Abducted SPO killed, 5 Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh Read more: Abducted SPO killed, 5 Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh

PTI, Oct 31, 2010, 10.29pm IST

RAIPUR: An abducted Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed by Maoists while five ultras arrested in two incidents in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.

"Irpa Dinesh (the SPO) was strangulated to death by the Maoists at Basaguda busti in the district," Additional Superintendent of Police (Bijapur) B P S Rajbhanu said over the phone.

The wounded body of the officer, who was abducted by the Maoists on October 22, was found in the area, he said.

The body has been sent to the victim's family, the ASP said, adding that police teams have been dispatched in the area.

In another incident, five Maoists were arrested and sharp-edged weapons seized in the same district.

Police arrested them after they started to flee after noticing the personnel in the jungle at Bhatwar and Dhinduri villages, Rajbhanu said.

The ultras have been identified as Kunjam Paku, Paklu Parsa, Budru Marsa, Guddi Oyyam and Sudhru Warse.

The first three were involved in the killing of a SPO on October 29 while Oyyam and Warse wanted in the recent murder of a villager, the ASP added.

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Teen killed by parents for spending Rs 200 TNN, Oct 20, 2010, 04.32am IST

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Six months after the mysterious death of a Dalit youth in Kannur district of Kerala, police have confirmed that he was in fact brutally tortured for hours.

The death evoked widespread criticism with some terming it "Taliban-style execution by Islamic fundamentalists" and seeking a NIA probe. Eight of the 13 accused have been arrested and charged with "attempt to commit culpable homicide and abetment of suicide". Investigating officer P Sadanandan said, "The accused are Popular Front of India activists, a Muslim radicals group."

But PFI's Kerala president Naseeruddin Elamaram said he was not aware of the case. He said it had become a practice to associate any Muslim, who was arrested, with the outfit and added it was part of a conspiracy.

The body of Vineesh, a casual labourer, was found hanging from the terrace of a lodge in Poythumkadavu in Kannur on April 17 this year. There were 22 brutal injury marks on the body.

The veins had been punctured both in his hands and legs and a lot of blood had oozed out revealing, what Dalit activists claim, was chillingly high level of planning and precision by the assailants.

Teen killed by parents for spending Rs 200

TNN, Oct 20, 2010, 04.32am IS
BAGNAN: A 15-year-old boy was beaten to death, allegedly by his father and stepmother, inHowrah's Bagnan for spending Rs 200 of his own earnings during the Puja. Both the accused have been arrested, said Howrah additional SP Akhilesh Chaturvedi.

The body of Ghoton Pramanik was found in a bush near the family's house on Tuesday morning. There were injury marks on the back of the head. Police suspect he was beaten to death with a blunt object.

Ghoton worked as a helper at a sweet shop in Bagnan and earned Rs 700 a month. His parents would collect the money from the shop owner. But this month, he took Rs 200 as advance from the shop owner, Pijush Rana, and spent it during the Puja.

On Monday evening, Ghoton's stepmother Prachi went to the shop to collect his salary. She was told that Ghoton had taken Rs 200 as advance. This enraged the woman and she started beating him in the shop. The thrashing stopped following the intervention of some locals.

However, the matter did not end there. When the boy returned home at night, his father and stepmother started beating him up, said neighbours who heard the two accusing the boy of misusing the money and Ghoton crying for help.

In the morning, when locals spotted Ghoton's body in a bush, they suspected that his parents had killed him. They locked the house and informed police about the matter. The villagers claimed before police that the victim's stepmother did not treat him properly. It was further alleged that the boy's elder brother had fled home earlier as he unable to bear Prachi's torture. He is currently working in Delhi.

Ghoton's father, 52-year-old Aloke Pramanik, married Prachi about a decade ago. The couple has a six-year-old daughter. Rana told police that Ghoton would often tell him that he was not given any food and his parents would torture him.

Mattoo case: SC commutes Santosh Singh's death sentence to life

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Santosh Kumar Singh in the 14-year-old Priyadarshini Mattoo rape and murder case but reduced the death sentence to life imprisonment, saying certain things were in his favour.

