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The Bombay High Court orders life sentence to man for killing wife’s lover

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Relying on the testimony of three eyewitnesses, the Bombay High Court has confirmed the life sentence imposed by a sessions court on a 34-year-old man hailing from Sangli district of Maharashtra for stabbing to death his wife’s paramour almost a decade ago. “We believe the testimony of eyewitnesses who saw Suresh Patil fatally injuring Bhagwan […]

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JD(U) MLA sent to jail

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A local court has remanded influential JD(U) MLA Anant Singh to 14 days’ judicial custody in connection with a kidnapping case at Bihta. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Danapur Tribhuvan Nath late last night remanded Singh to 14-day judicial custody, in the case at Bihta in rural Patna in last year. As Singh, MLA from […]

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HC to hear PIL on journalist in August

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The Allahabad High Court today fixed first week of August as the next date of hearing on a PIL seeking directions for a CBI probe into the killing of a Shahjahanpur-based journalist. The date was fixed by a vacation bench of justices Arun Tandon and Anil Kumar after Additional Advocate General Bulbul Godiyal submitted that […]

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Man convicted in 4-yr-old murder case

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A local court today convicted a man in connection with a four-year-old murder case in Parsudih, on the outskirts of the steel city, in East Singhbum district. Additional District Judge II, N K Sinha convicted Prasant Hembram for the murder of one Shyam Murmu under section 302 IPC. The quantum of sentence will be announced […]

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SC notice to centre, UP over journalist’s killing

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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central Government and the UP government on a PIL seeking CBI probe into the killing of journalist Jagendra Singh allegedly at the behest of UP minister Ram Murti Verma. The apex court vacation Bench headed by Justice M.Y. Eqbal issued notice on a PIL after senior […]

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Increasing crimes against property can’t be ignored

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Rising trend of crime against property can’t be ignored and innocent persons need to be protected from “frivolous elements of the society” who usurp property through forged means, a Delhi court has said. The court’s observations came while upholding six months jail term to a woman for forging documents to acquire a property of a […]

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Youth gets 19 months in jail for kidnapping minor

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A youth, convicted for kidnapping a 15-year-old girl, has been awarded a 19-month jail term by a Delhi court while taking into consideration his young age and the fact that he did not misbehave with the victim. Additional Sessions Judge Gautam Manan sentenced Delhi resident Dharmender, 20, to the period already spent by him in […]

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Maid murder: Ex-BSP MP Dhananjay to be put of trial

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Former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh was on Friday ordered to be put on trial by a Delhi court on the charge of destruction of evidence in the maid murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal also ordered framing of charges against Dhananjay’s wife Jagriti under various sections of the IPC, including 302 (murder), 506 (criminal […]

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