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Man gets 10 years jail term for killing suspected thief

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A man has been awarded a 10-year jail term for beating a suspected thief to death by a Delhi court which observed that he had no business to become a supreme authority and take law into his hands to commit a “fiendish act having shades of stone age”. The court, however, reduced the charge of […]

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BoB case:Court extends by 6 days ED custody of 4 accused

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A Delhi court today extended by six days the ED custody of four persons, including an HDFC bank employee, arrested on money laundering charges in the Rs 6,000-crore remittances case of a Bank of Baroda (BoB) branch. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the court that it has ascertained the money trail of Rs 600 crore […]

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Ignoring HC warning, Asaram speaks to media

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Warning from the Rajasthan High Court notwithstanding, self-styled godman Asaram, accused of sexual assault on a teenaged girl, talked to the media here even as trial in the case failed to progress today as the investigation officer did not turn up. Despite the high court warning him to keep his mouth shut in front of […]

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Gagrape of 5-yr-old: 3 men sent to judicial custody

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Three persons, arrested for allegedly gangraping a five-year-old girl yesterday, were today remanded in 14-day judicial custody by Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala sent the three accused to judicial custody till October 31 after they were produced in the court by the Delhi Police. The police told the court that Prakash, Sitaram and […]

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Two sentenced for life in murder case

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Two persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here in a loot and murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Chandrodaya Kumar sentenced Sanjay Kumar Pandey and Aqeel Khan to life imprisonment yesterday. In June 2000, Ejaz Mohammad was shot dead by armed robbers when he was returning home after which his son Azad Ali […]

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Eight sentenced for life in murder case

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Eight persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court of Bahraich (UP) in a 14-year-old murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Narendra Kumar Singh held Rajaram, Bade Babu, Ramtej, Nathu Ram Tiwari, Badluram, Umanath, Brijnandan and Dinesh Tiwari guilty yesterday. While one accused died during trial, case of another is being heard by Juvenile Justice Board. […]

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Rigorous imprisonment for rape and killing woman

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A person was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for raping and killing a woman in Assam’s Kamrup (Rural) district. Rangiya District and Sessions Judge Dibyajyoti Mahanta yesterday sentenced Dwipen Deka to rigorous life imprisonment and also directed him to pay a fine of Rs 8000 for raping and killing a woman in 2001. The court […]

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Truck operator sentenced for life for killing driver

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A truck operator was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court of Muzaffarnagar(UP) for killing a driver six years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Arvind Rai also slapped a fine of Rs 22,000 on the convict Satnam Singh yesterday after holding him guilty. Singh had killed the driver, Kashmir Singh, and looted 400 bags of cement on […]

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Five persons sentenced to life imprisonment

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Five persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court of Jajpur,Odisha for the murder of a businessman three years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Rohitlal Panda yesterday convicted Meherban Ali, Sultan Ali, Bebula Ali, Liaquat Ali and Irfan Ali, all aged about 30-35 years and hailing from Matabad village, for the murder […]

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Two get 8-yr RI for dowry death

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A 30-year-old man and his father were today sentenced to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case of dowry death of the former’s wife. The accused, Nelli Mallesham and his parents Nelli Rayamallu (50) and Devamma (48), of Koratapalli village used to harass Mallesham’s wife Nelli Lavanya for dowry, according to assistant sub-inspector, legal cell, […]

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Louis Bribery case: Alemao, Wachasunder get bail

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A special court here today granted bail to former Goa PWD minister Churchill Alemao and former project director Anand Wachasundar in the Louis Berger pay-off scandal, where the US firm has been charged with bribing Indian officials with several crores of rupees to win two major water developmental projects in Goa and Guwahati. The Rs […]

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Coal scam: Court to hear arguments on charges from Dec 7

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Arguments on framing of charges in a coal scam case in which Congress MP Vijay Darda and six others, including ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta, are accused, would begin before a special court in December. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar posted the matter for arguments after the counsel appearing for the accused informed the court […]

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