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Goa man seeks quashing of molestation case against him
A deputy sarpanch of a village in Goa has moved the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of an FIR filed against him based on a complaint of molestation lodged by a woman Shiv Sena leader in the state. Abhijit Desai, deputy sarpanch of Netravali village of Sanguem taluka of South Goa, filed a petition in the High Court of Bombay at Goa earlier this week, in which he challenged the FIR filed against him by the Crime Branch. In his affidavit filed before the HC, Desai said the woman had lodged a complaint against him accusing him of putting a defamatory post on Facebook. In his affidavit filed in the HC, Desai said, "The complaint bears no date. However, it was apparently inwarded in the office of the chief minister on July 14, 2018 and the CM marked the same to SP (Superintendent of Police), Cyber Crime for 'appropriate action' on July 17, 2018." "The complaint was thereafter marked to the Office of the SP (Cyber Crime) and finally forwarded to the Inspector Cyber Crime ...
100 kg ganja seized in AP, one held
Ganja weighing around 100 kg and meant to be smuggled to Nellore was seized in the district and one person arrested in this connection, police said Saturday. Acting on a tip-off Friday evening, police carried out vehicle checks and intercepted a car in which they found the narcotic substance valued at Rs 10 lakh, they said. Those who came in the car abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene, they added. Investigation is on, police said.
Bihar: Cop killed in encounter with criminals
A police officer lost his life during a gun battle with criminals on late Friday night in a border area of Khagaria district of Bihar.The deceased cop has been identified as Pasaraha Station House officer (SHO), Ashish Kumar Singh. Kumar was taken to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead.A criminal from notorious Dinesh Muni gang has also been arrested by the police. However, others managed to flee from the spot.On receiving the information, Kumar along with several policemen left for the spot to arrest the criminals. However, the criminals opened fire first to which the police retaliated.During the encounter, a policeman also got injured, who is currently undergoing treatment in a Bhagalpur hospital.
Police officer killed in Bihar encounter
A police officer was killed during an encounter with criminals in Bihars Khagaria district, police said on Saturday.
Bill Cosby replaces legal team before appeal
Bill Cosby has decided to replace his legal team as he looks to appeal against his conviction and sentence in his Pennsylvania sexual assault case.According to a court filing, the 81-year-old is switching up his legal team that has been handling his sentencing.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joseph Green is exiting the team after handling Cosby's case for four months. He is replaced by Brian Perry and Kristen Weisenberger.In September, the comedian was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for sexual assault.Cosby's sentence came after a lengthy trial, in which he faced accusations from former Temple University employee Andrea Constand and was found guilty.He was found to have drugged and raped Constant at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. Since then, multiple women came forward against "The Cosby Show" star.Cosby's trial was heralded as the first major celebrity trial of the #MeToo movement, and the first to result in a conviction.
Class 9 girl died after returning from 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' event
A class nine student named Supriya Sharma died in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi after returning from Beti Bachao Beti Padhao function, organised on the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child.The health condition of the girl deteriorated as soon as she returned home from the event. She was suffering from high fever when her parents took her to the hospital, where she died during treatment.The family of the girl accused the district authorities of not making proper arrangement of the event and carelessness."She went to attend the function. But the arrangement made there were not up to the mark. Drinking water was not available. When my daughter came back home, she was suffering from high fever," said the father of the girl.Meanwhile, Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) from Hardoi, Hemant Rao, denied the allegation leveled by the family members of the girl and said the authority made all the arrangement and that they are not anyhow responsible for the death of the girl."Every facility was ...
