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The Bombay High Court Thursday, converted the death penalty given to three convicts in the 2013 Shakti Mills rape case to life imprisonment

The special NIA court Monday announced the quantum of punishment for the nine Indian Mujahideen terrorists convicted in the 2013 Patna Gandhi Maidan serial blasts case.

Pakistan's sessions court gave death penalty to a Muslim woman, Salma Tanveer, over blasphemy charges for calling herself prophet.

The parents of the minor girl have welcomed the POCSO court decision, declaring it a victory of justice. The mother of the victim expressed her wish to see the hanging of three convicts in person.

Salim, who worked at a wood sawing unit outside Shabnam's home, came from a different socio-economic background than Shabnam and was a Class VI dropout.

Journalist Rohullah Zam was accused of helping govt protests against Iran govt by sharing timings of protests on his website and telegram channel

“The Central Government may consider imposing punishment, such as, 'hanging' or 'death penalty', for corrupt practices or for demanding and accepting bribes, like in China, North Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and Morocco", the High Court bench said.

Navid Afkari was earlier sentenced to death for allegedly murdering a security guard during the anti-government protest in Iran in 2018

Serial killer Kamruzzaman Sarkar earned the tag of 'chain man' by entering houses posing as an official from electricity department

If the gory, gut-wrenching details of how Nirbhaya was subjected to fatal gang-rape do not ace the tests of rarest of the rare, inviting the maximum punishment of death penalty, what will?