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Two sent to judicial custody for harassing minor girl

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A special court here has sent two persons to judicial custody for allegedly sexually harassing and blackmailing a 15-year-old girl. The two accused, Shehzad and Amir, surrendered before the court yesterday and were sent to custody till March 6. The duo had sexually harassed the girl in January at Kawal village in the district and […]

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Afghan national acquitted in drug trafficking case

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A Delhi court has acquitted an Afghan national of the charges of drug trafficking, noting that there was strong suspicion over the credibility of the evidence. Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal granted the relief to Mohd Dawood who was accused of carrying over 5 kgs of heroin. Along with Dawood, the court also acquitted Andhra […]

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Filmmaker given bail in Saradha chit fund scam

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Calcutta High Court today granted bail to Assamese singer and filmmaker Sadanand Gogoi, who has been in jail for nearly 30 months after being arrested by CBI in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre and Justice T Mookherjee granted bail to Gogoi on two […]

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Graft case: TV actor Anuj Saxena surrenders in court

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TV actor Anuj Saxena today surrendered before a Delhi court in connection with a graft case in which co-accused and senior bureaucrat B K Bansal, his wife and children committed suicide last year. Saxena, who was asked by the Delhi High Court to surrender by February 17, made himself available before Special Judge Gurdeep Singh. […]

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SC wants Shahabuddin shifted from Siwan prison to Tihar jail

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The Supreme Court today directed that controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin be shifted to Tihar Jail here from a prison in Bihar to ensure “free and fair trial” in the cases lodged against him. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy asked the Bihar government to transfer Shahabuddin to Tihar Jail within a […]

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SC convicts Sasikala in DA case, dashes her bid to be TN CM

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AIADMK chief V K Sasikala was today convicted in a corruption case by Supreme Court which dashed her ambition to become the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, as the verdict holding her guilty of entering into a conspiracy with late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa would bar her from electoral politics for the next decade. The apex […]

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IS supporter remanded to police custody

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Suspected Islamic State (IS) supporter Mohammad Iqbal was today remanded to four-day police custody by a local court here. The accused, who was brought from Chennai on production warrant on Monday and placed under arrest, was produced in the court where the magistrate remanded him to four-day police custody, SP ATS Vikas Kumar said. The […]

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2G scam: Kanimozhi allowed to travel abroad

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A special court has allowed DMK leader Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, to travel abroad for five days this month. Special CBI Judge O P Saini allowed the DMK MP to travel to Rwanda and Uganda from February 19 to 24 after noting that the travel was not a private visit […]

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LIC agent acquitted in murder case

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An LIC agent from Valsad in Gujarat, who was accused of murdering a resident from Wada in neighbouring Palghar district, has been acquitted by a local court. Accused Dharmesh Umesh Mishra, 40, was acquitted by the district court yesterday after the prosecution failed to prove the charges against him. The prosecution told District Judge MM […]

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Death sentence to man for killing minor girl

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A man has been awarded death sentence by a court here for killing his friend’s daughter as she resisted rape attempt. “Additional District Judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi, in his verdict pronounced yesterday, also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on Shyamjeet,” Assistant District Government Counsel (ADGC), Ravinder Kumar Singh, said. “Shyamjeet, a resident of Sarai […]

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Amnesty releases report on Muzaffarnagar gangrape survivors

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Amnesty International’s India chapter today released a report highlighting the plight of gangrape survivors of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots and the delay in the trial of these cases. The report, titled ‘Losing Faith: The Muzaffarnagar gangrape survivors’ struggle for justice’, stated that the state government has failed to protect the women from threats and intimidation […]

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Minor’s sexual assault: Court irked over police lapses

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The lapses by cops in probing a sexual assault case of a minor allegedly by her teacher inside the classroom, have drawn flak from a Delhi court which has directed senior police officers, the school principal and several teachers to appear before it. The prosecution version created “doubt” on the genuineness of the investigation as […]

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