Criminal Law News Top Law News Two ‘contract killers’ arrested April 17, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two alleged contract killers, carrying a cash reward of Rs 63,000 and wanted in several cases including a murder near IGI Airport here last year, have been arrested, police said on Saturday. According to police, the accused identified as Amit Kumar alias Khachchar (28) and Pradeep alias Birju (30) were arrested by the staff of […] Read more » Amit Kumar alias Khachchar contract killers contract killers arrested featured Two 'contract killers' arrested
Criminal Law News Top Law News Man awarded 5 years RI in rape case April 3, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court today sentenced a man to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl four years ago in rape case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Virendra Prasad Pandey also slapped a fine of Rs 5000 on Sitaram Paswan. According to prosecution, Paswan lured the girl in a locality under Vishwavidhalaya police station […] Read more » 5 years RI in rape case Additional District and Sessions Judge Virendra Prasad Pandey rape case
Criminal Law News Tax Law News Court dismisses bail plea of suspected LeT operative March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has dismissed the bail plea of a suspected Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, who was arrested for allegedly conspiring to kidnap businessmen from various places for raising funds to carry out terror strikes in the national capital. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Reetesh Singh denied bail to Mohd Shahid, arrested in December 2013 from Mewat […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Reetesh Singh bail plea bail plea of suspected LeT operative Court dismisses bail plea
Criminal Law News Top Law News HC acquits youth convicted in robbery case March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has set aside the conviction and four-year imprisonment awarded to a 20-year -old youth for alleged robbery, observing that there were several discrepancies in evidence adduced against him. Rahul Mishra, a resident of suburban Wadala, was convicted in February 2014 by a sessions court under section 397 of IPC for robbery […] Read more » Bombay High Court man acquitted in robbery case. HC acquits youth in robbery case robbery case
Criminal Law News Asaram seeks bail to perform last rites of nephew March 21, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Self-styled godman Asaram, accused in a rape case filed against him by one of the two Surat-based sisters has applied for a bail for one month in a Gandhinagar court to perform the last rites of his nephew who died recently. Additional District Judge R A Ghoghari of Gandhinagar court is likely to hear the […] Read more » Additional District Judge R A Ghoghari Asaram seeks bail bail to perform last rites of nephew
Criminal Law News Rape Videos on WhatsApp: SC Allows CBI to Take Over Probe From UP Police March 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today cleared hurdles coming in the way of CBI investigation into posting of rape videos on WhatsApp, by asking it to take over probe from Uttar Pradesh police relating to an FIR lodged at Sitapur district in which three accused are already out on bail. “We direct that investigation in the FIR […] Read more » Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice U U Lalit Rape videos on WhatsApp SC Allows CBI to Take Over Probe Take Over Probe From UP Police
Criminal Law News Mother-son duo awarded life imprisonment for honour killing March 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A mother-son duo have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in a case of honour killing here. District Magistrate Kaushalendra Yadav yesterday sentenced Pushpa and her son Dinesh to life imprisonment after they were found guilty of murder. On September 21, 2013, Gajendra, a resident of Shivshakti had registered a case alleging […] Read more » District Magistrate Kaushalendra Yadav honour killing life imprisonment for honour killing Mother-son duo awarded life imprisonment
Criminal Law News Maharashtra seeks death for watchman who murdered woman lawyer March 9, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government has approached the Bombay High Court seeking death penalty for 24-year-old watchman Sajjad Mugal Pathan, who was convicted for the 2012 murder of lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha. In July last year, a sessions court had convicted and sentenced Pathan to life imprisonment for committing the murder of Purkayastha. The trial court refused to […] Read more » 2012 murder of lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha death for watchman Excel Entertainment Private Limited Farhan Akhtar’s firm Excel Entertainment Private Limited Justice P V Hardas lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha watchman Sajjad Mugal Pathan watchman who murdered woman lawyer
Criminal Law News Asassination of senator: Bail plea of French woman dismissed March 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has denied bail to a 55-year-old French woman, who was arrested here pursuant to a red corner notice against her for her alleged role in a terror attack in Chile leading to the death of a senator in 1991. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Ajay Garg dismissed the bail plea of Verhoeven Marie Emmanuelle observing […] Read more » ACMM Ajay Garg Asassination of senator Bail plea of French woman dismissed
Criminal Law News I suffer mentally everyday, says Uber rape victim on Women’s Day March 8, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 25-year-old woman executive, allegedly raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi, on Sunday said she is suffering mentally everyday and lashed out at the web-based US taxi firm for “insult to her injury”, saying it has only made cosmetic changes to its policies to operate in India. “Until women can legitimately feel safe, […] Read more » I suffer mentally everyday Uber rape victim on Women's Day
Criminal Law News Juvenile’s stay in special home needed for moral values: Delhi Court March 4, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Upholding the two-year sentence of a juvenile for stabbing a man, a Delhi court has said that the minor needs to be kept at a special home and away from vitiated atmosphere to impart good morals and psychological counselling.Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal said the order of the Juvenile Justice Board(JJB) was passed in the […] Read more » .Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) Juvenile's stay in special home
Criminal Law News Key drug peddlers rarely fall in cops’ trap: court March 2, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It’s an irony that main drug peddlers rarely fall in police trap and only poor persons acting as their conduits are caught, a Delhi court has said. Special (NDPS) Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar, taking a lenient view, let off Delhi resident Mohd Ishaq by sentencing him to one month imprisonment, the period already undergone by […] Read more » Key drug peddlers Key drug peddlers in cop's trap NDPS Act provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances(NDPS) Act
