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A 31-year-old junior doctor was raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata in August 2024. Sanjay Roy was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment until death; appeals and related further-investigation proceedings remained pending in 2026.
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Ten people were murdered in Pune between January 1976 and March 1977 in a series linked to Rajendra Jakkal, Dilip Sutar, Shantaram Jagtap and Munawar Shah. The four were convicted and executed in 1983 after judicial and clemency review.
Open case file →Corporate lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha was murdered in her Mumbai apartment in 2012; Sajjad Mughal's conviction was upheld by the Bombay High Court in 2025.
Open case file →Surekha Bhotmange and her children Sudhir, Roshan and Priyanka were murdered in Khairlanji in 2006. Eight defendants were convicted, and the Supreme Court left the convictions and appellate sentences intact in 2019.
Open case file →NHAI engineer Satyendra Dubey was murdered in Gaya in 2003. Three men were convicted of murder in a robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment, while a corruption-linked conspiracy was not established by the judgment.
Open case file →Dhananjoy Chatterjee was convicted of raping and murdering Hetal Parekh in Kolkata in 1990; the conviction and death sentence survived Supreme Court review before his 2004 execution.
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Indian Oil officer Manjunath Shanmugam was murdered in Uttar Pradesh in 2005 after fuel-adulteration inspections. Six murder convictions and life sentences were ultimately upheld by India's Supreme Court.
Open case file →Sister Abhaya was found dead in a convent well in Kottayam in 1992. A special CBI court convicted Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy of murder in 2020; the Kerala High Court later suspended their sentences while their appeals remain pending.
Open case file →Solved / AdjudicatedEleven men received life sentences for offences including gang rape and murder. In January 2024, the Supreme Court quashed Gujarat's remission orders and required the convicts to return to custody.
Read case file →SolvedTeenage siblings Geeta and Sanjay Chopra were abducted and murdered in New Delhi in 1978. Ranga and Billa were convicted and executed after Supreme Court review.
Read case file →SolvedGraham Staines and his sons Philip and Timothy were killed in Odisha in 1999. The Supreme Court upheld life sentences for Dara Singh and Mahendra Hembram.
Read case file →SolvedNitish Katara was abducted from a wedding and murdered in 2002. Vikas Yadav, Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Yadav were convicted.
Read case file →SolvedNaina Sahni was murdered in New Delhi in 1995. Sushil Sharma's conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court, which commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment.
Read case file →SolvedPriyadarshini Mattoo was murdered in New Delhi in 1996. A trial acquittal was reversed and the conviction survived Supreme Court review.
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SolvedRaman Raghav was convicted in connection with a series of murders in Bombay during the 1960s. His death sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment.
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SolvedGowri Shankar, known as “Auto” Shankar, was convicted of six murders linked to his criminal network in Chennai and was executed in 1995.
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SolvedMohan Kumar was convicted in multiple murder cases involving women in Karnataka whom he approached with false promises of marriage.
Read case file →SolvedThe 2012 attack on a 23-year-old student in New Delhi led to four adult convictions, years of appeals and executions in 2020.
Read case file →SolvedJessica Lal was shot at a New Delhi party in 1999. A trial acquittal was reversed and Manu Sharma's murder conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court.
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