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3 men gets life imprisonment for woman's murder
A court here today awarded life imprisonment to three persons for murder of a 62-year-old woman in 2002. Additional district and sessions judge Achyutanand Upadhyay also awarded three years of rigorous imprisonment to five others and acquitted six persons for want of evidence. The court held three persons guilty of murder of a woman, loot and destroying evidence. It also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of them. Hazra Khatoon was strangulated to death on July 28, 2002. Her son in a complaint to Amdabad police had named 14 persons as accused. The woman's son, who worked in Delhi at the time of his mother's murder, said that the 14 named accused persons had killed his mother with an intention to loot his house. They had buried the body with the intention to destroy evidence, he said.
Man gets death sentence for kidnapping, murdering minor boy
The Nagpur District Court today awarded the death penalty to a man for kidnapping and murdering an 11-year-old boy in the city in 2013. Santosh Kadve (26), the accused, was held guilty of kidnapping and murdering the boy on June 10, 2013, said special public prosecutor Vijay Kolhe. Sessions judge Shekhar Munghate delivered the verdict today, he said. "The case fell under the 'rarest of rare' category and we had sought capital punishment. We proved the boy was last seen with Kadve by examining two child witnesses," he said. A total of 27 witnesses were examined by the prosecution. The boy had gone missing while playing outside his house in the Khapri area here. According to the prosecution, Kadve, who lived nearby, had kidnapped him. He later called the boy's parents and demanded Rs 2 lakh in ransom. Police tried to track him down from the mobile phone from which Kadve had called. When they finally zeroed in on Kadve, they found that he had already killed the boy and dumped his body ...
High court denies interim bail to Sameer Bhujbal
The Bombay High Court today refused to grant interim bail to former MP Sameer Bhujbal in a case of money laundering in which his uncle and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal too is an accused. Sameer Bhujbal, Chhagan Bhujbal and 51 others were charged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in 2016 for various offences including the Maharashtra Sadan scam. Another judge of the high court had given bail to Chhagan Bhujbal, a former deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, on May 4. Justice Bharati Dangre, who is presiding over a vacation bench, refused to grant interim relief to Sameer Bhujbal, whose bail plea is pending, late this evening. His lawyer Vikram Chaudhary argued that of the 53 accused, only Sameer was now in jail. He also cited the bail order in Chhagan Bhujbal's case to buttress the case. The ED sought time to respond to Sameer's bail plea. His lawyer requested that he be released on interim bail till then, but the court refused, scheduling ..
Two arrested for carrying out burglaries in southeast Delhi
Two men were arrested for allegedly carrying out burglaries at factories in southeast Delhi's Okhla industrial area, police said today. On May 4, a special picket for vehicle checking was constituted at Maa Anandmai Marg, Okhla. At 3 pm, two motorcycle-borne men were stopped for checking, but they fled, they said. However, the police team intercepted the riders and nabbed them. The accused, Jiten Kushwaha (25) and Sonu Kumar (25), were arrested and 14 laptops, one LED TV, 67 pieces of leather jackets, 146 pieces of designer clothes, unstitched cloth material, copper pipes, were seized from them, they added. With their arrest, police claimed to have solved six cases of burglary. In view of the recent incidents of house and factory thefts and burglaries a Special Task Force (STF) was constituted. The duo planned to target big offices and companies in Okhla and in the last few months, they burgled around half a dozen factories in Okhla. They had stolen laptops, TV sets, leather jackets, .
Man killed in a spat over getting down from taxi
A 36-year-old man died after allegedly being assaulted by four persons including three minors during a scuffle over a taxi in suburban Chembur, a senior police official said today. The incident took place near the Chembur Camp bus stop in the wee hours yesterday. Krishna Boyanna (18) and his three friends, minors, wanted to take the taxi in which the victim Surendra Singh and two others were travelling, the official said. Singh and his companions were about to get down but were taking their time to pay the fare. Irked, the accused asked them to get down immediately, the official said. This led to a spat, and the accused allegedly hit the other group with paver blocks, the official said. Singh sustained serious injuries and was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, he said. A case of murder was registered at the Chembur police station, said DCP (Zone VI) Shahaji Umap. While Boyanna was arrested and a court today sent him in police custody till May ...
