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Prisoners have human rights, can't be kept in jails like animals: SC
The Supreme Court today took strong exception to over-crowded jails in the country and said that "prisoners also have human rights and they cannot be kept in jail like animals". The top court said that many of prisoners are lodged in jail because they have got bail but could not furnish sureties while some are lodged in jails for petty offences, who could have got bail long back. "It's unfortunate that the prisons are over-crowded. Prisoners also have human rights and they cannot be kept in jails like animals," a bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said. It said, "Some of the jail inmates have got bail but they cannot be released as they cannot furnish sureties. Some are lodged in jail for petty offences under which they should have got bail long back." The top court said, "What's the point in talking about prison reforms when we cannot keep them in jail. We should release them, if you cannot keep them properly." The court's remarks came when it was informed that there are ...
Woman gives birth to child in running train
A woman gave birth to a girl in the running Akal Takht Superfast train today, railway officials said. Railway officials said Priya Verma, who hails from Patna, was travelling to Ludhiana in the Akal Takht Superfast along with her husband. When the train reached near Roorkee, the woman suffered labour pain and with the help of some of the female passengers she gave birth to a girl child in the train, railway officials said. When the train reached Ambala Cantonment railway station, her husband contacted railway authorities and informed them about the "serious" condition of the new-born, an official said. The station superintendent made arrangements to send her to a local civil hospital. Dr Satish Kumar, a doctor of the civil hospital who attended the child, said the child was under-weight and was referred to PGIMER at Chandigarh.
Cop touched my breast and pushed me: Journo covering JNU march
A journalist who has accused a Delhi Police inspector of molesting her has said in her complaint that he groped her breast even after being told that she was with the media. A case was registered yesterday against Vidhyadhar Singh, accused of molesting the journalist during a march organised by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University last week. He was sent to the district lines. The complainant said she was standing in a service lane near the protest site along with a fellow journalist when the police started hitting the demonstrators with batons. She alleged that she and the other journalist were pushed by Singh. "Both of us at that point told Mr Singh that we are journalists and he backed off for two minutes. He then proceeded to come towards us again and hooked at my chest and placed his hand on my right breast and pushed me again," she said in her complaint. The journalist also claimed that when she, along with other media people, confronted Singh about the incident, he "denied ...
Man gets 10 years in jail for raping minor girl
A court here has awarded 10 years' rigorous imprisonment to a man for raping a seven-year-old girl in 2014. District and Sessions Judge A V Rotte yesterday also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Motiram Asaram Gore. Assistant government pleader Bharat Khandekar informed the court that on March 22, 2014, Gore lured the girl while she was playing at Gurupimpri village and raped her. The girl narrated the ordeal to her mother. Following a complaint, a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) was registered. Gore was later apprehended, the court was told. Relying on statements of the witness, the Judge convicted Gore and awarded him 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.
Journalists protest killing of colleague scribe
Journalists here today protested killing of a local scribe and demanded compensation and a government job to his family members besides the arrest of one of the accused who is absconding. The accused former village headman Harshu Miyan, whose vehicle had knocked down the motorcycle which victim scribe Navin Nishchal was riding along with a fellow villager, was today produced before a court which remanded him to 14 days in judicial custody. The deceased scribe Navin Nishchal worked for a Hindi daily. Vijay Singh, who was with Nishchal was his fellow villager and both were crushed to death near Nahsi village. The demands were raised at a meeting held at Ara Press Club, situated in the district headquarters of Bhojpur, to mourn the death of Navin Nishchal, who was crushed to death by an SUV in a remote part of the district on Sunday night. At the meeting, president of the Ara Press Club Tanveer Shabbu said "the state government should provide Rs 25 lakh ex gratia and ...
Rajasthan govt assures action after murder accused gets honoured
Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria on Tuesday said a strict action will be taken against those who took out a tableau in Jodhpur on Ram Navami to honour Shambhu Lal, accused of killing a Muslim labourer from West Bengal.Talking to media, Kataria said, "It is my duty to take strict action against the culprits."Last year, Lal allegedly killed the labourer and set his body on fire, as the latter was said to be romantically involved with a Hindu woman.While murdering the victim, Lal recorded the brutal act on video, uploaded it to social media and justified it in the name of 'love jihad'.He is in jail since December 2017 after a case was registered against him.
Two held for snatching Army man's phone
Two persons have been arrested on the charge of snatching the mobile phone and wallet of an Army soldier in south Delhi, police said on Tuesday.
