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Man gets 10-yr jail for possessing 40 kg drugs

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A man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for possessing 40 kg of Ganja by a Delhi court, which also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on him. The court awarded the jail term to 32-year-old Delhi resident Aminullah keeping in view the quantity of recovered the drug and its impact on the […]

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MP honeytrap case: Court sends businessman to judicial custody

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A Delhi court today remanded a businessman, who allegedly helped a 40-year-old woman to honeytrap and blackmail BJP MP from Gujarat K C Patel, in judicial custody till June 23. Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Rampuri sent Ajay Kumar alias Ajay Pal Chauhan to judicial custody after the police said his custodial interrogation was not required. […]

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Woman claims to be HIV+, court grants bail in flesh trade case

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A woman, who claimed to be HIV positive and was arrested for allegedly running a brothel and forcing young girls into prostitution, has been granted bail by a Delhi court. The court, however, noted that as per the police and jail authorities, the woman could not bring any record of her claimed disease. Special Judge […]

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Transfer racket: Alleged middleman denied bail

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A special court today denied bail to an alleged middleman, arrested along with a Lt. Col. In connection with a transfer racket case at the Army headquarters here. Special CBI Judge Naresh Kumar Malhotra denied the relief to Gaurav Kohli, at present in judicial custody along with Lt. Col. Ranganathan Suvramani Moni, noting that the […]

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Disproportionate assets case: MV inspector gets 3 years RI

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A special ACB court in Telangana has convicted a motor vehicle inspector, working in Khamman district of the state, for possessing disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 30.99 lakh. P Bhaskar Rao, the special judge for ACB Cases in Karimnagar district, yesterday convicted Pitta Prathap and sentenced him to three years rigorous imprisonment, an […]

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Village head arrested for role in communal clash

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A local court today sent the headman of Nasirpur village in the district to judicial custody till June 20 for his alleged role in communal clashes there. The village head, Sabir Ali, was arrested today and charged with attempt to murder and rioting. One person was killed and six were injured in communal clashes at […]

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4 accused in US woman gang rape case get bail

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A Delhi court has granted bail to four men arrested for allegedly raping a US tourist in a five- star hotel here last year. Additional Sessions Judge Anu Grover Baliga granted the relief to the accused, Vivek Srivastava, Aniruddha Singh, Omprakash and Maqsood, saying that they were not required for further investigation and no purpose […]

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Muzaffarnagar riots: Case against three persons transferred to sessions court

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A local court has transferred to a sessions court a case against three persons who were accused of burning a house during the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jitender Kumar last evening asked the accused Monu Balmiki, Raju and Ankit to appear before the sessions court for trial on July 5. According […]

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Deoband cleric Maulana Masood Madni granted bail

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The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Deoband cleric Maulana Masood Madni in a rape case. Justice Arvind Kumar Tripathi passed the order yesterday, allowing the bail plea of Madni, who was arrested in March this year upon the complaint of the woman hailing from Jind district in Haryana. In the FIR lodged at […]

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Rape victim’s father opposes CBI closure plea

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Even as the CBI has sought closure of the case related to the rape of a seven-year-old girl at Vasco, the victim’s father today filed an application in a local court alleging that there were serious lapses in the investigation. In his application submitted before Apurva Nagvekar, Judicial Magistrate First Class at Vasco, the victim’s […]

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Drug peddler shows remorse, court shows leniency

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A Delhi court has sentenced a man to two years in jail — a period already served by him behind bars — for possessing 40 gram of heroin, taking a lenient view of the matter after he expressed remorse. Special NDPS Judge Satinder Kumar Gautam passed the order holding Delhi resident Danish guilty of offences […]

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Dhinakaran gets bail in EC bribery case

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AIADMK (Amma) faction leader T T V Dhinakaran, arrested for his alleged involved in the Election Commission bribery case, was today granted bail by a special court on the ground that the poll officials who were to be lured for getting divided AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ symbol, have not been identified. Besides Dhinakaran, Special Judge Poonam […]

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