Page 1207 - Law Crime
Setback for Pak, decks cleared to repatriate Dawood's key associate to India
In a major diplomatic victory for India over Pakistan, a criminal court in Thailand has ruled that a henchman of Dawood Ibrahim's criminal syndicate is not a Pakistani, but an Indian citizen.Sayyed Muzakkir Muddassar Hussain, who is also known by aliases Mohammad Saleem and Munna Jhingra, is a senior D-Company operative and is a close associate of India's most wanted underworld criminals, Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel.He entered Bangkok on a fake Pakistani passport and has been in a prison there since September 2000 for plotting to kill Chhota Rajan, rival of Dawood Ibrahim.Jhingra, whose father Muddassar Nussain had deep links in 1993 Mumbai blast, had the patronage of the ISI, which had been pushing for a reduction in the sentence given to Jhingra through sustained efforts by the Pakistan Embassy, not just through the Thai Foreign Ministry but also through informal channels.As a result, the Pakistan Embassy succeeded in obtaining two Royal pardons for Munna Jhingra and his jail .
Notorious Sri Lankan monk sentenced to rigorous imprisonment in contempt case
A Sri Lankan court today sentenced a firebrand Buddhist monk to six-years' rigorous imprisonment for contempt of court and ordered his immediate arrest. Galagodatte Gnanasara had already been sentenced to six months in June for threatening the wife of a journalist in court premises. He later got bail for the offence. Gnanasara who headed the extremist Buddhist nationalist group Bodu Bala Sena (Forces of Buddhist Power) was charged of carrying out threats against the Muslim minority and for contempt of court. The Court of Appeal today handed Gnanasara additional sentence after finding him guilty for 4 counts. All sentences will run concurrently for a maximum jail sentence of six years. The Appellate Court also ordered the immediate arrest of Gnanasara Thero who was out on bail pending the appeal after he was convicted by a lower court in May. A 3-member bench charged him for misbehavior in court in 2015 when military suspects for abduction and disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda, a ...
Man shot dead in south Delhi, 2 arrested
Two persons were arrested and a juvenile was apprehended after a man was allegedly shot dead in south Delhi, police said today. The incident happened in Tigri area last night at around 10 pm after a fight broke out between some youths. The victim and the accused are distant relatives and it seems to be a case of personal enmity, they said. The deceased have had criminal cases in the past, they added.
Former Malaysian PM Najib charged with money-laundering
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was on Wednesday charged with three counts of money laundering in connection with a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
SC questions government's stand on adultery laws
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the government's stand defending the adultery law that punishes a married man for having sexual relationship with a married woman.
SC seeks J&K's response on 'custodial torture' of Kathua witness
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Jammu and Kashmir government's response on a habeas corpus plea in the alleged "custodial torture" of Talib Hussain, a key member in the agitation seeking justice for the Kathua gang rape-murder victim.
Man arrested for 5-yr-old crime in Rajouri
A man accused of committing a crime five years ago has been arrested in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Based on credible information, the police laid a trap and apprehended the accused last night, the official added. The accused was identified as Mohd Khalil, resident of Panjgrain village of Manjakot. He will be produced before the competent court today, the official said. Khalil is involved in a trespassing case dating back to 2013. Cases were booked against him under sections 336 (endangering life or personal safety of others) and 447 (punishment for criminal trespass) under Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).
What public good law on adultery serves, asks SC
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre "what public good" the penal law on adultery served as it provides that no offence would be made if the husband of a woman approves the adulterous relationship. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which is hearing petitions challenging Section 497 of the IPC, was told by the Centre that adultery is a crime because it damages marriage as an institution and family. Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, appearing for the Centre, commenced her arguments by saying that adultery has been made an offence by keeping in mind the sanctity of marriage as an institution. "What is the sanctity of marriage here. If consent of husband is taken then there is no adultery," the bench said. "What is this consent. There will be no offence if the husband consents to this relationship. What is this? What is the collective public good in section 497 to hold that this (adultery) is an offence," the bench, also comprising Justices R
Senior Zimbabwe opposition figure Biti arrested at border: lawyer
Senior Zimbabwean opposition figure Tendai Biti was arrested as he tried to flee to neighbouring Zambia to seek asylum, his lawyer said today. Biti allegedly faces charges for inciting violence over the disputed result of last week's elections. "He was arrested at the Zambian border," Biti's lawyer Nqobizitha Mlilo told AFP, adding by text message that he was trying to seek asylum.
