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BJP leader's brother booked for 'derogatory' remarks against JK CM
An FIR was today registered against the brother of senior BJP leader Lal Singh after a video showing him using derogatory language against Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during a rally here went viral. A case under section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of Ranbir Penal Code and Section 66A of the Information Technology Act was registered against Singh's brother, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Shridhar Patil told PTI. He said the police has started the investigation in the case. Singh, former state minister, had yesterday led a massive rally from Lakhanpur to Hiranagar in Kathua district to press for CBI probe into the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in January. The 26-second video clip purportedly shot during the 'Dogri Swabhiman' rally shows Choudhary Rajinder Singh, younger brother of Lal Singh, atop a vehicle and using abusive language against the chief minister. A group of people on foot can be seen enjoying ...
BRD Medical College case: HC rejects bail plea of college clerk
The Allahabad High Courttoday rejected the bail plea of Sudhir Kumar Pandey, a clerk at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur, where over 30 children had died due to alleged disruption in oxygen supply in August last year. Justice Yashwant Varma rejected Pandey's bail application. The petitioner had contended that he had been languishing in jail for seven months and that he had no role in the incident. An FIR was registered on August 23, 2017 against nine persons in connection with the incident at the BRD Medical College.
Three held for burglaries in Connaught Place showrooms
Three persons have been arrested on charges of committing burglaries in showrooms in Connaught place in the heart of Delhi, police said on Monday.
Another molestation video goes viral in Bihar, two arrested
Two persons have been arrested here in connection with thrashing and trying to disrobe a young woman, the video of which had gone viral on social media, a senior police official said today. An FIR was registered under the IT Act and relevant sections of the IPC at the Wazirganj police station by the SHO after the video wherein a group of men are seen thrashing the woman and trying to disrobe her, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya, Rajiv Mishra said. He said two persons - Vijay Yadav and Suresh Chaudhary - whose faces were clearly visible in the video footage, have been arrested. Both the arrested accused are residents of Tarwan village and based on their interrogation other accomplices would be nabbed, the SSP said. He also said that the victim has been identified and efforts were on to contact her. She was beaten up, along with her boyfriend, when the assailants spotted the two together and felt distrubed that the girl was bringing dishnour to the village. This is .
Never involved in or associated with acquisition of properties in London: Sharif
Pakistan's ousted premier Nawaz Sharif today denied ownership or any link with the purchase of properties in London as he recorded his statement before the accountability court here in a corruption case spiralling from the Panama Papers scandal. The Avenfield case is one of the three cases filed against Sharif, 68, and his family following the July 28 verdict of the Supreme Court, which had disqualified him and ordered institution of cases. Sharif, his daughter Maryam, sons Hassan and Hussain and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar are accused in the case that is based on allegation that the properties in London were bought in 1990s with the corruption money when Sharif twice served as premier. The court last week ordered Sharif, Maryam and Safdar to record final statements in their defense after a 19 prosecution witness testified in the case. Hassan and Hussain were not called as they were already declared as absconders. Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir had prepared a questionnaire .
US: Pregnant woman, dad shot and critically hurt on wedding day
Authorities say a street shooting in the US city of Philadelphia has left a pregnant woman and her father critically injured on the day she was married. The shooting occurred shortly before 10:30 pm yesterday. Authorities say the shooters fired at least 18 shots from two separate semi-automatic weapons before they fled the scene on foot. Authorities say a 23-year-old woman, who is about five months pregnant with twins, was shot in the leg and hip. Her 74-year-old father was shot twice in the back. The two were driven to a hospital in a private car and remained there in critical condition. Their names and further details on their injuries have not been released. Authorities say the motive for the shooting appears to be "domestic in nature.
Four held for ragpicker's killing in Gujarat
Police on Monday arrested four persons for brutally beating to death a Dalit ragpicker near Rajkot city in Gujarat on suspicion of theft.
Bank fraud: NBWs issued against Gujarat firm's director
A Delhi court has issued open ended non-bailable warrants against two persons, including a director of a Gujarat pharma firm, in a Rs 5,000 crore money laundering probe case. Additional Sessions Judge Siddharth Sharma issued the warrant against Sterling Biotech Ltd (SBL) director Dipti Chetan Sandesara in the case. The court issued another open ended non-bailable warrant (NBW) against her brother Hiteshkumar Narendrabhai Patel, after special public prosecutor Nitesh Rana, appearing for ED, said the two of them had played an active and instrumental role in laundering of money and are likely to have left the country. Unlike a non-bailable warrant, an open ended NBW does not carry a time limit for execution. Rana told the court that several summons were issued by ED against both of them but they did not reply to any. They were evading investigation and their absence was delaying the ongoing probe. "The accused have prima-facie committed the offence of money laundering having ...