Man arrested for attempting to extort Rs 1 cr from businessman
A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as a gangster and trying to extort Rs 1 crore from a businessman by threatening to kill him, police said. The police had received a complaint from a businessman who claimed to be receiving extortion calls from an unknown number. He said that the caller identified himself as Pradeep Solanki, a gangster of the Najafgarh area, and threatened to kill him if he did not pay the ransom amount within seven days, they said. The accused has been identified as Vikas Mehta, a resident of Mohan Garden, a senior police official said. An FIR was registered and police swung into action to trace the accused, As the caller had identified himself as Pradeep Solanki, who is in Faridabad Jail, activities of his associates was tracked to develop clues and several persons were interrogated, the official said. During the exercise, they also went through the record of visitors who visited Solanki in the prison which revealed that the accused, along with ...
Sri Lanka parliament backs special courts for bribery, corruption cases
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan parliament on Wednesday approved a new law to establish courts to handle cases related to bribery and corruption to speed up cases that have dragged on for years.
Two bus drivers held for killing biker, injuring another
The Delhi Police have arrested two drivers of different private universities for killing a two-wheeler rider and injuring another biker on Wednesday when they were racing with each-other in the national capital, police said.
Death or injury while boarding or de-boarding train entitles passenger to compensation: SC
Death or injury while boarding or de-boarding a train is an "untoward incident" which entitles a passenger to compensation and will not be considered his negligence, the Supreme Court held today. It also said that mere presence of a body on the railway premises would not be conclusive to hold that the injured or deceased was a "bona fide passenger" for seeking compensation. The apex court, however, clarified that the absence of ticket will not negate the compensation and the onus will be on claimant to prove his case by providing requisite documents. "We hold that death or injury in the course of boarding or de-boarding a train will be an 'untoward incident' entitling a victim to the compensation and will not fall under the proviso to Section 124A (suicide, self-inflicted injury) merely on the plea of negligence of the victim as a contributing factor," a bench comprising justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Rohinton F Nariman said. "The initial burden will be on the claimant which can be ...
SC expresses anguish over lawyers targeting judges, court orders
A trend has started among lawyers to target the judges, which would ultimately lead to the "killing of the institution", a Supreme Court bench observed today. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit, while hearing a Kerala medical college matters, was critical of the lawyers criticising the orders and judgements of the courts in television debates. "Who is spared in this court? Every Judge is targeted. By one arrow you want to kill all. You people are destroying this institution. If this institution is destroyed, then you people won't survive", Justice Mishra said. The judge's outburst came when the lawyers appearing in the matter started arguing simultaneously by raising their pitch. Justice Mishra said, "You (lawyers) are killing this institution every day. Lawyers will survive only if this institution survives." Justice Mishra also expressed displeasure that the Supreme Court Bar Association was silent on the issue. He made the remarks in the presence of the SCBA President ...
ED attaches Rs 14.48 crore assets of Yadav Singh
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 14.48 crore of Yadav Singh, a former chief engineer of Noida and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, in connection with a money laundering case, the probe agency said. The central probe agency issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and attached assets of the former bureaucrat and his wife Kusum Lata in Gautam Budh Nagar, Nainital, Agra, Delhi and Greater Noida, apart from Rs 29.46 lakh deposits kept in a bank account. "This is the second attachment of Yadav Singh and his family in the disproportionate assets case. Total properties worth Rs. 20.38 crores have been attached in this case," the agency said in a statement. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said further probe regarding hotel and other properties of Singh and others is in progress and "more attachments" would be done. Singh is being investigated in two cases under the PMLA and the first case relates to"illegal and collusive" work ...
CBI court sentences SAFEX director to 3 yrs RI in chitfund scam
A designated CBI Court here has convicted Firoz Khan, a former director in the Safex Group of Companies, in a chitfund scam case and sentenced him to three years rigorous imprisonment. The court also convicted Safex Infra India Limited represented by Khan and directed the company to pay compensation of Rs 12 crore which shall be paid to the unpaid depositors after realisation as per law, a CBI release said here today. Under the scam, investors in Odisha were cheated of crores of rupees. The conviction and the order was passed by the court on Monday. The investing agency had registered the case against Safex Group on June 5, 2014 in compliance of the orders of the Supreme Court of May 9, 2014 in a case of 2013 against the company, the release said. The CBI took over the investigation of the case from the crime branch of Odisha Police. The crime branch had registered a case against Safex on September 12, 2012. It was alleged that the accused persons collected Rs 9,36,24,500 illegally .
SC restrains Tis Hazari bar association from strike
The Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Tis Hazari Court Bar Association from going on strike or boycotting a judge who ordered filing of an FIR in a case where a woman lawyer was allegedly manhandled by members of the bar.
