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Assault case: 5-yr RI for man, 2 others get relief

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A 22-year-old youth was awarded five years rigorous imprisonment after being held guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the death of a person following a scuffle over a mobile phone. Ray Kalicharan Karotiya (22), Saroj Madan Karotiya (36) and Mayur Shridhar Salvi (25) had on February 1, 2014 attacked Vijay Sarpate, who […]

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Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping

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A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a court in Jajpur district for raping a minor girl three years ago. Jajpur District and Sessions Judge Padma Charan Dash awarded the jail term to Kalandi Malik of Daniabar village and also slapped a fine of Rs 90,000 on him. Failure to pay the […]

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Bangladeshi held guilty in Shramjeevi Express blast

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A Bangladeshi national, with links to Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) terror outfit, was today held guilty by a local court here for the 2005 Shramjeevi Express train blast which had killed 12 people and injured scores others. Ubed-ur-Rehman, alias Babu, was held guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Buddhiram Yadav. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced […]

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Man jailed for 7 yrs for bid to murder cop

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A Muzaffarnagar court here has sentenced a man to seven years in jail for attempting to murder a police constable. Additional district sessions judge Manoj Kumar sentenced Mehboob to imprisonment for seven years and slapped a fine of Rs 13,000 on him for attempting to murder constable Sanjay Singh. According to prosecution, on April 15, 2013, […]

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Sheena case: Court asks CBI to begin arguments on framing of charges

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A special court today directed the CBI to begin arguments on framing of charges in the Sheena Bora murder case and make their opening statement from the next date of hearing scheduled in September. The court also extended the judicial custody of key accused Indrani Mukerjea, her husband Peter and her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna till […]

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Woman sentenced to 4 years RI in fake currency case

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A 36-year-old woman from Bhiwandi, who was found guilty of possessing counterfeit Indian currency notes, has been sentenced to four-year rigorous imprisonment by a district court here. Thane District Judge A S Bhaisrae awarded the sentence to Shehnajbano Kamruddin Khan, a resident of Gaibinagar, recently. The court, however, acquitted another accused Mohammad Islam Anwar Hussain […]

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SC grants 6 weeks protection from arrest to expelled AIADMK MP

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The Supreme Court today granted protection from arrest to Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa for six weeks in a sexual harassment case filed by her two domestic aides. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said that the High Court will expeditiously decide the anticipatory bail application of the expelled AIADMK leader The […]

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11-year jail term to teacher for rape, kidnap

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A teacher was today awarded 11 years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 65,000 by a local court for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old student. Ganjam District and Sessions judge Malay Ranjan Das slapped the fine on Prasant Kumar Patra of Digapahandi and ordered Rs 75,000 compensation to the victim. The VIII […]

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4 youths get life term for murdering ex-school mate

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Four youths, all aged 21, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering their former school mate by a court here. Principal District and Sessions Judge Kumara Guru found the youths guilty of hacking to death Ajay Reuban, an engineering student, here on December 31, 2012. The victim was initially rescued by a friend but […]

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Man discharged of raping 63-yr-old German ex-wife

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A Delhi court has discharged a 37-year-old man, accused of raping his 63-year-old ex-wife, a German national, saying there was an inexplicable delay of three years in lodging FIR in the case. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Kumar, while discharging the accused, a Delhi resident, also noted that there was no medical evidence to support the […]

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Man gets seven years jail for raping woman labourer

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A Muzaffarnagar court has sentenced a man to seven years imprisonment for raping a woman in Shamli district. Additional District Sessions Judge Manoj Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 9000 on the accused, Wajid Ali, last evening after holding him guilty under Section 376 of the IPC, according to prosecution. The woman, who worked as […]

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Charges framed in 2013 Thane building collapse case

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More than three years after the collapse of an unauthorised building in the district in which 74 lives were lost, a district court here today framed charges against 27 people. The charges were framed under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and other relevant sections of IPC, apart from the […]

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