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“Can’t deny rape victims justice for lack of medical proof”

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Justice cannot be denied to the victims of sexual offences for lack of medical evidence and a woman’s oral testimony can be relied upon, the Delhi High Court said today. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the amendments made in the rape law in 2013 after the […]

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Court holds six persons guilty of murder in 2005 Umerpur case

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A local court has held six persons guilty of murdering a man here and reserved its order on providing the quantum of sentence till July 7. Additional District Sessions judge Ravinder Kumar held six persons, Bablu, Vinod, Rajender, Harpal, Sanjay and Krishan Pal, guilty under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the […]

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Man gets seven years in jail in two molestation cases

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A sessions court here today sentenced a 33-year-old man to seven years in jail in two cases of molestation. Ayyaz Ansari alias ‘Kanya’ or ‘one-eye molester’ had been sentenced to life imprisonment in April this year for raping a minor girl in yet another case. He had acquired the moniker ‘serial molester’. In 2013, suburban […]

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Ex-BDO, 2 others sentenced to 2-year in jail for graft

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A vigilance court in Kalahandi district today sentenced an Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and two others to two years’ rigorous imprisonment for causing Rs 2.94 lakh loss to the state exchequer in the purchase of water coolers. Special vigilance judge Chitranjan Dash also slapped a fine of Rs 1,000 each on the three for […]

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17 SIMI men get 3 yrs jail for hurting religious feelings

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A Bhopal court today sentenced 17 activists of outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India to three years in jail for hurting religious feelings and committing other penal offences. Chief Judicial Magistrate Rakesh Sharma also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on convicts Abu Faizal, Majid Nagauri, Sajid alias Guddu, Irfan Nagauri, Umair Sadique, Mohammad […]

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Four convicted in Akbaruddin Owaisi attack case

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A local court today convicted four persons in connection with the murderous attack on AMIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi in 2011. The VII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge T Srinivas Rao convicted the four under relevant sections of the IPC and the Arms Act. However, prime accused Mohd Bin Omer Yafai alias Mohammed Pahalwan, who allegedly masterminded […]

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Stepfather acquitted of charge of raping minor girl

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A stepfather, accused of raping an 11-year old girl, has been acquitted by a city court saying the victim kept changing her stand during trial and her statement could not be relied upon. Additional Sessions Judge Balwant Rai Bansal, while acquitting the man, a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) employee, of the offences of rape and […]

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VHP leader gets bail in Gulberg society massacre case

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In the first such relief in the 2002 Gulberg society massacre case, the Gujarat High Court today granted bail to a VHP leader, who was awarded seven years’ imprisonment. A division bench of justices Abhilasha Kumari and A J Shastri granted bail to Atul Vaidya, while observing that he has already served one-year jail term […]

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Court cancels builder’s bail in murder case

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A Delhi court has cancelled bail granted to a builder, arrested for allegedly murdering a financier by throwing him down from the fifth floor of an apartment. District Judge A S Jayachandra said the bail granted to accused Sunil Uppal by an additional sessions judge (ASJ) was based on irrelevant material and the order suffered […]

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Indrani alleges she was beaten up in Byculla jail, moves court

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Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea, recently booked for rioting in a women’s prison here along with other inmates, today moved a court here alleging that she was beaten up by jail officials when the prisoners protested the death of a convict. Taking note of her complaint, a CBI court, which is hearing the […]

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Court convicts five person for acid attack on girl

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An Aurangabad court today held five persons guilty of killing a girl last year by throwing acid at her. Additional District and Sessions Judge Anil Kumar Mishra convicted prime accused Mohammad Azhar and four others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and POSCO for the acid attack on the girl on June 23, […]

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Delhi HC allows 40-year-old rape convict to walk free

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Taking a lenient view towards a 40-year-old man undergoing 10-year-jail term in a rape case, the Delhi High Court has set him free by reducing his sentence to seven years already spent by him behind bars. The court ordered his immediate release considering that the conduct of the convict, who has a wife and two […]

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