Woman raped in moving train in MP
A labourer has been arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman in a moving train in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, police said today. The woman, a ragpicker, boarded the empty general compartment of the Vindhyachal Express from the Madan Mahal station in Jabalpur city on Monday evening. After the train left the station at around 8.40 pm, the victim fell asleep, following which the accused allegedly raped her, said Y Mishra, station in-charge, Government Railway Police (GRP), Jabalpur. A railway police officer, who was on duty in the train, rescued the woman and caught Umesh Valmiki (32), a labourer. The victim alighted at a station in Katni district and registered a complaint at the GRP police station there, Mishra said. A case has been registered under various sections and a probe is on, he added.
woman sexually assaulted by neighbour
A 23-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by a neighbour and blackmailed after making a video of the act in Budhana town of the western Uttar Pradesh district, police said today. The accused, identified as Tinu, is on the run. The woman filed a complaint with the police yesterday alleging that the accused sexually assaulted her and threatened to put a video of the act on social media. Police inspector Jai Bhagwan Yadav said a case has been registered and efforts were on to nab the accused.
Delhi HC decriminalises begging in national capital
The Delhi High Court today decriminalised begging in the national capital, saying provisions penalising the act were unconstitutional and deserved to be struck down. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the inevitable consequence of this decision would be that prosecution under the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act against persons alleged to have committed the offence of begging would be liable to be struck down. The court said the Delhi government is at liberty to bring in alternative legislation to curb any racket of forced begging after undertaking an empirical examination on the sociological and economic aspect of the matter. The bench said the provision which treats begging as an offence or deals with ancillary issues like power of officers to deal with this offence, as extended to Delhi, "are unconstitutional and are struck down". The court made it clear that the provision of the Act which do not directly or indirectly criminalise begging or
Malaysia ex-PM pleads not guilty to money laundering charges
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty today to three new money-laundering charges related to the alleged multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund that led to his stunning electoral defeat three months ago. Dressed in a grey suit, Najib was calm and spoke softly as he entered his plea in the High Court. He has previously accused Malaysia's new government of seeking political vengeance and vowed to clear his name in his trial. Najib, 65, had pleaded not guilty last month to abuse of power and three counts of criminal breach of trust. All of the charges against him involve the transfer of 42 million ringgit ($10.3 million) into his bank accounts from SRC International, a former unit of the 1MDB fund that international investigators say was looted of billions by Najib's associates. Abuse of power and breach of trust carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each count. Each money-laundering count carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison .
Man who set afire 40-year-old woman, her two kin held in UP
A man, who had set ablaze a 40-year-old woman, with whom he was having an extramarital affair, and her two kin here in Maharashtra, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh, an official said today. The accused, Jalaluddin Khan (55), had set afire the woman, Sangita Suresh Devre, her married daughter and infant granddaughter at her home in Panchavati locality here on Monday after an argument. While the nine-month-old infant and Devre died, the third victim, who suffered 80 per cent burn injuries, was admitted to the Nashik Civil Hospital, where her condition was stated to be serious, Panchavati police station in-charge Madhukar Kad said. Following the incident, the man, who is married, fled to Aligarh in UP. The Nashik Police managed to trace him and arrested him from Aligarh last evening, Kad said. The accused has been booked under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder), he said. Khan was having an affair with Devre for the last one year. They had a heated argument
Former Malaysian PM charged with money laundering
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was on Wednesday charged in a Kuala Lumpur court on three new counts related to a corruption scandal linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund.
