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Nigerian TikTok Star 'Sprayed' Money Into Air At A Party, Jailed For 6 Months
A Nigerian court on Wednesday sentenced a popular TikToker to six months in jail for "spraying" the local naira currency into the air at a party, a common local celebratory practice.
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Rickshaw Puller, 74, Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Sexually Assaulting Minor Girls In Delhi
A court here has sentenced a 74-year-old rickshaw puller to rigorous imprisonment of 20 years for committing sexual assault on two minor girls, aged six and seven years, in 2021.
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Odisha Man Kills 2 By Sending Parcel Bomb As Wedding Gift, Gets Life Term
A lecturer was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Odisha's Bolangir district on Wednesday for killing two persons, including a groom, by sending a parcel bomb as a wedding gift.
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Ex-US Cop Serving 30-Year Sentence For Rape And Murder Escapes From Jail
A former police chief serving a 30-year sentence for rape and murder has escaped from an Arkansas prison. Dressed in a "makeshift" law enforcement uniform, Grant Hardin broke out of the jail on Sunday afternoon and now posed a threat to the public.
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Bangladesh Islamist Leader On Death Row For 1971 War Crimes Acquitted
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader, overturning his death sentence by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in a war crimes case related to the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.
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Delhi Man Gets Life In Jail For Burning Wife To Death
Delhi's Tis Hazari Court has recently awarded a life sentence to a man who killed his wife by burning her in 2014. The court stated that the case does not fall under the category of "rarest of rare" cases.
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Salman Rushdie Says He's "Pleased" Attacker Got Maximum 25-Year Sentence
The 77-year-old Indian-born British author was stabbed multiple times during an event at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, leaving him blind in one eye.
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Man Sentenced To Life For Murdering Wife In 2014
Around 11 years after a man murdered his wife by setting her ablaze, a court here has sentenced him to life imprisonment, saying the aggravating circumstances in the case outweighed the mitigating circumstances.
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Supreme Court's Extraordinary Judgment In 2023 "Control Sexual Urges" Case
The Supreme Court has ruled that no sentence will be imposed on a man convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, citing the unique circumstances of the case.
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Tennis Coach Gets 7-Year Jail For Sexually Assaulting Minor Student In Delhi: Cops
A tennis coach has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for allegedly sexually assaulting his minor student, the police said Thursday claiming the case was solved in 50 days.
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23 Get Life Term For Killing Woman On Suspicion Of Practising Witchcraft In Assam
A court in Assam's Charaideo district on Monday sentenced 23 people to life imprisonment on Monday for killing a woman on suspicion of practising witchcraft 13 years ago.
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UP Man, Who Starved His Wife To Death, Sentenced To Life In Jail
Additional District and Sessions Judge Gyanendra Tripathi on Saturday also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict Manoj.
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Rajasthan Government Challenges Acquittal Of Actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu In Blackbuck Poaching Case
The state government's appeal challenges these acquittals and will also include issues related to transfer petition permissions and the sentence awarded to Salman Khan.
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Man Who Stabbed Author Salman Rushdie Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.
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"Responsibility To Protect Children From Abusers": Man Jailed For Raping Girl
A Delhi court has sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl in 2022 and said it was society's responsibility to take care of children and protect them from abusers.
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Nigerian TikTok Star 'Sprayed' Money Into Air At A Party, Jailed For 6 Months
A Nigerian court on Wednesday sentenced a popular TikToker to six months in jail for "spraying" the local naira currency into the air at a party, a common local celebratory practice.
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Rickshaw Puller, 74, Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Sexually Assaulting Minor Girls In Delhi
A court here has sentenced a 74-year-old rickshaw puller to rigorous imprisonment of 20 years for committing sexual assault on two minor girls, aged six and seven years, in 2021.
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Odisha Man Kills 2 By Sending Parcel Bomb As Wedding Gift, Gets Life Term
A lecturer was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Odisha's Bolangir district on Wednesday for killing two persons, including a groom, by sending a parcel bomb as a wedding gift.
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Ex-US Cop Serving 30-Year Sentence For Rape And Murder Escapes From Jail
A former police chief serving a 30-year sentence for rape and murder has escaped from an Arkansas prison. Dressed in a "makeshift" law enforcement uniform, Grant Hardin broke out of the jail on Sunday afternoon and now posed a threat to the public.
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Bangladesh Islamist Leader On Death Row For 1971 War Crimes Acquitted
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader, overturning his death sentence by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in a war crimes case related to the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.
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Delhi Man Gets Life In Jail For Burning Wife To Death
Delhi's Tis Hazari Court has recently awarded a life sentence to a man who killed his wife by burning her in 2014. The court stated that the case does not fall under the category of "rarest of rare" cases.
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Salman Rushdie Says He's "Pleased" Attacker Got Maximum 25-Year Sentence
The 77-year-old Indian-born British author was stabbed multiple times during an event at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, leaving him blind in one eye.
-
Man Sentenced To Life For Murdering Wife In 2014
Around 11 years after a man murdered his wife by setting her ablaze, a court here has sentenced him to life imprisonment, saying the aggravating circumstances in the case outweighed the mitigating circumstances.
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Supreme Court's Extraordinary Judgment In 2023 "Control Sexual Urges" Case
The Supreme Court has ruled that no sentence will be imposed on a man convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, citing the unique circumstances of the case.
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Tennis Coach Gets 7-Year Jail For Sexually Assaulting Minor Student In Delhi: Cops
A tennis coach has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for allegedly sexually assaulting his minor student, the police said Thursday claiming the case was solved in 50 days.
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23 Get Life Term For Killing Woman On Suspicion Of Practising Witchcraft In Assam
A court in Assam's Charaideo district on Monday sentenced 23 people to life imprisonment on Monday for killing a woman on suspicion of practising witchcraft 13 years ago.
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UP Man, Who Starved His Wife To Death, Sentenced To Life In Jail
Additional District and Sessions Judge Gyanendra Tripathi on Saturday also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict Manoj.
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Rajasthan Government Challenges Acquittal Of Actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu In Blackbuck Poaching Case
The state government's appeal challenges these acquittals and will also include issues related to transfer petition permissions and the sentence awarded to Salman Khan.
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Man Who Stabbed Author Salman Rushdie Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.
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"Responsibility To Protect Children From Abusers": Man Jailed For Raping Girl
A Delhi court has sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl in 2022 and said it was society's responsibility to take care of children and protect them from abusers.
