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Ex-MLA gets bail in BJP leader's murder case
Former Sahibabad MLA and Congress leader Amar Pal Sharma, who was arrested in connection with the murder of BJP leader Gajendra Bhati, got bail from the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday, officials said.
4 members of Ravi Pujari gang sentenced to 5 years in jail
Four members of gangster Ravi Pujari's gang were sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment by a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in Mumbai on Wednesday.The four were arrested for allegedly plotting the murder of Bollywood Director-Producer Mahesh Bhatt.According to media reports, Bhatt testified against members of the Pujari gang for threatening him and his family in October 2017.The gang was also reportedly involved in a shoot-out outside the producer-brothers Karim and Ali Morani residence in 2014.
Danish engineer gets life term for Swedish journalist's murder
Danish inventor Peter Madsen was on Wednesday sentenced to life in prison without parole for the mutilation and murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his submarine.
Congress video shows Modi with Asaram
As self-styled godman Asaram was on Wednesday sentenced for life for raping a minor girl, the Congress party posted a video on Twitter, showing him with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Didn't obstruct police from filing chargesheet in Kathua case: Jammu bar association
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court Bar Association on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it has not obstructed police from filing charge sheet in the Kathua minor rape and murder case.
4 life terms to 50-yr-old for raping minor daughter, impregnating her
A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to four consecutive terms of life imprisonment by a court here for raping and impregnating his teenage daughter two years ago. Mahila Court Judge Balakrishnan yesterday awarded the punishment, which would effectively mean the man will be in prison for lifetime. The judge ordered Subramaniam of Pattukottai in the district to undergo the four life imprisonments consecutively. According to the prosecution, Subramaniam had raped his daughter after gagging and tying her limbs at their house when her mother was away in 2016. He had threatened her not to inform anyone about the incident and repeatedly assaulted the 17-year old girl sexually several times later, it said. In March the next year, the girl developed severe stomach pain and was found to be pregnant. She gave birth to a baby girl a few weeks later. Only after her mother's constant questioning, the girl revealed that she had been raped by her father. Based on a complaint by the girl's ...
Nirbhaya's kin welcome life term to Asaram in rape case
The kin of the Delhi gang-rape victim Nirbhaya today welcomed the life imprisonment awarded to self-styled godman Asaram in a rape case. "Asaram is a demon under the garb of sadhu...We are also feeling relieved after the Jodhpur court verdict," Nirbhaya's grandfather said. Nirbhaya's grandfather said that during the tragedy that struck his granddaughter, Asaram had defended the culprits and instead held the girl responsible for it. "We had realised then only that he is actually a demon who was portraying the image of a sadhu," he said. On December 16, 2012, six men had assaulted the 23-year-old paramedic student, later named "Nirbhaya", in Delhi, triggering a nationwide outrage. According to media reports, Asaram had said that the Delhi gang-rape victim was equally responsible for the fatal attack on her. "Galati ek taraf se nahi hoti (mistake is never committed from one side alone)," the media had quoted the self-styled godman as saying. A Jodhpur court today sentenced Asaram to life
4 held in connection with election-related killing in Birbhum
Four persons were arrested in connection with the killing of a person during clashes in Birbhum district on Monday over the filing of fresh nominations for panchayat elections, police said today. All of them were arrested on yesterday, they said. The four were arrested for the purpose of investigation, the Superintendent of Police of Birbhum district, N Sudheer Kumar, said. They were produced before a local court here today and remanded to seven days' police custody, a police officer said. In a named FIR, the victim's father had accused a local BJP leader of being involved in the incident. The accused leader also received a bullet injury during the violence and was admitted to a hospital. The BJP leader's mother, in a counter-complaint had named eight persons who allegedly attacked BJP workers. So far nobody mentioned in her complaint have been arrested, police sources said. Violence erupted at Suri in Birbhum district on April 23 over the filing of fresh nominations for ...
