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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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Anti Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of Delhi Police’s East District on Sunday arrested an interstate bootlegger and seized 1,600 quarter bottles of illicit liquor being smuggled from Haryana to Delhi. The Police also impounded a car used to transport the contraband. According to Delhi Police, the accused has been identified as Anand alias Kallu, 31, a resident of Karkardooma Village. The operation led to the recovery of 32 cartons containing 1,600 quarter bottles of liquor…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Central District Police have arrested a proclaimed offender who had been evading judicial proceedings for several years in connection with a 2014 theft case. The accused, identified as Malkhan alias Saleem (33), was apprehended by a team from Police Station Dariyaganj following sustained surveillance and local Intelligence inputs.According to an official press release issued by the Central District Police on Saturday, the arrest was made as part of the ongoing speci…
Pune, July 25 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Pune Police has extradited and arrested Avinash Arjun Rathod, the mastermind behind a Rs 88 crore investment fraud case, from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after completing the required international legal procedures.Rathod is accused of duping investors of nearly Rs 88 crore by luring them with promises of unusually high returns.According to officials, Rathod had been absconding for a prolonged period, prompting investigating agencies to…
Ghazipur, July 23 (IANS) A district court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur on Thursday sentenced a man convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000. The judgment was delivered by POCSO Court Judge Ram Avtar Prasad, who found the accused, Sikandar Rajbhar, guilty of sexually assaulting a minor.Assistant Government Advocate Ram Kumar Rai said that Sikandar Rajbhar, a resident of a village in the Kasimaba…
Gandhinagar, July 22 (IANS) An alleged bootlegger who had been absconding since 2023 and was wanted in seven prohibition cases across Gujarat was arrested by the State Monitoring Cell after being traced to a new residence in Ahmedabad, officials said on Wednesday.According to the officials, the arrest followed directions from Director General of Police (DGP) G.S. Malik to intensify action not only against illegal liquor, gambling and other unlawful activities but also against absconding accused …
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested two proclaimed offenders who had been absconding since 2018 in connection with a murder, dowry death and cruelty case registered at Swaroop Nagar Police Station. The accused, identified as Kanchan and her son Jatin alias Jitin, were wanted in the death of the family’s daughter-in-law and had evaded arrest for more than eight years.In a statement, the Crime Branch described the arrests as a “major breakthrough” and said the …
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday held that the use of abusive and profane language during a heated altercation, however offensive or uncivil, would not by itself amount to the offence of obscenity punishable under Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), unless the words are lascivious, appeal to prurient interests and have the tendency to deprave and corrupt the minds of those exposed to them. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Vipul M. Pancholi made the observation…
Bengaluru, July 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a charge sheet in a Special Court in Bengaluru against an infra development firm and its director over fraudulent activities related to a housing project, an official said on Friday. The charge sheet, filed before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (CBI cases) at Bengaluru, accused Ozone Urbana Infra Developers Private Limited and its director of offences, including criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of tr…
Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Thursday achieved a breakthrough by framing charges in a landmark narco‑terror case in the Special NIA Court. A statement said: “In a breakthrough against narco‑terrorism and cross‑border terror financing, the Special NIA Court has ordered the framing of charges in a landmark case investigated by the State Investigation Agency (SIA), Kashmir, clearing the way for the trial of members of an alleged Pakistan‑backed Lash…