Court upholds realtor’s life sentence for murdering wife

March 31st, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Two Pakistani nationals were Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a fruit vendor in Ghaziabad, near New Delhi, in 2000. The Eighth additional district judge's court of Pradeep Kumar pronounced the quantum of sentence after finding the two guilty Monday.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld a life imprisonment sentence given to a man for murdering his wife and also pulled up the Delhi Police for its shoddy enquiry in the case. 'No society can progress where half of its population are denied equal right in law.

March 24th, 2009 CHENNAI - P. Rajagopal, founder of the Saravana Bhavan restaurants, surrendered before a court Monday, five days after the Madras High Court sentenced him to life imprisonment for murdering his employee eight years ago.

March 20th, 2009 CHENNAI - Founder of the Saravana Bhavan hotel chain P. Rajagopal was Thursday sentenced to life for murdering his employee eight years ago by the Madras High Court that enhanced his 10-year rigorous imprisonment awarded by a trial court.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A court here Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his acquaintance, who was having an affair with his wife, by setting him afire. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Chauhan also fined Mohammad Khursheed Rs.2,000 after holding him guilty of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

March 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Madras High Court on Thursday awarded a life sentence to P. Rajagopal, the founder of the Saravana Bhavan hotel chain.

March 15th, 2009 PATNA - Some of Bihar's infamous politicians, convicted of various crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment, are likely to field their relatives - including wives and parents - in the upcoming general elections as they are not eligible to contest themselves. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MPs Rajesh Ranjan Yadav alias Pappu Yadav and Mohammad Shahabuddin, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Suraj Singh alias Suraj Bhan Singh and former Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MP Anand Mohan, who are appealing their convictions, are planning to have a close relative contest from the constituencies they represent, according to party sources.

March 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday upheld the life term for a woman and her daughter who in a honour killing stabbed to death the woman's other daughter who was unmarried but pregnant. A division bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Aruna Suresh upheld the life imprisonment of Darshana and her daughter Rajani and stated, 'It is our social thinking that forces Indian community to take such drastic steps of killing family members.' 'The duo had taken this step to save their family's respect in society and killed their own blood,' said the bench.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A court Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment on charges of killing his 19-year-old wife within two months of marriage after she failed to bring a motorcycle as dowry. Additional Sessions Judge Narottam Kaushal also awarded a seven-year jail term to the father-in-law of the victim, Puran Singh, for his complicity in the crime.

February 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - A West Bengal court Saturday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering an 18-year-old youth in 2004. The three were also fined Rs.10,000 each.

February 17th, 2009 BANGALORE - A former police constable in Karnataka, dubbed as 'Jack the Ripper' after being charged with the rape and murder of 20 women, was Wednesday sentenced to death by the state high court for the rape and murder of a widow in 1998. Umesh Reddy alias B.A.

February 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A court in Punjab Monday sentenced a youth and his two friends to life imprisonment for murdering his parents and aunt three years ago. Pawandeep Singh, who worked in a call centre in Gurgaon in Haryana, and his friends Anil Tyagi and Ravikant Tyagi were convicted by court Feb 12 for the gruesome triple murder.

February 3rd, 2009 WELLINGTON - Two brothers convicted of murdering a 3-year-old girl who was kicked to death after months of abuse, including being hung and spun on a rotary clothesline and put into a tumble dryer, were sent to prison for a minimum of 17 and a half years Wednesday, news reports said. Wiremu Curtis, 19, and Michael Curtis, 22, were found guilty late last year of the murder of Nia Glassie, who died from severe brain damage in August 2007, 12 days after being taken to hospital.

January 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - A West Bengal court Wednesday sentenced five people to life term for abducting and murdering a doctor in 2006 and acquitted two accused. Jayanta Ghosh, a resident of Salt Lake area in north-eastern Kolkata, was abducted March 6, 2006.

January 13th, 2009 TAIYUAN - A 17-year-old student was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a teacher last year in north China's Shanxi Province, a court announced Wednesday. The student, identified only by his surname of Li, was dissatisfied with the work of head teacher Hao Xudong, according to evidence heard by the Intermediate People's Court of Shuozhou City during the initial trial.