"The conviction is maintained," a Bench comprising Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad said.

However, the Bench said "To our mind, certain things are in favour of appellant (Singh). We are converting the punishment of death sentence into the life imprisonment."

Singh, son of former senior IPS officer, had challenged his conviction and death sentence awarded by the Delhi high court which had set aside his acquittal by the trial court in the case.

The apex court had on July 29 reserved its verdict on Singh's appeal.

PTI, Oct 6, 2010, 10.48am IST

Singh, a law student in the Delhi University, had raped and murdered Priyadarshini, a third-year law student, in January 1996.

Singh was acquitted by the trial court on December 3, 1999, but the Delhi high court had on October 27, 2006, reversed that decision by holding him guilty of rape and murder.

CBI has sought upholding of the death sentence saying the high court had correctly appreciated the evidence leading to his conviction.

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V N SUBRAMANIAN (KEYSER)
06 Oct, 2010 05:21 PM

I saw an article in TOI some time back that majority of the SC judges are corrupt. Santosh managed to get a life sentence and there would be loopholes for him to get out and commit similar crimes because he is the son of an IPS Officer. Despite the rapid strides India has made, 'whom you know' plays an important role in India life, which is very sad indeed. My sympathies to Priyadarshini's family.

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Gurdeep Singh (Mumbai)
06 Oct, 2010 05:20 PM

Mockery of Justice

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Romesh (NY)
06 Oct, 2010 05:09 PM

Did the judges get paid off ?

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Nisha (India)
06 Oct, 2010 05:04 PM

Why should he be hanged afterall he killed only one.What about kasab and company who after killing hundreds are still sitting in jail and enjoying five star treatments...

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saurabh (india) replies to Nisha
06 Oct, 2010 05:45 PM

hilarious.... he has killed only one hahaaha. how many u think he should kill before being eligible for death sentence.Yes this is mockery of system. e brutally raped and murdered an innocent girl and anything less then death is not acceptable ..

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Ashok (Singapore)
06 Oct, 2010 04:59 PM

why SC want to spend country's valuable money for this kind of criminals ? Santosh Kumar Singh deserves death sentence.

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Deepak (New Delhi)
06 Oct, 2010 04:46 PM

This is absolute mockery of Justice System. Now if judges don't think such a henious crime Rarest of Rare than what this term means.

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Srinivas (Doha)
06 Oct, 2010 04:40 PM

The supreme court seems to be having a soft corner for death sentenced convicts. I am sure that the Hight Court had gone into merits before pronouncing the verdict.

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Jt (EU)
06 Oct, 2010 04:11 PM

the judges don't do justice but behaving like Saints

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Dr Pradeep K Chadha (Dublin, Ireland.)
06 Oct, 2010 04:10 PM

In this case the Supreme Court has failed to demonstrate that the justice is 'shown to have been done'. It brings doubt into people's minds about the Indian judiciary being above corruption.

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DP (India)
06 Oct, 2010 04:04 PM

now pay more taxes to feed him :-(

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Sundaresh (Bangalore)
06 Oct, 2010 03:52 PM

Sri Sri Santhosh Kumar Singh. Has graduated to become future "Netha"

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Thinkaboutthis (delhi)
06 Oct, 2010 03:51 PM

We can Recall this time dhananjay Chaterjee Case he got hanged then why this person is not only because he was a gatekeeper and this person is a son of .........

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Nikky (Noida)
06 Oct, 2010 03:34 PM

Perfect Indian Democracy

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Shailendr (new delhi)
06 Oct, 2010 03:30 PM

This is how a common man is loosing faith in the judiciary. Being the TOP judicial institution supreme court should have set an example for others

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Nikky (Noida)
06 Oct, 2010 03:28 PM

Disgusting !!! Fail To understand what things were in favor of victim . Were those things more bigger then the fact that Santosh singh committed this heinous crime ..... Would The judges would have said same thing if it had happened to their kin

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ak (Bnglr.)
06 Oct, 2010 03:28 PM

In the end.. it's the same old saying "Samrath ko dosh nahi gosai"

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neeru (gurgaon)
06 Oct, 2010 03:26 PM

Shame! he should have been fed to rabid dogs and monkeys.

