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Blackbuck case: Jodhpur court to announce verdict next week
A Jodhpur court will announce the verdict in the Salman Khan blackbuck case on April 5.The Jodhpur Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Wednesday under Jodhpur District Presiding Officer Devkumar Khatri issued the date for the decision in the 20-year-old black deer hunting case.Salman, along with Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Dushyant Singh are all accused in the case.During the shooting of Sooraj Barjatya's movie, 'Hum Saath Saath Hain' in 1999, Salman allegedly went on a shooting expedition along with Saif, Neelam, Bendre and Tabu, killing two blackbucks in Kankani village in Rajasthan.Following protests by the local Bishnoi community, a case was later filed against Salman and the other actors.
Large quantity of liquor recovered from car
A large quantity of liquor was recovered from a car here following which a case was registered under the relevant sections of the excise act, police said. SSP Santosh Patial said that during checking at Bhagsunag near Macleodganj in upper Dharamshala, a Swift Desire car was checked. "We recovered a large quantity ofwhisky and beer. McDowell whisky 36 bottles, port wine 24 bottles and Madhu beer 60 bottles etc, he said. A case was registered under the HP excise Actand the driver of the car, Vijay Kumar, was arrested, he said.
South African white woman gets prison for racist rant
A white woman in South Africa has been sentenced to prison for a racist rant against a black police officer who was trying to help her after a robbery. Vicki Momberg today was given a three-year sentence, though one year was suspended on condition that she does not repeat the crime. The former real estate agent was convicted of violating the dignity of the police officer with racially offensive comments. Magistrate Pravina Raghoonandan says Momberg did not show any remorse for the 2016 incident in Johannesburg. South Africa became an all-race democracy after the end of white minority rule in 1994.
UK court orders London taxi rapist to stay in prison
Britain's High Court has ordered that a serial rapist believed to have attacked more than 100 women must stay in prison, overturning a parole board decision that had cleared the way for his release. The decision follows a challenge by victims of John Worboys, 60, a former London taxi driver who was convicted in 2009 of raping or sexually assaulting 12 women he picked up as passengers. The victims argued that a release was "irrational" because Worboys was tried on only a handful of cases and the board should have considered that 102 women made allegations against him. The High Court said today the board should have "undertaken further inquiry into the circumstances of his offending." Worboys has denied committing any offences other than those for which he was convicted.
21-yr-old man gets life term in rape case
A 21-year-old man, convicted of rape, has been awarded life imprisonment by a fast track court here which refused to show leniency towards him saying the crime committed by him was "grave" and "serious". The court also awarded a compensation of Rs two lakh to the victim, who was a toilet cleaner at a place of worship here, considering "the gravity of offence, mental and physical trauma, her social status and financial condition and the need for rehabilitation." Additional Sessions Judge Renu Bhatnagar sentenced Imran, a vegetable vendor, while holding him guilty of raping the woman after gagging her, and threatening to kill her. "Considering the gravity and seriousness of the offence, the convict is sentenced to undergo life imprisonment for the offence punishable under section 376 (rape) of the IPC," the judge said, adding that his act does not deserve leniency. "Convict raped the unknown prosecutrix which cannot be ignored by the court and his act does not deserve any leniency," the
HC raps Mumbai police for summoning child witness to police station
The Bombay High Court today castigated the city police for summoning repeatedly a child witness to the police station for recording his statement in a case of alleged rape of his three-year-old class mate by the school's trustee, a French national. Justice Revati Mohite Dere expressed her anger saying that the police were defeating the purpose of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act by not adhering to the laid down procedures for probe into a case under the Act. Justice Dere vent off her ire after coming to know that the police had summoned the child witness and his father to the police station to record their statements in the case of rape, allegedly committed last May by the trustee of an international school of the city. Irked by the information about summoning of the child witness, Justice Dere said, "If the police keep summoning children to police stations like this, the parents are naturally bound to feel that it was just adding to the trauma. It is very ..
Jailed Taiwan activist denied correspondence rights by China, wife says
The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist jailed in China said Wednesday he is denied "basic correspondence rights" after visiting him in prison for the first time in a case that has strained cross-strait relations. NGO worker Lee Ming-cheh was sentenced to five years in prison in November on charges of subverting state power by a court in central Hunan province, as activists face increased pressure from authorities under Chinese President Xi Jinping. Lee was arrested in March 2017 during a trip to the mainland and held incommunicado for months. Taipei has called his jailing "unacceptable" and a serious blow to relations with Beijing, while his wife Lee Ching-yu has said his trial was a "political show". Lee Ching-yu was allowed to visit her husband in Chishan prison in Hunan on Tuesday, when they spoke for 30 minutes through a glass window. "Lee Ming-cheh's health... in prison seems fine from his appearance... But it's very obvious he is still denied right of speech and basic ...
