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Cheque bounce: Woman gets 6-month jail

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A woman has been sent to six months in jail and directed to pay Rs 18 lakh compensation to a jeweller in a cheque bounce case by a Delhi court which said she tried every trick to retain unjust enrichment. The court said the woman delayed the proceedings by taking false pleas to avoid payment […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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Delhi Court gives clean chit to Delhi Police officer in rape

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A Delhi court has refused to order re-investigation in a case against a cop, accused of raping and threatening a woman, saying it could not be proved that he had done anything forcefully or against her consent. Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar dismissed the woman’s plea challenging the acceptance of cancellation report by a metropolitan […]

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Man gets 8 years imprisonment for helping criminal escape

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A man was sentenced to eight years imprisonment by a court here for helping a criminal escape from police custody in 2004 in Shamli district. Additional District Judge Manoj Kumar yesterday convicted Harish and also imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on him. According to government counsel Javed Ali, the convict had helped a wanted […]

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Honour killing: Madras HC dismisses bail pleas

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The Madras High Court has dismissed the bail petitions of the parents of a girl and another accused in a case relating to the alleged honour killing of a Dalit youth at Udumalpet in March. Vacation Judge P. Kalaiyarasan dismissed the criminal original petitions from the parents–Chinnasamy, Annalakshmi– and V.Prasanna Kumar, observing that it was […]

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Court holds man guilty of harassing woman in train

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A man has been held guilty of sexually harassing a woman on board a train by a Delhi court which said incidents of violence are committed against women because of their gender. Metropolitan Magistrate Manu Vedwan relied on testimonies of the complainant woman and her husband and said they were firm throughout the case and […]

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Lalu, Mishra appear in court in fodder scam case

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RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra today appeared in a special CBI court here following its direction in connection with a multi-crore rupee fodder scam case. In pursuance of the order of Special CBI court judge Devraj Tripathi for personal appearance of all the 31 accused, Lalu Prasad, Jagannath […]

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Man gets 10 yrs in jail for rape, court terms barbaric

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A 45-year-old man has been sent to jail for 10 years for raping and trying to strangulate a woman with a  Delhi court terming his act as “barbaric, diabolic and disturbing”. The court described as “vile” the act of the convict, a Delhi resident, while observing that the woman was subjected in 2014 to one […]

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Court restrains in-laws from throwing out daughter-in-law

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A man’s parents and other family members have been restrained from throwing out his wife from her shared matrimonial house by a Delhi court. The court dismissed an appeal filed by the man’s parents, brother and sister-in-law and said that the woman was entitled to peaceful possession of a room in the matrimonial home here. […]

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Man convicted for outraging modesty of minor girl

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A Delhi court has convicted a man for outraging the modesty of a minor girl, observing that his intention was not innocent. “In his statement the accused has admitted that he did kiss the victim and he did pat her on the back but with innocent intention. From the evidence on record, it does not […]

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Jiah case: Bombay HC refuses to extend stay on trial vs Sooraj

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The Bombay High Court today refused to extend the stay granted on trial against actor Sooraj Pancholi in the Jiah Khan suicide case. The High Court had on February 25 stayed trial against Sooraj while hearing a petition filed by Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan challenging the investigating agency CBI’s charge sheet terming Jiah’s death as […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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‘Charge can be framed on basis of grave suspicion’

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A Delhi court has refused to discharge a man accused in a sexual harassment case, saying charge can be framed even on the basis of grave suspicion. Additional Sessions Judge Vrinda Kumari dismissed the appeal of the man, a south Delhi resident, saying, “The complaint is very specific regarding the incident and the offence committed […]

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