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Priest acquitted in rape case, Court rejects woman’s claims

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Refusing to rely on the statement of a woman that she was raped and assaulted by a temple priest, a Delhi court has acquitted him observing that things do not appear to have happened the way they were projected. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain said though in rape cases conviction can be made on the […]

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Two sent to custody for helping Pak-based terrorists

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Two persons arrested for allegedly providing logistical and material support to terrorists infiltrating from Pakistan into Kashmir for carrying out subversive activities were today sent to judicial custody by a Delhi court for a month. District Judge Poonam A Bamba sent Zahoor Ahmed Peer and Nazir Ahmed Peer to jail after they were produced in […]

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Five tried in murder case acquitted for lack of evidence

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A Thane district court has acquitted five persons in a murder case for want of sufficient evidence against them. According to the prosecution, on August 22, 2014, the five persons, all in their 20s, allegedly robbed a 26-year-old cloth seller of his money and one of them stabbed him with a pair of scissors in […]

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Langah surrenders before Gurdaspur court

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Former Akali minister Sucha Singh Langah, who had been on the run after a rape case was registered against him, today surrendered before the district court here. Punjab Police had been conducting raids to trace him. “He (Langah) surrendered today in the district court here,” Gurdaspur SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar said. Langah was booked by […]

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Court awards 2-yr jail to IASRI officer in graft case

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An officer of the Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI) has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a special court for taking bribe for issuing a transfer order. The court took a lenient view towards 55-year-old Krishan Pal Singh Gautam, who was posted as chief administrative officer in IASRI, considering family circumstances that he […]

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Delhi Court grants bail to 63-yr-old woman in cheating case

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A Delhi court has granted bail to a 63-year-old woman accused of terminating an agreement to sell her house to a couple and duping them of Rs 12.5 crore paid as token money. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain gave the relief to the woman on a personal bond of Rs five lakh and two sureties […]

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Delhi HC reduces jail term of man who raped minor

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The Delhi High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in view of her testimony that he had physical relations with her “consent”. Justice Pratibha Rani handed the man five years jail term for raping the 14-year-old girl, reducing the sentence of seven years awarded […]

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Goa court frames charges against Tarun Tejpal in rape case

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A Goa court today framed charges of rape and wrongful confinement against Tarun Tejpal, the founder of Tehelka magazine, in connection with an alleged rape case filed against him in 2013, paving the way for his trial. Tejpal, 54, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. The next hearing in the case in the district court […]

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Bombay HC refuses to stay framing of charges against Tejpal

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The Bombay High Court today refused to stay the framing of charges against Tarun Tejpal in a case of alleged rape, and issued a notice to the Goa government seeking its response to the senior journalist’s plea. The district court in Mapusa had on September 7 refused to drop the charges against Tejpal, who has […]

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Jail inmate’s death: charge sheet filed against six officials

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The Mumbai police today submitted a charge sheet against six jail officials in connection with the death of Byculla Jail inmate Manjula Shette. Shette died here on June 23 after allegedly being beaten up by jail officials. “We have submitted the charge sheet in magistrate’s court,” said a Crime Branch official. The 990-page charge sheet […]

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Russian citizen sent to custody in murder case

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A Russian fugitive, accused of committing murder in his homeland, has been sent to judicial custody for four days by a special Delhi court, dealing with the extradition proceedings initiated by the Centre. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur sent Sayakhov Ruslan, who was arrested from Chanakyapuri in South Delhi earlier this month, to jail […]

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SC upholds cancellation of bail to Karim Morani in rape case

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The Supreme Court today upheld the Hyderabad High Court’s decision to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Bollywood producer Karim Morani, accused of raping an aspiring actress. The Hyderabad High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, on September 5, had held as valid the lower court’s order to cancel Morani’s anticipatory bail on grounds of […]

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