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Gulberg riots: Quantum of sentence tomorrow

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A special SIT court will tomorrow pronounce the quantum of sentence for 24 convicts in the Gulberg Society massacre in which 69 people, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were killed. The court of special judge P B Desai here had announced on Monday that the quantum of sentence will be declared on Friday, after […]

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Rape accused sent to 5-day police custody

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A local court of Jaipr here today remanded a rape accused in five days’ police custody, police said. Raju Panjabi, who allegedly abducted and raped a three-year-old girl at an isolated place along Agra highway on Saturday, was produced in the court today where the magistrate remanded him in police custody, they said.

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Dabholkar murder: Tawde’s CBI custody extended till June 20

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The CBI custody of Virendra Tawde, an accused in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, was today extended till June 20 by a local court. Tawde, arrested by the CBI from Panvel in Navi Mumbai last week in connection with the murder of the 67-year-old anti-superstition crusader, was produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class V […]

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Bombay HC tells Jiah’s mother to file rejoinder to CBI reply

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The Bombay High Court today asked Rabia Khan, mother of former actress Jiah Khan who had allegedly committed suicide in 2013, to file within two weeks a rejoinder in response to a CBI affidavit in the case. The bench headed by Justice Naresh Patil gave this direction while hearing a petition filed by Rabia seeking […]

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Bhujbal seeks release on health grounds

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Former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, arrested for alleged money laundering, today told the Bombay High Court that he is suffering from a critical heart ailment and sought bail for treatment. Bhujbal approached the HC seeking to be released on bail considering his medical condition after a special PMLA court rejected his bail plea. Senior counsel […]

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Life term for two in Bihar murder case

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Two persons were awarded life imprisonment by a local court in connection with a murder case of 2014. Additional District and Sessions Judge Ajit Kumar Sinha held Shital Das and Ghanshyam Das guilty of murder under section of 302 and 34 of IPC. Additional Public Prosecutor Anil Kumar Prasad said the duo were charged for killing […]

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Youth gets 7 yrs jail for raping woman

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A youth has been sent to seven years in jail for raping and threatening a woman, with a Delhi court terming it a “vile and reprehensible” act that brought the feeling of humiliation, disgust, trauma and lifelong scar to the victim. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain handed down the jail term to 22-year-old Haseeb, a […]

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Court denies bail to alleged ISIS operatives

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A Delhi court has denied bail to five suspected ISIS operatives arrested for allegedly plotting a terror strike during the Ardh Kumbh at Haridwar. According to the sources, the court denied relief to the accused persons — Akhlakur Rehman, Mohd Osama, Mohd Mehraz, Mohd Azeemushan and Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed — observing that it was not a fit […]

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Pansare case: Trial against Gaikwad stayed as of now

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The Bombay High Court has directed a Sessions court to defer framing of charges against Sameer Gaikwad, an alleged member of Sanatan Sanstha who is arrested in activist Govind Pansare murder case, as the prosecution is awaiting forensic report from the UK. The report is being awaited to establish if there was any link between […]

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Ex-Central Excise officer gets jail in graft case

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A Thane court today sentenced a retired Central Excise officer to one year rigorous imprisonment in a 2005 bribery case. District Judge M M Walimohammed found Ravindra Shete (60), then posted as sub-inspector, guilty of accepting bribe under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced him to one year jail. He was also convicted […]

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Court awards life term to five for gangraping Danish woman

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Five men were today sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for gangraping a 52-year- old Danish woman at knife-point near the New Delhi railway station two years ago. Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar awarded the jail term to convicts Mahender alias Ganja (25), Mohd Raja (25), Raju (23), Arjun (21) and Raju Chakka […]

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Woman gangraped in UP, FIR filed on court’s order

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A local court of Etah (UP) has ordered the filing of an FIR in the alleged gangrape of a woman. The victim had approached the court after police refused to file a case. She alleged in the court that four men kidnapped and raped her and then decamped with her jewellery and cash on April […]

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