criminal law

Nigerian Held For Cheating Bid 12 Feb 2009, 1126 hrs IST, PTI Text: BANGALORE: A Nigerian national who tried to cheat a person in the city has been arrested. N Surendra Reddy, a realtor, complained to police that during December last, the Nigerian citizen, Garry Benjamin, approached him and said he was interested in investing 2.5 mn Euros (about Rs 17 crore) in land deals..

SI Suspended For Alleged Rape 11 Feb 2009, 0552 hrs IST, TNN Text: LUCKNOW: The government on Tuesday terminated the services of the station officer (SO) of Ferozabad, who allegedly raped a minor Dalit girl at the police station premises. But, the stern action failed to leave any impact on the khaki-clad, as another incident of thrashing of a woman by the police came to light in..

Twist In Rizwanur Case, Cop Probing Rizwan Case Found Dead 11 Feb 2009, 1519 hrs IST, Saugata Roy, TNN Text: KOLKATA: In what comes as a major blow to the Rizwanur Rehman case, Arindam Manna, a police sub-inspector of the Government Railway Police (GRP) team that started the probe on Rehman’s mysterious death, was found dead on Wednesday beside the railway tracks near Mankundu S..

Girl In Illegal Detention For 8 Months 10 Feb 2009, 1918 hrs IST, TNN Text: MYSORE: After eight months in illegal detention in the house of a government servant, a minor girl was rescued here. The Mysore district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has sent summons to the couple that adopted the girl and the person who sent her here. Members of the committee met at the state home for..

Union Minister Mahavir Prasad Booked In Murder Case 11 Feb 2009, 1028 hrs IST, PTI Text: GORAKHPUR: In a major embarrassment to the government at the Centre, Union minister Mahavir Prasad has been booked for alleged conspiracy in a murder case, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. The case was registered on the direction of the Allahabad High Court under section 1..

Cops Catch Drug Peddler In The Act 11 Feb 2009, 0609 hrs IST, TNN Text: PANAJI: Cops of the anti-narcotics cell arrested a person from Rajasthan trying to sell 1.10 kgs of brown sugar to a foreigner at Mala, Panaji on Tuesday. Depending on its purity, the seized narcotic is valued at anything between Rs 20 lakh and Rs one crore in the international market. SP (public relations..

SC To State Govts & UTs: Check Ragging 11 Feb 2009, 1133 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: In a bid to curb ragging, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked state governments and union territories to act in terms of guidelines recommended by a committee set up by it to suggest measures to end the menace in educational institutions across the country. Accepting the report of the co..

Charges Framed In Aquem Murder Case 11 Feb 2009, 0112 hrs IST, TNN Text: MARGAO: District and sessions court, Margao, on Tuesday ordered that charges be framed against Sunny Khanuja and Abhay Verma both accused in the sensational double murder of Madhya Pradesh natives Rajendra Jamne, 34, and Monu Pathak, 22, at Raj Vihar housing society, Aquem, on August 10, 2008. The court ..

As market regulator SEBI and SFIO are seeking court permission to quiz them, Satyam Computer founder Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju and the company's former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas today filed a fresh petition for bail in a local court here. The petition filed by their counsel in the 6th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate would come up for hearing on February 12. The Rajus and Sriniva..

The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the criminal proceedings in cases relating to demolition of disputed structure at Ayodhya in which the trial involving senior BJP leader L K Advani and seven other VVIPs were segregated from others. The apex court said it had in March 2007 decided the matter relating to the trial of cases and it can no longer regulate the proceedings which are t..

Court Remands Accused Till Today9 Feb 2009, 2247 hrs IST, TNN Text: MANGALORE: The second additional chief judicial magistrate court here has remanded five persons accused of assaulting and kidnapping Manjeshwaram MLA C H Kunjambu's daughter Shruthi in police custody till February 10. While the police sought a two-day custody of the accused - Raju alias Rajesh..

Couple Sent To Judicial Custody For Burying New-Born Alive 10 Feb 2009, 1620 hrs IST, PTI Text: VADODARA: A couple, along with their son, has been remanded to judicial custody for burying alive their fourteenth child, a newborn girl, in Jalodra village in the district. The trio, Goham Muliya Rathwa (45), his wife Shanta (40) and son Suniya, told a local court in the Chotaudepu..

Vigilance Bureau Files Chargesheet Against Amarinder, Others 10 Feb 2009, 1721 hrs IST, PTI Text: CHANDIGARH: The Vigilance Bureau filed a chargesheet against senior Congress leader and former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and 15 others in connection with the Amritsar Imrpovement Trust scandal which saw him being expelled from the State Assembly earlier. The charges..

SC Pulls Up CBI For Dillydallying In Mulayam Assets Case 10 Feb 2009, 1203 hrs IST, TNN Text: NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court severely criticized the Cenral Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday for seeking to withdraw its earlier decision to proceed against former UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his relatives in the case relating to their alleged disproportionate assets. Th..

New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) A CBI counsel today moved CBI Chief Ashwani Kumar claiming that appointment and continued extension of the agency's Prosecution Director S K Sharma were against the rules. "The appointment of Sharma to the post of legal advisor, selection to the post of Director of Prosecution (DoP) and repeated extension and re-appointment to the post in CBI is illegal, improper and in..