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Court discharges Abhishek Verma in graft case

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Arms dealer Abhishek Verma, his wife and others were discharged by special court today in a CBI case involving alleged payments to some officials to influence the Defence Ministry to keep a German firm out of the government’s blacklist. Special CBI Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna also discharged Verma and his Romanian wife Anca Verma in […]

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Charges framed agnst ex-Minister Dilip Ray in coal scam case

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Dilip Ray, a union minister in the earlier NDA government, was today put on trial by a special court here in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar frames charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust […]

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Chhota Rajan awarded 7-year-jail in fake passport case

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Gangster Chhota Rajan was today given a seven-year jail term by a special court here for cheating the government by obtaining a forged Indian passport, even as he claimed he had been helping the State to fight terrorism since he broke away from mobster Dawood Ibrahim. Besides Rajan, the court also awarded seven-year jail term […]

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Yasin Bhatkal records statement before magistrate in 2008 case

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Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal, currently in custody of police in connection with a bomb planting case of 2008, today gave his statement before the court. The statement was recorded under section 164 of the CrPC under which any metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate may, whether or not he has jurisdiction in the case, record […]

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POCSO court grants bail to fmr UP minister Gayatri Prajapati

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Former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati and two of his alleged accomplices were today granted bail by a POCSO court here in connection with a rape case. Special judge of a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court Om Prakash Mishra granted bail to Prajapati, Vikas Verma and Amrendra Singh alias Mintu. The court asked […]

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Bribery case: Alleged PMO official moved court for bail

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A man, who had earlier falsely claimed to be an official of the Prime Minister’s Office, today moved a Delhi court seeking bail in a bribery case involving suspended principal secretary in the Chhattisgarh government B L Agrawal. In his plea before special judge Virender Kumar Goyal, the accused, Syed Burhanuddin, who is currently in […]

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Chhota Rajan, 3 others held guilty in fake passport case

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Gangster Chhota Rajan and three retired public servants were today held guilty by a special court here in a fake passport case. Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal convicted Rajan for offences including forgery of valuable security under the IPC which entails a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Besides him, the other persons who have been […]

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Kushwaha granted bail in Model Code of Conduct case

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Union minister Upendra Kushwaha was today granted bail by a Bihar court in connection with a case relating to violation of the Model Code of Conduct during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ravi Kumar granted bail to Kushwaha on a personal bond of Rs 10,000 soon after the minister surrendered. However, […]

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Appeal against Salman’s acquittal in Arms Act case to be heard on July 6

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Arguments on an appeal filed by the Rajasthan government in a sessions court here challenging the acquittal of actor Salman Khan by a trial court in a case against him under the Arms Act will begin on July 6. In response to a notice issued by sessions judge Bhagwan Das Agarwal on March 7, counsels […]

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Court sends ISIS men to jail for 7-yr in terror case

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Special court today awarded seven-year jail term to two men after they pleaded guilty of criminally conspiring to raise funds and recruiting people for the terror outfit ISIS. District judge Amar Nath convicted accused Azhar-ul- Islam (24) from Jammu and Kashmir and Mohammed Farhan Shaikh (25) from Maharashtra, following their U-turn more than a month […]

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Jiah’s mother moves CBI court, seeks summons to Blackberry

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Deceased actor-model Jiah Khan’s mother Rabia today moved the special CBI court seeking summons to service provider Blackberry to produce messenger communication between her daughter and actor Suraj Pancholi. Pancholi is accused of abetting the suicide of Jiah. “The court be pleased to issue necessary summons calling upon the Blackberry India to produce the information […]

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Madras HC acquits 15 persons awarded life term by lower court

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The Madras High Court has acquitted 15 persons who were awarded life imprisonment by a trial court last year in a 1998 triple murder case. A division bench comprising Justices S Nagamuthu and Anita Sumanth acquitted the accused recently maintaining that the prosecution has failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. The court also […]

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