Bhim Army leader's kin shot
The brother of Bhim Army's district president died of a gunshot injury today, triggering tension in the area. The police booked four people following a complaint by victim Sachin Walia's mother. But they said it was not immediately clear if this was a case of murder, implying that it could be an accident. Sachin's brother Kamal Walia heads the Saharanpur district unit of the Dalit outfit. The incident happened near the venue of a function to mark the Maharana Pratap Jayanti. Authorities shut down the event soon after the shooting and stepped up police deployment in the district. Sachin Walia succumbed to the gunshot wound at the district hospital. Senior superintendent of Police Babloo Kumar said it was not yet clear how Walia was hit by a bullet. But the victim's family has alleged that it was murder. The police and the administration have asked people to guard against rumours.
Lawyers' strike affects judicial work in Delhi district courts
Judicial work was affected in the six district courts at Patiala House, Tis Hazari, Saket, Rohini, Karkardooma and Dwarka here due to a strike by lawyers. They were protesting against alleged false implication of its office bearers in an assault case lodged by a woman lawyer. The lawyers, however, appeared for arguing in matters like bail and police and judicial custody. "Lawyers did not appear in courts today. Only proxy counsel appeared for urgent matters but they did not wear proper attire to mark the protest," Jaiveer Chauhan, spokesperson of the Coordination Committee of All-District Court Bar Associations of Delhi said. He said that members of the committee had a meeting with Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Gita Mittal today and after the deliberation it was decided by the committee to suspend the agitation and the lawyers will resume their works from tomorrow. A woman lawyer had claimed that she was manhandled and humiliated by members of bar on May 4. She brought the .
Admit man suffering from liver failure: HC to ILBS
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) here to admit a poor man suffering from acute liver failure who is not able to bear the cost of his treatment.
Meenakshi Thapa murder case: Court declares two guilty
The Mumbai Sessions Court, in the murder of Nepali actress Meenakshi Thapa, on Wednesday found the two accused, Amit Kumar Jaiswal and Preeti Surin, guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act.The quantum of punishment is expected to be declared tomorrow.According to media reports, Thapa had met the two accused during the shooting of Madhur Bhandarkar's film 'Heroine'.The accused individuals then, on the pretext of getting her assignments in Bhojpuri cinema, took Thapa to Gorakhpur, where they kidnapped her and blackmailed her parents to pay a ransom, threatening to kill Thapa over failing to do so.The accused had later beheaded Thapa following which they disposed of the body in a septic tank and kept the head with them, which they later threw from a running bus.
Two million diesel car owners could join VW class action in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Around two million diesel car owners in Germany could join class action lawsuits to seek compensation from Volkswagen, Justice Minister Katarina Barley said on Wednesday.
No confirmation on crucial Collegium meet yet
The much-awaited Supreme Court Collegium meeting to reconsider its recommendation to elevate Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph, did not take place today, as was being speculated. An apex court official said while there was a likelihood of the meeting being held today, it was for the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra to fix the date but as of now there is no official word on it. "There is no official confirmation when the Collegium would meet," the official said, adding that "it is obvious that the agenda of meeting would be the elevation of Justice Joseph to the apex court". Justice J Chelameswar, the senior-most Supreme Court judge who led a virtual revolt against the CJI, was on leave today. As a result, he also missed the traditional Wednesday lunch of the judges when one of them takes a turn to bring 'ghar ka khana' (home food) from his or her home state. The members of the collegium including Justices Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph had expressed ...
NIA takes over probe into seizure of Aadhaar cards from Maoists
The National Investigation Agency has taken over probe in the case pertaining to the seizure of over 1,100 Aadhaar cards and guns from Maoists after an encounter with the state police in March, officials said here today. The case was registered by the Jharkhand Police on March 6 in Dumri police station of Giridih district in the state. ...the Jharkhand Police had arrested 15 armed Maoist cadres including functionaries of CPI (Maoist) from village Akabakitanr, PS Dumri, district Giridih and 12 other regular weapons including AK-47, Insas, SLR and .303 rifles were recovered from them, the agency said in a statement. It said 60 ATM (SBI) cards, 199 letters of thanks issued by the Allahabad Bank for opening accounts and 1125 Aadhaar cards were also recovered during the operation. During the initial investigation, it has been revealed that the amount collected as levy by the Maoists is being used to acquire property in the names of close associates of CPI (Maoist) cadres, it said. An NIA ..