Criminal Law News HC confirms death sentence given to 25-yr-old girl September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court today confirmed the death sentence awarded to three people, including a 25-year-old girl, in a triple murder case. Public Prosecutor Raghvendra Singh Bais told reporters that the sessions court had awarded capital punishment to Neha Verma (25), Manoj Atod (32) and Rahul Chowdhary (22) on December 13, last year, terming […] Read more » death sentence Public Prosecutor Raghvendra Singh Bais triple murder case
Criminal Law News Four sentenced to life imprisonment in murder case in UP September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a farmer in the district in 2009. Additional District and Sessions Judge Shayam Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts Kuldeep, Praveen, Gaurav and Amit after holding them guilty yesterday. Cane farmer Vikas Jain was shot dead when he was […] Read more » Additional District and Sessions Judge Shayam Kumar Cane farmer Vikas Jain life imprisonment murder case murder case in UP
Criminal Law News Jiram valley Naxal attack: NIA files charge-sheet September 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its first charge-sheet in the 2013 Jiram Valley Naxalite attack, in which 31 people, including senior Congress leaders, were killed, before a special court in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district. The charge-sheet in the case against 34 Maoists, out of which nine have been arrested, was filed before the court […] Read more » District and Sessions Judge Mahadev Katulkar Jiram Valley Naxalite attack NIA The National Investigation Agency
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases VJ Siddharth Bhardwaj gets pre-arrest bail in molestation case September 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The sessions court here today granted anticipatory bail to the video jockey and former reality show contestant Siddharth Bhardwaj who is facing a criminal case for alleged molestation. “The court granted pre-arrest bail to Bhardwaj,” public prosecutor Nilima Kasture said. Suburban Oshiwara police had last month registered a case under sections 354 (outraging woman’s modesty), […] Read more » anticipatory bail to Siddharth Bhardwaj molestation case Siddharth Bhardwaj VJ Siddharth Bhardwaj gets pre-arrest bail VJ Siddharth Bhardwaj in molestation case
Criminal Law News 1984 riots case: HC denies bail for time being to 2 convicts September 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Thursday the Delhi High Court said it will not grant bail for the time being to two of the three convicts serving life term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which five members of a family were killed. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta said it will first hear arguments […] Read more » 1984 riots case HC denies bail for time being to 2 convicts
Criminal Law News Alipiri blast case: four-year jail term for three Naxals September 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh today sentenced three Naxals to four years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case related to the October 2003 blast at Alipiri targeting the then Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. The accused Rammohan Reddy, Narsimha Reddy and M Chandra will also have to pay a fine of Rs 500 each, […] Read more » Alipiri blast case Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu four-year jail term for three Naxals
Criminal Law News Delhi youth gets 5 yrs jail for sexually assaulting minor niece September 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A youth has been sentenced to five year jail term for sexually assaulting his five-year-old niece by a Delhi court, which observed that there is a rise in sexual offences against women. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar sentenced 22-year-old Bobby and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on him, saying he has maligned relations and […] Read more » 5 yrs jail for sexually assaulting additional sessions judge Sanjeev Kumar POCSO Act Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
Criminal Law News Salman Khan’s 2002 hit-and-run case adjourned to October 9 September 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The trial in the 2002 hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan was on Thursday deferred to October 9 after the court was informed that his lawyer was unwell. The trial was to resume today after repeated adjournments over “missing” documents which have now been traced and submitted in the court. Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat informed trial […] Read more » culpable homicide Salman Khan’s 2002 hit-and-run case trial judge D G Deshpande
Criminal Law News Court directs SHO to lodge FIR in cheating case in Delhi September 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has directed a Station House Officer (SHO) here to lodge an FIR and investigate any tampering of documents in a case of alleged forgery and cheating related to sale of land. “The facts of the complaint show the commission of cognisable offences which require a thorough investigation by the police,” Additional Sessions […] Read more » FIR in cheating case
Criminal Law News Man freed of rape charge as minor girl changes stand September 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been acquitted of the charge of raping a 13-year-old girl by a Delhi court after she resiled from her statement. Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta absolved West Delhi resident Kalu of the offences under sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and section 4 (penetrative sexual assault) of Protection of Children from […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta Man freed of rape charge Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
Criminal Law News Man gets life imprisonment for burning to death wife in UP September 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife by setting her ablaze, with the court relying on her dying declaration though all the witnesses turned hostile during the trial. Additional District Sessions Judge Arvind Upadhaye convicted Nitu under Section 302 (murder) of IPC, according to government counsel Yashpal Singh. The court […] Read more » Additional District Sessions Judge Arvind Upadhaye burning to death wife government counsel Yashpal Singh Man gets life imprisonment
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News Singla Never Spoke to Me About Kumar’s Appointment: Bansal September 23, 2014 / September 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today told a special court that his nephew Vijay Singla, facing trial in the Rs 10 crore cash-for-post railway bribery case, “never spoke” to him on appointment of accused Mahesh Kumar, then a Railway Board member, to any post. Deposing as a prosecution witness in the case, Bansal said […] Read more » Railgate Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma Vijay Singla