Cases accumulating due to shortage of judges: Justice Agarwal
A senior judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Sudhir Agarwal today said that shortage of judges is the reason behind accumulation of cases in high courts and district courts . Out of the sanctioned strength of 160 judges in the Allahabad High Court only 106 judges were working, he said, adding that many of them would retire in coming months reducing the strength to below 100. Justice Agarwal, who has been appointed by the Supreme Court as chairman of the arrears committee, told PTI that the Allahabad High Court has over 9 lakh pending cases, whereas the district courts have over 63 lakh pending cases. "Over three lakh cases are filed every year in the Allahabad High Court", the judge said. The apex court had constituted the arrear committee to work out ways to reduce the pendency and impart speedy justice to the suffering people. "Other members of the committee include Justice RD Khare and Ramesh Sinha", he added.
CDR case: SC to hear appeal against HC order granting bail to lawyer
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week the Maharashtra government's appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order granting bail to a lawyer, accused of illegally possessing call detail records (CDRs) of actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A M Khanwilkar considered the submission of Maharashtra counsel Nishant Katneshwar that the appeal be heard on an urgent basis. The apex court will hear the matter on April 6. The Bombay High Court had on March 21 directed the Thane Police to release from their custody advocate Rizwan Siddiqui, who was arrested on March 16 for allegedly having ordered the illegal procurement of the CDR of actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife. The high court had held that in arresting Rizwan Siddiqui, the Thane Police had acted in a "high-handed" manner and had failed to follow "due process of law". The HC had also directed the senior-most officials of the Thane Police and the state Home department to ...
Impeachment motion against CJI Misra 'ill-conceived': Soli Sorabjee
India's former Attorney General, Soli Sorabjee on Wednesday termed the proposal of the opposition parties to move an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra as 'ill-conceived'.The former Attorney General told ANI that the move will raise a question on the independence and neutrality of the Indian Judicial system."It is a highly ill-conceived move and there is no ground for impeachment. Impeachment can be for serious misbehaviour or incapacity which neither exist in the CJI's case," Sorabjee said."It will affect the public perception of the independence and neutrality of the judiciary. I am totally against it," he added.The opposition camp on Tuesday proposed a plan to draft an impeachment motion against the CJI in relation to the matters raised by four Supreme Court judges in a press conference on January 11.Earlier in January, Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M.B. Lokur and Kurien Joseph in a press conference claimed that CJI Misra was assigning ..
Two men paraded naked for raping 17-yr-old girl in Arunachal
Two men were paraded naked by a mob in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh for allegedly raping a high school student, a top police official said. The two accused were thrashed and paraded naked by the mob, including women, in Yingkiong market area on March 26 before being handed over to the police. Two others are absconding, the police official said. The 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the four men, including her boyfriend, near the under-construction Gandhi Bridge on March 25, DIG (central range) John Neihalaia said. The incident took place at around 8.30 pm at a place, about six kilometre away from Yingkiong town and the police received information on the following day, the DIG said. The accused are from Pangkang village. The DIG said that a search has been launched to nab the two accused and a police team has been sent to Jengging in search of the duo, he said. Terming the incident as "unfortunate", state Home Minister Kumar Waii has sought the support ..
Two car-borne alleged drug peddlers arrested
Two car-borne drug peddlers were arrested and 1.3 kg opium was seized from them, police claimed today. Urban Estate Police Post in-charge Mukhtiar Singh identified the duo as Sarabjit Singh and Gajinder Singh. He said the duo was arrested at a check-post near Urban Estate on Phagwara-Dosanjh Kalan road last night. The arrests were made under relevant sections of NDPS Act, he said. The car was also impounded, said the police official.
60-yr-old man commits suicide by jumping before train in Punjab
A 60-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train near here, police said today. The incident took place near the Mauli railway crossing on the Phagwara-Goraya section last night, GRP Post In-charge Gurbhej Singh said. The deceased was identified as Pala Ram, a resident of Takhran village, he said, adding that the man jumped before the Jaipur-Amritsar Express. The reason behind him taking the extreme step is not known, he said. The body was handed over to his family after post mortem at the local Civil hospital today, the GRP official said. A case under Section 174 of the CrPC was also registered, he said.