UP-HC-UNNAO
The Allahabad High Court today sought the CBI's response to an affidavit filed by mother of the Unnao rape victim alleging that the agency is not conducting a fair investigation into her husband's murder. The high court also stayed the hearing under POCSO Act at Unnao in the rape case in which BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is an accused along with others as the state counsel informed the court that the UP government has agreed to transfer the matter from Unnao to Lucknow following a CBI plea. The CBI told the HC that the case is now before the Special CBI Court at Lucknow after it took over the investigation, and the matter under POCSO Act which is before an Unnao court should also be transferred to the CBI court in Lucknow. After the UP government counsel said that the state was ready to transfer the case, the bench comprising chief justice DB Bhosale and justice Suneet Kumar stayed the hearing in the Unnao court, pending a decision on the CBI's transfer plea. The court also ...
Schoolboy's death: Accused to be tried as adult, says court
A 16-year-old student, accused of killing seven-year-old school mate at a private school, will be tried as an adult in the sensational murder case, a sessions court held today. Upholding the decision of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu said the juvenile board has taken into consideration all materials placed before it to establish "the physical and mental capacity to commit the crime" and there was no need for any intervention. "The order of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) is legal, correct and holds merit. The order warrants no interference. The JJB has taken into consideration all the materials placed before it from the psychological and sociological findings and therefore it requires no intervention at this stage. "There is sufficient material to establish that the physical and mental capacity to commit the crime and understand its consequences and hence the accused comes within the parameters of the newly amended Juvenile Justice ...
Wazirganj molestation case: Six identified, two arrested
The Police on Monday registered an FIR against six men and arrested two, in connection with the Wazirganj molestation case, after videos showing the minor girl being assaulted by the accused went viral on social networking sites.In the two horrific videos, the men were seen dragging the girl as she cried for mercy.Efforts are on to continue the arrest of the remaining accused."An FIR has been registered against 6 people and 2 have been arrested in one case and culprits are being identified in the second case. Strict action will be taken against the accused," informed SK Singhal, additional Director General of Police.Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi appealed to the public to be aware and help the authorities reduce such incidents.He said, "The government has taken cognizance of the incident, two people have been arrested till now. A speedy trial will be conducted and we also appeal to the public to help the government in curbing such incidents.""We have got this information and .
HC seeks ACB response of contractor's bail plea
The Delhi High Court today sought the response of Delhi's Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) on the bail plea of a contractor, arrested in connection with a construction scam. Justice S P Garg asked the probe agency, ACB, to file its response on the bail application of Vinay Bansal, who was arrested on May 10, and listed the matter for further hearing on May 31. Bansal, the son of the late brother-in-law of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, is currently in judicial custody. Bansal moved the high court after a trial court dismissed his bail application on May 17 on the ground that the allegations levelled against him were grave. Senior advocate N Hariharan, appearing for Bansal, sought the relief claiming that his client was not responsible for the alleged offence and no offence was made out against him under the provision of the Prevention of Corruption Act. He said the contract work was already complete and there was no complaint on the quality of work and added that the payment was ...
Priyadarshini Mattoo case: HC grants parole to convict for LLM exam
The Delhi High Court today granted parole to Santosh Kumar Singh, who is serving life term for rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo in 1996, to write his LLM examination. Justice Mukta Gupta granted him parole for four days, i.e. from today till May 24, as his exams are scheduled to begin from tomorrow. He is pursuing LLM in a second branch and he had completed first branch of LLM in 2014 and thereafter took admission in the second branch. The court noted that he has been availing parole and furlough in the past also and verification of his claim that he has to appear in the exam has been done by the authorities. The judge directed him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 2,000 and a surety of the like amount, and disposed of his petition. The court noted the submission of Singh's counsel that as and when he would apply for parole or furlough in future, he shall keep mind his schedule for exams. During the hearing, Delhi government standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra ...
Man kills wife, seals body in bag and dumps it on roadside
A man allegedly killed his 30-year-old wife and later packed and sealed her body in a plastic bag and dumped it on the roadside here, police said today. Locals alerted police after noticing blood stains on the bag which was sealed using adhesive tape. Police said the deceased was identified as the wife of Hyder. Dabeerpura Police Station Inspector D Venkanna Naik said Hyder, who is employed in Dubai, came to the city a week ago. He visited his wife who was staying at her mother's house and both left two days ago. When both did not return till yesterday, her mother informed police, the inspector said. With the help of family members, the woman's body was identified and they accused Hyder of killing his wife, police said. The woman's mother complained that Hyder was a drunkard and used to harass her daughter, they said. Police said they were married ten years ago and have three children. A case of murder has been registered and a search is on for the man, who is ...
