Page 1701 - Law Crime
3 men held for killing petrol pump employee
Three persons were arrested on the charge of killing a petrol pump employee when he resisted their robbery attempt in north Delhi, police said on Monday.
DL-HC-CHRONOLOGY-GANGRAPE
Following is the chronology of events in a gangrape case in which the Delhi High Court today upheld the sentence of life imprisonment till death awarded to five convicts for raping a 52-year-old Danish woman here in 2014, saying the most important scientific evidence, the DNA report, has proven their guilt: Jan 14, 2014: Danish woman loses way, approaches a group of several men asking for directions. They take her to a secluded spot close to the Divisional Railway Officers' Club near New Delhi Railway Station and nine persons gangrape her at knife point. Jan 15: Victim leaves for Denmark without medical test. Jan: Nine men including three juveniles arrested. Police book accused persons for various alleged offences including gangrape, kidnapping and robbery or dacoity with an attempt to cause death or grievous hurt. Doctors in Denmark confirm rape on the woman. Request is sought for the victim to take part in the probe here. Feb 20: Accused Shyam Lal claims impotence, says has not ...
Surat rape and murder: Odisha SPs asked to gather info on missing girls
Suspecting that an unidentified girl, whose body was found in Surat 10 days ago with signs of rape and torture, could be from Odisha, all the superintendents of police (SPs) in the state were today asked to collect information on the missing girls in their jurisdictions. The basis of the suspicion was that a large number of people migrated from Odisha to Surat, Director General of Police (DGP) R P Sharma told reporters here. The body of the unidentified girl was found in Surat earlier this month and officials there suspect that the girl, who was possibly held captive, tortured and raped over a period of time, belonged to Odisha. "We have asked all the district SPs to gather information on the missing girls in their areas after receiving information on the rape and murder of a girl from the Surat police commissioner," the DGP said. "The Surat Police has sought information as it suspects that the victim could be a native of Odisha," he added. Gujarat Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja also
Judge acquits Mecca blast accused, quits hours later
A special anti-terror court today acquitted Hindutva preacher Swami Aseemanand and four others in the Mecca Masjid blast case, holding that the prosecution failed to prove "even a single allegation" against them. Barely hours after pronouncing the judgement, in a dramatic development, K Ravinder Reddy, the special judge for NIA cases, tendered his resignation, citing "personal" reasons. Reddy said his resignation had nothing to do with today's judgement, according to a senior judicial officer. Meanwhile, AIMIM Chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted "Judge who gave acquittal to all accused in Mecca Masjid Blast RESIGNS very intriguing and I am surprised with the Lordship decision". A powerful blast, triggered by remote control, had ripped through the over four centuries-old mosque here during an assembly of devotees on May 18, 2007 when they had gathered for Friday prayers, killing nine people and wounding 58. "Prosecution (NIA) could not prove even a single ...
SC orders security for Kathua rape victim's family, others
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered adequate security for the Kathua rape victim's family, their lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat and others and sought the Jammu and Kashmir government's response to a plea for the transfer of the trial of the case to Chandigarh.
Rajasthan: Police inspector, patwari held for seeking bribe
A police inspector and a patwari (revenue official) were today arrested by Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting bribe of Rs 40,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively, an official said. Inspector Mahesh Joshi was arrested by the Pali district ACB sleuths red handed for accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000, Inspector general (ACB-Jodhpur) V.K Singh said. He said that toll booth manager Rajendra Singh had lodged a complaint with the ACB that Joshi had demanded Rs 10,000 -- each month -- from him citing law and order issues at the booth. "He had asked Rs 40,000 for the four months," the official said. In another incident, Jaipur ACB sleuths arrested patwari Sanjay Jain while taking a bribe of Rs 50,000. According to the official, Jain had demanded Rs 5 lakh as bribe to make a change in a land title. To verify the complaint, the ACB team asked the complainant Amit Prajapati to offer him Rs 50,000 cash and Rs 4.5 lakh cheque. "Jain was arrested taking Rs 50,000 cash", Inspector ...
