Attempt To Murder

Australian charged with attempted murder of Indian man

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 23, 2013

A 21-year-old Australian has been charged with the attempted murder of an Indian-origin man after he allegedly hit the victim thrice while driving a car, dragging him up to 50 metres.

Muammar Gaddafi's cousin goes on trial in Egypt for attempted murder

Reuters | Tuesday May 14, 2013

A cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial in Egypt on Monday on charges of attempted murder in a case that has blocked his extradition to Libya.

Teen held for Indian-origin schoolboy's murder in South Africa

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 30, 2013

An 18-year-old youth has been arrested in connection with the murder of an Indian origin-school student in this South African city earlier this week and attempting to murder his elder brother.

Sarabjit Singh in 'deep coma'; his daughter alleges authorities were involved in attack

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday April 28, 2013

As Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man who is on death row in Pakistan, continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support at a hospital in Lahore after being brutally attacked by a group of prisoners on Friday, his daughter told NDTV that it was a pre...

Suspected criminal killed in Delhi highway shootout

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday March 21, 2013

A suspected criminal was killed in daylight shootout between a police team and five men on a national highway in the outskirts of Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The other four, including one bearing a reward on his head, were arrested.

Top detective appointed new Oscar Pistorius investigator

Associated Press | Friday February 22, 2013

The decision to put police Lt. Gen. Vinesh Moonoo in charge came soon after word emerged that the initial chief investigator, Hilton Botha, is facing attempted murder charges.

Delhi gang-rape case: 17-year-old accused is a minor, rules Juvenile Justice Board

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday January 28, 2013

One of the six men arrested for gang-raping and murdering a student on a Delhi bus has been accepted as a juvenile offender, a decision that has upset the student's family, and rejects a police attempt to run a bone ossification test on the suspect ...

Man arrested for rape attempt on minor

Press Trust of India | Thursday January 17, 2013

Close on the heels of rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Subhash Nagar area in Ghaziabad, a man was arrested today for allegedly attempting to rape a minor in Sahibabad locality of the district.

'Amanat' case: Juvenile accused to appear before board today

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday January 15, 2013

The juvenile accused in the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi last month, will appear before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) today. The board has also summoned the headmaster of a school the accused studied in aga...

Supreme Court commutes death sentence in an attempted rape and murder case of minor

Written by A Vaidyanathan, edited by Samira Shaikh | Wednesday January 9, 2013

The Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a convict to life in a case of attempted rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in Maharashtra.

Pallavi Purkayastha murder case: Draft charges framed, adds attempt to rape

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Thursday December 27, 2012

Draft charges were framed in the murder case of 25-year-old lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha in a Mumbai court today. An additional section of attempt to rape was invoked against the suspect apart from murder and trespassing.

Tuticorin girl murder: accused attempted rape, police say

Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin, edited by Samira Shaikh | Saturday December 22, 2012

The Tuticorin police has arrested two men for allegedly attempting to rape and murdering a thirteen-year-old school girl whose body was found in a bushy area near Seithunganallur on Friday.

Tuticorin girl murder: Two arrested

Edited by Samira Shaikh | Saturday December 22, 2012

The Tuticorin police has arrested two men for allegedly murdering a 13-year-old school girl whose body was found in a bushy area near Seithunganallur on Friday. The Tirunelvelli range DIG Mr Sumit Sharan told NDTV "the men have confessed to have kill...

Delhi gang-rape accused now charged with attempt to murder: top 10 developments

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Wednesday December 19, 2012

The men accused of brutally raping a medical student in a moving bus in Delhi on Sunday have now also been charged with attempt to murder by the Delhi Police, and with destruction of evidence and robbery. Four of the six men have been arrested, inclu...

Delhi gang-rape case: Attempt to murder, destruction of evidence charges added against accused

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Wednesday December 19, 2012

The Delhi Police has added the charge of attempt to murder against the accused in the gang-rape of a medical student in the Capital on Sunday. Last night, the police added three fresh charges against the accused. They include destruction of evidence ...