Court dismisses plea against Kejriwal for defaming PM
A Delhi court has dismissed a plea seeking prosecution of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others for allegedly defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi by raising questions over his educational degree, saying only aggrieved persons can file defamation complaints. Three persons -- Yogesh Bhardwaj, Rakshpal Singh and Ijharul-Haq -- had moved the court seeking an order asking the police to lodge an FIR against Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and AAP leaders Ashutosh, Raghav Chadha, Ashish Khetan and Jitender Singh Tomar, for allegedly defaming the Prime Minister. "Only an aggrieved person, that is a person who has been defamed, can prosecute for his defamation. "Admittedly, the complainants are not the aggrieved/victims of defamatory statements, if any, made by the respondents (Kejriwal, Sisodia, Ashutosh, Chadha, Khetan and Tomar). Therefore, they have no locus to file and prosecute the present case as far as the offence of defamation is concerned," Additional Chief Metropolitan ...
IPL: 13 held on charges of online betting
Thirteen persons were today arrested here in separate cases for allegedly indulging in online cricket betting for the ongoing IPL matches, police said." Police seized Rs 18.18 lakh, three laptops and 49 cell phones from their possession, adding, they were arrested following raids in different places in the city. Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar said some of the arrested were nabbed earlier on similar charges.
Asaram found guilty of rape, gets life term
A Jodhpur court on Wednesday sentenced self-styled godman Asaram to life in prison after finding him guilty of raping a teenage girl in his ashram five years ago, the second case of a powerful spiritual leader being convicted of a sexual offence in less than a year. Special judge Madhusudan Sharma's verdict, which comes as the debate over sexual violence, particularly the rape of minors, intensifies across the country, was read out in the Jodhpur Central Jail where 77-year-old Asaram has been kept for over four years. Police had stepped up security around Asaram's ashrams to prevent the kind of violence that was unleashed by followers when another so-called godman, Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim, was convicted of rape last August. Apart from Asaram, two other accused were convicted by the special court for SC/ST cases. It acquitted two others. "Asaram was given life-long jail term, while his accomplices Sharad and Shilpi were sentenced to 20 years in jail by the court," ...
President of Spain's Las Palmas football club arrested
The president of the Spanish football team Las Palmas was arrested on Wednesday in connection with allegations of fraud.
CBI cracks Kotkhai rape-and-murder case, arrests woodcutter
The CBI has arrested a 25-year-old woodcutter with a criminal past in connection with the rape-and-murder of a teenaged schoolgirl in the Kotkhai area of Shimla, after his DNA sample matched the genetic material found on the body of the victim and the crime scene, officials said today. The findings of the agency will bring relief to the families of five people arrested earlier by the state police as the CBI has not found any evidence of their involvement in the gruesome rape-and-murder in July last year, which had become a rallying point against the then Congress government in Himachal Pradesh. The investigation which went like a crime thriller involved a team of 40 CBI officials who camped in the area around the crime scene for nine months in extreme secrecy collecting intelligence from local people, digging records of people with criminal records and following various leads which took them to Kashmir and Uttarakhand as well. The probe, which was taken over by the agency on July 22, .
We've got justice for our daughter: rape victim's dad
" Even if I die now, I will have no regret as we have got justice for our daughter." The father of the teenager raped by 77-year-old Asaram said this soon after a Jodhpur court sentenced the self-styled godman to life imprisonment. "We are very happy with the punishment given by the court to Asaram," he said. "Now we do not have any fear as the administration and the court are with us," he said, looking much relieved. "We had always stated that we have faith in the judiciary and it has been proved correct," he told media persons who mobbed him for his comments. "My daughter is very courageous and it is because of her courage that we have managed to ensure that the 'dhongi baba' (fake godman) got punishment for his wrongdoings," he said. "We have won this fight as Asaram will not be able to come out of jail," he said. "The people of the town and the media have given us all the help," he added. Earlier, when the reports of Asaram's conviction first came, the victim's father expressed ...
Two accused in Kathua gangrape-murder case move SC for CBI probe
Two prime accused in the sensational Kathua gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl today moved the Supreme Court opposing the plea of the victim's father seeking transfer of trial outside the state, preferably to Chandigarh. Sanji Ram and Vishal Jangotra, who have been chargesheeted by the crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police in the case, have also sought transfer of probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation besides seeking to be impleaded as parties in the petition filed by the father of the victim. Recently, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had ordered the state police to grant security to the family of the victim, their friend and their lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat. The top court had also said it would later decide on the prayer for transfer of case out of Kathua in Jammu after the state government filed its reply.
