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Youth convicted in gangrape case

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A youth has been sentenced to ten years in prison by a fast-track court here for raping a 22 year-old girl in 2009. Manish was convicted last evening by judge Gulab Singh, who also imposed a fine of Rs 27,000 on him, according to the prosecution. The girl was gangraped after being abducted on September […]

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Six persons gets life term for murder

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A court here has sentenced six persons, including two women, to life imprisonment in connection with the murderof a 55-year-old woman in 2014. According to prosecution, Ranganayaki was living in a house belong to her and her younger sister Dhanaselvi at Periyarnagar in the district. Dhanaselvi, with an aim of grabbing the house from her […]

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Danish woman gangrape: Police allowed to submit potency report

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Delhi Police was today allowed by a city court to place on record the original medical and potency test report of a 55-year-old man, one of the accused in a case of gangrape of a Danish woman here, who claimed to be impotent. The court said though there was a “lapse” on the part of […]

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Delhi HC commutes death sentence of serial killer, awards life term

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The Delhi High Court today commuted to life capital punishment awarded to serial killer Chandrakant Jha in two identical cases of murder and upheld imprisonment of life till death awarded to him in a third similar case by a trial court here. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and R K Gauba upheld Jhas conviction […]

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22 Shiv Sena men acquitted in rioting, attempt to murder case

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Twenty two Shiv Sena workers and leaders, including Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde and Thane Mayor Sanjay More, were today acquitted by a local court in an attempt to murder and armed rioting case of 2005. In 2005, when the then Shiv Sena leader and corporator Ravindra Phatak quit saffron party and joined Congress along with […]

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Stern sentence should be imposed on drunk drivers : Delhi Court

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The menace of drunken driving has increased alarmingly and severe sentence should be imposed to curb the offence, a Delhi court has observed while noting that the convict has to undergo a jail term. “The menace of drunken driving has assumed alarming proportions and one of the ways to curb it is by imposing severe […]

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Rape case: Conduct of Farooqui’s wife questioned

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A Delhi court today questioned the conduct of the wife of film-maker Mahmood Farooqui, who is facing trial for allegedly raping a US researcher, saying it was unusual of her not to confront her husband after she got to know about the alleged assault. “A wife cannot keep mum for so long when there are […]

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Bombay HC grants bail to acid attack convict Jerrit John

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The Bombay High Court today granted bail to production house owner Jerrit John, convicted for throwing acid at his former girlfriend, after observing that he has already undergone more than three years in jail. Justice Abhay Thipsay asked John to furnish surety of Rs 25,000 and directed him to appear before Dadar police once in […]

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Man freed in rape case as woman says relations were consensual

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A man, accused of raping a woman on the false promise of marriage, has been acquitted after the alleged victim told aDelhi court that the physical relations between them were consensual and now they are happily married. The court also absolved the man’s aunt of charges of abetting the woman’s kidnapping and rape, saying the […]

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HCU row: Suspension of four Dalit scholars revoked, Hyderabad HC told

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Hyderabad Central University (HCU) today informed the Hyderabad High Court that it has revoked suspension of four students, against whom action had been initiated along with Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula, who allegedly committed suicide. The counsel of the four students, who had earlier filed a petition challenging their suspension, however, said that they were not […]

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Sheena Bora murder case: Peter’s judicial remand extended

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A magistrate’s court here on Monday extended the judicial custody of former media baron Peter Mukerjea till February 8, one of the accused in the Sheena Bora murder case. Mukerjea (59), lodged in Arthur Road jail here, was produced before magistrate R V Adone after his earlier judicial remand expired. “His judicial custody is extended […]

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Court remands IS ‘recruiter’ in PC till Jan 30

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A court here today remanded a man, who was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for allegedly “recruiting” boys from suburban Malwani for terror outfit ISIS, in police custody till January 30. Rizwan Ali was arrested yesterday from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, an ATS official said. “The 23-year-old was presented before a holiday magistrate […]

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