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Life imprisonment to youth for killing mother

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A court here has sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for murdering his mother in a bid to obtain her property. The Gurgaon court has also given life imprisonment to his cousin brother for being an accomplice in the crime and destroying evidences. The incident came to light on December 13, 2014 when an unidentified […]

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Chhota Rajan passport case

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Court takes cognizance on charge sheet in Rajan case

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A Special court today took cognizance on a supplementary charge sheet filed in an alleged fake passport case in which gangster Chhota Rajan along with three retired public servants are facing prosecution. Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar took cognizance on the charge sheet under the Passport Act and fixed the case for May 18 for […]

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NDMC official gets 3 yrs in jail for taking Rs 10k bribe

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Corruption is pervasive and has “engrossed” most of the government departments, a Delhi court has observed while sentencing an NDMC official to three years in jail for accepting Rs 10,000 bribe from a shop owner here. The court, while sentencing Arjun Singh, the then senior assistant at NDMC’s Estate Department, also said that a clear […]

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R K Pachauri summoned as accused in sexual harassment case

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Former TERI chief R K Pachauri was today summoned as accused by a Delhi court which took cognizance of a charge sheet filed against him for allegedly sexually harassing and outraging the modesty of an ex-colleague. “The court is satisfied that there is sufficient material to proceed against accused R K Pachauri under sections 354-A, […]

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Money laundering case: Bhujbal’s denied bail

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The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Friday rejected the bail plea filed by Nationalist Congress Party leader and former deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal in cases of money laundering against him. Bhujbal sought his bail on medical grounds. His application said that he had gone through an angioplasty, had asthma and sleep […]

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Five Bangladeshi nationals convicted for dacoity

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Five Bangladeshi nationals have been sentenced to four years imprisonment in connection with a dacoity case by a fast track court here. Judge Rakesh Bhardwaj also imposed a fine of Rs 21,000 each on the accused after holding them guilty under sections 395 (dacoity) and 412 (dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a […]

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Bakson’s Dr Bakshi, others acquitted of corruption

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Chairman of Bakson’s drugs and pharmaceuticals, Dr SPS Bakshi, along with five other doctors has been acquitted by a special court in a case of alleged regularisation of some homeopathic medical colleges after these institutions agreed to buy drugs from his company. The court said there was nothing on record to show that Bakshi, president […]

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6 suspected ISIS operatives sent to judicial custody

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Six suspected terror operatives, alleged to have links with ISIS, were today sent to judicial custody by a special court after NIA submitted that they were not required for custodial interrogation in the case. According to sources, during an in-camera proceeding, District Judge Amarnath sent accused Mohd Azeemusan, Mohd Osama, Akhlaq ur-Rehman, Meeraj and Mohsin […]

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Crime against women unusually high in state: Tripura HC Chief Justice

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Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court Deepak Gupta today praised the governance by the Manik Sarkar government but said the crime against women was “unusually high” in the state. “Governance in the state is good. There is honesty at the helm of affairs. I find good roads, good libraries and good dispensaries even in remote […]

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Medal-winning Shooter sent to 14 days’ JC

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A meal-winning shooter, arrested for allegedly selling arms and ammunition to criminals in NCR and Uttar Pradesh, has been sent to 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass sent 35-year-old Mukarram Ali Khan to judicial custody after he was produced on expiry of his five-day police custody. Khan was […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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2 get life term for robbing, gunning down a man

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Two persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment for robbing and “brutally” killing a man, by a Delhi court which declined to grant death penalty, saying the case did not fall under the rarest of the rare category. “No doubt in the present case, convicts had committed the murder of deceased in a brutal and […]

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Sheena Bora case: Indrani’s ex-driver wants to turn approver

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In a fresh twist to the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, key accused Indrani Mukerjea’s former driver Shyamvar Rai today told a special CBI court here that he wants to turn approver and “disclose certain truths about the commission of the offence.” Last week, Rai had written a two-page letter to the court stating that he […]

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