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40 Years On, Life Term Of 3 Convicts In 'Murder' Over Mangoes Cut To 7 Years
Forty years after three men were booked for murder following a trivial fight among children over mangoes in an Uttar Pradesh village, the Supreme Court has come to their rescue by reducing the life sentence to a seven-year jail term.
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Court Allows Gangster Abu Salem's Reduced Term Petition In 1993 Blasts Case
A special court in Mumbai on Saturday allowed an application of gangster Abu Salem, serving life sentence in the the 1993 serial blasts case, for reduced jail term in lieu of the detention period during trial.
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Paying Compensation To Victim Cannot Be Ground To Reduce Sentence: Supreme Court
If payment of compensation becomes a consideration for reducing a sentence, it will have a "catastrophic" effect on the criminal justice administration, the Supreme Court has said.
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Big Relief For 8 Indian Navy Veterans On Death Row In Qatar
Eight ex-Navy personnel sentenced to death by a Qatar court in October - over espionage allegations - will face commuted punishments, the Indian government said this afternoon.
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Rape Victim "Happily Married", Supreme Court Reduces Convict's Jail Sentence
The Supreme Court has reduced the sentence of a man convicted of raping an 11-year-old girl noting her statement that she is happily married and not interested in pursuing the matter further.
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Court Reduces Jail Term In Assault Case, Says "Accused Man Of Poor Means"
A Delhi sessions court has upheld the conviction of a man for sodomising a minor boy in 2010 but reduced his jail term from three years to five months, noting that he had undergone trial for around 13 years, there was no record of his involvement
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"Undue Sympathy": Supreme Court Cancels High Court Order Reducing Sentence
Referring to a previous judgement of the Supreme Court, the bench noted it was observed that the top court had, time and again, emphasised the need to strictly punish offenders responsible for causing motor vehicle accidents.
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Thailand Man Gets 28 Years In Jail For Online Posts Against Monarchy
His prison sentence was originally 42 years but the court reduced it following his testimony, his lawyer told AFP.
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Singapore Court Reduces Sentence Of Indian-Origin Man Convicted Of Rape
Singapore's top court on Wednesday reduced the jail term of an Indian-origin man who was convicted of raping a stranger's blindfolded girlfriend in a "threesome" planned without the woman's knowledge in 2016.
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Carlos The Jackal Seeks To Shorten Life Sentence For 1974 Paris Attack
Carlos the Jackal, the leftist terrorist who carried out attacks across the globe in the 1970s and 1980s, opened a bid in a French court on Wednesday to reduce the life sentence he had been given for a deadly grenade attack on a Paris shop in 1974.
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Supreme Court Reduces Man's 5-Year Sentence In Murder Over Stolen Pigeon
The Supreme Court Tuesday reduced a 12-year sentence awarded to a man convicted in a murder case over a stolen pigeon, noting that the incident happened in the spur of the moment and was not premeditated.
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Operation Trojan Shield: How an Informant and Messaging App ANOM Led to Huge Global Crime Sting
It took $120,000 (roughly Rs. 87 lakhs) plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence, for the smartphone developer to collaborate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2018 and kick-start Operation Trojan Shield, according to a court document.
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One-Year Dubai Jail Term For Driver Whose Accident Killed 12 Indians
A Dubai court on Thursday reduced the seven-year sentence of an Omani bus driver who crashed the vehicle into a low-clearance sign after entering a restricted lane, killing 17 people, including 12 Indians, in 2019.
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Pak Court Reduces Daniel Pearl Killer's Death Sentence To 7 Years In Jail
A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the death sentence for British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been convicted over the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Avoids Jail But Hit By Hefty Fine For Tax Fraud In Spain
The court sentenced him to a two-year jail sentence that it immediately reduced to a fine of 365,000 euros.
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40 Years On, Life Term Of 3 Convicts In 'Murder' Over Mangoes Cut To 7 Years
Forty years after three men were booked for murder following a trivial fight among children over mangoes in an Uttar Pradesh village, the Supreme Court has come to their rescue by reducing the life sentence to a seven-year jail term.
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Court Allows Gangster Abu Salem's Reduced Term Petition In 1993 Blasts Case
A special court in Mumbai on Saturday allowed an application of gangster Abu Salem, serving life sentence in the the 1993 serial blasts case, for reduced jail term in lieu of the detention period during trial.
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Paying Compensation To Victim Cannot Be Ground To Reduce Sentence: Supreme Court
If payment of compensation becomes a consideration for reducing a sentence, it will have a "catastrophic" effect on the criminal justice administration, the Supreme Court has said.
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Big Relief For 8 Indian Navy Veterans On Death Row In Qatar
Eight ex-Navy personnel sentenced to death by a Qatar court in October - over espionage allegations - will face commuted punishments, the Indian government said this afternoon.
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Rape Victim "Happily Married", Supreme Court Reduces Convict's Jail Sentence
The Supreme Court has reduced the sentence of a man convicted of raping an 11-year-old girl noting her statement that she is happily married and not interested in pursuing the matter further.
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Court Reduces Jail Term In Assault Case, Says "Accused Man Of Poor Means"
A Delhi sessions court has upheld the conviction of a man for sodomising a minor boy in 2010 but reduced his jail term from three years to five months, noting that he had undergone trial for around 13 years, there was no record of his involvement
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"Undue Sympathy": Supreme Court Cancels High Court Order Reducing Sentence
Referring to a previous judgement of the Supreme Court, the bench noted it was observed that the top court had, time and again, emphasised the need to strictly punish offenders responsible for causing motor vehicle accidents.
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Thailand Man Gets 28 Years In Jail For Online Posts Against Monarchy
His prison sentence was originally 42 years but the court reduced it following his testimony, his lawyer told AFP.
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Singapore Court Reduces Sentence Of Indian-Origin Man Convicted Of Rape
Singapore's top court on Wednesday reduced the jail term of an Indian-origin man who was convicted of raping a stranger's blindfolded girlfriend in a "threesome" planned without the woman's knowledge in 2016.
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Carlos The Jackal Seeks To Shorten Life Sentence For 1974 Paris Attack
Carlos the Jackal, the leftist terrorist who carried out attacks across the globe in the 1970s and 1980s, opened a bid in a French court on Wednesday to reduce the life sentence he had been given for a deadly grenade attack on a Paris shop in 1974.
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Supreme Court Reduces Man's 5-Year Sentence In Murder Over Stolen Pigeon
The Supreme Court Tuesday reduced a 12-year sentence awarded to a man convicted in a murder case over a stolen pigeon, noting that the incident happened in the spur of the moment and was not premeditated.
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Operation Trojan Shield: How an Informant and Messaging App ANOM Led to Huge Global Crime Sting
It took $120,000 (roughly Rs. 87 lakhs) plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence, for the smartphone developer to collaborate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2018 and kick-start Operation Trojan Shield, according to a court document.
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One-Year Dubai Jail Term For Driver Whose Accident Killed 12 Indians
A Dubai court on Thursday reduced the seven-year sentence of an Omani bus driver who crashed the vehicle into a low-clearance sign after entering a restricted lane, killing 17 people, including 12 Indians, in 2019.
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Pak Court Reduces Daniel Pearl Killer's Death Sentence To 7 Years In Jail
A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the death sentence for British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been convicted over the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Avoids Jail But Hit By Hefty Fine For Tax Fraud In Spain
The court sentenced him to a two-year jail sentence that it immediately reduced to a fine of 365,000 euros.
