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HC directs two men accused in criminal case to clean a beach

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Mumbai:The Bombay High Court has quashed a case of criminal intimidation against two persons and directed them to do community service for a month by helping in the cleaning of a beach in Mumbai. A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharti Dangre was Monday hearing an application filed by city residents Angad Singh […]

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Bombay HC quashes case against 2 doctors under PCPNDT Act

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The Bombay High Court has quashed a case against two doctors in Pune under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act (PCPNDT), saying subjecting them to unnecessary criminal prosecution is nothing but an abuse of the process of the law. Justice Anuja Prabhudessai recently quashed and set aside the criminal case […]

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Kerala HC denied pre-arrest bail to local CPI(M) leader

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Kerala High Court today rejected the anticipatory bail application of a local CPI(M) leader, who has been named as an accused in a criminal case, and directed him to surrender. Justice P Ubaid asked petitioner Zakir Hussain, who has been booked on the charge of threatening a man over a business deal, to surrender before […]

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51 Nigerians chargesheeted in 2013 assault case

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Goa Police today chargesheeted 51 Nigerians and a Ghana national who had blocked a national highway here in 2013 after assaulting policemen during a protest against the murder of an African man. Porvorim police Inspector Jivba Dalvi who was investigating the case, filed the charge sheet before Mapusa Judicial Magistrate First Class. The police had […]

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Sex CD case: Sacked AAP Minister sent to JC

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Sacked Delhi Minister and AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar, arrested on rape charges on the complaint of a woman, was today sent to 14-day judicial custody by a court here. Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry remanded 36-year-old Kumar to judicial custody till September 23 after the Delhi Police submitted he was not required for custodial interrogation. Police […]

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Man discharged of raping 63-yr-old German ex-wife

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A Delhi court has discharged a 37-year-old man, accused of raping his 63-year-old ex-wife, a German national, saying there was an inexplicable delay of three years in lodging FIR in the case. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Kumar, while discharging the accused, a Delhi resident, also noted that there was no medical evidence to support the […]

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Gulberg society case: Quantum of sentence likely tomorrow

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A special SIT court, which had on June 2 convicted 24 accused in the 2002 post-Godhra Gulberg society massacre case, is expected to pronounce the quantum of sentence tomorrow. The prosecution is likely to seek capital punishment for the 11 convicted who were charged with murder, while the lawyer of victims may seek life imprisonment […]

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Coal scam:CBI to make accused approver ag’st Jindal

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The CBI today gave its nod before a special court here to make an employee of Jindal Group an approver in a coal scam case involving industrialist Naveen Jindal of the group and others as accused. Jindal, former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and 12 others are […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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Illegal confinement:CJM orders kotwali inspector to lodge case

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A chief judicial magistrate here has ordered inspector of the kotwali to register a case against eight police personnel and a homeguard after an advocate alleged that he was kept in “illegal confinement” and “looted” by them last month. Complainant Anil Kumar Tewari alleged he was kept in a lock-up of Mathura Refinery Police Station […]

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M’nagar riots: Court acquits 10 in twin murder case

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A local court today acquitted ten persons in connection with the killing of a woman and a boy during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots due to lack of evidence. It is the first case of the riots in which accused were acquitted by the court. Additional District and Sessions judge Arvind Kumar Upadhyay acquitted the persons […]

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Karan Johar discharged from criminal case

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A local court today discharged producer late Yash Johar and director Karan Johar from a criminal complaint for playing national anthem in movie “Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham” without caution causing “dishonour” to it. “Karan Johar had filed revision petition before sessions court which was heard by Additional District Judge Dhruv Raj, who allowed the revision […]

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Maha rapped for ‘insensitive approach’ on shelters

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The Bombay High Court today rapped Maharashtra government for delay in providing land to build night shelters for the homeless people, saying it has taken an insensitive approach on the issue. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and V L Achiliya was today informed that the state government has rejected seven proposals forwarded by […]

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