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Why can’t a woman live in peace in this country:SC

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Why can’t women live in peace in this country, a Supreme Court bench, apparently exasperated over growing crimes against women, has observed. The observation came when a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra was hearing an appeal filed by a man who was sentenced to seven years in jail by the Himachal Pradesh High Court […]

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Elderly man sentenced to 7 year jail for raping a woman

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A local court has sentenced a 67- year-old man to a seven-year jail term for raping a woman three years ago. Fast-track court judge Shyam Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000, Additional government counsel Moolchandra Kushwaha said today. The accused, Jauhari had raped a woman in Sarsawa village in the district on September […]

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Appeal against Salman’s acquittal in Arms Act case to be heard on July 6

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Arguments on an appeal filed by the Rajasthan government in a sessions court here challenging the acquittal of actor Salman Khan by a trial court in a case against him under the Arms Act will begin on July 6. In response to a notice issued by sessions judge Bhagwan Das Agarwal on March 7, counsels […]

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Court sends ISIS men to jail for 7-yr in terror case

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Special court today awarded seven-year jail term to two men after they pleaded guilty of criminally conspiring to raise funds and recruiting people for the terror outfit ISIS. District judge Amar Nath convicted accused Azhar-ul- Islam (24) from Jammu and Kashmir and Mohammed Farhan Shaikh (25) from Maharashtra, following their U-turn more than a month […]

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Jiah’s mother moves CBI court, seeks summons to Blackberry

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Deceased actor-model Jiah Khan’s mother Rabia today moved the special CBI court seeking summons to service provider Blackberry to produce messenger communication between her daughter and actor Suraj Pancholi. Pancholi is accused of abetting the suicide of Jiah. “The court be pleased to issue necessary summons calling upon the Blackberry India to produce the information […]

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Madras HC acquits 15 persons awarded life term by lower court

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The Madras High Court has acquitted 15 persons who were awarded life imprisonment by a trial court last year in a 1998 triple murder case. A division bench comprising Justices S Nagamuthu and Anita Sumanth acquitted the accused recently maintaining that the prosecution has failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. The court also […]

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Two persons get life sentence for murder

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A local court today sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for the murder of a scrap dealer in Odisha’s Sundargarh district about four years ago. Additional Sessions judge Srinibash Pratihari pronounced the jail term for Mahesh Gope and Rabi Nayar after holding both guilty of killing scrap dealer Ananda Panda (35) in June, 2013. Two […]

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Mother-son get jail term in rape case

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A local court has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 15 years’ rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl and awarded ten years’ jail term to his mother for abetting the crime. District judge Mridula V K Bhatia convicted Sushant Dubey, owner of a driving school here, and his mother Mamata Dubey on Monday. Sushant was […]

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Shahabuddin acquitted by Jharkhand court in triple murder case

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Controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin was today acquitted by a Jharkhand court in a triple murder case involving a railway contractor and a Youth Congress leader 28 years ago due to lack of evidence. Shahabuddin, currently lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with a double murder case that took place in his hometown Siwan in […]

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Delhi HC convicts man for raping minor, terms the crime horrendous

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The Delhi High Court has convicted a man for kidnapping and raping a minor girl and then endangering her life by leaving the child in a deserted place after committing the “horrendous” crime. Justice S P Garg awarded 10 years jail term to the convict, a rickshaw puller, while modifying the trial court’s decision to […]

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Imposing only fine on woman convict in serious case unfair: SC

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The Supreme Court has held that imposing only a fine in serious offences, which entail award of jail terms and fine both, on women convicts would lead to “unfair” and “unjust” consequences. Observing this, the apex court set aside the Himachal Pradesh High Court verdict imposing only a fine on a woman, who was convicted […]

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Police rapped for revealing identity of sexual offence victims

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A city court has rebuked Delhi Police for blatantly violating the law on confidentiality by revealing the identity of minors subjected to sexual violence and their parents in a series of cases. Taking serious note of the names of the child victims and the names and addresses of their parents being mentioned in the charge […]

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