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Mercedes hit-and-run case: Case to be heard by sessions court

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A Delhi court today transferred to a sessions court a case against the parents of a teenager who is accused of fatally running over a 32-year-old man while driving his father’s Mercedes last year. Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali Barnala Tandon committed the case to a sessions court for further proceedings after the counsel for the accused […]

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Maoist sentenced to 10 years RI, fined Rs one lakh

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A Rayagada court today sentenced a prominent Maoist to 10 years in jail and a fine of Rs 1 lakh for indulging in various terror activities. The order was given by Rayagada District and Session Judge Biswajit Das against Maoist leader Gameli Chinna Rao alias Santu. The court stipulated that if the Maoist failed to […]

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Orissa HC grants bail to Mahima in Paradip murder case

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Orissa High Court today granted conditional bail to noted businessman Mahimananda Mishra, who was arrested in December last year in connection with a murder case in 2016. Allowing the application of Mishra for a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh each from two sureties, Justice D P Choudhury ordered that the Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL) […]

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Man gets 10-yr jail for raping woman in garb of helping her

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A 32-year-old man has been sent to jail for 10 years by a Delhi court for raping a woman, taking advantage of her vulnerability after she sought his help regarding sexual assault committed by an ex-employer. The court lamented the plight of the woman, a maid, who was raped in Amritsar by her former employer’s […]

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Three persons sentenced to life imprisonment for murder

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A Nawada court today sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for murdering a man two years ago. Additional District Judge Rajesh Kumar convicted Rajesh, Vijay and Mukesh after holding them guilty. According to the prosecution, the convicts had beaten one Mithun Chauhan to death with sticks following a scuffle over playing music in Laxmipur village […]

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Assam revenue joint secy jailed for embezzlement of funds

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A local court today remanded the joint secretary of Assam revenue department to five-day police custody in connection with alleged misappropriation of funds. Bubul Lekharu, who was arrested yesterday following his surrender, was produced at the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court here. Lekharu had allegedly diverted funds meant for two children who had lost their parents. […]

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Two years jail to man for assaulting cop

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A Delhi court has sent a 31- year-old man to jail for two years for assaulting a policeman who was chasing him from an alleged crime scene. Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on north west resident Naveen Shokeen and said that he obstructed constable Manish from doing his […]

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False rape case harms reputation, wastes judicial time: Court

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A false rape charge humiliates a person and harms his reputation and a woman cannot escape criminal proceedings for the offence of perjury, a Delhi court has said. It said such cases also lead to wasting of precious judicial time by making a mockery of the system in which the police authority is also used […]

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How has Rs 20k cr meant for workers’ welfare been spent: SC

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Where has a whopping amount of Rs 20,000 crore, meant for workers’ welfare, gone? Spent on tea parties or vacation of officials? Even the Comptroller and Auditor General doesn’t know, wondered the Supreme Court. These posers were put to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) by the Supreme Court which was left wondering as to […]

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Bharti’s domestic violence case in trial court on May 20

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A trial court here will take up the proceedings against controversial AAP leader Somnath Bharti in a domestic violence case on May 20, over a year after the charge sheet was filed in the matter. The proceedings will assume importance as the police today filed a report in the Delhi High Court claiming that Bharti’s […]

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Court acquits BJP MLA, two others in rape case

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A BJP MLA from Haryana and another man have been acquitted by a Delhi court of the charges of raping a woman in a hotel after giving her sedative-laced drink. The court absolved BJP legislator Umesh Aggarwal and Sandeep Luthra for alleged offences of rape, causing hurt by means of poison and criminal intimidation under […]

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Uphaar fire: HC upholds tampering charge against Ansals

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The Delhi High Court today upheld a trial court order framing charges of tampering of evidence against real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal in a case related to the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy. A bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul held that there was adequate material on record before the magisterial court which justifies framing […]

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