The apex court last week acquitted two, including convict on death row, and said the highest degree of circumspection should be exercised by courts before awarding the death penalty.
Top court overturned trial court & HC order on conviction of the two, one of whom was on death row, calling the case a 'classic example of lacklustre & shabby investigation'.
Global media also reports on outrage over the death of a 10-year-old rape victim in Bihar due to hospital mismanagement, and chances of Modi skipping this year’s G-7 summit.
The girl, who was hearing & speech impaired, was missing since Tuesday evening, and was found lying unconscious in a field the next morning. Her condition was said to be stable at the hospital.
The girl’s body was found near a government school. The accused, Nagaraju, was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and other relevant sections.
Local residents torch police post, vandalise vehicles. This comes weeks after a junior doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar hospital, triggering nationwide protests.
Hafiz of madrasa in Saura village has confessed to sodomising & murdering boy, say police. He & his brother-in-law were arrested 3 July. Family was told that their son was missing.
Special POCSO court judge K Soman gave highest punishment of the land to Ashwaq Alam, a migrant labourer. The court had found Alam guilty of all 16 offences in the charge sheet.
Police say identity of child — who suffered extensive injuries — still not established as she is not able to communicate properly. One suspect detained.
In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.
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