CBI officers under agency's scanner in bribery case
The CBI has booked a caterer in Delhi's Chanakyapuri and some others for allegedly attempting to influence a case being probed by the agency to help the accused in return for huge bribe, officials said, adding that searches are going on at multiple locations today. The role of some CBI officers is also under the scanner of the agency, they said. It is alleged that the CBI, while probing a corruption case against Vivek Batra, an IRS officer, had called for questioning the employees of a company, Viraj Profiles, in which he is understood to have invested his ill-gotten wealth, they said. Rakesh Tiwari, who runs a catering service in the upmarket Nehru Park in the Chanakyapuri area, was in touch with Neeraj Raja Kochar, an employee of the company and co-accused in the case, for facilitating "relief" and providing case-related "sensitive information" to him, they said. The agency has alleged that Tiwari accepted huge illegal gratification from Kochar to induce and influence CBI officers ..
Kathua rape: SC issues notice to J-K govt on habeas corpus petition
In the latest development in the alleged Kathua rape and murder case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir government on the habeas corpus petition filed by the family member of the witness, Talib Hussain.The next hearing on the case will be held on August 21. The state of Jammu and Kashmir will file its response on the mentioned date.The petition was filed before the apex court seeking an urgent hearing against the alleged torture meted out to social activist Hussain by the Jammu and Kashmir police.The petitioner claimed that when Hussain was helping the family members of the Kathua victim, the police allegedly picked him up and there was no information as to where he is at present.Hussain is a social activist, who led an agitation seeking justice for the family of the eight-year-old victim.The eight-year-old girl, belonging to a nomadic Muslim tribe, was abducted, drugged, gang-raped, tortured and killed in January.
HC dismisses plea for FIR against Rajasthan CM in land deal
The Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea seeking an FIR and a CBI probe against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her son for allegedly getting compensation of Rs 1.97 crore by selling a piece of government land to NHAI for widening a national highway in 2010. Justice R K Gauba rejected the petition which had also challenged an April 18, 2015 decision of a special CBI court here. The trial court had refused to order a probe into the allegation against Raje and her son, saying no prior sanction was obtained as required under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The high court had earlier asked the prosecution counsel to place before him the notification by which the court was set up. The trial court had dismissed the private complaint by a Rajasthan-based lawyer, saying there was no sanction order to prosecute them under the Prevention of Corruption Act. According to the petition by lawyer Srijana Shrestha, Raje was not a public servant at the time of the alleged commission .
SC seeks J-K govt's reply on plea alleging custodial torture of Kathua case witness
The Supreme Court today sought response from the Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea by Talib Hussain, a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape-and-murder case, alleging custodial torture by the state police in an alleged fake rape case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission of senior advocate Indira Jaising that Hussain had been brutally tortured in police custody and judicial intervention was needed. The bench also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked the senior lawyer to explain as to how a writ of habeas corpus (produce the body) can be filed in the present case as the accused, Hussain, is in lawful custody of the police. Jaising referred to a Supreme Court judgement and said that such a petition can be filed even in case of custodial torture. The bench asked the state government to file the response in a week and asked the lawyers to serve a copy of the petition on the advocate general of the state. It also ...
Kanwariyas vandalised car in Delhi
Violence broke out in South Moti Bagh area on Tuesday afternoon after a group of Kanwariyas vandalised vehicle and broke windscreen and windows.The group, armed with iron rods and sticks, smashed the car after a driver allegedly tried to brush past one of them while moving on a busy road.The video of the incident, which took place around 5 pm, is doing rounds on social media.Speaking to media, West Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police said, there were two people sitting in the car when the Kanwariyas attacked."Both- a man and a woman managed to escape the spot and didn't sustain any injuries."The officer also added that the occupants of the car refused to file the complaint against the perturbed group.The police is yet to make an arrest into the matter.