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Sheila Dikshit’s son-in-law sent to 2-day police custody

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Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s son-in-law was today sent to two-day police custody by a city court in a case of theft and misappropriating his wife’s property. Syed Mohammad Imran, who was arrested from Bangalore and brought here on transit remand, was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma who remanded him to police custody […]

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Delhi HC sets aside man’s 10-year jail term in rape case

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The Delhi High court has set aside the conviction and ten-year jail term awarded to a man, who was held guilty of raping his 30-year-old tenant, saying that the woman’s version was not “convincing”. Justice S P Garg directed immediate release of the convict who was in custody since November 2009, holding that there were […]

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Five more get bail in AT Group chit fund scam case

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Five more persons, arrested by the CBI for their alleged involvement in the Artha Tatwa chit fund scam and link with AT group chief Pradeep Sethy, were today granted conditional bail by the Orissa High Court. A local television channel owner Manoj Das, Odia newspaper owner Bikash Swain, builder Vineet Lalani and AT Group executives […]

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Gulshan Kumar murder case convict sent to jail

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A sessions court today sent Abdul Rauf Merchant, a convict in the music baron Gulshan Kumar murder case who absconded after jumping parole in 2009, to Arthur Road jail here following his re-arrest from Indo-Bangladesh border. Merchant, an aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, was released from a prison in Bangladesh on Monday. Border Security […]

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Chinkara case: SC admits Rajasthan’s plea

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The Supreme Court today admitted the appeal filed by Rajasthan govt challenging the acquittal of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in a case of Chinkara poaching in Jodhpur. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi also said the matter will be given an expeditious hearing. The bench issued notice and sort response of […]

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3 awarded death sentence in triple-murder case

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A local court today awarded death sentence to three persons, including two brothers, in a five-year-old triple murder case. Brijpal Maurya, his son Nagendra and their relative Chulbul were shot dead during night of April 24-25, 2011 by Sangam, his brother Puddi and another person Sanjay Dubey. Brijpal’s brother Rambali suffered a fatal heart attack […]

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Coal scam:Court frames charges against Ex-MP Vijay Darda, ors

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Former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and five others were today put on trial by a special court in a coal scam case relating to alleged irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh. The court also framed charges against two senior public servants K S Kropha and […]

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Coal scam: Court dismisses plea to make Soren, Rao accused

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A special court today dismissed with cost the plea of a firm facing prosecution in a coal scam case to summon former Coal Minister Shibu Soren and then Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao, as additional accused in a matter pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of a Chhattisgarh coal block. Special CBI […]

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RJD MLA surrenders in court in a rape case

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A day after the Supreme Court cancelled his bail in connection with a rape case of a minor girl, RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav today surrendered before a court in Bihar’s Nalanda district. He surrendered in the court of the Additional District Judge (ADJ-1) Shashibhushan Prasad Singh. The Supreme Court had yesterday cancelled the RJD […]

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SC asks RJD MLA to surrender in rape case

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The Supreme Court today directed suspended MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused in a rape case, to surrender before a trial court in Bihar by tomorrow, after suspending a Patna High Court order granting bail to him. A bench, comprising justices A K Sikri and N V Ramana, suspended the High Court granting bail to Yadav […]

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BSP MLA gets bail in 2003 rape case

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BSP MLA Mohammed Alim, who was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a local court here in connection with a 13-year-old rape case, was today granted bail by the District and Sessions Court here. According to prosecution, District Judge Dilip Kumar Shrivastava granted bail to Alim after he furnished two sureties of Rs 50,000 each. […]

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BJP MLA Narendra Mehta acquitted of bribery charges

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Sitting BJP MLA Narendra Mehta from Mira-Bhayander Assembly constituency in Thane district was today acquitted in a 14-year-old case of bribery by a court here. Special Judge V V Bambarde of the district court let off the legislator after the prosecution failed to prove beyond all doubts the case against the accused who allegedly demanded […]

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