PM 'backstabbed' nation by not bringing ordinance disallowing dilution of SC/St Act: Cong
The Congress said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "backstabbed" the nation on his promise to not allow the dilution of a law that prevents atrocities on SCs and STs as his party's government in Chhattisgarh was implementing the "diluted" version of the Act. The Congress also said that if the ruling BJP was sincere towards the welfare of Dalits, it should immediately bring an ordinance to prevent the alleged dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. On Friday at the inauguration of B R Ambedkar memorial in New Delhi, Prime Minister Modi asserted he would not allow the Act to be diluted after the Supreme Court laid down new guidelines to prevent the law's misuse. The Supreme Court on March 20 "diluted" the provisions of the Act, ruling that government servants should not be arrested without prior sanction and private citizens, too, can be arrested only after an inquiry under the law. The Centre has told the apex court its judgement
Kathua rape-cum-murder accused plead not guilty, demand narco test
The eight people accused of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl pleaded not guilty and asked the judge for a narco analysis test as the trial into the case, which has become the focal point of outrage across the country, began here today. Seven of the eight accused were produced before District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Gupta, who asked the state Crime Branch to give them copies of the chargesheet and fixed April 28 as the next date of hearing. The eighth accused is a juvenile who moved a bail application before the chief judicial magistrate. The matter was posted for April 26. The accused were presented before the court which was packed with lawyers and heavy posse of policemen. The child from a minority nomadic community was allegedly held in captivity in a small village temple in Kathua district for a week in January this year during which she was kept sedated and sexually assaulted before being bludgeoned to death. According to the chargesheets filed by the Crime Branch, the
Beautician dies after "falling" from train ???
: A 21-year-old beautician died today after allegedly "falling" from a running train in neighbouring Vikarabad district, Government Railway Police said. A Jyothi boarded a passenger train from here to reach her home after completing work yesterday but was found lying on the tracks near Mailaram railway station by her relatives at 6 a.m today, they said. Her relatives went in search of her as she did not return home from work, an investigation official told PTI. "She fell from the train and suffered head injuries," the official said adding the woman died while being shifted to a hospital here. An investigation was underway to determine the exact cause of her death, the official said adding a case of suspicious death under section 174 CrPC has been registered.
Manipur staged gunfights: SC wants officers named in FIR
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the CBI's SIT to file a supplementary FIR naming the officers involved in the alleged extra-judicial killings and staged gunfights by the Army, Assam Rifles and Police in Manipur.
Judge who acquitted Mecca Masjid blast accused quits
The special NIA court judge of Hyderabad K Ravinder Reddy today resigned, barely hours after acquitting the five accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case, a senior judicial officer said. Reddy handed over his resignation to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge. Reddy cited personal reasons for his resignation, and said it had nothing to do with today's judgement. In fact, he said, he was considering resigning for quite some time, the official told PTI.
Judge who delivered Mecca Masjid blast verdict resigns
Few hours after the verdict in the Mecca Masjid blast case was pronounced, the judge who delivered the same resigned on Monday.As per sources, Ravindra Reddy, the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) judge who delivered the verdict in the aforementioned case, has tendered his resignation.Earlier in the day, a special NIA court at Nampally in Hyderabad acquitted all accused in the case due to lack of evidence provided against the latter.The blast, which took place on May 18, 2007, at the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad during Friday prayers, had killed eight people and left 58 injured, and was allegedly carried out by a group of right-wing terrorists.The NIA had taken charge of the case from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2011, in which ten persons were named as accused. However, only five of them, namely Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Swami Aseemanand, Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar and Rajendra Chowdhary were arrested and faced trial in the case.Meanwhile, two other ...
IRCTC hotels case: CBI charge-sheets Lalu, Rabri, Tejashwi
The CBI on Monday said it has filed a charge-sheet against former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and others in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract case.
