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Man jailed for 7 yrs for bid to murder cop

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A Muzaffarnagar court here has sentenced a man to seven years in jail for attempting to murder a police constable. Additional district sessions judge Manoj Kumar sentenced Mehboob to imprisonment for seven years and slapped a fine of Rs 13,000 on him for attempting to murder constable Sanjay Singh. According to prosecution, on April 15, 2013, […]

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4 youths get life term for murdering ex-school mate

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Four youths, all aged 21, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering their former school mate by a court here. Principal District and Sessions Judge Kumara Guru found the youths guilty of hacking to death Ajay Reuban, an engineering student, here on December 31, 2012. The victim was initially rescued by a friend but […]

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Life imprisonment for three in 8-year-old murder case

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Three persons were sentenced to life imprisonment in an eight-year-old murder case by a local court. Additional Session judge SP Mishra yesterday gave life imprisonment to Shelendra, Nirmal and Mahesh for murdering Ran Singh on August 7, 2008. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 13000 each on the convicts. Police said Singh was […]

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Life term for BJP leader in abduction-murder case

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A local court today awarded life sentence to suspended BJP leader Jitendra Swamy in connection with a case of abduction and murder of a man 16 years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Awadhesh Kumar Dubey also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on Swamy, failing which he would have to serve another six months […]

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Three accused in murder case acquitted

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Three persons accused of murdering a youth in Bhiwandi taluka here have been acquitted by the district court which gave them benefit of doubt following a six-year trial in the case. District Judge V V Bambarde observed that the prosecution failed to prove the charges under IPC sections 302 (murder) read with 34 (acts done […]

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Three held guilty of murder

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Muzaffarnagar court has held three persons guilty of murdering a doctor for failing to pay extortion money in Meerut district. Additional district sessions judge D C Singh found Arun, Ajay and Anuradha guilty under section 302 of IPC and said quantum of sentence will be announced on August 20. Dr Dinesh Sharma was shot dead on […]

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Two get life sentence for killing labourer

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A court here today sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of a 35-year-old labourer last year. Additional sessions Judge Mridula V Bhatia sentenced Vicky Thakur (22) and Gopal Giri (37), both residents of Bhiwandi, to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000. They were asked to pay a […]

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Dec 16 gangrape: Convict seeks CJI’s nod to be in SC

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One of the four death row convicts in the sensational December 16 gangrape and murder case has written to the Chief Justice of India T S Thakur, seeking his permission to remain present in the court room during hearings in the matter, his counsel said today. Convict Akshay, who is at present lodged in Tihar […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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Man convicted for staging robbery to kill wife

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A court here today convicted a man along with two others for orchestrating his wife’s death in a fake robbery attempt in 2009. According to police, main accused Jitin Dedhia hired Nazim and Hasruddin Malik to murder his wife Beena as he was in love with his brother-in-law’s wife Rupal Chheda, but Beena refused to […]

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HC upholds Bina Ramani’s discharge in forgery case

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The Delhi High Court has upheld a sessions court’s order discharging socialite Bina Ramani, owner of restro-bar Tamarind Court where model Jessica Lal was shot dead in 1999, in an alleged forgery case. Justice P S Teji said the sessions court decision to set aside the order passed by a magisterial court framing charge under […]

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Man sentenced to life term for killing paramour’s husband

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A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his paramour’s husband in 2009 at Barwala village in the district. Additional District Sessions judge Ravinder Kumar yesterday convicted Sanjiv Kumar to life imprisonment after holding him guilty under IPC section 302 (murder). A fine of Rs 5,500 was also imposed on the convict. According […]

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TN govt challenges acquittal of Kanchi seer in assault case

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The Tamil Nadu government today filed an appeal in the Madras High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Kanchi Sankarachraya Jayendra Saraswathi and eight others accused of all charges, including attempt to murder, in the 2002 Radhakrishnan assault case. Justice R Subbiah, before whom the appeal came up, ordered notice to all the accused, […]

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