Man sentenced to 7 years in jail for rape
A Delhi court has sentenced a man to seven years in jail for raping of a 20-year-old woman in 2014, observing that rape is one of the most barbaric and heinous crimes and the loss suffered by the woman cannot be forgotten or forgiven. The court, which awarded a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the woman, an east Delhi resident, also termed rape as a "gruesome" and "abhorring" act which instills a feeling of fear, insecurity and a brooding sense of shame and guilt for no fault of the victim. Additional Sessions Judge Anurag Sain awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment to Bihar-resident Md Javed and said it was a "devastating moment" in the woman's life which can neither be repaired nor forgotten or forgiven. "The rape is a gruesome, abhorring and ghastly act wherein a man acts as slave of his martinet and lowers himself to a baffling extent for the sole purpose of achieving gratification of his carnal desire. It leaves a permanent scar on the personality of the woman, inhibiting growth ...
Man held for sexually assaulting 11-year-old in Karaikal " "
An 11-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her neighbour while playing near his house, in the district, police said today. Forty-year-old Arumugam of Karukalachery village was arrested today, a day after the crime, they said. Playing a game of hide and seek with her friends, the girl hid herself near Arumugam's house when he dragged her into his house and sexually assaulted her, they added. The minor girl's parents lodged a complaint with the police, which conducted inquiry and arrested Arumugam this morning, police said. A case has been registered under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
HC seeks govt reply over plea on 'discrimination' agnst women in CISF
The Delhi High Court today sought the Centre's response on a plea alleging "institutional discrimination" against women in recruitment for constables and drivers in the Central Industrial Security Force. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Centre and the CISF on the plea which alleged that in an advertisement, issued by the force, only male candidates were sought for "constable/driver and constable/driver-cum-pump operator for fire services" in the force. The plea by Kush Kalra, filed through advocate Charu Walikhanna, said the human rights of women were inalienable and an integral and indivisible part of human rights. "The respondents (Centre and CISF) are practising institutional discrimination, without any rationale basis depriving females the right to serve in the aforementioned posts. The state cannot enact any law which is inconsistent with/in derogation of fundamental rights and as a consequence thereof, respondents
Jubilant Life appeals in SAT against Sebi order
Jubilant Life Sciences today said it has approached Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against a Sebi order that imposed penalty on the drug firm and other entities for violation of capital markets norms. Sebi, through an order on January 31, imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh each on Jubilant Life Sciences and its three promoter entities Jubilant Stock Holding, Shyam Sunder Bhartia and Hari Shanker Bhartia. Besides, the firm's senior vice president, FP&A (Financial planning and analysis) Amit Arora was fined too. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had found that the drug company made delayed disclosure to the exchanges regarding price sensitive information. Besides, the other four entities traded in the shares "when in possession" of unpublished price sensitive information. Following the Sebi's order, Jubilant Life Sciences and the promoter entities appealed in the tribunal. "We wish to inform you that the parties (Jubilant Life Sciences and promoter entities) have ..
HC seeks EOW's report on steps to secure Osho Rajneesh's will
The Bombay High Court today directed the Pune police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) to file a progress report on steps taken by it to secure late spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh's will and some related documents from Spain. A bench of Justices R M Savant and Sarang Kotwal directed the EOW to file the report by June 29 this year. The direction came after the EOW informed the HC that a Pune court had already issued a letter of request to a court in Spain for securing the will purportedly made and signed by Rajneesh, and other related documents, and that it would take some time. The bench was hearing a petition filed by Pune resident Yogesh Thakker. In his plea filed through advocate Pradeep Havnur, Thakker alleged that the will, that surfaced 23 years after the spiritual guru's death, was fake. Thakker claimed that trustees of the Switzerland-based Osho International Foundation had forged Rajneesh's signatures on a fake will to transfer his intellectual property rights in the ...