RTI Activist Amit Jethva Murder Case- Gujarat High Court Suspends Sentence Of Life-Imprisonment Of Ex-MP Dinu Solanki
3 years, 5 months ago

RTI Activist Amit Jethva Murder Case- Gujarat High Court Suspends Sentence Of Life-Imprisonment Of Ex-MP Dinu Solanki

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court today suspended the Life-imprisonment sentence of Ex-BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki who was convicted by a special CBI court in 2019 for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 after the activist had tried to expose illegal mining activities in the Gir forest region.Suspending his sentence and granting him conditional bail, the Bench of Justice Paresh Upadhyay and Justice. The Gujarat High Court today suspended the Life-imprisonment sentence of Ex-BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki who was convicted by a special CBI court in 2019 for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 after the activist had tried to expose illegal mining activities in the Gir forest region. Suspending his sentence and granting him conditional bail, the Bench of Justice Paresh Upadhyay and Justice AC Joshi observed that the CBI court's judgment was based on 'assumptions and presumptions' and that the verdict was 'prima facie erroneous'. The Court also observed that initially the applicant was not named as an accused, either by the state police authorities or by the CID, however, when the matter was transferred to CBI in the year 2013, and the CBI found in its investigation that one person who was employed by the applicant said that he had heard applicant saying that something was needed to be done regarding the deceased.

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Supreme Court denies bail to Arun Gawli in Shiv Sena corporator murder case
1 month ago

Supreme Court denies bail to Arun Gawli in Shiv Sena corporator murder case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied bail to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case. Arun Gawli, who is undergoing life imprisonment for the 2007 murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar, claims to have complied with all the conditions of the 2006 remission policy. The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on …

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Prosecution seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar in murder case
1 month ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Prosecution seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar in murder case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have sought the death penalty for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, convicted in the case of murder of a father-son duo during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, terming it a “rarest of rare” crime. The prosecution filed a written submission before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja at Rouse Avenue Court, asserting that Kumar’s role in the killings of …

‘Wrongly convicted’ man acquitted by HC after over 25 years in jail
2 months ago

‘Wrongly convicted’ man acquitted by HC after over 25 years in jail

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court acquitted one Jaimangal Yadav of Gonda, who was wrongly convicted in a murder case and spent over 25 years in prison. The judgement of acquittal was passed by a division bench comprising justice Sangeeta Chandra and justice Mohd Faiz Alam Khan on January 8, allowing an appeal filed by Yadav. The …

Eight RSS workers found guilty of CPI(M) activist’s murder
2 months, 1 week ago

Eight RSS workers found guilty of CPI(M) activist’s murder

The Hindu  

A district court in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday found eight Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activists guilty of the murder of Communist Party of India activist Ashokan in Kattakada in 2013. Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Judge IV Aaj Sudarsan found Shambhu Kumar; Sreejith, alias Unni; Harikumar; Chandramohan, alias Ambili; and Santhosh, alias Chandu; guilty of the offence of murder under the Indian …

Nine RSS-BJP workers guilty of DYFI activist’s murder
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Nine RSS-BJP workers guilty of DYFI activist’s murder

New Indian Express  

KANNUR: After nearly two decades, the Thalassery Additional Sessions Court has delivered verdict in the 2005 murder case of DYFI activist Rijith, 25, in Kannur’s Kannapuram. Those found guilty include V V Sudhakaran, K T Jayesh, C P Ranjith, P P Ajeendran, I V Anil, V V Srikanth, V V Sreejith, P P Rajesh, and T V Bhaskaran. A police …

28 sentenced to life for Chandan Gupta’s murder during 2018 Tiranga yatra in Kasganj
2 months, 2 weeks ago

28 sentenced to life for Chandan Gupta’s murder during 2018 Tiranga yatra in Kasganj

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: A special National Investigation Agency court on Friday awarded life imprisonment.to the 28 men convicted for the murder of Chandan Gupta who was killed in a communal clash in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh during the “Tiranga yatra” on the Republic Day in 2018. Chandan Gupta was killed on January 26, 2018 during a rally involving large number of …

