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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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Pansare murder accused Samir Gaikwad seeks bail

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Right wing Hindu activist Samir Gaikwad, held in connection with the murder of veteran Communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare, today urged the Bombay High Court to grant him bail saying there was no evidence to link him with the crime. Gaikwad’s bail application came up before Justice C V Bhadang who adjourned the matter […]

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Khanna seeks copy of Shyamvar Rai’s confessional statement

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Sanjeev Khanna, arrested in connection with the murder of his former wife Indrani Mukerjea’s daughter Sheena Bora, has approached Bombay High Court seeking a copy of confessional statement of Indrani’s former driver Shyamvar Rai, who was recently made approver in the case. Khanna sought the copy of Rai’s statement recorded under section 164 of Criminal […]

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Ponty Chadha shootout case: HC rejects accused bail plea

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Delhi High Court has declined to grant bail to an accused facing murder trial in a 2012 shootout here that claimed the lives of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his younger brother Hardeep, saying there are “serious allegations” against him. Justice P S Teji also turned down the plea for relief on medical grounds by […]

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Vyapam accused Sudhir Sharma gets bail

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court here today granted bail to mining baron Sudhir Sharma in a case related to the Vyapam scam. Sharma, accused of being a middleman, has been in jail for nearly two years. The HC had granted him bail in another Vyapam-related case earlier. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Rajendra […]

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Two get 7-yr jail for raping minor

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A fast-track court of Muzaffarnagar has awarded seven years imprisonment to two persons for abducting and gangraping a 14-year-old girl. The judge Rajiv Bharadwaj also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 each on the accused Khalid and Harun after holding them guilty under various sections of the IPC. According to the prosecution, the teenger was abducted by […]

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Watchman gets lifer for murdering elderly woman

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A local court today sentenced a 35-year-old watchman to life imprisonment for killing an elderly woman in 2011 in the Kashimira locality of the district. Thane Additional Sessions Judge V V Bambrade also convicted Nareshkumar Bagdi under sections 392 (robbery) and 452 (house-tress-pass after preparation for hurt) of the IPC and sentenced him to two […]

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Fake degrees case: Court sets aside man’s 3-yr term

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A Delhi court has set aside the three-year jail term of a man accused of providing fake degrees and certificates for money, saying the investigating officer did not conduct a fair probe. Special judge S K Sharma acquitted Delhi resident Vijay Bhargava, who was sentenced by a magisterial court for the offences of forgery and […]

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Bihar toppers scam: Lalkeshwar Singh, Usha Sinha sent to JC

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Former Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, his wife Usha Sinha and five others were today remanded in 14 days judicial custody in connection with the intermediate toppers scam. Special vigilance judge Raghvendra Kumar Singh passed the order after the seven were produced in his court in the wake of the special […]

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Actor Sachin settles BMW case with dealer in Bombay HC

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The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR filed by actor Sachin Pilgaonkar against a woman car dealer who had allegedly cheated him by selling a BMV luxury car at a subsidised rate of Rs 34 lakh. Sachin got his money back last week after the FIR lodged by him against the car dealer was […]

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Shyamvar Rai made approver in Sheena Bora murder case

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Indrani Mukherjea’s former driver Shyamvar Rai was made the main approver and granted pardon in the Sheena Bora murder case  by a special CBI court in Mumbai today. Rai, who can now depose as the main witness in the killing of the 23-year-old in 2012, told the court that he will “reveal everything” about the […]

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11 sentenced to life in Gulberg massacre case

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Calling Gulberg massacre the “darkest day” in the history of civil society, a special SIT court today awarded life term to 11 convicts for burning alive 69 people, including former Congress MP Eshan Jafri, in one of the worst riots post-Godhra violence in 2002. However, the judgement left the prosecution, Jafri’s widow Zakia and civil […]

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Chandan Bose sent to 14-day judicial custody

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A court here today remanded Chandan Bose, the right hand man of the Jawahar Bagh encroachers leader Ram Vriksha Yadav, to 14 days judicial custody. “He was produced before CJM Mathura Alpana Shukla who sent him to judicial custody,” SSP Mathura Babloo Kumar said. Earlier in the day, Bose made some startling revelations before the […]

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