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Court frees man of rape charges, says woman was mature enough

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A man has been acquitted of the charges of raping and threatening a 30-year-old doctor, with a court here saying that physical relations between the two were consensual and the woman was mature enough to understand what was happening. It also observed that the woman, a dentist in a central government hospital, here had already […]

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Court notice to jail authority on plea alleging threat to MLA

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An advocate today claimed that AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar, arrested on rape charges, was beaten up in prison, but the sacked minister’s wife denied the allegation saying it was a “political conspiracy” as the lawyer had not been appointed by him. Hours after Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry issued notice to jail superintendent on the plea […]

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Sacked AAP Minister’s PC extended by a day

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Sacked Delhi Minister and AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar, arrested on rape charges on the complaint of a woman, was today remanded to one-day police custody by a court here after police said he was not cooperating in the probe. Kumar, 36, was produced before Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry on expiry of three-day police custody and […]

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Court frames rape charges against Narayan Sai

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A local court on of Surat, Tuesday framed charges against self-styled godman Asaram’s sonNarayan Sai and his nine accomplices in an alleged rape case filed by a city-based woman. The charges were framed by additional district sessions court judge H S Muliya against Sai, who is under arrest since December 2013. The court posted further hearing for […]

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Rape accused IAS officer declared absconder

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A local court has declared suspended IAS official B B Mohanty, who is facing rape charges, an absconder and also issued standing arrest warrant against him. The court of additional chief Judicial Magistrate issued the standing arrest warrant against Mohanty on Tuesday under Section 83 of CrPC after he failed to appear before it on […]

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Bombay High Court acquits teacher of rape charges

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Maharashtra: A science teacher has been acquitted by the Bombay High court here for the charges of  raping a student at his house on the ground that the prosecution had failed to establish the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt. Accordingly, the court set aside the 10-year jail term imposed by a sessions court on 28-year-old Dharmaraj Ganpatil, […]

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