Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress MLA Atin Ghosh on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court, seeking anticipatory bail in a land corruption case. The Bidhannagar North police have already summoned the former Kolkata Deputy Mayor Atin Ghosh and his daughter Priyadarshini Ghosh in that case. However, instead of responding to the summons, Atin Ghosh moved the High Court and appealed against the police’s actionOn Tuesday, Atin’s lawyer Ayan Bhattacharya argued in the court that At…
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Patna, June 30 (IANS) Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, received interim relief from the Patna Civil Court on Tuesday in connection with the ongoing legal dispute involving educator Roshan Anand.While hearing his anticipatory bail plea, the court extended protection from any coercive action, including arrest, until July 3.The court adjourned further proceedings to July 3 after seeking additional documents from the investigating authorities.During the hearing, the court directed the polic…
Patna, June 25 (IANS) A hearing in the ongoing legal dispute involving educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, and Roshan Anand was held on Thursday at the Patna Civil Court. While two associates linked to the Roshan Anand side secured bail, the court deferred consideration of Khan Sir’s anticipatory bail plea due to an incomplete police case diary.The District and Sessions Judge granted unconditional bail to Gaurav Kumar and Abhishek Kumar, who are associated with the Roshan Anand …
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Observing that delays in registering FIRs can undermine investigations into the unnatural deaths of young married women, the Delhi High Court has urged courts to accord greater urgency to such matters, particularly where allegations of dowry-related harassment are raised and police fail to register a case. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while rejecting anticipatory bail pleas filed by a husband and his parents in a case relating…
Jabalpur, May 28 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Advocate General Prashant Singh on Thursday said the High Court, while hearing the Twisha Sharma death case, took note of several crucial aspects, including the presence of seven ante-mortem injuries on the victim’s body, indicating the seriousness of the matter.Speaking to IANS, Prashant Singh said that a plea had been filed seeking the cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to Giribala Singh by a district court.“A detailed hearing was held in t…
Bhopal, May 22 (IANS) In a significant development in the high-profile dowry death case of Twisha Sharma, her mother-in-law Giribala Singh on Friday denied claims that she ignored three police notices and questioned why she was being treated “like a terrorist under UAPA.” Speaking to reporters, retired judge Giribala Singh said her lawyer would respond in detail to the allegations being levelled against her.“My lawyer will speak on this matter. People were calling only to offer condolences. …
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Congress party on Friday hailed the Supreme Court order granting anticipatory bail to senior party leader Pawan Khera, in connection with the FIR lodged by Assam Police on a complaint by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife. Addressing a press conference, Congress communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh and party MP Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the Apex Court’s verdict underscores that personal liberty remains paramount and the arrest must not be a ro…
Kochi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil in the first of three rape cases registered against him, subject to stringent conditions.With this order, the legislator has now secured bail in all three cases. He had obtained bail earlier in the two other cases.The prosecution strongly opposed the plea, contending that the accused had mentally manipulated and sexually exploited the complainant and therefore should not be grante…
Kozhikode, Jan 21 (IANS) The woman who shared a video accusing a man of sexual harassment on a bus — which allegedly led him to commit suicide — was arrested by police in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Wednesday. Shimjitha Mustafa was taken into custody from a relative’s home at Badagara after a case was registered against her for abetment to suicide.Her arrest came even as she approached the Kozhikode district court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the suicide of U. Deepak, 42, who was fou…
Kochi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday extended the interim order staying the arrest of Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil in a rape case till January 21, while deferring a final decision on his plea for anticipatory bail. The court said it would hear detailed arguments on the matter on that day before taking a call on whether the legislator should be granted pre-arrest protection.During the hearing, the High Court allowed the complainant to be impleaded as a party in the anticipat…