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Court discharges two men in rape case citing call detail record

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New Delhi:A Delhi court has discharged two people in a case of rape and recording a video of the incident, noting that documentary and scientific evidence ruled out the allegations. Additional Sessions Judge Anu Grover Baliga granted relief to a Haryana resident, accused of rape, and his cousin, who had allegedly recorded video of the […]

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Court discharges two men in rape case citing call detail record

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New Delhi:A Delhi court has discharged two people in a case of rape and recording a video of the incident, noting that documentary and scientific evidence ruled out the allegations. Additional Sessions Judge Anu Grover Baliga granted relief to a Haryana resident, accused of rape, and his cousin, who had allegedly recorded video of the […]

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Rape case: SC relief to film maker, acquittal upheld

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 ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui today got a major relief from the Supreme Court which dismissed an American woman’s plea challenging a Delhi High Court verdict acquitting him in a rape case. The top court said they were “good friends” and she had even expressed her “love” to him after the alleged incident. It also […]

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HC dismisses Tejpal plea seeking quashing of rape, other charges

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The High Court of Bombay at Goa today dismissed a petition filed by Tehelka’s former editor- in-chief Tarun Tejpal seeking the quashing of rape and other charges levelled against him by a former woman colleague. Justice Nutan Sardesai dismissed the petition filed by Tejpal, who is accused of raping the woman during an event in […]

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Verdict in Dalit woman rape-murder case today

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A court here is set to pronounce tomorrow the verdict in the case related to sensational rape and murder of a Dalit woman which was in focus during the campaign for the Kerala Assembly elections last year. Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court had on December 6 completed the hearing in the case and posted it for […]

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Man gets 14 years in jail for raping 8-year old neighbour girl

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A Delhi court has sent a 40- year old man to jail for 14 years for raping an 8-year old girl, saying such people had perverted minds, carried “animal streak” who would ravish anyone. Asserting that they should be dealt with firmly, Additional Sessions Judge Seema Maini, while awarding rigorous imprisonment to north Delhi resident […]

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Delhi court acquits man of cheating, raping woman

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A Delhi court has acquitted a man of the charge of raping and deceitfully marrying a woman he met through a matrimonial website after she failed to support the prosecution case. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain absolved the man of the charges of rape, unnatural sex and concealing his first marriage, observing that the complainant […]

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SC to decide on early hearing of Asaram’s bail pleaSC to decide on early hearing of Asaram’s bail plea

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The Supreme Court today said it will decide on self-styled preacher Asaram’s plea for early hearing of his bail application in an alleged rape case lodged in Gujarat. “I will see to it,” Chief Justice Dipak Misra, heading a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said when counsel for Asaram said […]

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Judicial remand of IGP,7 cops in custodial death case extended

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A special CBI court today extended up to October 23 the judicial remand of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Z H Zaidi, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Manoj Joshi and six other policemen in the case of custodial death of an accused in the rape-and-murder of a teenage girl in Kotkhai in Himachal Pradesh. The […]

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Langah surrenders before Gurdaspur court

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Former Akali minister Sucha Singh Langah, who had been on the run after a rape case was registered against him, today surrendered before the district court here. Punjab Police had been conducting raids to trace him. “He (Langah) surrendered today in the district court here,” Gurdaspur SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar said. Langah was booked by […]

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Goa court frames charges against Tarun Tejpal in rape case

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A Goa court today framed charges of rape and wrongful confinement against Tarun Tejpal, the founder of Tehelka magazine, in connection with an alleged rape case filed against him in 2013, paving the way for his trial. Tejpal, 54, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. The next hearing in the case in the district court […]

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Bombay HC refuses to stay framing of charges against Tejpal

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The Bombay High Court today refused to stay the framing of charges against Tarun Tejpal in a case of alleged rape, and issued a notice to the Goa government seeking its response to the senior journalist’s plea. The district court in Mapusa had on September 7 refused to drop the charges against Tejpal, who has […]

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