Court seeks Ram Rahim's reply on CBI plea against acquittal in 2002 murder case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Court seeks Ram Rahim's reply on CBI plea against acquittal in 2002 murder case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the Central Bureau of Investigation's appeal challenging the acquittal of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others in the 2002 murder of Ranjit Singh, a former manager of the sect. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to the five acquitted individuals, including …

Kamlesh Tiwari Murder Case | Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Alleged Conspirator In Jail Since October 2019
3 months ago

Kamlesh Tiwari Murder Case | Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Alleged Conspirator In Jail Since October 2019

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a man, in jail since October 2019, who allegedly conspired to kill Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari in 2019 over his alleged remark made against Prophet Muhammad. Granting bail to Accused-Pathan Rashid Ahmad, a bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot noted that he has no criminal history apart from the instant case …

Even Ajmal Kasab got fair trial: Supreme Court to CBI in Yasin Malik's case
4 months ago

Even Ajmal Kasab got fair trial: Supreme Court to CBI in Yasin Malik's case

India Today  

Even 26/11 Mumbai attack terrorist Ajmal Kasab was given a fair trial, the Supreme Court observed while hearing an appeal by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging a Jammu court order asking Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to appear in person. Yasin Malik is the main accused in the killing of four Indian Air Force personnel near Srinagar in 1990 …

2022 Arson Case | Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Disqualified SP MLA Irfan Solanki, Refuses To Stay Conviction
4 months, 1 week ago

2022 Arson Case | Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Disqualified SP MLA Irfan Solanki, Refuses To Stay Conviction

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted bail to Irfan Solanki, a now disqualified MLA of the Samajwadi Party, in a 2022 house arson case in which he was sentenced by a Special Court in Kanpur to seven years' rigorous imprisonment in June this year. In his appeal before the HC, Solanki prayed to stay the trial court's decision and …

LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov
6 months, 2 weeks ago

LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has said it will hear in November the appeals by the convicts in the murder case of former Railway Minister L N Mishra, who was killed in a blast at Bihar's Samastipur Railway station in 1975, noting that the incident dates back to nearly five decades. LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct …

Is murder-accused Kannada actor Darshan getting VIP treatment in jail? Viral photo sparks row
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Is murder-accused Kannada actor Darshan getting VIP treatment in jail? Viral photo sparks row

India TV News  

Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, who is currently lodged in Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in connection with the Renukaswamy murder case, was seen getting VIP treatment inside the jail in a picture that has gone viral on social media. BJP on viral picture The opposition BJP has called on the Home Department minister to clarify whether Parappana Agrahara jail is …

Sarwan Sahu murder case: CBI court awards life term to eight accused
7 months ago

Sarwan Sahu murder case: CBI court awards life term to eight accused

Hindustan Times  

Over seven years after the sensational murder of Sarwan Sahu here, the special CBI court on Thursday awarded life sentence to eight accused in the murder case. Sahu was fighting the murder case of his 27-year-old son Ayush Sahu, who was shot dead by a local gangster Aqeel Ansari after a brawl outside a beer shop on Campbell Road under …

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea
7 months, 1 week ago

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a fresh petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case. In May, the Supreme Court also agreed to hear another plea filed by the father of one of the victims challenging the high court's …

RTI activist murder: Gujarat HC quashes conviction of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki
10 months, 2 weeks ago

RTI activist murder: Gujarat HC quashes conviction of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki

The Hindu  

The Gujarat High Court on May 6 overturned life sentence of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki and six others in the 2010 murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa, who was killed on SG highway in front of the High Court in 2010. Observing that the trial court conducted proceedings with a ‘‘predetermined notion of conviction’‘, the High Court Division Bench …

Neha murder not an isolated one but part of a conspiracy, says Shah; asks State to hand over case to CBI if it cannot investigate
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Neha murder not an isolated one but part of a conspiracy, says Shah; asks State to hand over case to CBI if it cannot investigate

