New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence to be imposed on former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others convicted in the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Praveen Singh of the Karkardooma Court said it would pronounce the order on July 31 after hearing detailed submissions from the prosecution and the defence on the question …
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Patna, July 20 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president and former Bihar Chief Minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav, departed for New Delhi on Monday for advanced medical treatment after recently experiencing health complications.He was accompanied by his wife and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, his daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti.Speaking to the media before leaving Patna, Misa Bharti said that Lalu Yadav’s condition had improved and that he would continue treatment under the supervision of…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) A Delhi court has allowed jailed student activist Umar Khalid to have two e-mulakats (video meetings) every week with his mother and other family members, observing that he had been availing the facility for the last six years without violating any prison rules. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts passed the order while disposing of an application moved by Khalid, an accused in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi r…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday welcomed a Delhi court’s verdict convicting former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain for the murder of IB officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 city riots, demanding an apology from Arvind Kejriwal for trying to shield his party colleague and slamming the Congress for pursuing politics of appeasement. Bharatiya Janata Party National Spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said that when the conspiracy of these riots was being hatched, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s st…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday launched a blistering attack on the Congress, accusing it of treating “anti-national forces” as “revolutionaries” after a Delhi court rejected the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 North East Delhi riots.The court held that it was bound by the Supreme Court’s earlier order declining them bail and that their fresh applications were not maintainable.Talking to IANS,…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the regular bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, holding that it was bound by the Supreme Court’s earlier order declining them bail and that their fresh applications were not maintainable. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Court rejected the applications filed by Khalid and Imam under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha San…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the regular bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Court rejected the bail applications after hearing arguments from both sides. Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam had sought regular bail in the case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and other penal provisions. Last mont…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday sentenced Bihar BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh to four years’ imprisonment after convicting him for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the death of a woman during celebratory firing at a New Year’s Eve party in the national capital in 2018.The Rouse Avenue Court also sentenced Singh to two months’ imprisonment under the Arms Act and directed him to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to the victim’s family. The court further order…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order on the regular bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.The Karkardooma Court reserved its verdict after hearing arguments on the bail applications filed by the two accused.Khalid and Imam have sought regular bail in the case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and other penal provisions.Last month, the court had issued…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of six foreign nationals — five Ukrainian citizens and one American national — till August 1 in a case being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) over allegations of imparting terror training in Myanmar. The six accused were produced before the NIA Court at Patiala House on the expiry of their earlier judicial custody. The court extended their judicial custody by 29 days and listed the matter for …