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Sardarpura riot: HC upholds life sentence of 17, acquits 14

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The Gujarat High Court today acquitted 14 persons out of 31 convicted by a lower court and confirmed life sentence of 17 others, in the 2002 post-Godhra Sardarpura massacre case in which 33 people were burnt alive. A division bench of Justices Harsha Devani and Biren Vaishnav confirmed the life imprisonment of 17 persons. However, […]

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Slum youth gets life imprisonment for killing neighbour

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A 27-year-old youth here has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a district court for murdering his neighbour. Along with the life sentence, District Judge P P Jadhav also imposed Rs 10,000 fine on the convict – Shamsuddin Arshadali Sheikh. Public Prosecutor Vinit A Kulkarni told the court that the victim, Sahid Shaikh, and the […]

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QNet case: Michael Ferreira arrested by Hyd Police

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Former world billiards champion Michael Ferreira and three others have been arrested by Hyderabad Police in connection with an FIR registered against them here in the alleged multi-crore rupee fraud involving the multi-level marketing company QNet. The Central Crime Station (CCS), a wing of Hyderabad Police, has made a breakthrough in a case of cheating […]

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Man gets 2-year jail for cheating people through ponzi schemes

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A local court has sentenced a man from Navi Mumbai to two years simple imprisonment for duping people through ‘ponzi’ schemes promising to double investors’ money in a short time. Special Judge V V Bambarde found Gurmitsingh Kundansingh Bhatti guilty under section 3 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, […]

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SC asks CBI to conclude in 3 months probe in scibe murder case

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Supreme Court today asked the CBI to conclude its investigation in the journalist Rajdev Ranjan murder case in Bihar within three months. A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy made it clear that no accused in the murder case shall seek bail on the statutory ground that charge sheets have not been filed […]

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2 youths sentenced to 5 yr jail for abducting minor

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A fast track court here has sentence two youths to 5 years in jail for abducting a 13- year-old girl in 2008 while dropping gang rape charge against them. Judge Punam Rajput sentenced two of them to 5 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on them after holding Shamshad and […]

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Court to consider charge sheet against man who stabbed woman

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A Delhi court would on Monday consider whether to take cognisance of the charge sheet against a man for alleged savage killing of a 21-year-old woman by stabbing her 22 times on a busy road here in front of several onlookers last month. Link magistrate Riya Guha supplied the copy of charge sheet to 34-year-old […]

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Order on bail for suspended judge’s hubby reserved

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A special court today reserved its order on the bail plea of the husband of a judicial officer, arrested in a graft case in which she was allegedly caught by CBI while accepting bribe. Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal fixed the matter for October 17 to pronounce the order on the bail application of accused […]

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Court extends suspected LeT operative’s custody till Oct 22

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A special court today extended the judicial custody of Pakistani national Bahadur Ali alias ‘Saifullah’, allegedly working for terror outfit Lashkar-e- Taiba, till October 22. According to court sources, Ali was produced before District Judge Amar Nath from Tihar Central Jail, and during in-camera proceedings, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) moved an application seeking extension […]

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Suspended judge’s husband moves court for bail in graft case

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The husband of a judicial officer, arrested in a graft case in which she was allegedly caught by CBI while accepting bribe, has moved a special court seeking bail. The bail plea of accused Alok Lakhanpal, the husband of Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal who was a senior civil judge at the Tis Hazari Court here, would […]

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Court asks police to produce rape victim to record statement

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A local court trying a five-year-old gang-rape case has ordered the police to trace the victim and produce her before it to record her statement. Fast track court Judge Rajesh Bhardwaj yesterday ordered SSP, Muzaffarnagar to produce the woman before the court on October 15, according to prosecution. SSP Muzaffarnagar Deepak Kumar has constituted a […]

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Man gets ten years RI for raping tribal woman

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A 41-year-old man from Kudva village in neighbouring Palghar district was today sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a court here for raping a tribal woman in 2014. Additional Sessions Judge S C Khalipe also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on convict Tatu Mavji Pawar. According to the prosecution, the incident took place […]

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