criminal law

Allahabad HC Orders UP Govt Tto Pproduce Manoj Gupta Murder Case Diary 22/1/2009 The Allahabad High Court ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to present on January 23 the PWD engineer Manoj Gupta murder case diary. A division bench comprising Justice Amar Sareen and RN Mishra passed the order on a writ petition filed by prime accused--Vibha Tiwari --wife of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Shekh..

194 DOWRY DEATHS IN TAMIL NADU IN 2008 22 Jan 2009, 0306 hrs IST, TNN CHENNAI: Forty seven years after the demand for dowry was made illegal in the country, Tamil Nadu registered 194 cases of dowry deaths in 2008, according to data collected from the state crime records bureau (SCRB). While proof in the form of charred or partially burnt bodies was available for 57 of these cases, a..

Life Imprisonment To Three For Train Robbery 21 Jan 2009, 2047 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: Three train robbers were on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment by a city court, which described the 2001 heist as "a cold-blooded incident (that) shakes the confidence of the public". Additional Sessions Judge D K Sharma awarded life imprisonment to Pawan, Surinder Singh and Aslam, all betw..

Delhi HC: Deepak Kumar Re-Arrested In Fresh Case Of Pan Card Forgery 1/21/2009 The Delhi police re-arrested Delhi Development Authority housing scam accused Deepak Kumar for allegedly being involved in a forgery case involving making of multiple Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards. Kumar, who was to be sent to judicial custody, was slapped with another case by the Delhi Police which want..

Madras HC Transfers Janata Party Office Attack Case To CB CID 1/21/2009 The Madras High Court transferred the office attack case from Madurai police to CB-CID on a petition filed by Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy. While transferring the case, Mr Justice K N Basha said there is prima facie to investigate it thoroughly by CB-CID than the local police. A mob, claiming to repr..

Woman SP Probing Samjhauta Blasts Receives Threat Call 21 Jan 2009, 1900 hrs IST, PTI AMBALA (HARYANA): A woman Railway Police officer probing the Samjhauta Express blast case on Wednesday alleged she had received a telephone call threatening her with dire consequences if she persisted with the investigations. Superintendent of Police Railways (Haryana) Bharti Arora told that th..

Malegaon Blast: ATS Chargesheet Says Purohit Main conspirator 20 Jan 2009, 1921 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: Nearly four months after the blast at Malegaon, police have filed a chargesheet that named Army officer Lt Col Prasad Purohit as the main conspirator who provided the explosives, and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur as the prime accused who arranged for the men who planted the explosives. ..

Madras HC Grants Bail To Film Director Seeman For Supporting LTTE 1/20/2009 Madras High Court granted bail to film Director Seeman and two others in connection with a case against them for supporting the banned LTTE. While granting the bail to Seeman, Kollathur Mani and Maniyarasu, Justice T Suthandiram directed them to appear before the police whenever required. The judge also dire..

SC Admits Plea On Mayawati Assault Case 1/21/2009 The Supreme Court admitted a petition filed by late BSP leader Barkhu Ram Verma challenging the Allahabad High Court order, dropping the criminal proceeding against Samajwadi Party leader, including former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and others, for murderous attack on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in Lucknow in 1..

Rahman, Anil Kapoor Sued For Calling Indians Names 21 Jan 2009, 1822 hrs IST, TNN PATNA: Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and music director A R Rahman have been sued in a Patna court for allegedly calling slum dwellers names in their award-winning movie, 'Slumdog Millionaire'. One Tapeshwar Vishwakarma, general secretary of Slum Dwellers' Joint Action Committee, on Tuesday filed a ..

Five Get Lifer For Murdering Doctor 21 Jan 2009, 1907 hrs IST, IANS KOLKATA: A West Bengal court on Wednesday sentenced five people to life term for abducting and murdering a doctor in 2006 and acquitted two accused. Jayanta Ghosh, a resident of Salt Lake area in north-eastern Kolkata, was abducted March 6, 2006. His body was found the next day on the banks of the Mayurakshi river in..

Phoolan Devi Murder Case: Trial Shifted To Fast Track Court 21 Jan 2009, 1948 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Trial in the sensational murder case of bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi was today transferred to a fast track court by the District Judge on the request of an accused. The hearing in the matter, which was earlier being conducted by Additional Sessions Judge J R Aryan, woul..

Police Complaint Against RCA President Lalit Modi 21 Jan 2009, 0442 hrs IST, Dinesh Sharma JAIPUR: Former cricketer and General secretary of the Registan Cricket Club, Anil Singh Shekhawat has filed a complaint against president of the Rajasthan Cricket association Lalit Modi with the Jyoti Nagar police station alleging misappropriation of funds. In his complaint, he alleged that Modi..

Godhra Cases Report To Be Submitted Within Deadline: SIT 21 Jan 2009, 1317 hrs IST, PTI GANDHINAGAR: The Special Investigation Team re-investigating nine post-Godhra riot cases will submit its report to the Supreme Court before the February 15 deadline, SIT chairman has said. The SIT chief, former CBI chief R K Ragahavan had long deliberations with the investigating officers of ..

5 Delhi Blasts Accused Send To Judicial Remand Till Feb 4 21 Jan 2009, 1347 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Five suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists allegedly involved in the Delhi serial blasts were on Wednesday produced before a Delhi court which remanded them to judicial custody till February 4. Mohd Saif, Zeeshan Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehman, Saquib Nissar and Mohd Shakeel were sent ..