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Madras HC dismisses plea against inquiry into graft charge

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Madras High Court here has ordered action against officials, who allegedly helped a panchayat chief facing charges of misappropriation of funds evade an inquiry by repeatedly issuing defective show-cause notices. Dismissing an appeal by Alangulam Panchayat President K Ravichandran challenging a single judge’s order, a bench comprising justices V. Ramasubramanian and N Kirubakaran directed Sivaganga […]

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Court refuses bail to two accused in espionage case

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A Delhi court has denied bail to two persons, including an army personnel, arrested for allegedly supplying sensitive documents to Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. The court dismissed the bail applications of former army personnel Munawwar Ahmad Mir and Farid Ahmad, who was serving as constable in 17, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry division of the […]

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Nigerian jailed for 10 yrs in drugs case

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A 42-year-old Nigerian national has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for trying to export 2.8 kg heroin out of India by a Delhi court which took a lenient view towards him considering his clean antecedents. Special NDPS Judge Deepak Garg, while awarding the minimum sentence for the offence, also referred to an observation […]

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Arrested TMC leader remanded to police custody

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Trinamool Congress leader Naren Chakraborty, arrested for trying to board a Chennai-bound flight with an unlicensed gun, was today remanded to a day’s police custody by a court in Barrackpore near here. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Barrackpore Mayukh Mukherjee remanded Chakraborty to police custody after he was produced in the court today amid tight […]

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Man jailed for 10 years for raping step-daughter

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A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by the district court here for raping his teenage step-daughter. Additional Sessions Judge U M Nandeshwar passed the judgement yesterday against the man, who is a resident of Bhiwandi taluka. Additional Public Prosecutor Ruma Navle told the court that the victim was raped in […]

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Man sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in rape case

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A Ballia court has sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for raping a woman in 2008. Additional District judge Narendra Singh yesterday convicted Arun Singh and imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 on him. In April 2008, a 26-year-old woman was raped by Singh in Beria area in the district. ( Source – PTI […]

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Sentence in Kamduni case deferred till tomorrow

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Sentencing in the Kamduni gangrape and murder case was deferred till tomorrow as the convicts’ counsel today argued against possible death sentence to some of those found guilty claiming that earlier cases of more gruesome incidents invited lesser sentences. Additional District and Sessions judge Sanchita Sarkar, who yesterday convicted six persons in the gangrape and […]

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21 ex-law students sentenced to jail over violence

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A court here today sentenced 21 former law students to three years imprisonment and acquitted 22 others in a case related to violent clashes between two groups of students in the Dr Ambedkar Government Law College premises here in 2008. Pronouncing the verdict in the jam packed court hall here, XVII Additional Sessions Court Judge […]

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Triple suicide: college head produced before court

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The woman head of a yoga and naturopathy college in Villupuram district, where three girl students committed suicide days ago, was today produced before a court near here. Vasuki Subramanian was produced before the Kallakurichi Judicial Magistrate court near here after she was brought from the Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai this morning. She had […]

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Youth convicted in gangrape case

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A youth has been sentenced to ten years in prison by a fast-track court here for raping a 22 year-old girl in 2009. Manish was convicted last evening by judge Gulab Singh, who also imposed a fine of Rs 27,000 on him, according to the prosecution. The girl was gangraped after being abducted on September […]

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Six persons gets life term for murder

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A court here has sentenced six persons, including two women, to life imprisonment in connection with the murderof a 55-year-old woman in 2014. According to prosecution, Ranganayaki was living in a house belong to her and her younger sister Dhanaselvi at Periyarnagar in the district. Dhanaselvi, with an aim of grabbing the house from her […]

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Madras HC modifies death row in two murder cases

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The Madras High Court today modified to life imprisonment the death sentences awarded to two youths by trial courts in murder cases but made it clear that both should serve a minimum of 25 years jail term and not be given remission or commutation under any circumstances before that. A bench comprising justices R Sudhakar […]

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