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Malegaon: Purohit moves SC against Bombay HC order rejecting bail

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Malegaon blast accused Shrikant Purohit today moved the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order rejecting his bail plea in the case. A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said that the petition will come up in regular course while rejecting the former lieutenant colonel’s plea for an urgent hearing. The Bombay […]

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Bollywood singer Ankit Tiwari acquitted in rape case

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Bollywood singer Ankit Tiwari was today acquitted of raping a woman. A sessions court here today acquitted Tiwari after the complaint, allegedly his former girl friend, turned hostile and failed to support the prosecution version during the trial. Additional Sessions Judge SKS Razvi also acquitted Tiwari’s brother Ankur of the charges of of threatening the […]

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NIA court charges ex-engg student Majeed with terrorism

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A former engineering student, who had allegedly joined terror outfit ISIS at Fallujah in Iraq in 2014 was charged today by an anti-terror court with the commission of various terrorist acts and penal offences. Special NIA court framed charges against 26-year-old Areeb Majeed under section 16 and 18 of the anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) […]

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Drunk driving: Court refuses to set aside man’s jail term

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A Delhi court has refused to set aside the jail term of a man held guilty of drunken driving, saying inebriated drivers only add up to an already acute problem. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar denied the relief to a south Delhi resident, who was sentenced to five-day jail term and whose licence was suspended […]

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Man gets life term for murdering priest

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A man was today sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by a court here for murdering a priest in 2015. The court of Additional Sessions Judge Krishan Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 10000 on Knakhakru Ram, a resident of Sidhpur tehsil, for murdering the priest of a local Hanuman temple. It said that in […]

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Tribal woman gets life sentence for murder

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A court today sentenced a tribal woman to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering a man in 2014. Additional sessions judge of Mayurbhanj district’s Rairangpur sub-division, Aurobindo Kumar Guru, found Padma Birua (48) guilty of murder and sentenced her to life sentence and slapped a fine of Rs 2000. The woman had attacked Mohinikanta Hembram with […]

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Chhota Rajan awarded 7-year-jail in fake passport case

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Gangster Chhota Rajan was today given a seven-year jail term by a special court here for cheating the government by obtaining a forged Indian passport, even as he claimed he had been helping the State to fight terrorism since he broke away from mobster Dawood Ibrahim. Besides Rajan, the court also awarded seven-year jail term […]

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Yasin Bhatkal records statement before magistrate in 2008 case

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Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal, currently in custody of police in connection with a bomb planting case of 2008, today gave his statement before the court. The statement was recorded under section 164 of the CrPC under which any metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate may, whether or not he has jurisdiction in the case, record […]

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POCSO court grants bail to fmr UP minister Gayatri Prajapati

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Former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati and two of his alleged accomplices were today granted bail by a POCSO court here in connection with a rape case. Special judge of a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court Om Prakash Mishra granted bail to Prajapati, Vikas Verma and Amrendra Singh alias Mintu. The court asked […]

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Bribery case: Alleged PMO official moved court for bail

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A man, who had earlier falsely claimed to be an official of the Prime Minister’s Office, today moved a Delhi court seeking bail in a bribery case involving suspended principal secretary in the Chhattisgarh government B L Agrawal. In his plea before special judge Virender Kumar Goyal, the accused, Syed Burhanuddin, who is currently in […]

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Chhota Rajan, 3 others held guilty in fake passport case

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Gangster Chhota Rajan and three retired public servants were today held guilty by a special court here in a fake passport case. Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal convicted Rajan for offences including forgery of valuable security under the IPC which entails a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Besides him, the other persons who have been […]

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Kushwaha granted bail in Model Code of Conduct case

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Union minister Upendra Kushwaha was today granted bail by a Bihar court in connection with a case relating to violation of the Model Code of Conduct during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ravi Kumar granted bail to Kushwaha on a personal bond of Rs 10,000 soon after the minister surrendered. However, […]

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