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Bryan Kohberger's own defense expert now wants him on death row

Bryan Kohberger is seeking a new trial, claiming his defense attorneys misled him into pleading guilty.

Published 9 hours ago

HC upholds life term for man who strangled live-in partner, her mother, two minor children in 2009

A division bench passed the judgment on July 27. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)

Published 1 day ago

2015 Palghar murder case: Minor discrepancies of murder eyewitnesses are a sign of truthfulness, not falsehood’: HC

2015 Palghar murder case: Minor discrepancies of murder eyewitnesses are a sign of truthfulness, not falsehood’: HC

Updated 3 days ago

HC sends 82-year-old murder convict back to jail after nearly 40 years

The appellant (Babu Lal) was convicted by the trial court in October 1984 for causing the death of his brother by repeatedly assaulting him with a ‘sabri’, an object used for agricultural digging. (Pic for representation)

Published 5 days ago

Sikh man convicted of killing UK student seeking to appeal sentence

Vickrum Digwa, 23, was handed a life sentence with a minimum of 21 years behind bars on June 1. (AFP)

Updated 30 days ago

Not telling third person about rape doesn’t falsify victim’s evidence: HC

Citizens protest against the rape of a doctor in Kolkata.

Published 41 days ago

Murder convict who became Bollywood actor arrested after 12 years on run

Modi changed his identity and built a career in the entertainment industry, where he was doing supporting roles in films and television series.

Updated 73 days ago

SC sets aside order suspending Sengar's life term in Unnao rape case

In its order dated December 23, 2025, the Delhi High Court had said that Kuldeep Sengar had been convicted under Section 5 (C) (aggravated penetrative sexual assault by a public servant) of the POCSO Act but an elected representative does not fit the definition of a "public servant" under Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.

Updated 79 days ago

MLA’s disqualification: Will take call after official intimation, says speaker

Karnataka assembly website

Published 103 days ago

HC reserves order on Asaram's plea challenging conviction for sexual assault on minor

HC reserves order on Asaram's plea challenging conviction for sexual assault on minor

Published 104 days ago

India slams Pakistan for backing Andrabi

India slams Pakistan for backing Andrabi

Published 130 days ago

Former MP Umakant Yadav rushed to BHU hospital after health worsens in Jaunpur jail

Umakant Yadav has a long criminal record with over 30 cases, including charges of murder, attempt to murder and damage to public property (FILE PHOTO)

Published 135 days ago

Man serving life term for killing wife “unfit” to be minor daughter’s guardian: HC

Mumbai, India - September 03, 2021: Bombay High Court at Fort, in Mumbai, India, on Friday, September 03, 2021. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)

Published 166 days ago

HC upholds couple’s conviction for killing daughter with mental health condition

The court said the couple had a “bounden duty” to care for the child. (Shutterstock)

Updated 166 days ago

Friend Shree Jogdhankar gets life in Jhanvi Kukreja murder case

Friend Shree Jogdhankar gets life in Jhanvi Kukreja murder case

Published 183 days ago

Plea seeking death for Yasin Malik not pressing: Delhi HC

Plea seeking death for Yasin Malik not pressing: Delhi HC

Published 186 days ago

No urgency in hearing plea for death penalty to JKLF chief Yasin Malik: Delhi HC

In May 2022, a trial court awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik. (PTI)

Updated 186 days ago

Delhi HC upholds life term for man who raped minor daughter

The case was registered in July 2021, when the victim, then three months pregnant, and her mother approached the police. (Representational image)

Published 192 days ago

Controversy over Dera chief’s parole: Ram Rahim’s parole legally permissible but reeks of political trade-off

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (HT File)

Published 203 days ago

Murder convict on the run for 14 years arrested by Gurugram police

The alleged murder that took place on October 6 hit headlines on Monday with the police revealing chilling details and arrests in the case.

Published 221 days ago

Custodial death case: HC suspends ex-IG Zaidi’s life sentence

While pronouncing its verdict on the case, the HC bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur noted a lack of motive and the accused officer not being present in police station at the time of the custodial death of Suraj Singh, as pointed out by the IGP in his appeal. (File)

Published 222 days ago

HC suspends Sengar’s jail term in Unnao rape case

To be sure, Sengar will remain in jail since he is also serving a 10-year imprisonment in the April 2018 custodial death case of the rape survivor’s father. (Subhankar Chakraborty/HT PHOTO)

Published 222 days ago

Taxi driver gets life sentence for 2010 rape-murder of 21-year-old MBA student

The convict, Monu Kumar, now 39, was a 24-year-old taxi driver when he had targeted the 21-year-old woman on July 30, 2010. (HT)

Updated 247 days ago

Former Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown dies in prison hospital at 82

Former Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown dies in prison hospital at 82

Published 251 days ago

Non-recovery of murder weapon cannot render case unreliable, says Cal HC, upholding life sentence

Non-recovery of murder weapon cannot render case unreliable, says Cal HC, upholding life sentence

Published 268 days ago

Canada: Man receives life sentence for role in brazen 2022 killing of Indo-Canadian in Vancouver

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) vehicles outside the organisation's headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Photograph for representation purpose only). (Bloomberg)

Published 278 days ago

Indian man, wrongfully jailed in US for 43 years, now faces deportation by ICE

Subramanyam ‘Subu’ Vedam, 64, was wrongfully jailed for 43 years.

Published 293 days ago

1984 riots case: Ex Cong councillor seeks furlough

Five Sikh individuals were killed and a gurdwara in Ghaziabad’s Raj Nagar was torched in 1984. (HT Archive)

Published 300 days ago

Supreme Court cancels Chhota Rajan bail in 2001 Jaya Shetty case

A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta allowed the CBI appeal against the high court’s October 2024 order, restoring the trial court’s punishment.

Updated 319 days ago

Jaya Shetty murder: SC sets aside Bombay HC order suspending Chhota Rajan’s life term

Additional solicitor general Tushar Mehta appeared for CBI in the matter. (File photo)

Published 319 days ago

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