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Death Penalty For Bihar Man Who Raped, Murdered Minor
A court in Rohtas district of Bihar on Thursday awarded death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a girl.
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Death Penalty Of Man Who Raped, Murdered Minor Suspended By Supreme Court
In a relief to a death row convict, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of a watchman who was convicted for killing a minor girl after sexually assaulting her in Maharashtra's Thane district in 2013.
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Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty For Rajasthan Man Who Raped, Killed Minor
The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed the death penalty awarded to a man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a physically and mentally challenged seven-and-a-half-year-old girl, and noted that the crime was brutal and inhuman.
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Man Sentenced To Death In Andhra For Rape, Murder Of 5-Year-Old Last Year
A local court in Andhra Pradesh on Monday sentenced a lorry cleaner to death under the POCSO Act, holding him guilty of rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in November last year.
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Can't Allow Cause Of Justice To Suffer In Pursuit For Speedy Disposal Of Cases: Supreme Court
The cause of justice must never be "sacrificed" or allowed to "suffer" in pursuit of expeditious disposal of cases, the Supreme Court has said while setting aside the conviction and death penalty awarded to an accused in a case of rape and murder of a minor girl after a two-week trial proceedings.
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Odisha Man Sentenced To Death For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old
A court in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Thursday sentenced a man to death penalty for rape and murder of a three-year-old girl.
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Top Court Reconfirms Death Penalty For Coimbatore Rape-And-Murder Convict
A man convicted of "horribly" gang-raping a 10-year-old girl before murdering her along with her little brother in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore in 2010 does not deserve mercy, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing his petition against the death sentence.
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Death Penalty To Assam Man Convicted For Raping 11-Year-Old
A court in Nagaon, Assam today awarded death penalty to Zakir Hussain, the prime accused in the gangrape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
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In 20-Day Trial, Rajasthan Man Gets Death Penalty For Raping Daughter
Father of an infant girl was awarded the death sentence by the Jhunjhunu POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Court in Rajasthan on Friday for raping a minor on August 2.
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Law Allowing Death Penalty For Rape Of Children Cleared By President
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
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19-Year-Old Gets Death Penalty For Raping Infant Under New Rajasthan Law
A 19-year-old has been ordered to be hanged for raping a seven-month-old baby in Rajasthan this year. This is the first death sentence ordered by a court in Rajasthan after the tougher sexual abuse law was passed by the state assembly in March that allows death penalty in rape of minors under 12 years of age.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Promises Death Penalty In Rape Of Minors
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat today said the state government will make provisions for sending rapists of minor girls to the gallows.
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Will Ensure Death Penalty For Those Raping Minors: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
The Madhya Pradesh government will ensure that criminals involved in the rape of minor girls get death penalty, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.
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Death Penalty For Child Rape 'Populist Measure', Says Justice AP Shah
Criticised over the recent spate of rapes of minors, the government may have introduced capital punishment through an executive order but not everyone seems convinced that's the right step forward. Among them former chief justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah, some lawyers, child rights activists and families of three child survivors of sexual abuse ...
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Ordinance Decision Taken In View Of Lok Sabha Polls: Nirbhaya's Father
Nirbhaya's father alleged on Saturday that the Union Cabinet's approval to promulgate an ordinance to give the death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below 12 years has no "logic" and the decision was taken in view of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
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Death Penalty For Bihar Man Who Raped, Murdered Minor
A court in Rohtas district of Bihar on Thursday awarded death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a girl.
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Death Penalty Of Man Who Raped, Murdered Minor Suspended By Supreme Court
In a relief to a death row convict, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of a watchman who was convicted for killing a minor girl after sexually assaulting her in Maharashtra's Thane district in 2013.
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Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty For Rajasthan Man Who Raped, Killed Minor
The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed the death penalty awarded to a man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a physically and mentally challenged seven-and-a-half-year-old girl, and noted that the crime was brutal and inhuman.
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Man Sentenced To Death In Andhra For Rape, Murder Of 5-Year-Old Last Year
A local court in Andhra Pradesh on Monday sentenced a lorry cleaner to death under the POCSO Act, holding him guilty of rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in November last year.
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Can't Allow Cause Of Justice To Suffer In Pursuit For Speedy Disposal Of Cases: Supreme Court
The cause of justice must never be "sacrificed" or allowed to "suffer" in pursuit of expeditious disposal of cases, the Supreme Court has said while setting aside the conviction and death penalty awarded to an accused in a case of rape and murder of a minor girl after a two-week trial proceedings.
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Odisha Man Sentenced To Death For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old
A court in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Thursday sentenced a man to death penalty for rape and murder of a three-year-old girl.
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Top Court Reconfirms Death Penalty For Coimbatore Rape-And-Murder Convict
A man convicted of "horribly" gang-raping a 10-year-old girl before murdering her along with her little brother in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore in 2010 does not deserve mercy, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing his petition against the death sentence.
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Death Penalty To Assam Man Convicted For Raping 11-Year-Old
A court in Nagaon, Assam today awarded death penalty to Zakir Hussain, the prime accused in the gangrape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
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In 20-Day Trial, Rajasthan Man Gets Death Penalty For Raping Daughter
Father of an infant girl was awarded the death sentence by the Jhunjhunu POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Court in Rajasthan on Friday for raping a minor on August 2.
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Law Allowing Death Penalty For Rape Of Children Cleared By President
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
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19-Year-Old Gets Death Penalty For Raping Infant Under New Rajasthan Law
A 19-year-old has been ordered to be hanged for raping a seven-month-old baby in Rajasthan this year. This is the first death sentence ordered by a court in Rajasthan after the tougher sexual abuse law was passed by the state assembly in March that allows death penalty in rape of minors under 12 years of age.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Promises Death Penalty In Rape Of Minors
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat today said the state government will make provisions for sending rapists of minor girls to the gallows.
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Will Ensure Death Penalty For Those Raping Minors: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
The Madhya Pradesh government will ensure that criminals involved in the rape of minor girls get death penalty, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.
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Death Penalty For Child Rape 'Populist Measure', Says Justice AP Shah
Criticised over the recent spate of rapes of minors, the government may have introduced capital punishment through an executive order but not everyone seems convinced that's the right step forward. Among them former chief justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah, some lawyers, child rights activists and families of three child survivors of sexual abuse ...
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Ordinance Decision Taken In View Of Lok Sabha Polls: Nirbhaya's Father
Nirbhaya's father alleged on Saturday that the Union Cabinet's approval to promulgate an ordinance to give the death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below 12 years has no "logic" and the decision was taken in view of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