The Hindu  

Alleging that the Congress government in Karnataka is trying to “hush up” the brutal murder of student Neha Hiremath by branding it as an individual crime, Union Home Minister Amit Shah called it “part of a conspiracy” and said that if the State government cannot investigate the crime, the case should be transferred to the CBI. “They are involved in …

Hindu Leader Kamlesh Tiwari Murder | 'Case Of Extreme Communal Hatred': Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Alleged Conspirator
11 months, 1 week ago

Hindu Leader Kamlesh Tiwari Murder | 'Case Of Extreme Communal Hatred': Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Alleged Conspirator

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has DENIED BAIL to a man accused of conspiring to kill Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari over his alleged remark made against Prophet Muhammad. Observing that it is a case of "extreme communal hatred" wherein the deceased was eliminated by way of a "brutal daylight murder", a bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery denied bail …

On Mukhtar Ansari's death, wife of BJP MLA killed by him: ‘Today is Holi for us’
11 months, 3 weeks ago

On Mukhtar Ansari's death, wife of BJP MLA killed by him: ‘Today is Holi for us’

Hindustan Times  

The family of former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai, who was killed by Mukhtar Ansari, said the death of gangster-politician is a ‘blessing of Almighty’. “My mother and I have received the blessings of Baba Vishwanath and Baba Gorakhnath,” Krishnanand Rai's son Piyush Rai said. In April 2023, Mukhtar Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for …

A.M. Khanwilkar | From SC to Lokpal
1 year ago

A.M. Khanwilkar | From SC to Lokpal

The Hindu  

As a Supreme Court judge, Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar’s judicial contributions were interpreted by critics as ones that enhanced the powers of the state. During the last days of the tenure of Chief Justice Thakur, Justice Khanwilkar agreed with the decision to refer the demonetisation policy challenge to a five-judge Bench without granting the petitioners any interim relief. Sabarimala verdict …

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused
1 year, 1 month ago

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 accused, including local Communist Party of India leaders, and set aside the acquittal of two others by a trial court in the case of the murder of TP Chandrasekharan, founder of Revolutionary Marxist Party, by a group of assailants in May 2012. Of the 12 accused convicted by the …

Kerala Court Gives Death Sentence To 15 PFI Men In 2021 BJP Leader Murder
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala Court Gives Death Sentence To 15 PFI Men In 2021 BJP Leader Murder

ABP News  

A Kerala Court sentenced 15 persons of now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India to death in connection with the murder of BJP OBC wing leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in this district in December 2021. According to ANI, "BJP leader Ranjith Srinivasan Murder Case: 15 accused awarded capital punishment by Mavelikkara Additional Sessions Court" The special prosecutor Prathap G Padickal said …

Ranjith Sreenivasan Murder: Kerala Court Awards Death Sentence to 15 SDPI-PFI Activists
1 year, 1 month ago

Ranjith Sreenivasan Murder: Kerala Court Awards Death Sentence to 15 SDPI-PFI Activists

News 18  

The Alappuzha court in Kerala handed over a death sentence to all the 15 PFI activists, who were convicted of murdering of RSS activist Ranjith Sreenivasan. On December 19, 2021, the BJP OBC Morcha state secretary, was brutally attacked and allegedly killed in his home, in front of his family by PFI activists. The BJP leader’s murder occurred just hours …

Kerala court finds 15 guilty in BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan murder in Dec 2021, sentence on Monday
1 year, 2 months ago

Kerala court finds 15 guilty in BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan murder in Dec 2021, sentence on Monday

New Indian Express  

ALAPPUZHA: A local court here on Saturday found the 15 accused persons -- all linked to PFI-SDPI -- behind the murder of BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in December 2021, guilty. The Mavelikara Additional District Session Court-I Judge Sreedevi V found the first eight accused, who took part in the murder, guilty under Section 302. The 15 accused who are convicted …

1990 Custodial Death Case | Gujarat HC Dismisses Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt's Appeal Challenging Conviction & Life Term
1 year, 2 months ago

