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Eight sentenced in murder case

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A special court of Coimbatore today awarded double life sentence to eight persons for the brutal murder of the vice president of a leading company in Periyanaickenpalayam six years ago. Judge Srinivasan of Special Court, Bomb Blasts Cases, sentenced the eight while acquitting 19 others. Those sentenced are Manivannan, Ramamurthy, Rajendran, Sivakumar, Saravanan, Gunapalan, Velmurugan and Sampathkumar. […]

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Chhota Rajan’s remand proceedings to be conducted through VC

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Underworld don Chhota Rajan, who is lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody in an alleged fake passport case, will not be produced physically in the court for remand proceedings due to “serious” threat preception. Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar said the remand proceedings in the case will be conducted through video conferencing from jail. […]

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ISI agent sent to six-day police custody

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Suspected ISI agent Mohammad Eizaz, who was arrested by UP Task Force on November 27 with sensitive documents related to Indian Army, was produced before a district court which sent him to six-day police custody. Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajesh Kumar sent Mohammad Eizaz alias Mohammad Kalam to police custody for six days after he was […]

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Man gets 7 years in jail for abetment of wife’s suicide

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A court of Thane has sentenced a 60-year- old man to seven years rigorous imprisonment for abetment of suicide of his wife. Additional Sessions Judge Mridula V K Bhatia found Ragunath Laxman Bhoir, a resident of Pimplas village in the district, guilty under the charge of abetment of suicide of his wife and sentenced him […]

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Delhi HC seeks Kobad’s reply on plea to cancel his bail

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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to suspected Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy, accused of propagating the activities of the banned CPI-Maoist in the capital city, on a Delhi Police plea seeking to cancel his bail. Justice P.S. Teji asked Ghandy to file his response on the police plea to cancel his bail. The […]

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Ex-minister Thungon moves Delhi HC against conviction

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Former Union minister P K Thungon, convicted and jailed for four-and-a-half years in a graft case, today moved theDelhi High Court against the trial court order holding him guilty. A bench of Justice Indermeet Kaur posted the matter for further hearing on December 3. 68-year-old Thungon, also former chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, was held […]

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Bombay HC upholds conviction of 23 people in murder case

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The Bombay High Court today upheld the life sentences awarded to 23 people for murdering three persons in Roha in neighbouring Raigad district in 2004 on account of political rivalry. The division bench, headed by acting Chief Justice V K Tahilramani, dismissed their appeals challenging a 2005 order of the sessions court, noting that the […]

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Police nod to grill Rose Valley chief at Kolkata jail

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A Jalpaiguri court today allowed Jalpaiguri district police to interrogate chairman of ponzi firm Rose Valley Group, Gautam Kundu, at Presidency Correctional Home inKolkata in connection with a case of cheating of Rs 2.40 lakh. The Jalpaiguri district court also directed the police to take Kundu to the Presidency Correctional Home, where he will be […]

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No progress in Dabholkar murder probe: kin to HC

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Family members of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar today questioned CBI’s “lack” of progress in the case related to his murder, pointing out how quickly the agency had moved in the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case. The division bench of Justices R V More and V L Achiliya was hearing petitions filed by the respective family members […]

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Espionage racket: BSF personnel sent to 7 days police custody

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BSF head constable Abdul Rasheed, arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI, was today remanded in police custody till December 7 by a Delhi court. Rasheed, who was posted as a head constable at BSF head quarters, intelligence wing at Jammu, was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khangwal by the crime branch of […]

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ISI agent remanded in 14 days’ judicial custody

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Suspected ISI agent Mohammand Eizaz, who was arrested on Friday, has been remanded in 14 days’ judicial custody by a court here. The court of Special Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Singh yesterday passed the order placing Eizaz in judicial custody for 14 days, ATS Circle Officer Ankit Kumar said here today. Following a medical examination […]

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DA case: 88-yr-old ex-joint secretary jailed for a year

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An 88-year-old former joint secretary in the Ministry of Commerce has been sentenced to one year in jail by a Delhi court in an over 30-year-old case for amassing disproportionate assets of over Rs 23 lakh. The court awarded the jail term to Krishan Bahadur, resident of East of Kailash here, saying that if people […]

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