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JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar moves Delhi HC for bail

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JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case, today moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail. Kanhaiya’s lawyers Sushil Bajaj and Vrinda Grover, who were escorted by Delhi Police, directly went to the high court’s listing Registrar Loren Bamniyal and mentioned the petition behind closed doors. The lawyers came to the high court following […]

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Kanhaiya Kumar fears threat to life, moves SC for bail

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Claiming threat to life in jail and from lynching mobs in the court complex, JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday directly moved the Supreme Court seeking bail which will be heard on Friday. His bail petition was mentioned before a bench of justicesJ Chelameswar and A M Sapre by senior advocate Soli J Sorabjee and […]

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Former DU lecturer Gilani sent to 14-day JC

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Taking no chances after two days of violence in the Patiala House Courts complex, Delhi Police today presented former Delhi University lecturer SAR Gilani, arrested on sedition charges, before a magistrate in a police station for remand proceedings. The remand proceedings passed of peacefully far from the Patiala House Courts which was the scene of […]

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Mohammed Sohrab moves anticipatory bail plea

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Former MLA Mohammed Sohrab, whose son Sambia was arrested in a hit-and-run case in which an airman was killed during Republic Day parade rehearsal, today moved an anticipatory bail prayer before a city court. Subhra Ghosh, Chief Judge at the City Sessions Court, adjourned the hearing on Sohrab’s plea till February 24 on a request […]

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Court acquits man, 4 others accused of killing father

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A man and four other persons, accused of killing his father, have been acquitted by a Delhi court which said suspicion however strong cannot take the place of proof. Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain let off all the five accused, including the son of the deceased, a north-west Delhi resident, of the charge of committing […]

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Sheena case: CBI files charge sheet against Peter Mukerjea

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CBI today filed a charge sheet in a court here against former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case. The agency filed the supplementary charge sheet in the case before Additional Metropolitan Magistrate R V Adone here. Peter, whose wife Indrani Mukerjea is the prime accused in the case, […]

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Man acquitted in murder case

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A man was acquitted in the case of murder of his wife by a local court after the prosecution failed to prove the offence against him. Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhaisare observed that the prosecution had failed to bring home the charge of murder and disappearance of evidence against the accused, a labourer from […]

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Bombay HC tells cops to file FIR into encounter of Ghadoli

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Acting on a petition, the Bombay High Court today directed Mumbai police to register an FIR into the alleged encounter of Sandeep Ghadoli by Gurgaon police at a hotel here on February 7. The order was delivered by a division bench of justices Ranjit More and V L Achilya on a writ petition filed by brother […]

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NCP corporator granted bail in builder suicide case

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A local court today granted bail to an NCP corporator, one of the four accused in connection with the suicide case of a city-based builder. Additional Sessions Judge V V Bambarde granted bail to Najeeb Mulla, who was booked in the suicide case of Suraj Parmar. Parmar had allegedly shot himself dead on October 8, […]

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Man sentenced to 12 years jail for raping minor

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A 30-year-old man has been sentenced by a district courtto 12 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor tribal girl. Additional Sessions Judge U M Nandeshwar yesterday awarded a 12-year jail term to Madkya Govind Warghade alias Sanjay, who worked as a waiter in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, after finding him guilty of raping the six-year-old girl […]

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JNUSU President sent to three-day police custody

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JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy for holding an anti-national event inside the university premises, was today remanded to three-day police custody by a Delhi court. Kanhaiya was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen where the police sought his custodial interrogation for five days to ascertain the […]

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4 suspected ISIS operatives sent to NIA custody

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A suspected ISIS operative arrested for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strikes in India was today remanded to NIA custody till February 19 by a Delhi court. Azhar Iqbal, who was arrested from Madhya Pradesh by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), was produced before District Judge Amar Nath during in-camera proceedings and according to […]

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