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Sanjoy Roy, accused of raping and murdering a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata, has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The brutal crime, which took place in August, sparked nationwide protests …

Public Hanging ISLAMABAD: The Senate rejected a bill advocating public execution for rape convicts with a majority vote on Monday, as lawmakers deemed it a “counter-effective measure in deterring sexual …

He urged the Supreme Court and the High Court to intervene, requesting a hundred motions to be taken into consideration.

As the Sarah Inam murder case entered a crucial phase, plaintiff lawyer Rao Abdul Rahim, in concluding his arguments, appealed to the court for the imposition of the death penalty …

The woman, owner, and principal of a private school, was accused of distributing photocopies of her writings wherein she denied the finality of prophethood and claimed her as a prophet.

An Egyptian court today awarded death sentence to 24 Muslim Brotherhood members for the killing of police officers in two separate cases. The Damanhour Criminal Court ordered the death penalty …

In recent days, Islamabad police have included Pakistan Penal Code sections 375A, 375D, 384, 342, 114, 395, 496A and 377B in FIR.