criminal law

Allahabad High Court has reserved its judgment on the criminal appeals by the two accused in Nithari case of Noida. Both the accused had challenged the order of Special judge, CBI, Ghaziabab which had awarded them capital punishment on February 13, 2009 on the charge of killing several innocent children in Noida. The accused Moninder Singh Pandher and S..

A sessions court granted bail to Sarabjot Singh, son of National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes chairman and senior Congress leader Buta Singh, on surety of Rs 1 lakh in a bribery case. The court also granted bail to Sarabjot’s three associates -- Anup Premkumar Begi, Madan Singh Solanki alias Madhu and Dhukh Singh Chauhan on surety of the same a..

Lone surviving Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, captured in connection with last year’s terror strike on November 26, today expressed wish that he be provided with non- vegetarian and spicy food in the jail. In a written complaint to designated Judge M L Tahilyani, presiding over the trial, the Arthur Road Jail authorities stated that he (Kasab) had yesterday thr..

 The bail plea of the four police officers including former SP Shopian, Javid Iqbal Matoo was rejected by the Sessions Judge on Thursday saying that it is “premature to grant bail to the arrested police officers at this juncture.” The four police suspended officers SP Mattoo, DSP Rohit Baskotra, Station House Off..

Setting aside the lower court’s verdict which acquitted educationist S A Raja in the former DMK minister Aladi Aruna murder case, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court sentenced him to life imprisonment along with four others on two counts on August five. The court, however, ordered the sentences to run concurrently. The bench scaled down the capital punishment a..

The Patna High Court today granted bail to former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin held in connection with a murder case. Justice K K Mondal granted the bail after hearing arguments of both the sides. Counsel for the petitioner, submitted before the court, that there was no evidence against the former RJD MP and he was implicated in the case.  /br..

Designated court Judge M L Tahaliyani, presiding over the trial of 26/11 terrorist attack case, today reserved his order till tomorrow on examination of three US witnesses through video conference.  After hearing an arguments of the defence and public prosecutors, Mr Tahaliyani reserved the court’s order for tomorrow.  Earlier, lone arre..

An eyewitness in the 26/11 terrorist attacks case today identified the lone captured Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab in the designated court, but made a contradictory statement that the Skoda car, hijacked by the terrorists, was red in colour and not silver.  Samit Ajgaokar, deposing before designated court judge M L Tahaliyani, said Kasab was the person who had hija..

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition filed by Ashok Jadeja, who had allegedly duped thousands of people of about Rs 1,800 crore, seeking transfer of all the cases registered against him to one place. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan told the petitioner that this court could not pass such an order. Jadeja is facing alle..

The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat Government to pay compensation to the family of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, an alleged gangster killed in a fake encounter along with his wife Kausarbi by the state police in November 2005. A bench comprising Justices Tarun Chatterjee and Aftab Alam, however, left the quantum of compensation for the state government to decide. ..

The Delhi High Court today granted interim bail for two months to former Inspector General of Haryana Police R K Sharma, who is facing life imprisonment for the murder of Indian Express reporter Shivani Bhatnagar. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, while granting bail to Sharma, directed him to comply with the rules of the bail and surrender to the jail authorities on completion o..

A local court today inquired from Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, where underworld don Abu Salem is presently lodged, whether evidence in a 7-year-old extortion case against him, for which he was facing trial here, could be recorded through video conferencing.  Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja asked the jail superintendent whether the jail had video conferencing f..

During the period from 01-01-2000 to 30-06-2009, 920 cases of Disproportionate Assets were registered by the CBI. Charge sheets were filed in 529 cases and 60 cases of Disproportionate Assets resulted in conviction. 139 such cases are pending trial in various co..

A special court in Mumbai will hear a bail plea of National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Chairman Buta Singh's son Sarabjot Singh on Thursday. On Wednesday, the court rejected CBI’s plea for further custody of Sarabjot and three others arrested on bribery charges. The court remanded them to j..

Arrested Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab asked his lawyer if anyone would tie him a rakhi on Wednesday — the day of Raksha Bandhan. To which, Abbas Kazmi, his lawyer, said, ‘‘If some one treats you like a brother, she will surely come and tie a rakhi.â&eur..