Bhubaneswar, July 14 (IANS) A Fast Track Special Court in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday sentenced three persons to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a gangrape case reported in the Tirtol area of the district in 2024. The three convicts were awarded rigorous imprisonment under Sections 376D and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of them.Sharing the details of the case, the Odisha Police on Tuesday informed that, …
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New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday fixed July 23 for hearing arguments on the quantum of sentence for 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. The Karkardooma Court said it would commence hearing arguments on sentencing from July 23 after delivering its judgment on Monday, convicting Hussain, Javed, Anas, Nazim, and Kasim in the murder case…
Ranchi, July 14 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the life imprisonment awarded to Rahul Verma and Lakhan Verma, who were convicted in the sensational murder case of Dhanbad’s Additional District and Sessions Judge Uttam Anand.A division bench headed by Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay on Tuesday dismissed the criminal appeals filed by the two convicts and refused to interfere with the verdict delivered by the trial court.While pronouncing its judgment, the court described the incident as an…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) In a major development in its ongoing probe into large-scale homebuyer fraud, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its 16th chargesheet against M/s Saha Infratech Pvt Ltd, its director, and officials of HDFC Bank Ltd and ICICI Bank Ltd for their alleged involvement in fraudulent activities linked to a housing project in Noida, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday.The chargesheet has been filed before the Special Judge for CBI Cases at the …
Patna, July 13 (IANS) A significant political and legal development unfolded in Patna after Veena Manvi, a candidate of Tej Pratap Yadav’s Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD), was arrested by Gandhi Maidan Police in connection with a pending court warrant issued in an older criminal case. Later the same day, she received relief after being produced before a court, which granted her bail. According to police, Manvi was wanted in Case No. 837/2009, in which a complaint had been filed before the civil court…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Delhi riots, while acquitting six co-accused in the case. The Karkardooma Court held Hussain guilty under Sections 302 (murder), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine a person), 188 (disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant), 153A …
Ahmedabad, July 13 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police’s Local Crime Branch (LCB) Zone-7 on Monday arrested an alleged kingpin of the notorious “Madari Gang”, a habitual offender who was wanted in three criminal cases across Gujarat and had allegedly been absconding for the past 10 months, as part of a special drive launched ahead of the Rath Yatra to apprehend fugitives and strengthen law and order. The accused has been identified as Amarnath Padhiyar alias “Madari”, 37, a resident of Bholeshwar Societ…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The trial in the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) terror conspiracy case against former Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman E. Abubacker and other office-bearers of the banned outfit will commence on July 29 after they pleaded not guilty before a Delhi court on Saturday. Appearing before the Special NIA Court at the Patiala House Courts, all 21 accused denied the charges framed against them and opted to face trial. The court has fixed July 29 for the commencement…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A proclaimed offender wanted in connection with a Rs 60 lakh cheating case was arrested by the Delhi Police’s IP Estate Police Station from the domestic terminal of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport following sustained technical surveillance and manual intelligence. The arrest was made as part of a special drive launched by the Central District Police against proclaimed offenders and absconders. The accused has been identified as Mukesh Kumar (39), a resident of…
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth around Rs 5.54 crore in connection with an alleged multi-crore Ponzi scam involving the Jeevan Suraksha Group of Companies, officials said on Friday. The attachment was made under Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.According to the ED, the attached assets include credit balances of about Rs 1.42 crore lying in 48 bank accounts and 22 immovabl…