Pakistan: Kasur rape convict to be hanged next week
Imran Ali, who was convicted in the rape and murder case of a seven-year-old girl in Kasur in Pakistan's Punjab province, will be hanged on October 17.On Friday, a special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had issued black warrants for the convict, who was awarded 21 death sentences in the case. As per an order issued by Judge Sheikh Sajjad Ahmed, Ali's death sentence will be carried out on the stipulated date, Geo News reported.The minor, a resident of Kasur, was kidnapped on her way to a tuition centre in January. Few days after her disappearance, she was found raped, dead and buried in a garbage dump.According to the post-mortem report, the minor was strangled to death after being raped multiple times. The incident incited huge protests in Kasur and other major cities of Pakistan.The ATC found Ali guilty of sexually assaulting the girl and slapped him with numerous criminal counts and a hefty fine of Rs. 1 million. He was subsequently awarded the death sentence for committing an unnatural
Indian yoga teacher's jail term extended for molesting student in Singapore
An Indian yoga instructor, who repeatedly molested his student, had his jail sentence enhanced from nine months to a year, along with additional punishment of three strokes of the cane, by a Singapore High Court judge on Friday. Rakesh Kumar Prasad, 26, had appealed against his conviction but his arguments were rejected by the high court which allowed an appeal by the prosecution, reported The Straits Times Saturday. Justice See Kee Oon said Rakesh had blatantly abused his position of trust. "His sheer audacity in carrying out repeated intrusions with increasing brazenness while disparaging, belittling and threatening the victim must point strongly towards the need for caning," said the judge. Rakesh had molested the woman, then 25, while she was the only student in his class at the Real Yoga studio in Tampines housing estate on 26 April, 2015. The woman made a police report the next day. After a trial, Rakesh was found guilty of one charge each of molestation and of using criminal ...
SC Collegium recommends Chief Justices to 5 High Courts
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Chief Justices to High Courts of Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Guwahati, Calcutta, and Bombay.The resolution of recommending Chief Justices to five High Courts was passed by the Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph on October 9.Justice NH Patil, the senior-most judge and also the acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, has been recommended for the appointment as Chief Justice, the post which has been lying vacant since December 2017."It is made clear that the Collegium while making the recommendation is conscious of the fact that Justice N.H. Patil hails from Bombay High Court and is due to retire in April 2019. In this connection, the Collegium has invoked the provision of the Memorandum of Procedure which provides for elevation of a puisne Judge as Chief Justice in his own High Court if he has one year or less to retire," read the resolution.The Supreme Court
American pastor leaves Turkey after court ruling
American pastor Andrew Brunson has left Turkey following a court ruling that convicted him on terror charges but also set him free, according to the Turkish media. The evangelical pastor from North Carolina and his wife Norine arrived at a private terminal in Adnan Menderes Airport in the coastal Izmir province late Friday. Turkish media later said Brunson's plane took off. His route back to the United States has not been confirmed. The Turkish court lifted Brunson's house arrest and ban on travel Friday after sentencing him to three years, one month and 15 days in prison. But since he had already spent nearly two years in detention, Turkish law allowed him to go free with time served.
16-yr-old boy stabbed to death
A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend's brother following a quarrel in Northwest Delhi's Sangam Park on Friday, police said. The police were informed about the incident in the evening following which they rushed to the spot, they said. During investigation, it was found that the younger brother of Anurag (25), who died under suspicious circumstances, picked up a quarrel with his brother's friend Sahil after he brought his body to his residence in Sangam Park, a senior police officer said. Seeing the body of Anurag, his brother Cheenu questioned Sahil and his family over the mysterious death of his brother. Enraged over this, Cheenu thrashed Sahil and stabbed him on his chest following which he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. A case has been registered and police is probing the matter.
Child kidnapped by neighbour; rescued
A seven-year-old boy was kidnapped allegedly by a neighbour in outer Delhi's Nangloi area after his father refused to lend the accused Rs 5,000, police said Friday. Within 72 hours, the accused identified as Raj Kumar (24) was arrested and the child was rescued and handed over to the family, they said. Based on a missing complaint filed by the father on Monday, a case was registered, they said. During investigation, police examined CCTV footage of the complainant's area and found that the child was taken away by their neighbour on his motorcycle, a senior police officer said. Police arrested him from Ferozabad in Uttar Pradesh and the child was rescued, he said.
Man dies in parking brawl
A man in his mid-fifties died after he was allegedly headbutted by his neighbour in central Delhi's Shadipur area on Friday morning, police said.
DU student held for kidnapping minor boy for ransom
A 19-year-old Delhi University girl student and her teenaged brother have been arrested for kidnapping a three-year-old son of their landlord in south Delhi to extract a hefty ransom of Rs 5 crore, police said on Friday.
