New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court has set aside a bail order granted by the Patna High Court to a man accused in a dowry death case, terming the relief as “wholly unsustainable” and flagging a “mechanical approach” adopted in such serious offences. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi allowed the appeal filed by the mother of the deceased and directed that the husband of the deceased woman surrender before the jail authorities within one week, failing which the…
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Greater Noida, Dec 23 (IANS) In a significant development, a court in Greater Noida on Tuesday rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea seeking withdrawal of prosecution against the accused in the long-pending Dadri Akhlaq lynching case, asserting that the application was neither legally sustainable nor in the interest of justice.The fast-track court at Surajpur, which is hearing the case related to the 2015 mob lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Bisahra village of Dadri, dismissed the prosecu…