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The sentence for three Shakti Mills gang-rape convicts, who were found guilty for two rape cases, will be pronounced today by the session court in Mumbai and they may face death sentence as on Thursday the three were booked under IPC section 376 (E), a new legal provision under which repeat offenders may face death sentence or life-term imprisonment.

The festival of colours, Holi, turned ugly in Mumbai where a female journalist was allegedly assaulted by a group of men. The victim registered the case against the offenders but right now the police have captured five offenders, who have been sent to judicial custody for fourteen days.

Delhi Police on Thursday captured a third offender, who was one of the main culprits. According to the police, the 23-year-old third accused is identified as Raju. These three are considered to be as vagabond.

According to the reports, a minor girl was allegedly raped inside a car. This shocking incident occurred in central Delhi's Ranjit Nagar area. Police said two offenders were involved in this sin.

Bringing relief to the convicted offenders with death penalty, the Apex court has commuted death sentence into life term imprisonment on the basis of delay in considering over the mercy pleas asked by the convicted prisoners. The panel of a bench was headed by 40th Chief Justice of our country, P. Sathasivam.

Again a shameful incident occurred in Delhi when 7-year-old girl child was allegedly raped by a neighbour. This incident happened at Kalyanpuri in east Delhi on Sunday night. The locals captured the offender and handed over to the police.

The Supreme Court has put on hold Tamil Nadu's decision to free seven offenders in the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's murder case that has led to a legal conflict between the state government and the Centre.

Three men offenders, who were involved in the gang-rape case of a Christian nun that occurred in Odisha in August 2008, were convicted by a high court in Cuttack today.

Recently, India's Health Ministry proposed a ban on the production and import of electronic cigarettes, citing health hazards. The Ministry is taking this rather seriously and proposed a jail term of up to three years and a fine up to Rs. 5L for repeat offenders. The proposed ban is likely to hit JUUL Labs, a leading e-cigarette company, hard. And it's about time something did.

At a time when steep traffic fines have given sleepless nights to offenders, Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol blamed good roads for accidents. Karjol, one of the three deputy CMs, made these remarks a day after his boss BS Yediyurappa indicated that the state might slash fines.