3-yr-old child rescued after being kidnapped by DU student in Southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj
To earn easy money, a first-year Delhi University student, along with her minor brother, allegedly kidnapped a three-year-old son of their landlord and demanded a ransom of Rs 50 lakh, police said Friday. The sister-brother duo initially demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore from the victim's father and later reduced the amount to Rs 50 lakh after negotiation, a police officer said. Police said the child was rescued within 24 hours and the Delhi University student was arrested and her brother apprehended in connection with the case. Based on a missing complaint filed by the victim's father on Thursday, a case was registered at the Vasant Kunj police station, police said. During investigation, it was revealed that the accused demanded the ransom amount from the victim's father through whatsapp messages, Devender Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) said. By technical surveillance, the police found that the accused used hotspot to send messages, he said. During interrogation, the ..
Court awards death sentence to 1 for rape-murder of 12-year-old
Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Friday awarded death sentence to a convict for raping and murdering a 12-year-old in Lucknow's Mohanlalganj area. Another convict has also been sentenced to life imprisonment in the case.The 12-year-old-girl was raped and killed on September 4th , 2012.High Court in its today's verdict had upheld the session court decision which had pronounced the death sentence for convict Putai and life imprisonment for convict Dilip.A bench of Justice Rituraj Awasthi and Mahendra Dayal pronounced the verdict on Friday.
Court orders probe into destruction of records in student's murder case
Hyderabad High Court on Friday ordered probe into destruction of records in 11-year-old sensational case of a Andhra pharmacy student's rape and murder.
Domestic help arrested for BJP activist's killing
Days after a local woman BJP activist was killed in her flat here in Maharashtra, her domestic help has been arrested for the crime, police said Friday. Rupali Chavan (36) was found dead in her house in the Nallasopara area of Palghar district on October 9. She was killed two days earlier, the police had said early this week. A 23-year-old man, Nitin Chape, was arrested Wednesday from Latur, about 430km from here in central Maharashtra, in connection with Chavan's killing, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Nallasopara) Datta Totewad said Friday. He said the accused was Thursday produced before a local magistrate who remanded him in police custody till October 17. Chape had joined as Chavan's house help four months ago, the police officer said. Chavan, who was planning to open a shop, used to often scold Chape for not doing his job properly and this annoyed him, Totewad said. On the day of the killing also, the BJP activist had chided Chape. Angered over the scolding, ...
Case of extortion filed against BJP MLA
A case of alleged extortion has been registered against Yogesh Tilekar, a BJP MLA from Pune, and two others, police said Friday. Tilekar, his brother Chetan and his associate Ganesh Kamthe were booked under IPC section 385 (extortion) for allegedly demanding Rs 50 lakh from a private firm to allow it to lay optical fibre cables for internet, police said. The FIR was registered on the complaint from E-Vision Tele-Infra which lays optical fibre lines for Internet for private companies in the city, said joint commissioner of police Shivaji Bodkhe. "Tilekar, his brother and Kamthe allegedly demanded money from the firm officials to allow them to continue the work in an area in Hadapsar (which is Tilekar's constituency)," he said. "We found substance in the complaint prima facie and registered the FIR at Kondhwa police station," Bodkhe said, adding that further probe was on. Nobody has been arrested in the case yet. The MLA could not be contacted for comments despite several .
Tamil magazine staff move HC for anticipatory bail; police assure no arrests
Thirty-four employees including journalists of a Tamil weekly have moved the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a case filed against them and the magazine's editor over articles that allegedly disparaged Governor Banwarilal Purohit. The employees of the vernacular 'Nakkheeran' have been named as accused in the FIR registered over which editor R Gopal was arrested by police and subsequently released by a city court. On October 9, Gopal was picked up by a police team from the airport here, when he was on his way to Pune. He walked free after the magistrate court declined to remand him. When the petitions by the employees came up for hearing before Justice M Dhandapani Friday, the police assured that they would not be arrested. Recording the submission, the judge directed the police to file counter its affidavit by October 25 on the anticipatory bail petitions filed by the employees. Based on a complaint filed by the governor's secretary, the police had ...