A woman in India ’s southern state of Kerala has been sentenced to death for killing her boyfriend by poisoning him, becoming ...

The Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy, a former Kolkata Police civic volunteer, to imprisonment till death after he was ...

The family of the doctor broke into tears, saying they were "shocked" at the sentence and had hoped her murderer would be sentenced to death.

Earlier today, the Bengal government also appealed to the high court, seeking death for sole convict Sanjay Roy.

Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Section 302 of IPC) states that whoever commits murder shall be punished with the ...

The police had sought the death penalty in a horrific but familiar crime. Its handling by the local authorities had outraged ...

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The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court announced life imprisonment for the accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case. Along with this, the court has also fined Rs 50,000 to the accused.

India's West Bengal state launched an appeal on Tuesday to overturn a life sentence in favour of the death penalty for a ...

Protests erupted in West Bengal last August after the body of a trainee doctor was found with multiple injuries in a hospital ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she was not satisfied with the court giving life imprisonment ...