Top Law News Spl public prosecutor withdraws from Louis Berger bribery case April 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The special public prosecutor representing the state inLouis Berger bribery scandal in Goa has decided to withdraw from appearing in the case. In a letter written to Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch), Special Public Prosecutor Rajiv Gomes noted that a complaint of dual nationality registered against him with Margao police has been transferred to Crime […] Read more » Bribery case Court Criminal news featured Goa Law
Criminal Law News 12 convicted in murder of college student April 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Twelve people were today convicted by a district courtin of North 24 Parganas connection with the murder case of a college student in 2014. Seventh Additional District Judge held 12 of the accused guilty and ordered unconditional release of one person. Sourav Chowdhury, a college student, was murdered at Bamungachi and his body recovered from […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law murder case
Criminal Law News Court acquits man of charge of raping sister-in-law April 14, 2016 / April 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A man, accused of raping his sister-in-law cum business partner, has been acquitted by a city court on the ground that the physical relations between them were consensual. The court said the woman lodged a complaint against him only when their relationship got exposed and she had no other reason of not reporting the matter […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case
Criminal Law News Mere suspicion cannot take the place of proof: Delhi Court April 14, 2016 / April 15, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Mere suspicion cannot replace legal proof and the state is duty bound to prove its case beyond all reasonable doubts, a Delhi court has observed while acquitting a man in a murder case. “Court has onerous duty to ensure that mere conjectures or suspicion do not take the place of legal proof. State is duty-bound […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured Law Legal News murder case
Criminal Law News Medical student acquitted in a 2006 cheating case April 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A medical student accused of sending another person to appear in the 2006 medical entrance examination on his behalf has been acquitted of charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating by a Delhi court, giving him the benefit of doubt. Metropolitan Magistrate Anuj Agarwal let off the student saying the prosecution could not prove there was […] Read more » cheating case Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Medical Exam
Criminal Law News Merc hit-and-run: JJB to if boy to be tried as adult April 13, 2016 / April 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Juvenile Justice Board would be competent to decide on the controversy over whether the teenager accused in the Mercedes hit-and-run case should be tried as a major since he was just four days shy of his 18th birthday on the day of the accident, legal experts say. “Since the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured JJB Juvenile Justice Board Law Legal News Merc hit-and-run
Criminal Law News Driver sentenced to life for raping minor April 12, 2016 / April 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A local court today sentenced a driver to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl last year here. Mahila Court Judge N Thirunavukkarasu sentenced Kannan of Namakkal district to life for raping the girl and ordered the state government to grant Rs one lakh to her as ex-gratia. The prosecution case was that Kannan (23) […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News rape case
Criminal Law News Delhi Court extends detention of 4 ISIS operatives April 12, 2016 / April 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today extended by a month the period of detention of four suspected ISIS operatives after the NIA submitted that the larger conspiracy of the outfit in India and abroad, including recruitment of resident and non-resident Indians, was yet to be ascertained. District judge Amarnath extended the period of detention of accused — […] Read more » Court Criminal news Delhi court featured ISIS Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Pratyusha case: Bombay HC grants Rahul interim protection from arrest April 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today granted interim protection from arrest till April 18 to actor-producer Rahul Raj Singh, who has been booked for abetting the suicide of his girlfriend and TV star Pratyusha Banerjee. Justice Mridula Bhatkar also directed Rahul to appear before Bangurnagar police station in suburban Goregaon from tomorrow onwards till April 18 […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court Criminal news featured Law Pratyusha case Rahul Singh
Criminal Law News Court awards death sentence to man in rape and murder case April 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 47-year old man was on Tuesday awarded death sentence by a Giridih court for raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl in 2011. Giridih District and Additional Sessions Court Judge Sunil Kumar found Mathura Yadav guilty of the crime that took place at Badidih village. The court also awarded a two-year rigorous prison term to […] Read more » Court Criminal news death sentence featured Law murder case rape case
Criminal Law News Maoists get life sentence for killing policemen in blast April 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Five Maoists were today sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for killing 11 policemen and injuring 58 others in a landmine blast in this district five years ago. Pronouncing the verdict, the Lohardaga district judge (1), Anil Kumar Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on them for committing the crime […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured Law Legal News Maoists
Criminal Law News Murthal: Haryana Police add gangrape to FIR April 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment After rejecting reports of gangrapes at Murthal during the Jat stir for reservation, the Haryana Police has told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the section on gangrape had been added to the FIR in the case. The move comes after the police received two anonymous letters from women stating that they had been […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured FIR Gangrape Haryana Haryana Police Law Legal News Murthal
