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Woman gets life term for killing, burying husband

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A woman was today awarded life term by district court for killing her husband, an Army jawan, and burying the body in the bathroom of their house at Ganganagar locality here. Justice Ramkishan Gautam pronounced Varsha guilty of murdering her husband on March 24, 2012 and imposed a fine of Rs. 25,000, according to Public […]

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20 years’ imprisonment for three in rape case

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The Punjab court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Virinder Aggarwal today sentenced the three accused in last year’s gang-rape case of a minor Dalit girl of Gandhar village to 20 years imprisonment. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 80,000 each on the accused that has to be given to the victim’s family.The […]

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25-yr-old sentenced 10 yrs in jail in acid attack case

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A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by a Muzaffarnagar court in a 2012 acid attack case. District Judge Rajbir Singh pronounced Pawan Kumar guilty of throwing acid on two women on December 12, 2012 under sections 326 and 307 the IPC and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. […]

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Sattor woman remanded to judicial custody

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A woman, who had accused the police of torturing her, has been remanded in judicial custody along with five others after they were arrested for allegedly blocking a highway and attacking the police with bombs. Hitunnesha Bibi, who is a relative of a BJP activist, her husband Seikh Sabir and mother-in law Najera Bibi, who […]

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Court rejects plea against security to MPs facing criminal

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A Delhi court today dismissed a plea seeking an order to restrain the police and other central forces from providing security to Member of Parliament (MPs) against whom criminal cases are pending. The plea was filed in the court last year in which the petitioner had cited media reports that several MPs were elected in […]

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Coalscam: Court allows CBI’s plea to place fresh documents

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A special court has allowed a plea filed byCBI seeking its permission to place on record some fresh documents and adding names of six more witnesses in acoal block allocation case involving Delhi-based Rathi Steel and Power Limited (RSPL) and its three officials. The agency had moved an application before Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar […]

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11 get life sentence in 2005 caste clash case in UP

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11 persons have been sentenced to life imprisonemnt by a Ballia court in a decade-old triple murder case in Dahturi Tola village. On June 11 2005, two groups belonging to different castes had clashed following a dispute over plucking of mangos in Beria police station area leading to the murder of Abhay Singh of one […]

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Toll plaza shooting: Iqbal gets bail

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A local court has granted bail to former member of state planning commission Mohammad Iqbal who was arrested on June 17 in connection with a firing incident at a toll plaza here. District Judge Jaisheel Pathak yesterday granted bail to Iqbal after seeing the CCTV footage “in which it became evident that though he was present […]

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Gangrape case:Danish woman appears in court

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A 52-year-old Danish woman, who was allegedly gangraped by eight persons in Delhi last year, today appeared in a Delhi court which commenced recording of her statement. The woman came to the court from Denmark in pursuance of summons issued earlier and her statement is being recorded before Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja in an […]

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Journalist acquitted in friend’s death case

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A local court today acquitted journalist Priyabhansu in connection with the mysterious death of his girlfriend Nirupama Pathak, also a journalist, five years ago. Following the trial, the court of Additional District and Session Judge Arun Kumar Singh acquitted Priyabhansu in the death case of Nirupama, who was found dead in her house on April […]

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Acid attack accused let off as victim untraceable

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An acid attack accused has been acquitted as the victim remained untraceable with a Delhi court saying that the “sword” of the case could not be kept “hanging on the accused for eternity”. Metropolitan Magistrate Dheeraj Mor, while granting the accused benefit of doubt, said that the prosecution has failed to discharge the onus placed […]

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IPL spot-fixing case : Court sets July 25 for framing charges

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A court hearing the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing case on Monday set July 25 for framing charges in the matter. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna deferred till July 25 the court order on finalising the charges in the case. The court also fixed July 13 for clarification if required in the matter. Delhi […]

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