1990 Custodial Death Case | Gujarat HC Dismisses Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt's Appeal Challenging Conviction & Life Term

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court today dismissed an appeal filed by Sanjiv Bhatt, a former Indian Police Service officer, challenging his conviction and life imprisonment sentence imposed by the Jamnagar Court in connection with an alleged case of custodial torture and death dating back to 1990.The incident relates to the death of one Prabhudas Madhavji Vaishnani in November 1990, which was …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case | Delhi court convicts 4 for 2008 murder
1 year, 5 months ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case | Delhi court convicts 4 for 2008 murder

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted four men for the murder of 25-year-old journalist Soumya Vishwanathan and offences under the MCOCA. The fifth accused Ajay Sethi was convicted under IPC Section 411 along with the stringent MCOCA provisions for conspiring to abetting, aiding in, or knowingly facilitating organised crime and for receiving proceeds of organised crime. Seeks speedy trial After …

‘Will move high court’, says family after court rejects Monu Manesar’s bail plea
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Will move high court’, says family after court rejects Monu Manesar’s bail plea

Hindustan Times  

A district court in Rajasthan’s Deeg on Saturday rejected the bail petition of cow vigilante and double murder accused Monu Manesar filed by his lawyer LN Parasar, following which the family members of the accused said that they would move the Rajasthan high court to file an appeal. Monu Manesar was detained by the Haryana police on September 12 and …

Supreme Court convicts Lalu party's ex-MP in double murder case, reverses acquittal
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court convicts Lalu party's ex-MP in double murder case, reverses acquittal

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Member of Parliament Prabhunath Singh in a double murder case of 1995, reversing his acquittal by a lower court. Referring to the accused, the court has said that “Everything was going as per the plan and wish of the main accused Prabhunath Singh, a political leader and a …

Life convict Yasin Malik comes to Supreme Court to argue his case; shocks court, Centre
1 year, 8 months ago

Life convict Yasin Malik comes to Supreme Court to argue his case; shocks court, Centre

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court and the Central government were equally surprised to spot Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who is serving a life sentence in Tihar Jail in a terror-funding case, waiting his turn in the courtroom to argue his case in-person on Friday. Raju criticised the jail authorities for bringing Malik, a high-security prisoner, to the top court in such …

Uttarakhand: Court sentences 3 to life imprisonment in 11-year-old murder case
1 year, 8 months ago

Uttarakhand: Court sentences 3 to life imprisonment in 11-year-old murder case

India TV News  

A court here on Friday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for killing an RTI activist 11 years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Mukesh Chand Arya also imposed a fine of Rs 21,000 each on the three convicts. Government advocate Anuj Kumar Saini said that RTI activist and retired teacher Jagdish Prasad Chauhan was murdered in a field near …

Mukhtar Ansari gets life imprisonment in the 1991 case of the murder of Congress leader Awadhesh Rai
1 year, 9 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari gets life imprisonment in the 1991 case of the murder of Congress leader Awadhesh Rai

Op India  

A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi awarded life imprisonment to jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the 1991 Awadhesh Rai murder case. On August 3, 1991, Congress leader and brother of former MLA Ajay Rai, Awadhesh Rai, was shot dead outside Ajay Rai’s house in Varanasi. In the case of the killing of Awadhesh Rai, Ajay Rai had named …

NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for JKLF chief Yasin Malik in terror funding case
1 year, 9 months ago

NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for JKLF chief Yasin Malik in terror funding case

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency Friday approached the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was awarded life term by a trial court here in a terror funding case. On May 24, 2022, a trial court here had awarded life imprisonment to Malik, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief, after holding him guilty for various …

NIA Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case
1 year, 9 months ago

NIA Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case

Live Law  

The National Investigation Agency has moved the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik who was convicted in connection with a terror funding case.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh will hear the matter on Monday. Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a special NIA court in May last year. …

'Why Isn't SIT Probing Caste Bias?': Father Of IIT-B Student Who Died By Suicide
1 year, 10 months ago