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Usha R (Chennai)
06 Oct, 2010 03:25 PM

It shows how much value, a woman's life has in India. This is how women have been ridiculed in the past and will continue to be so. It just doesn't matter if a woman is raped, killed, harrassed. The country is heading towards nowhere in its culture. There exists no civil behaviour in the society. Women have to constantly live a scary life until their death.

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Satish Toshkhani (India)
06 Oct, 2010 03:22 PM

Does this mean that he will serve another 14 years behind the bars or will be out as the justice already dragged for 14 years. Usually the amount of time already spent in jail is reduced from the final sentence. Life imprisonment is usually for 14 years in India. Does this mean this aquital in disguise. Something is not right here.

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Mahesh (India)
06 Oct, 2010 03:21 PM

Dont you know that one of the Past CJ of SC has said that he is sure of 8 CJ's who were corrupt out of the 17 that have been appointed. Who will judge the judges, there is no mechanism. Our country sucks believe there is no jurisprudence worth the paper.

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SYED (india )
06 Oct, 2010 03:19 PM

His neck should be cut-off in public place according to islamic law ......... AND THIS WILL BE THE BEST SENTENCE FOR RAPING AND MURDERING INNOCENT WOMEN

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Mrahi (Pune)
06 Oct, 2010 03:17 PM

Indian Judiciary is loose cannon , giving verdict on own whims and fancies. Judges should be hold accountable, judiciary had become saviour/protector for true criminals and harasser for innocent people.

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Mdz (Blr)
06 Oct, 2010 03:16 PM

Its foolish to think that something just would come out of this case .

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True Indian (Nagore)
06 Oct, 2010 03:10 PM

Once found guilty, rapists and murderes should be hanged. The SC is crazy in reducing the sentence. After this people will start losing faith in the SC.

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Chandra (Abu Dhabi)
06 Oct, 2010 03:08 PM

Judiciary, Constitution & Democracy of India are the biggest jokes and mockary. Incredible India!

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John Fernandes (Kuwait)
06 Oct, 2010 03:07 PM

Harsh realities in prison for 14 years will make him realize that every day will be like death sentence. I wish the guy gets repeatedly rapped in prison.

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A Dass (Singapore)
06 Oct, 2010 02:57 PM

Its okay, Sheila will let him out in a couple of years. So tell him not to worry.

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Judge (USA)
06 Oct, 2010 02:54 PM

For cases such as this, people in India should quit going to courts - take the law in their own hands and burn the culprits alive in public.

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adam tashaddud (Noida)
06 Oct, 2010 02:52 PM

Shameful. Did we deserve this judiciary? Where has INDIA landed up after 67 yrs of independance? The constitutional head of the country must speak up.

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Amit (Chennai) replies to adam tashaddud
06 Oct, 2010 03:26 PM

i don't think SC should be called Honourable from now onwards

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venkatraman shrinivas (chennai.)
06 Oct, 2010 02:52 PM

The judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme court is totally unfortunate. This is a case where the culprit had committed a heinous crime with impunity taking advantage of his father's official position arrogating unto himself as the rule of law. It is precisely what element of evidence that deterred the learned judges from confirming the capital punishment and reducing it to life term.This fellow with his father's clout would be let off on some golden events like Mahathma Gandhi's birthday or Independence day or some other solemn event carefully chosen by his supporters, that has been serving as an escape route for proven criminals who may be later enrolled as an activist of some political party.. This will create a very bad precedent in the history of criminal trial.

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Chandra (mumbai)
06 Oct, 2010 02:47 PM

Life imprisonment is imprisonment for life of the convict and not 14 years.

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vinod gupta (delhi)
06 Oct, 2010 02:45 PM

He deserves death sentance as per the order of honourable high court.

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Neera (Delhi)
06 Oct, 2010 02:44 PM

I request to CJI to investigate the link between SC judges involved in this case and accused. There Bank account and properties must be filtered/tracked. Even their phone calls may help to unearth their connections.

