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Police custody of former IAF official extended

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A Delhi court today remanded a former IAF official, arrested for allegedly sharing secret information with Pakistan’s ISI, to two more days of police custody to enable the agency to interrogate him in connection with the Pathankot terror attack. Metropolitan Magistrate Dheeraj Mittal allowed the custodial interrogation of Ranjith KK till January 4 after Delhi […]

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Labourer gets 10 yrs RI for sexually assaulting child

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A labourer has been sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a court of Tiruvarur (TN) for sexually assaulting a two-and-half year old girl in 2013. Fast Track Mahila Court and Sessions Judge R Anburaj held Selvaraj of Nedupadigal village guilty of sexually assaulting the child and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. According […]

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Double murder case: Chintan’s police custody extended till Jan 4

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A Mumbai court today extended the police custody of Chintan Upadhayay, accused of killing his wife, installation artist Hema and her lawyer Haresh Bhambhani, till January 4. Kandivali Police produced Chintan before the Borivali Metropolitan Court this morning and sought further police custody as his remand ended today. Police also moved an application seeking narco […]

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Southern Railway official gets 1 year RI in graft case

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A special CBI court today sentenced a senior Southern Railway official to rigorous imprisonment for a year in a corruption case. Additional Special Judge V Sofana Devi also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on V Nagarajan, Technical Head (Loco Works), Mechanical Testing Laboratories, a CBI release said. He was arrested on December 13, 2012 […]

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Postal officer gets 3-year RI for accepting bribe

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A special CBI court here today sentenced a postal department official to three years rigourous imprisonment for taking bribe to process a job aspirant’s application. Special CBI Judge Rajiv Kumar Ayachi also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Sub-Divisional Inspector A S Baria after convicting him of offences under relevant sections of the Prevention […]

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Madan’s bail plea rejected, custody extended till Jan 14

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A city court today rejected the bail plea of Trinamool Congress leader and former West Bengal minister Madan Mitra, an accused in the Saradha chit fund scam, and extended his judicial custody by another 14 days till January 14. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sougata Roy Chowdhury passed the order after Mitra’s counsel pressed for bail […]

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Man gets 7-year RI for rape

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A special court has sentenced a man to seven-year rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl in Churah tehsil of Chamba district in March this year. Special Judge, Chamba, Padam Singh has convicted accused Des Raj, a resident of village Kathla falling in Churah tehsil of Chamba district, for offences under sections 376 (rape), 342 (unlawful […]

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Kunal Ghosh, Sudipta Sen’s JC extended

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A Kolkata court today extended the judicial remand of suspended Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, Saradha group chairman Sudipta Sen and his close associate Debjani Mukherjee till January 11 next year. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arvind Mishra passed the order. The counsel for the accused trio expressed opposition when CBI said it was ready to […]

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Charge sheet against 68 in JK rehabilitation scam

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A charge sheet has been filed against 68 people, including four officers of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), in a three-year-old criminal conspiracy case related to rehabilitation of dislocated shopkeepers here. Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) filed the charge sheet in the court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption against the SMC officials and other beneficiaries, […]

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Espionage case: sacked IAF officer sent to 4-day PC

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A Delhi court today remanded to four days police custody a dismissed Air Force official who was arrested for allegedly sharing secret information with intelligence operatives suspected to be backed by Pakistan’s ISI after being “honeytrapped” into an espionage racket. Metropolitan Magistrate Punit Pahwa sent Ranjith KK, who was a leading aircraft man with the […]

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Four get 7-year jail term for robbery

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Four persons were sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a local court for robbing a farmer in 2006. Additional Sessions Judge of Sambalgarh tehsil R R Bhadoria also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts. They robbed a farmer, Ramdayal Dhakat, of Rs 90,000 on June 15, 2006 after threatening him with […]

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Sheena murder: Peter’s judicial custody extended till Jan 11

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A magistrate court here today extended the judicial custody of former media baron Peter Mukerjea till January 11 in the Sheena Bora murder case. “The judicial custody is extended till January 11,” ordered magistrate R V Adone after Peter’s 14-day custody granted on December 14, expired today. Though Peter was not brought in the court, […]

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