ED arrests close associate of Nirav Modi
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a "close" associate and the vice president of a firm of diamantaire Nirav Modi in connection with a money laundering probe in the over Rs 12,000 crore PNB bank scam, officials said today. Shyam Sunder Wadhwa, the vice president of the Firestar group, was arrested last night under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the officials said. He was described as a "close confidant" of Modi. "He is in close touch with Modi and is also involved in money laundering at the behest of and in aid of Nirav Modi," an official said. This is the ED's first arrest in the case. Wadhwa is expected to be produced before a local court in Mumbai today. The central probe agency said Wadhwa will help it in "unravelling the truth behind the scam". It alleged that he was trying to "mislead" the agency during interrogation but confessed doing the paper work for creating two firms and appointing "dummy" directors in them. The central probe agency has filed two ...
Man charged with shipping explosives to military sites
A Seattle area man suspected of sending suspicious packages to multiple government agencies and military installations around the nation's capital was charged today with shipping explosive materials. Thanh Cong Phan, 43, of Everett, was charged with one count of shipment of explosive materials in federal court in Seattle, where he made his initial appearance today. A complaint alleges that Phan shipped a vial containing black powder with a fuse on March 16 from a U.S. Postal Service kiosk in Mill Creek, north of Seattle. Ashwin Cattamanchi, a public defender representing Phan, declined to comment on the case when reached by phone. Eleven suspicious packages were received through the U.S. Postal Service at various government agencies and military installations in the Washington D.C. area, including the US Secret Service White House Mail Screen Facility, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, in Dahlgren, Virginia, and the mailing facility for FBI headquarters in Baltimore,
Huge haul of explosives seized in Kerala, two arrested
A huge cache of explosive material, including detonators, gelatin sticks and fuse wire, was seized from a lorry in the district early today and two people were arrested in this connection, police said. A police team searched the vehicle, bearing a Karnataka registration number, at Mongam on specific instructions from District Police Chief Debesh Kumar Behera. The search revealed 10,000 detonators, 3,750 kilograms of gelatin sticks and 213 rolls of fuse wire hidden under packs of chicken droppings used as manure, they said. The vehicle was on its way to Kozhikode in Kerala from Hassan district in Karnataka. Two drivers of the truck were arrested under Sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act and Section 286 of the IPC when they they failed to produce documents supporting the consignment, the police said. The two will be produced before a court in the afternoon, they said, adding that an investigation was on.
Sena seeks cop's suspension over assault on patient held for
The Shiv Sena in Goa has demanded the suspension of a police inspector, alleging that his subordinates thrashed a cancer patient, who is an accused in a financial fraud case. The incident took place on March 25 evening when Amit Naik was arrested by the Sanguem police in Netravalim area of South Goa district, about 60 km from here, for skipping the summons of a court in Maharashtra's Pune district in connection with the case against him, the Sena said. However, a senior Goa police official said that Naik had tried to run away while he was being apprehended, and that there was a scuffle during which he got injured. He said that an inquiry into the alleged assault would be conducted if Naik's family files a complaint. Goa Shiv Sena chief Jitesh Kamat alleged that Naik was mercilessly beaten up by two policemen and as many civilians while he was in custody. Naik, who is suffering from cancer, was being treated at a hospital in Mumbai due to which he could not appear before .
11-yr-old boy killed in Thane
An 11-year-old boy was allegedly killed by unidentified persons at a village here today, a police official said. The boy, Suraj Dyaneshwar Bhoir, had gone out of his house at Nandivili village under Murbad taluka early this morning. However, later his body was found around 8.30 am at some distance from his house, the official at the district rural police control said. The police rushed to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. An offence was registered under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder), the official said, adding that the police was trying to gather more details to investigate the incident.
Six given death sentence for Thai family massacre
Six men were sentenced to death today for the massacre of a Thai village headman and seven members of his family, including three children, over a land dispute. The execution-style murders, which caused widespread public horror, saw the masked gunmen storm into the local leader's compound in the southern province of Krabi in July 2017 and take his family hostage with handcuffs and blindfolds. They held the group for several hours while waiting for village chief Worayuth Sanlang to return. Then they shot him in the head along with seven family members. Three others were injured but survived, including a woman who played dead after a bullet passed through her ear. The court said the massacre was motivated by a land dispute between the village headman and the lead gunman, Surikfat Bannopwongsakul. "The six defendants used pistols to shoot all the eight victims, which included women as well as girls aged four, eight, eleven, devastating the public," said the verdict read out at Krabi's ...
Human remains likely to be of missing Hollywood actress
Human remains found in a shallow grave are believed to be of missing Hollywood actress Adea Shabani, police said.