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Bilal sentenced to life for waging war against India

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A city court today sentenced Imran alias Bilal, who has been convicted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including waging a war and conspiring against the Indian government, to undergo life imprisonment. Sessions Court Judge Kottaraiah M Hiremath awarded life imprisonment to Bilal, convicted yesterday, for committing crimes under Section 121 of IPC […]

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Delhi HC seeks police reply on Farooqui’s appeal

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Delhi High Court today sought the response of Delhi Police on a plea filed by Bollywood film ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui, sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a US researcher, challenging his conviction. Justice S P Garg also issued notice to the police on the bail plea of Farooqui and directed it to […]

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Man gets 8-yr jail for making, selling spurious soft drinks

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A man, caught making and selling spurious soft drinks using brand names like Pepsi and Coke in large scale, has been sent to eight years in jail by a Delhi court saying he was putting the lives of consumers at risk. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Naresh Kumar Laka awarded the jail term to Sunnower Ali, an […]

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Katara murder: SC gives 25-yr-jail term to Vikas, Vishal

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Supreme Court today awarded 25- year jail term each to Vikas Yadav and cousin Vishal Yadav for their role in the kidnapping and killing of Nitish Katara in 2002. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan also handed down a 20-year jail sentence to their co-convict Sukhdev Pehalwan in the case. The bench […]

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Court extends JC of 16 ISIS men till Oct 25

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A special court has extended till October 25 the judicial custody of 16 suspected ISIS operatives, arrested from across the country on charges of recruiting and financing people to join the terror outfit. During the proceedings, District Judge Amar Nath passed the order after he was informed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that it […]

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Man, father awarded life term in dowry death case

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A court here today sentenced a man and his father to life imprisonment in connection with a 2013 dowry death case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Raghupati Singh held Nazrul, husband of Nusrat Bano, and his father Abdul Bariq guilty under sections 302 (murder) and 316 (causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting […]

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NBW issued against Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel

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A Delhi court has issued open non-bailable warrant against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota Shakeel for allegedly hiring goons to kill a leader of a right-wing outfit. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass passed the order on a plea of Special Cell of Delhi Police seeking issuance of NBW against the duo who […]

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Man gets 2.5 years jail for molesting neighbour

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A Delhi court has awarded two-and-a half-year jail to a man for trespassing and molesting a woman living in his neighbourhood, saying women would not put their reputation in peril by making a false allegation. The court, while sentencing Govindpuri-resident Javed, observed that a victim of sexual violence would be slow and hesitant in disclosing […]

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Two awarded life imprisonment for murder

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A local court has awarded life imprisonment to two persons accused in a six-year-old murder case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Shatrughan and Ramkishan yesterday for hacking Dinesh to death on October 27, 2010. The two were found guilty of murdering the victim in Godhni […]

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Youth sentenced for attempting to rape girl

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A fastrack court sentenced a youth to four years imprisonment for attempting to rape a girl. Judge Punam Rajput also imposed a fine of Rs 7,000 on Ram Kumar yesterday for attempting to rape the victim when she was alone in her house at Baseda village in this district. Kumar had attempted to rape the […]

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Husband, sister get life sentence in dowry death case

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A fast track court today sentenced a man and his sister to life imprisonment for killing his wife in 2014 over dowry. Judge Rajesh Bharadwaj convicted Ayub for killing his wife by setting her afire with the help of his sister Shehnaz over dowry at Masawi village on November 16, 2014. According to government counsel […]

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Man gets death sentence for rape, murder of 6-yr-old

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A 30-year-old man was today sentenced to death by the district court after it found him guilty of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl. District Judge Mridula Bhatia observed that it was a case under the rarest of rare category and noted that the prosecution has proved the charges against Arun Rama Lote under various […]

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