'Why Isn't SIT Probing Caste Bias?': Father Of IIT-B Student Who Died By Suicide

The Quint  

“Why is the Special Investigation Team not probing the caste discrimination angle in my son’s death?” asked Ramesh Solanki, father of 18-year-old Darshan Solanki, who died by suicide at the Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay on 12 February this year. Ramesh's statement comes after a Sessions Court in Mumbai on 6 May granted bail to 18-year-old Arman Iqbal Khatri, another …

‘Totally unacceptable’: Delhi high court on Tillu Tajpuriya murder in Tihar jail
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Totally unacceptable’: Delhi high court on Tillu Tajpuriya murder in Tihar jail

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The murder of 33-year-old gangster Sunil Baliyan aka Tillu Tajpuriya in his prison cell in Tihar jail is a totally unacceptable state of affairs, the Delhi high court observed on Monday and ordered the jail superintendent to appear before the bench in person on the next date of hearing on May 25. Jailed gangster Tillu Tajpuriya, an accused …

Tihar killing exposes glaring safety lapses
1 year, 10 months ago

Tihar killing exposes glaring safety lapses

Hindustan Times  

An audacious murder inside India’s largest prison complex that saw a gangster being stabbed nearly 100 times by members of a rival gang should set alarm bells ringing. But that it was the second such killing in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in 18 days should also indicate that security protocols are either effete or being flagrantly violated, and demand urgent corrections …

Tillu Tajpuriya, accused in Rohini Court shooting, killed by rival Gogi gang in Tihar jail
1 year, 10 months ago

Tillu Tajpuriya, accused in Rohini Court shooting, killed by rival Gogi gang in Tihar jail

The Hindu  

Jailed gangster Sunil Balyan alias Tillu Tajpuriya was stabbed to death — allegedly by four jailed members of the rival Gogi gang — inside a high-security ward of the Tihar Prison on Tuesday, officials said. The 33-year-old Tillu was a prime accused in the shooting inside the Rohini Court in September 2021, when two assailants, dressed as lawyers, had killed …

Gangster Tillu Tajpuriya, accused in Delhi's Rohini court shootout, killed in Tihar jail
1 year, 10 months ago

Gangster Tillu Tajpuriya, accused in Delhi's Rohini court shootout, killed in Tihar jail

Hindustan Times  

Jailed gangster Tillu Tajpuriya, an accused in the Rohini court shootout case, was killed after being attacked by rival gang members Yogesh Tunda and others in Delhi's Tihar jail. Tillu Tajpuriya He was taken to Delhi's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where he was declared dead. "Yogesh alias Tunda and Deepak alias Teetar attacked Tillu Tajpuriya by breaking the iron grills …

IIT-B suicide: Solanki wanted to leave Mumbai, police tell court
1 year, 11 months ago

IIT-B suicide: Solanki wanted to leave Mumbai, police tell court

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Darshan Solanki – the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay student who died by suicide in February this year – had decided “to leave Mumbai and go to his native place,” states an application filed by Mumbai Police. HT Image The police on Saturday sought to extend the remand of Solanki’s batchmate, Arman Khatri, who was arrested on April 9 for …

Darshan Solanki's batchmate reveals Solanki confided in him the threat he felt by Arman Iqbal Khatri
1 year, 11 months ago

Darshan Solanki's batchmate reveals Solanki confided in him the threat he felt by Arman Iqbal Khatri

Op India  

The Mumbai Police has recorded the statement of a batchmate of decedent IIT-Bombay student Darshan Solanki whom Solanki had confided that he felt threatened by Arman Iqbal Khatri a day before his suicide on February 12. The Mumbai Police Special Investigation Team arrested IIT-Bombay student Arman Iqbal Khatri on Sunday in connection to the alleged suicide of his batchmate Darshan …

Two months after Dalit student Darshan Solanki was found dead at IIT-Bombay, police arrest his batchmate
1 year, 11 months ago

Two months after Dalit student Darshan Solanki was found dead at IIT-Bombay, police arrest his batchmate