3 brothers get life imprisonment for murdering man
Three brothers were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special SC/ST court in neighbouring Bundi district today for murdering a man after a quarrel over a minor issue in April 2016. Special judge Koshal Singh convicted Ashok Jinger (34), Arun Jinger (24) and Sonu alias Hempal Jinger (21), who are residents of Talera town, for the murder of Amerjeet Singh, special public prosecutor (SPP) Mahendra Sharma told reporters here. The court also slapped a fine of Rs one lakh each on them and ordered that Rs 3 lakh be paid as compensation to the victim's wife. Amerjeet Singh, 33, a resident of Talera town of Bundi district, was on April 24, 2016 murdered by the three brothers following a minor scuffle after his car hit the wooden bench outside the tea stall of their father in Talera town. A case was lodged in this connection in Talera police station. Statements of 17 witnesses were recorded during the trial and 21 documents were produced before the court, the SPP said.
HC terms police probe into unidentified woman's death as fishy
The Delhi High Court today said there was "something fishy" about the manner in which the police were going about investigating the killing of an unidentified woman, whose body was found from the Shanti Van area here a week back. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also said that the Delhi Police appeared to be protecting someone as it had sent the body for post mortem four days after the court had directed it to do so forthwith on May 16. "Why did you wait till May 20? We had passed orders. Whom are you trying to protect? There is something fishy in this," the court said, adding "you have allowed valuable evidence to vanish". In response to the queries and observations, the police said it was waiting for the body to be identified. It also said the medical examiners had assured it that there would be no problems in case of a few days delay in autopsy and that the body has been kept in well refrigerated conditions. The court's observations came while .
Bombay HC helps 72-year-old, bars 'abusive' son from home
The Bombay High Court has come to the aid of a 72-year-old city doctor and denied her son permission to enter her house after she alleged he regularly abused her. A bench presided over by Justice SJ Kathawalla refused to allow a plea filed by the woman's son seeking access to the house. "Prima facie, the plaintiff (the son) has no right over the house of the mother, and also can't claim any right or entry on the ground of dispossession, when the mother is seriously troubled over the problems created by him in the house," the bench said. The bench was hearing the plea filed by the Mumbai resident seeking that he, his wife and their child be granted access to his mother's house in South Mumbai. In the plea, he said he and his family used to stay with his mother, but she changed the locks of the house one day when they were out. He alleged that his mother, by not letting him enter the flat, was wrongly dispossessing him of a property that he too had a share in. The mother, however, told .
SC to hear bail plea of suspected IM member on May 23
The Supreme Court today decided to hear on Wednesday a plea by a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) member, who was deported from Saudi Arabia in 2012, challenging a Delhi High Court order denying him bail in a case relating to setting up of an alleged illegal arms factory here. The plea came up for hearing before a bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha and the court asked the counsel appearing for accused Fasih Mahmood to serve the copy of the petition to the lawyer representing the state. "You serve the copy (of petition) to the standing counsel for the state. We will have it day after tomorrow (May 23)," the bench told the lawyer. During the brief hearing, the counsel said that 70 prosecution witnesses were yet to be examined by the trial court in the matter but none of them relates to his case. On April 17, the high court had dismissed the bail plea observing that there was no valid reason to grant the relief to Mahmood, who is alleged to be an aide of IM ...
Man kills father, nephew over land dispute in Hoshiarpur
A man allegedly shot dead his father and nephew in Hoshiarpur's Lamme village today over a land dispute, police said. The deceased were identified as Sulakhan Singh (84) and his grandson Harmit Singh (37). The accused, Balvir Singh, got into an argument with his father Sulakhan over a land dispute, following which he shot at the octogenarian and Harmit, police said. Balvir fired a few shots from his licensed .12 bore rifle, killing his father and nephew on the spot, they said. Balvir is absconding, the police said, adding that a case had been registered under section 302 (murder) of the IPC and sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act.
Schoolboy's death: Accused to be treated as adult, says Court
A sessions court today dismissed the plea of a 16-year-old student, challenging the Juvenile Justice Board's (JJB) decision declaring him as an adult, in the murder case of a seven-year-old boy at a private school here. Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu junked the appeal of the student along with other two pleas in the case. The court had earlier granted time till July 4 to the CBI to file a supplementary charge sheet in the murder case of a seven-year-old boy at a private school here. Advocate Sushil Tekriwal, lawyer for the victim seven-year-old boy, had argued that the JJB's order declaring the 16-year-old accused as an adult was "well-reasoned" and there was no fault and "nothing illegal" in it. The counsel for the a 16-year-old accused had challenged the JJB order, saying it was "bad in law" and passed without giving him proper opportunity to present his case. Earlier, the court had barred the media from using the name of the 16-year-old juvenile accused in the case ...