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HC seeks status report in Bulandshahr gangrape case

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The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to produce by tomorrow a status report on the investigation in the Bulandshahr gang rape case after it failed to submit the report today. A division bench comprising Chief Justice D B Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma, which has taken suo motu cognizance of the […]

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Farooqui gets seven years jail for raping US student

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Bollywood film ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui, held guilty for raping a US researcher, was today sent to seven years in jail by a Delhi court which said that he took advantage of the situation when she was alone in his house. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain, in his over 150- page judgement, noted that […]

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Court acquits ex-Haryana bureaucrat in rape case

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A Delhi court has acquitted a retired Haryana bureaucrat in a rape case, observing that in many cases when a consensual physical relation breaks, women use the law “as a weapon for vengeance or personal vendetta”. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain freed the accused, a former principal secretary to a Haryana chief minister, of the […]

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60-yr-old gets 6-month jail for death of teenager

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A 60-year-old man has been sent to six months in jail for causing death of a teenager by his rash driving, with a Delhi court observing that there was no legal requirement of a public witness in every case. The court made the observation while dismissing the man’s appeal in which he had raised the […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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Man convicted for staging robbery to kill wife

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A court here today convicted a man along with two others for orchestrating his wife’s death in a fake robbery attempt in 2009. According to police, main accused Jitin Dedhia hired Nazim and Hasruddin Malik to murder his wife Beena as he was in love with his brother-in-law’s wife Rupal Chheda, but Beena refused to […]

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Notorious criminal sentenced to 29 years jail

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A notorious criminal, who stabbed to death a police constable and grievously injured another in June 2012, was today sent to jail for his entire life by a court here. The Principal Sessions Court judge handed over this sentence to 52-year-old Varghese alias ‘Aadu’ Antony for stabbing to death officer Maniyan Pillai and another 15 […]

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Coal scam: RSPL officials get up to 3 yrs in jail

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A special court today awarded varying jail terms of up to three years to three officials of Rathi Steel and Power Ltd (RSPL) who were convicted in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of Kesla North coal block in Chhattisgarh to the firm. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar sentenced RSPL’s Chief Executive […]

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ISIS terror module: Judicial custody of 7 extended

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A local court today extended till August 24 the judicial custody of seven city-based persons, who were arrested by NIA in connection with a suspected ISIS terror module busted by the agency here. The seven accused, including two key members Naimathullah Hussaini alias Yasir and Mohammed Ataullah Rehman, who are currently lodged in Chanchalguda Central […]

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Criminal case merely cannot revoke arms license

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Mere registration of criminal case cannot be a ground to revoke an arms license, the Bombay High Court has held while directing Pune Commissioner of Police to consider afresh an application of a Shiv Sena leader seeking renewal of his license. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and P D Naik gave the […]

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BMW case: Court rejects Maharia’s bail plea

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A court here today rejected the bail application of Siddharth Maharia, who allegedly killed 3 men and injured five others by his BMW car earlier this month. Additional District Judge Barkat Ali rejected the bail application of Maharia, Additional PP Rajesh Pareek said. Maharia, son of independent MLA Nandkishore Maharia, was driving the car at […]

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Graft case: Court grants bail to Kejriwal’s ex-Principal Secy

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s former Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar, who was arrested in a corruption case, was today granted bail by a Special court. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar gave the relief to Rajendra Kumar on furnishing of a personal bond of Rs one lakh. The court directed that Kumar will not try to […]

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Court convicts RSPL,3 officials in scam case

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A special court today convicted Rathi Steel and Power Ltd (RSPL) and its three officials in a case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of Kesla North coal block in Chhattisgarh to the firm. Special CBI judge Bharat Parashar held the firm and its officials — Managing Director Pradeep Rathi, Chief Executive Officer Udit Rathi and […]

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