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Tihar Jail to High Court: Shahabuddin not in solitary confinement but in high security cell

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Tihar Jail authorities have brushed aside in the Delhi High Court allegations by controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin that he was being kept in solitary confinement and tortured, saying he was lodged in a high security cell with all the facilities given to any other inmate incarcerated there. Taking note of the submission, a bench […]

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Probe concluded in scribe’s murder case: CBI tells SC

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The CBI today informed the Supreme Court that it has concluded the probe into the murder of journalist Rajdev Ranjan and filed a charge sheet against eight accused including RJD strongman Mohd Shahabuddin. Replying to another query by the court, the agency said it has not yet probed the issue relating to media reports featuring […]

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ED files chargesheet against CA in Rs 8,000 cr money

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today filed a chargesheet in a money laundering case against a chartered accountant allegedly linked to RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti. The chargesheet against Rajesh Agarwal in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case was filed before the court of Special Judge Naresh Kumar Malhotra. Misa Bharti is […]

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Sushil Modi records statement in defamation case

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Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today recorded his statement in a Patna court in connection with the defamation case he had filed against two RJD spokespersons for levelling “baseless” and “false” charges against him. Sushil Modi had filed the defamation case on May 2 against Manoj Jha and Chittranjan Gagan, both RJD spokespersons, for […]

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Shahabuddin acquitted by Jharkhand court in triple murder case

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Controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin was today acquitted by a Jharkhand court in a triple murder case involving a railway contractor and a Youth Congress leader 28 years ago due to lack of evidence. Shahabuddin, currently lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with a double murder case that took place in his hometown Siwan in […]

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SC to examine plea for lodging FIR against Lalu’s minister son

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The Supreme Court will examine a plea seeking lodging of FIR against RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s son and Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav, whose photograph was published in media with an alleged sharp shooter close to jailed leader Mohammad Shahabuddin. The apex court, which today ordered shifting of Shahabuddin from Bihar’s Siwan prison to […]

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Shahabuddin’s sharpshooter Mohd Kaif gets bail

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A special CBI court here today granted bail to Mohammad Kaif, alleged sharpshooter of controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin, serving jail in the case of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan’s murder. CBI court judge Anupam Kumari granted bail to Kaif while hearing his bail application. The petitioner had prayed that since no charge sheet has been filed […]

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SC mulls shifting RJD leader Shahabuddin to Tihar jail

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The Supreme Court today mulled shifting RJD strongman Mohd. Shahabuddin, facing trial in 45 criminal cases, from Siwan jail in Bihar to Tihar Central Jail in the national capital saying it is test case for the “concept of fair trial and witness protection”. “This is a case which gives a test for criminal jurisprudence on […]

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Rape case: SC cancels bail granted to RJD MLA

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Suspended RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused of allegedly raping a minor girl, will continue to remain in jail as the Supreme Court today cancelled the bail granted to him by Patna High Court. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and A M Sapre said that they have allowed the appeal of Bihar government, […]

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SC asks RJD MLA to surrender in rape case

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The Supreme Court today directed suspended MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused in a rape case, to surrender before a trial court in Bihar by tomorrow, after suspending a Patna High Court order granting bail to him. A bench, comprising justices A K Sikri and N V Ramana, suspended the High Court granting bail to Yadav […]

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Shahabuddin’s plea for more time to prepare defence rejected

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Witnesses in cases controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin has been facing have been “bumped off”, the Supreme Court said today, rejecting his claim of facing “media trial” in a murder case and his vehement plea for more time to prepare for his defence. Shahabuddin’s claim did not cut much ice with the apex court which asked […]

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Fresh plea in SC against grant of bail to Shahabuddin

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In fresh trouble for RJD leader Mohd Shahabuddin, the mother of three youths who were brutally killed by henchmen of the controversial politician has moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in the case in which he has already been sentenced to life. The woman, whose two sons were killed and […]

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