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Priest case: Goa court refuses lie detector test on minor

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A local court has disallowed a police plea to conduct a lie detector test on a juvenile who has been made a key witness in the case of death of priest Fr Bismarck Dias under mysterious circumstances. The Goa Crime branch is probing the death of Dias, whose body was found in a river at […]

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A Raja had misled then PM on 2G policy matters: CBI

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Former Telecom Minister A Raja had “misled” then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding policy of first-come-first-served (FCFS) which was to be followed for allocation of 2G spectrum, CBI today told a special court. Advancing final arguments in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, in which Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 15 others are facing trial, special […]

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Dec 16 case; SC rejects plea against release of juvenile

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The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea of DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal against the release of the juvenile offender in the December 16 gang rape case, saying “there has to be a clear legislative sanction” in this regard. “If anything has to be done, it has to be done according to the law. We have […]

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‘Jurm jeet gaya’, says distraught family of Dec 16 gangrape

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“Crime has won and we have lost (Jurm jeet gaya, hum haar gaye)” was the immediate reaction of the family of the December 16 gangrape victim, after the Delhi High Court today refused to stay the release of the juvenile convict, who is now a major and due to be set free on Sunday. “Despite all […]

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Dec 16 gangrape: Delhi HC refuses to stop juvenile’s release

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The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stop the release of a December 16 gangrape convict, who was a juvenile when he and five men brutally raped and murdered a paramedical student in the Capital in 2012. The convict, now 21, has almost completed his mandatory three-year stay at a correctional home and is […]

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Indrani said Sheena didn’t want to be contacted : says witness

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After Sheena Bora went missing in April 2012, her mother Indrani Mukerjea allegedly told her employers that Sheena didn’t want to be contacted because of some problem and they should respect her feelings. Shubhodoy Mukherjee, the HR head of Mumbai Metro where Sheena worked, has said in his statement recorded before the magistrate as a […]

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Sheena wanted to stop pretending as Indrani’s sister: Rahul

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Sheena Bora wanted to stop pretending as sister of the key accused and her mother, Indrani Mukerjea before hermurder in 2012, her fiance Rahul Mukerjea has said in his statement before magistrate. Indrani had introduced Sheena, her daughter from an earlier marriage, in Mumbai social circles as her younger sister. In a statement recorded last […]

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BJP leaders’ murder: NIA gets custody of 1 accused

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A Delhi special court today remanded Nasirkhan Pathan, arrested in connection with the double murder of BJPleaders in Bharuch last month, in National Investigation Agency’s custody until December 21. NIA produced Pathan, arrested yesterday, before the NIA court here and sought 14-day custody. The proceedings in the court of principal judge P B Desai were held […]

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17 awarded life term, 14 get 10-yr jail for rioting

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A court in Biora town near here has sentenced 17 people to life imprisonment in connection with the death of a person during a group clash in 2007. The court also sentenced 14 people of the rival group to 10 years’ imprisonment for indulging in the violent clash that resulted in the death of a […]

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Smuggler sentenced to 10 years in jail

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A drug smuggler has been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a court in Bahraich UP. Additional District Judge, Suresh Chandra Bharti yesterday awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment to Imtiyaz Ali for narcotics smuggling. Ali was arrested on Dec 21, 2009 from Nepalganj road in Rupaideeha area with one kg charas. The court also […]

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Coal scam: Court to hear arguments on charges from Feb 16

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The arguments on framing of charges in a coal block allocation case in which former coal secretary H C Gupta and five others are accused will commence from February 16 next year, a special court today said. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar posted the matter for arguments after the accused said that scrutiny of documents […]

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Sheena Bora case:Peter’s judicial custody extended till Dec 28

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A Mumbai CBI court on Monday extended the judicial custody of former Star TV CEO Peter Mukherjea till December 28 in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case. On December 1, a Mumbai Esplanade court had sent Peter Mukherjea to judicial custody till December 14. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had earlier conducted a polygraph […]

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