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Uttar Pradesh: Suspected 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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Ahmedabad Police oppose bail pleas of Hardik and his aides

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Ahmedabad police today opposed the bail applications filed by Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and his two aides, arrested in a case of alleged sedition claiming that the accused may resort to similar unlawful activities if they are released. In response to the bail applications of Hardik Patel, Dinesh Bambhaniya and Chirag Patel, the […]

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AAP MLA Akhilesh Tripathi arrested in rioting case

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A Delhi court on Thursday sent AAP MLA from Model Town Akhilesh Tripathi for custody in Tihar Jail after he repeatedly defied orders for appearance in a case filed in 2013. The MLA was charged with rioting and criminal intimidation by the Delhi Police on a complaint. Metropolitan Magistrate Kapil Kumar ordered the police to […]

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Probe actor’s complaint of threat from director

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The Madras High Court today directed the city police to conduct an inquiry on a complaint by actor and politician S Ve Shekher, a member of the Censor Board, alleging that he had received death threats from a director whose film was refused clearance by the Board. Shekher had filed two petitions, seeking directions to […]

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Graft case: Court frames charges against ex-BCI officials, ors

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Five persons, including a former Vice Chairman and an ex-member of Bar Council of India (BCI), have been put on trial by a Delhi court in an alleged graft case. Special CBI Judge Manoj Kumar Nagpal framed charges against former BCI chairman Raju Dhanpal Raj, its ex-member Rajinder Singh Rana and three others, saying that […]

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Court awards life term to man for killing driver

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A man, convicted for murdering a taxi driver near Dehradun in 2008 after hiring his cab from here and fleeing with the vehicle, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh held 30-year-old Vipin Kumar Saluja, a Delhi resident, guilty of the offences under various sections of the […]

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Bombay HC upholds life term to man in 2005 German woman murder case

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The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence imposed on a 27-year-old man for murdering a 79-year-old German woman in 2005 in Pune’s upmarket Koregaon Park. A division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice V K Tahilramani while dismissing an appeal filed by Iqlak Fakir Mohammad Shaikh challenging the lower court’s order […]

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Five sentenced for life in dowry death case

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Five persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Ballia (UP) a dowry death case. Additional District Judge Amar Pal Singh held Pappu, his father Subhash, mother Devi, sister Suman and another relative Shiv Chandra guilty yesterday. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 each on the convicts. In June last year, […]

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Drunk drivers endangers life of road users: Court

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A 30-year-old man has been awarded two-day imprisonment by a court here which noted that driving a vehicle in a drunken condition not only endangers the life of the driver but also the life of other road users. District and Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur awarded jail term to Delhi resident Jagvinder while modifying a magisterial […]

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Bombay HC lets Shorabuddin’s brother to withdraw petition

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The Bombay High Court today permitted Rubabuddin Shaikh, brother of Sohrabuddin who was killed in an alleged fake encounter, to withdraw his petition challenging the discharge of BJP President Amit Shah from the case. Rubabuddin had sought withdrawal of the petition on grounds of ill health. Last month, the high court had given him time […]

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Death sentence to 5 persons for gangrape and murder

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Five persons were today awarded death sentence by a court in Keonjhar district for gangrape and murder of a minor girl over three years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge, Champua, Jadumani Mishra pronounced the death penalty for the five persons for gangraping and killing the 13-year-old girl in a forest near Belkundi village under Barbil […]

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Man gets 10 yr jail, to pay Rs 1 L fine for possessing heroin

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A 36-year-old man has been sent to ten years in jail for possessing 1.5 kg heroin by a Delhi court, which relied on the testimony of police officials. Special NDPS Judge Rakesh Kumar-I handed down the jail term to Delhi resident Om Prakash taking into consideration the quantity of the contraband substance recovered and his […]

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