
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Jharkhand Court Convicts 89, Acquits 35 In Fodder Scam
Special Public Prosecutor of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Ravi Shankar said that the court has acquitted 35 people while 89 others have been convicted in the Doranda treasury case of the fodder scam.
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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
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Hitman Sentenced To Life For Murder Of Air India Kanishka Bombing Suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik
A contract killer in Canada was convicted on Tuesday (local time) of murdering an acquitted suspect in 1985 Air India bombings that had claimed 331 lives.
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Japanese Man Acquitted Of 1966 Murders After 45 Years On Death Row
A Japanese man said to have spent the world's longest time on death row was acquitted of murder on Thursday, his legal team said, ending his family's search for justice after a wrongful conviction for crimes committed nearly 60 years ago.
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Supreme Court To Hear CBI's Plea Against Nithari Killer Surendra Koli's Acquittal
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a fresh plea filed by the CBI challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case.
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Bangladesh Interim Caretaker Acquitted Of Labour Charges Before Swearing-In
A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday overturned a conviction against Mohammed Yunus, a day before the Nobel winner is set to return to lead a caretaker government.
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Pakistan Ex PM Imran Khan Acquitted Of Leaking State Secrets, Says Court
A Pakistan high court on Monday overturned a treason conviction against former prime minister Imran Khan, who remains in jail on other charges.
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Rajasthan Court Convicts 2, Acquits 7 For Raping Teen, Burning Her Alive
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Saturday convicted two men and acquitted seven accused in the Bhilwara gangrape and murder case in which the minor was burnt alive after the heinous crime.
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4 Accused Convicted, 10 Acquitted In Mumbai Toxic Liquor Tragedy
A sessions court on Monday convicted four accused and acquitted 10 others in the 2015 hooch tragedy, in which more than 100 people lost their lives in Mumbai's Malvani area.
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2 Men Convicted Of Murder 26 Years Ago Acquitted By Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court has set aside the life sentence of two men for allegedly committing a murder over 26 years ago and acquitted them of all charges, holding that they cannot be held guilty merely because they were "last seen together" with the victim.
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Delhi Court Acquits Man In Child Sex Abuse Case, Says Stigma More Painful Than Jail
The case dates back to 2016 when the victim (12) had alleged that the appellant, her aunt's brother, sexually abused her in her home.
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Supreme Court Acquits Man In Murder Case, Cites Extrajudicial Confession
Extrajudicial confession by its very nature is a "weak piece" of evidence and it may be used as a corroborative piece of evidence in tandem with substantive evidence, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while acquitting a man who was convicted in a 199
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Wheelchair-Bound Ex Professor GN Saibaba, Jailed For Alleged Maoist Links, Acquitted
Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, jailed for alleged Maoist links, has been acquitted by the Bombay High Court. Mr Saibaba, 54, and five others were convicted in 2017 by a sessions court.
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Russian Convicted For Killing Journalist Freed After Fighting In Ukraine
Russian former detective Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, who was convicted over the 2006 killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has been pardoned after fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer told AFP on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Acquits Woman Accused Of Killing Her Baby, Says No Evidence
The Supreme Court has acquitted a woman convicted by a trial court for killing her newborn child whom she had allegedly conceived following her physical relations with a co-villager, saying there was no conclusive proof to establish her guilt.
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Jharkhand Court Convicts 89, Acquits 35 In Fodder Scam
Special Public Prosecutor of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Ravi Shankar said that the court has acquitted 35 people while 89 others have been convicted in the Doranda treasury case of the fodder scam.