Elderly man gets life imprisonment for killing wife
A court here today awarded life imprisonment to a 55-year-old man for burning alive his 25-year-old wife in 2014. Vasai Additional Sessions Judge N R Pradhan also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on convict Govind Barkya Pachalkar, a resident of Navsai. Additional Public Prosecutor Jaiprakash Patil informed the court that Pachalkar frequently demanded money from his wife Kamala for liquor. On March 22, 2014, Kamala refused to give him money. An enraged Pachlkar poured kerosene on her and burnt her alive, Patil stated. Kamala was admitted to a local hospital and she died there on April 8, 2014, following which Pachalkar was apprehended, the court was informed. The court accepted Kamala's dying declaration before the police and Special Executive Officer and also the deposition of her neighbours to convict Pachalkar and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Student dies while taking class XII Guj board exam
A student died today while appearing for the class XII Board examination in Anklav town in Gujarat's Anand district, police said. Dhavalsinh Padhiyar (17) fainted and collapsed when he was attempting a question paper at an exam centre. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, an Anklav police station official said. "Padhiyar fainted and collapsed in the Anklav school while he was taking the examination for Uttar Buniyadi stream. He was rushed to the Anklav referral hospital where doctors declared him brought dead," said the official. Padhiyar came to the examination centre from nearby Kahanwadi village along with his friends, he said, adding that police are awaiting postmortem report to ascertain the exact cause of his death.
Victims in 72 pc rape cases in 2016 in Mumbai minors: Report
Seventy-two per cent of all rape cases registered in the city in 2016 had minors as victims, according to data from the annual report of the Praja Foundation on the state of law, order and policing in Mumbai. A total 628 rape cases were registered in the city in 2016, out of which 455 were registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the report said. In comparison, in 2015, it said that 448 out of 712 rape cases reported had minors as victims. As many as 15,867 crime cases were registered in police stations across the city between April 2016 to March 2017, the report said. This figure, during the year 2015-16 was 17,539, and thus 2016-17 saw a decline of 17 per cent in cases being registered, the report added. The reporting of rape cases also declined with 576 cases in 2016-17 when compared to 728 cases in 2015-16, it said. Similarly, 2,145 molestation cases were registered in 2015-16, while it was 2,103 in 2016-17. Murder cases also ...
Woman 'most wanted' by Europol arrested in Spain
Spain's Catalan regional police force have arrested Maria Tana Varela Otero, the woman most wanted by the European Police Office.
No proof of Bhide's involvement in Bhima-Koregaon violence: Maha CM
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said there was no proof of the involvement of right-wing Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide in the January 1 Bhima-Koregaon violence. Neither Bhide, nor his aides visited the area in the last six months, Fadnavis said, while replying to a debate on law and order situation in the state in Legislative Assembly. Bhide was also not in conversation with anyone on the phone at the time (of violence), he said. "A woman claimed that she saw Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote (Hindu Ekta Parishad leader who has been arrested) instigating riots at Bhima-Koregaon. However, investigation did not show any evidence against Bhide," Fadnavis said. The woman later gave a statement saying she had never seen Bhide or Ekbote but had heard their names being mentioned by people, the chief minister said. "In the last six months, neither Bhide nor his close aides went to that area. They did not talk to anyone there. An inquiry is underway anyway," Fadnavis ...
AAP legislators stage walkout from Punjab Assembly
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators today walked out of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to protest the rejection of a bill on conflict of interest by the speaker. AAP MLA Aman Arora had submitted 'The Punjab Unseating of Members of Legislative Assembly found indulging in Conflict of Interest Bill, 2018' in the House which was rejected by Speaker Rana K P Singh. Under the proposed bill, any elected representative, be it the chief minister, cabinet ministers or other MLAs, shall be liable for disqualification and hence unseated within a period of six months if found guilty of the Conflict of Interest Act. Any MLA found furthering his own private interests, financial or commercial, directly or indirectly, at the cost of interest of the state shall be unseated, Arora told mediapersons outside the Assembly. Arora contended that mafias like those of mining, liquor, transport, cable, power, irrigation, construction and real estate would never have come into existence had this law been in place. He ...
Creditors' panel may consider Binani's application: NCLT
The National Company Law Tribunal's (NCLT) Kolkata bench on Tuesday said that the committee of creditors (CoC) of insolvent Binani Cement may take up the application filed by its parent company, Binani Industries, for an out of tribunal settlement.
