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Two sentenced for five year in jail for cow slaughter

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A court here has sentenced two persons to five year imprisonment for slaughtering cows in Shamli district in 2007. Additional district sessions judge Manoj Kumar yesterday convicted Israil and Monu and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each. According to government lawyer Javed Ali, police arrested Israil and Monu during a raid and seized cow […]

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Sex CD: Sacked Delhi minister Sandeep Kr gets bail

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Sacked Delhi minister Sandeep Kumar, arrested on alleged rape charges, was today granted bail by a Delhi court which directed him not to tamper with the evidence. Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry enlarged the AAP MLA on bail on furnishing of a personal bond of Rs one lakh and surety of a like amount. The court […]

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Capital punishment for man for killing wife and four daughters.

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A man has been sentenced to death by a local court here for killing his wife and four daughters so that he could marry another woman in his neighbourhood. District and Sessions Judge Rajbeer Singh sentenced Ramanand to death yesterday and also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convict. According to district government […]

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Court awards life imprisonment to man for killing wife

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A fast track court has awarded life imprisonment to a man for killing his pregnant wife for dowry in Madhorampur village in Chauri area here. Fast Track Court Judge Chandroday Kumar awarded life imprisonment to Sheetla Prasad yesterday and also imposed a fine of Rs 1.15 lakh on him after he was convicted of murdering […]

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HC dismisses Sajjan Kumar’s plea to transfer ’84 riots case

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Delhi High Court today dismissed the pleas of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others for transfer of their case relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots before another bench, saying these were “baseless and misconceived” and an “abuse of law”. A bench of justices Gita Mittal and P S Teji also rejected their plea alleging bias by […]

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Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh’s interim bail extended

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The Calcutta High Court today extended till December 23 the interim bail given to Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, an accused in the multi-crore Saradha scam. A division bench comprising justices Ashim Kumar Roy and M M Banerjee extended bail to Ghosh, who was granted interim bail by this court on October five. The division […]

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MP’s PA sent to police custody in Pak espionage case

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Farhat, the PA of Samajwadi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Munvvar Saleem, was today sent to police custody for ten days by a Delhi court in the Pak espionage case. The investigating officer said the accused, who was allegedly working for an ISI spy ring, was produced before Duty Magistrate Arun Kumar Garg and remanded for […]

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MLC’s son in road rage:SC stays bail, youth to go back to jail

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Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky Yadav, who allegedly shot dead a Class XII student for overtaking his SUV in Bihar, will have to go back to jail with the Supreme Court today staying a Patna High Court order granting him bail. A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde sought response from Rocky, son of a […]

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Teacher sent to jail for sexually harassing student

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A government school teacher has been sent to jail for six months for sexually harassing a student during an examination. A city court upheld the six-month jail term of the teacher given by a magisterial court, but observed that the magistrate had awarded him “very less sentence”. “…despite the magistrate’s observations that the cases of […]

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Jigisha murder : Delhi HC seeks death row convicts’ reply

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The Delhi High Court today sought the reply of two death row convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case, whose case file has been sent by the trial court here for confirmation of capital punishment. A bench of justices Gita Mittal and P S Teji also sought personal presence of convicts Ravi Kapoor and […]

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Sex CD: Sacked Delhi minister seeks bail

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Sacked Delhi minister Sandeep Kumar, who was arrested on rape charges, today approached a special court seeking bail on the ground that investigation in the case was complete. The bail application was filed before Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry, who fixed it for hearing tomorrow. Kumar, in his plea filed through advocate Nitin Ahlawat, said he […]

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SC favours RJD MLA’s custody till victim deposes

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The Supreme Court today rejected a plea by suspended MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused in a rape case, to remain outside Bihar, favouring that the RJD legislator should remain in jail till the victim records her statement “fairly and without any fear”. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and N V Ramana, which rejected […]

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