Convicts Acquitted

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.

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.

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.

A Pakistan high court on Monday overturned a treason conviction against former prime minister Imran Khan, who remains in jail on other charges.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Gauhati High Court today acquitted all six convicts in the 2004 bomb blast in Assam's Dhemaji, which had killed 18 people, including 13 schoolchildren.

The prosecution will have to establish motive for commission of crime if there is no eyewitness of an incident, the Supreme Court has said while acquitting a man convicted in a 2008 murder case.

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.

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.

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.

A Pakistan high court on Monday overturned a treason conviction against former prime minister Imran Khan, who remains in jail on other charges.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Gauhati High Court today acquitted all six convicts in the 2004 bomb blast in Assam's Dhemaji, which had killed 18 people, including 13 schoolchildren.

The prosecution will have to establish motive for commission of crime if there is no eyewitness of an incident, the Supreme Court has said while acquitting a man convicted in a 2008 murder case.