Man held for killing elderly woman
A 33-year-old man was today arrested for allegedly killing a 60-year-old woman and dumping her body on the road, police said. The victim Laxmi Dodade, her kin and the accused Laxi Kharpade had gone to attend a marriage function in Govarsheth Pada in Talsari tehsil last night, a senior police official said. In the wee hours today, Kharpade tried to molest the victim while she was asleep inside the premises of a local Zilla Parishad school, where the marriage function was to be held, the official said. The woman, however, resisted his attempt. Enraged over this, he thrashed the victim with belt and bricks and killed her on the spot. And then later he dumped her body on the road between Talasari and Sutrakar village, the official added. A case under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of the Indian Penal Code was registered, he said, adding a probe was on.
Pakistan: 12 people arrested in revenge rape case
Twelve people have been arrested in Multan district of Pakistan in connection with a case of Wani (revenge rape), a Pakistani daily, The Nation, reported on Tuesday.In spite of being banned by the law, the practice of Wani is prevalent especially among Pakistan's 'jirgah' community where the local panchayat orders the brother of a rape victim to further rape any female relative of the accused to settle the scores, as reported by The Nation.A few days ago, accused Wasim Saeed, a resident of Pir Mahal city, raped a minor girl in his village. Following the incident, the victim's family demanded to rape Saeed's sister, a decision which was ratified by the local panchayat.In a mutual consent, Saeed's sister was raped publically amidst several villagers.The age of both the rape victims has not been disclosed.The 12 people who were arrested include members of the village council and family members of both the families.
CBI files case in Rail Vikas Nigam website cloning issue
The CBI on Tuesday filed a case against unidentified persons for illegally cloning the official website of Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) with an intention to cheat job seekers applying through the web portal, an official said.
SC allows Mumbai's Kamala Mills co-owner to withdraw plea against his arrest
The Supreme Court today allowed a co-owner of Mumbai's Kamala Mills to withdraw his petition challenging his arrest in the case related to the fire tragedy in the building complex that had claimed 14 lives last December. The top court granted liberty to Ravi Surajmal Bhandari to approach the trial court for bail and directed it to consider the bail application forthwith. During the hearing, the bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan asked senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for Bhandari, how can the habeas corpus petition filed by him be entertained when he is in lawful custody. A habeas corpus petition is a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a court. Divan cited an earlier verdict of the apex court and said even if he was arrested, a habeas corpus petition can be filed saying it was an illegal detention by the police. "I am the owner of Kamala Mills complex which is spread on 20 acres and has 40 restaurants and over 100 corporate offices. I was ...
Arms trafficker arrested in Delhi
A 50-year-old man, allegedly involved in supplying weapons to criminals in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, was arrested here, the police said today. Fifteen sophisticated pistols and two revolvers along with 10 spare magazines were recovered from the possession of Khazan Singh at the time of his arrest near Ashram Chowk here, they added. The Special Cell was having information about the arms syndicate led by Singh, who belongs to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Teams were sent to Burhanpur, Sendhwa, Khargone and Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) to track the movements of the members of this syndicate. On March 25, the police learnt that Singh, who used to procure illegal arms from Khandwa and then supply to Delhi, Haryana and UP has received a big consignment of pistols, said PS Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell). Singh, who was on his way to deliver the consignment of weapons to criminals in Delhi and Western UP, was arrested from a pre-decided meeting point near Nafed building, Ashram ...
Aurangabad murder case: 'Prime accused told girl he got rid of
Sanket Jaibhay, prime accused in Sanket Kulkarni murder case, called up the latter's "girlfriend" after the crime on Friday and told her that he had eliminated his "competitor", a police official said today. Though Jaibhay is in the police custody, three of his accomplices are still at large, even four days after the incident. Jaibhay allegedly knocked down Kulkarni (19) with his car and repeatedly ran over him, following an altercation between the two over the girl who hails from Pune. According to police, Jaibhay was jealous of Kulkarni's proximity with the girl. The deceased, a native of Pathri tehsil in Parbhani district, was studying in Pune. On March 23, Jaibhay allegedly called up Kulkarni and asked him to come to Kamgar Chowk in Aurangabad to sort out the issue between them. Mukundwadi police station inspector Premsagar Chandramore said the hunt was on for other accused who had accompanied Jaibhay in his car on the day of the incident. He said Jaibhay showed no ...