Mother-son duo killed in cracker explosion
A mother-son duo were today killed in an explosion while preparing crackers at Khankah locality in Saraimeer area here, the police said. Meera Devi (60) and her son Rajan (30) were killed in the explosion while preparing crackers and two others of the family were injured, they said. According to police, the injured were rushed to a hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable. Police said a case has been registered and they are probing the matter for further details.
HC seeks NIA reply on bail plea of Salahuddin's son in terror funding case
The Delhi High Court today sought response of the NIA on a plea by Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen founder and internationally-wanted terrorist Syed Salahuddin, seeking bail in a terror funding case. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta issued notice to the National Investigation Agency on the plea challenging a trial court order denying bail to Yousuf. 42-year-old Yousuf was posted as agricultural assistant in Budgam of central Kashmir when he was arrested by the NIA on October 24 last year. He is in judicial custody and his bail plea was dismissed by the trial court here on March 7. He had sought bail saying that he was not required further by the investing agency and no purpose will be served by keeping him in custody. The NIA had earlier alleged that the accused had links with proscribed terrorist organisations like Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. It had said that the case was registered on the basis of information regarding funds from Pakistan being sent to Jammu and .
CRPF ASI commits suicide in his barrack in C'garh
A 50-year-old assistant sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) today allegedly shot himself dead using his service revolver in the paramilitary force's camp in Bharni village in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district, police said. "Assistant Sub-Inspector Pushpendra Bahadur Singh ended his life by shooting himself with his service revolver in his barrack in the camp of CRPF's Group Centre located in Bharni village on Bilaspur-Kota road," said Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Arif Sheikh. He said Singh's colleagues heard a gunshot from his barrack this morning, following which they rushed to the place only to find himself lying in a pool of blood. Singh was rushed to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead, the SP said. Family members of the ASI, a native of Katni in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, are living in Manendragarh in Koriya district of Chhattisgarh. The exact trigger behind the extreme step taken by the ASI cannot be ascertained ...
Man beats up wife for dowry, sends video to in-laws
A woman in Lakhimpur Kheri district was hung from a ceiling hook and brutally thrashed for dowry by her husband, who send a video of the incident to her parents, police said today. The woman has been brought back to her parent's house here and a case registered against her husband and four others, Circle Officer (CO) Sunil Kumar Shukla said. The incident took place on Saturday and a complaint was lodged by the woman's father here yesterday, he said. In the video, the husband is seen beating his wife with a belt and threatening to continue the torture till she meets his dowry demand of Rs 50,000, the CO said. The case was registered under provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act and the matter is being investigated, he said.
Danish woman gangrape: HC upholds life term of five rapists
The Delhi High Court today upheld the sentence of life imprisonment till death awarded to five convicts for gangraping a 52-year-old Danish woman here in 2014, saying the most important scientific evidence, the DNA report, has proven their guilt. The court, however, took a serious view over the lapse of the investigating officer (IO) in not preparing a proper site-plan of the place of the crime, saying this was "very important" as it is very rare that there are witnesses to such crimes other than the victim. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta noted that the foreigner was raped for five hours and said if she was raped in a secluded area among the bushes, the IO has to satisfy himself by standing at the mud hill of the construction area to see if the crime spot was visible and "this basic exercise of reconstruction of the crime scene was not done". The high court dismissed the appeal of the convicts challenging their conviction and jail term awarded by a trial court in ...
Juvenile apprehended for attempting to rape minor girl in J-K
A juvenile, who attempted to rape a four-year-old girl, was apprehended today in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The boy, a student of Class 9, had gone into hiding on Saturday after his attempt to rape the minor at her rented house was foiled by neighbours, a police official said. He had gone to deliver milk to the family and finding the girl alone tried to rape her. However, the cries of the girl attracted the attention of her neighbours who rushed to the spot. The accused fled the scene and efforts were launched to nab him, the official said. After two days' hunt, the boy was apprehended today. Police have registered a case against the accused.
Man arrested for raping 9-yr-old girl
A 24-year-old man, who was on run after raping and sodomising a 9-year-old girl in Gujarat's Rajkot district, has been arrested, police said on Monday.