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65-yr-old gets 7 yrs jail for trying to rape minor

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A 65-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in jail for trying to rape a minor girl by a Delhi court, which observed that the crime has affected the mind and soul of the victim for which no amount of compensation was sufficient. “The crime of the convict has gone deep into the mind and […]

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11 persons gets life imprisonment for kidnapping

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Eleven persons, including two women, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a district court here for kidnapping an ashram head for ransom and voluntarily causing hurt. Additional District Judge Brajendra Mani Tripathi convicted Hira, Shivam, Mukesh, Mahipal, Vinod, Gopal, Prem Singh, Ratan Singh, Mayabai, Vijaya and Shyamveer and awarded them life imprisonment. He also […]

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Court orders lodging of case against 12 persons

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A local court of Badaun (UP) has ordered lodging of a case against 12 persons, including four policemen, for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 32-year-old woman here. Chief Judicial Magistrate Rup Kishore yesterday ordered lodging of the case. The woman belonging to Behta Pathak village alleged that she and her minor daughter were kidnapped at gun […]

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Life imprisonment for man in rape case

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A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court of Ballia (UP)  for abducting and raping a 19-year-old girl in 2012. Additional Sessions Judge Amarpal Singh yesterday convicted Prassan Dubey and awarded him life imprisonment for abducting and raping the girl.He also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. Two others involved in the […]

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Asaram’s trial to continue at sessions court

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Trial of the sexual assault case against self-styled godman Asaram will now continue in the sessions court here after the August 3 notification of the High Court leading to hearing of the trial in jail premises was withdrawn today. The notification was challenged by the accused in the division bench of high court after which […]

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Court grants 3-month bail to Maoist leader Ghandy

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Top Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy, accused of trying to set up a base for banned outfit CPI (Maoist) here, has been granted interim bail for three months by a Delhi court on health grounds. The court said that 65-year-old Ghandy, who is in custody in this case since September 2009, was suffering from various ailments […]

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Gramin Sewa driver held guilty of insulting woman

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Driver of a Gramin Sewa vehicle, held guilty of making “vulgar remarks” at a woman passenger when she refused to accommodate another person on her seat, has been sentenced till the rising of the court. “The words uttered by the accused describe her body in order to insult her when she did not accommodate one […]

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Three sentenced for life in murder case

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A man and his two sons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court of gonda here in a murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Satyendra Kumar held all the three accused guilty yesterday and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on them. The court directed that half of the penalty amount should be […]

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Uber cab rape: Court waiting for case file from SC

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For the second time in a week, a Delhi court had to put off hearing final arguments today in the Uber cab rape case, in which a woman executive was allegedly raped by the driver last year, as it did not receive the case file and other records from the Supreme Court. Additional Sessions Judge […]

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Court upholds jail term of man

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A Delhi court has refused to set aside the jail term awarded to a convict for molesting a seven -year-old girl, saying the fact that she gave her statement in writing as it “made her fearful” about testifying “negates the grant of any leniency” to him. District and Sessions Judge Anu Malhotra dismissed the plea […]

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Real-estate broker acquitted of rape charge

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A real-estate broker, accused of raping a woman while helping her hunt a house on rent here, has been acquitted by a Delhi court after she turned hostile. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt absolved the man, a resident of Najafgarh here, of the rape charge saying the complainant deposed “totally contrary to prosecution case”. “It […]

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Court acquits two women in theft case

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Two women, accused of stealing gold jewellery from a lady after making her unconscious in south Delhi, have been acquitted by a court here which said the alleged victim failed to inform police about the incident till a month. Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav absolved the women of the charges under sections 328(causing hurt by […]

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