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Calcutta HC cancels bail to murder accused

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The Calcutta High Court today cancelled bail to a murderaccused though the public prosecutor did not raise any objection to continuation of the relief to the accused. A division bench, comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Sankar Acharya, granted the application for cancellation of bail to Soumya Das, accused in the murder of Sannoi Chatterjee […]

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IM operative gets 5 yrs in jail for escaping from court

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Afzal Usmani, a key member of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, was today convicted and sentenced by a magistrate’s court here to five years’ imprisonment for escaping from the special MCOCA court in September 2013. “His nephew Javed Khan was also sentenced to five years in jail,” special public prosecutor Vaibhav Bagade said. Usmani, a […]

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Businessman found guilty of murdering guard

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A Kerala court today convicted beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, who had crushed to death a security guard with his luxury vehicle Hummer over delay in opening the gates of a posh residential complex here on January 29 last year. The quantum of punishment would be pronounced here tomorrow by the Additional Sessions Court which found […]

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Are taxpayers in Delhi getting safety in return: Delhi HC

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People in Delhi are paying taxes but “are they getting safety in return” was a question put to the Centre and police by the Delhi High Court which today also asked why the Union government has a “step-motherly” attitude towards the national capital. “You (the Centre) are taxing people for the money, it is not […]

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Suspected AQIS operative remanded to custody

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Suspected operative of Al Qaida in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) Syed Anzar Shah, arrested for allegedly radicalising youths for terror activities in India, was today remanded in police custody till February 1 by a Delhi court. Shah was produced before Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh after expiry of his police custody and the Special Cell of […]

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J Dey murder case: CBI gets permission to quiz Rajan

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A special MCOCA court here today granted CBIpermission to interrogate deported gangster Chhota Rajan in connection with journalist J Dey murder case of 2011. Special Judge A L Pansare allowed CBI’s plea seeking nod to question the 54-year-old crime boss for 10 days starting January 27 before adjourning the case till February 5. Rajan, who […]

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CBI opposes Peter’s bail plea; hearing adjourned till Jan 30

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The CBI today opposed former media baron Peter Mukerjea’s bail plea in Sheena Bora murder case on the ground that he was part of the murder conspiracy and had concealed information about the victim’s disappearance from his son and Sheena’s fiance Rahul. “Peter was in touch with prime accused and his wife Indrani Mukerjea from […]

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Murder case: SP leader surrenders before court

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A local SP leader wanted in a murder case surrendered before court here which remanded him in judicial custody till January 21, police said today. The SP leader Mehrajuddin surrendered before Chief Judicial Magistrate Sunder Lal yesterday. The former district general secretary of Samajwadi Partyis an accused in a murder case at Tewda village under […]

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SC asks Maudany to move trial court for clubbing blast cases

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The Supreme Court today asked Abdul Nazir Maudany, leader of Kerala-based People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to move the trial court with his plea seeking clubbing of nine cases registered against him and others in the 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts. A bench, comprising Justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre, asked Maudany to move the […]

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Man sentenced to 4 years RI for sexually assaulting minor girl

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A court here has sentenced a 38-year-old man to 4 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. Additional Sessions Judge Lakhanlal Garg also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on convict Bhukan Rajak. Rajak had gone to the house of the 14-year-old girl, his neighbour, and asked her to help him in work […]

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Children home guard gets 10-yr jail for sodomizing HIV+ boy

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Security guard of a children’s home has been sent to 10 years in jail for repeatedly sodomizing a seven-year-old HIV positive orphan by a Delhi court. The court accepted the minor’s testimony and medical evidence that proved the guilt of assaulter Amardeep Kujur, a Jharkhand native, saying the child’s deposition was credible and trustworthy as […]

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Sheena Bora murder case: Sanjeev Khanna seeks bail

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Sanjeev Khanna, former husband of Indrani Mukerjea and her co-accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, today filed a bail application in the sessions court here contending that the investigators have failed to find any possible motive to commit the crime on his part. “It will come up for hearing on Saturday,” said his lawyer […]

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