Husband sentenced to life term for killing wife

New Delhi: A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for killing his wife, who was against his extra-marital affair with her younger sister. The court, however, spared the 27-year-old man of gallows observing that the murder was not committed in a “diabolic and cruel manner”, so it “does not fall in the category of rarest of rare cases”. “Analysing facts of instant case…apparently this is not a case where it can be said with certitude that the murder was committed in such a diabolical and cruel fashion that it shocks the conscience of society, nor does the nature of the crime and the circumstances of the offender reveal that the criminal is a menace to the society,” Additional Sessions Judge Vijay Kumar Dahiya said. The accused was arrested by the police in September 2012 after his elder brother had told the probe agency that his younger brother — Latif — had killed his wife. The police further told the court that during the course of investigation, Latif confessed his guilt and said that it was his conspiracy to eliminate his wife Shama. (PTI)

16-year-old raped by friends in Mumbai during Diwali

Mumbai: A 16-year-old was allegedly raped by four of her friends in Goregaon on Friday night when she was out to celebrate Diwali. The incident was reported by the victim at the Dhindoshi police station on Sunday after she told a relative about it. On Friday night, the six boys from Santosh nagar in Goregaon asked the girl to join them for Diwali. Since she knew the boys she went with them. They then took her to an isolated spot in Goregaon (E) where they offered her a soft drink and forced her to drink beer. Four of the six boys allegedly raped her. The accused threatened the girl into silence and asked her to join them to a restaurant but she managed to escape. A gang-rape case has been registered against the boys, all of whom have previous crime records. (UNI)