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Prem (Norway)
06 Oct, 2010 02:39 PM

Shame on our justice system! Reducing the punishment is like pardoning him. Indian public feels cheated by the decision. He will soon be out of jail first on parole and later on for good. Don't we need to have a fresh look at our old rotten justice system?

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Om (Saudi Arabia)
06 Oct, 2010 02:36 PM

The evidence as suggested is only circumstantial. Thats what goes in the defendant's favour. The CBI has done a shoddy job to not get a clear proof. The behavior of the defendant was also taken into account. Even if its real life imprisonment and not just 14 years as the SC has pointed out, I would take the judgment.

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Devi (mumbai)
06 Oct, 2010 02:32 PM

The death sentence to life imprisonment, saying certain things were in his favour which is MONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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Devi (mumbai)
06 Oct, 2010 02:32 PM

The death sentence to life imprisonment, saying certain things were in his favour which is MONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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Sourav (Noida)
06 Oct, 2010 02:27 PM

Read in TOI that a convict in Gujarat fathered a child while being in prison. Way to go! All the best Santosh Singh! No doubt your father will secure all luxury for you while you holiday in jail.

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Shashank (Germany)
06 Oct, 2010 02:22 PM

Hats off to indian judiciary!! I just wonder whose judgement was correct? Acquital by trial court or death by high court or life imprisonment by supreme court??????????? Can TOI or anyone illuminate me on this?????????

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Qaari (Mumbai) replies to Shashank
06 Oct, 2010 03:10 PM

Blind/blind folded can't see. An elephant is like a pillar to one who feels the leg, a python who feels the trunk, a rope who feels the tail.

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Qaari (Mumbai) replies to Shashank
06 Oct, 2010 03:05 PM

Blind folded can't see.

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True Indian (Nagore) replies to Shashank
06 Oct, 2010 03:00 PM

That is Indian justice. A real comedy.

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Manuj Malviya (delhi)
06 Oct, 2010 02:22 PM

I think SC judges has gone mad, if this one was not of rarest one then which one is the rarest case one shd also not give the Capital Punishment as it is also not the rarest case as terriosm is not the rare crime but now a days it has become common.

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Indian (USA) replies to Manuj Malviya
06 Oct, 2010 02:44 PM

Not gone mad!It is obvious that they have been bribed. As usual, people of India will put up with this.

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Navin (Chennai)
06 Oct, 2010 02:21 PM

The crime rate in the cities can be brought down only by severe punishments. Death sentence is not enough. He should realize. I dont think life imprisionment will make him realize.

New Zealand TV host suspended for mispronouncing Delhi's CM name as 'Dick-shit'

Wed, Oct 6 10:20 AM

Wellington, Oct 6 (ANI): A New Zealand television station has suspended its breakfast show host Paul Henry for mispronouncing Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's name several times in a crude manner.

Henry's slurs featured as a clip on TVNZ website in which he ridicules the name of Commonwealth Games troubleshooter Sheila Dikshit.

The Video Extras section of TVNZ's website promoted the Dikshit clip, which now appears to have been removed, under the heading "Paul Henry laughs about the name Dikshit", Stuff.co.nz reports.

"The dip shit woman. God, what's her name? Dick Shit. Is it Dick Shit ... it looks like 'Dick Shit'. It's so appropriate, because she's Indian, so she'd be dick-in-shit wouldn't she, do you know what I mean? Walking along the street ... it's just so funny," Henry said.

TVNZ has received at least four complaints about the clip, in which Henry deliberately mispronounces Dikshit, despite being told.

New Zealand Indian Central Association president Paul Singh Bains said the fact TVNZ was still promoting the clip on its website showed it had "totally lost the plot" and was insensitive to the offence Henry had caused.

He said that had been worsened by subsequent comments in which Henry said Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand did not look nor sound like a New Zealander.

TVNZ spokeswoman would not say whether TVNZ chief executive Rick Ellis, who suspended Henry from his Breakfast role and is TVNZ's editor-in-chief, had control over the content on the website, Stuff.co.nz reports.

Greens human rights spokesman Keith Locke said the clip, first aired last Friday, was a "particularly graphic illustration of Paul Henry's cultural insensitivity." (ANI)