The Hindu  

The Mumbai police’s Special Investigation Team probing the death of IIT-Bombay student Darshan Solanki, 18, on Sunday said that they have arrested a batchmate of the victim on charges of abetment of suicide. The accused, identified as Armaan Iqbal Khatri, was detained by the police days after they found a note purportedly left behind by Solanki blaming the former for …

Godhra carnage: Gujarat Govt opposes bail plea of convicts, SC to hear case again after 2 weeks
2 years, 1 month ago

Godhra carnage: Gujarat Govt opposes bail plea of convicts, SC to hear case again after 2 weeks

Op India  

On Monday, January 30, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared in the Godhra train carnage matter on behalf of the Gujarat government, told the Supreme Court that it was not “merely a stone-pelting” case as the convicts had locked the bogey of the Sabarmati Express from the outside, set it on fire and then threw stones at it leading to …

Lakshadweep MP, three others get 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in 2009 attempt-to-murder case
2 years, 2 months ago

Lakshadweep MP, three others get 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in 2009 attempt-to-murder case

The Hindu  

The Kavarathi sessions court on Wednesday sentenced four persons, including Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal, to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment on attempt-to-murder charge in what the prosecution claimed to be a politically motivated assault during the Lok Sabha election in 2009. Sayed Mohammed Noorul Ameen, 43, was the key accused, followed by Mr. Faizal, 40, Mohammed Husaain, 54, and Mohammed Basheer …

Supreme Court Grants Bail To A Life Convict In Godhra Train Burning Case, Considering Completion Of 17 Yrs Sentence & Role In Crime
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Grants Bail To A Life Convict In Godhra Train Burning Case, Considering Completion Of 17 Yrs Sentence & Role In Crime

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to a convict named Farook, sentenced to life in the Godhra carnage case, considering the fact that he has undergone 17 years sentence and that his role was of stone-pelting at the train.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha passed the order in an interlocutory application filed …

Charges framed against Ashish Mishra, 13 others in Lakhimpur violence case
2 years, 3 months ago

Charges framed against Ashish Mishra, 13 others in Lakhimpur violence case

Hindustan Times  

The court of additional district judge on Tuesday framed charges against Ashish Mishra and 13 others in connection with the October 2021 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri’s Tikunia in which four farmers were killed. Ashish Mishra is the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. District government counsel, Arvind Tripathi, said: “The ADJ-I court framed charges against all the 14 …

Karnataka High Court acquits all accused in 2012 RTI activist murder case
2 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka High Court acquits all accused in 2012 RTI activist murder case

Firstpost  

After the completion of the trial, the Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge court on 28 October 2020 found the accused guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has acquitted all the 12 accused in a case relating to the murder of RTI activist and editor of ‘Maha Prachanda’ newspaper Lingaraju back in 2012 citing …

2002 Gujarat Riots Case Amit Shah PM Modi SC Verdict Zakia Jafri's Plea
2 years, 8 months ago

2002 Gujarat Riots Case Amit Shah PM Modi SC Verdict Zakia Jafri's Plea

ABP News  

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah in an interview with news agency ANI said that Narendra Modi did not "do drama" while appearing before the SIT. Why protest?.," says HM in an apparent jibe at Congress protest over Rahul Gadhi's ED questioning pic.twitter.com/f068nslYJ5 — ANI June 25, 2022 He further said that applications were submited against members of the …

Zakia Jafri case: When PM Modi had to appear before SIT
2 years, 8 months ago

Zakia Jafri case: When PM Modi had to appear before SIT

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Special Investigation Team's clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Gujarat riots case. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar, said there is no merit in Zakia Jafri's petition while upholding the 2012 order passed by the Gujarat magistrate accepting the SIT report. WHEN SIT QUESTIONED PM MODI When the …

Sakinaka rape-murder case: Accused Mohan Chouhan sentenced to death
2 years, 9 months ago

Sakinaka rape-murder case: Accused Mohan Chouhan sentenced to death

India TV News  

Sakinaka Rape-Murder Case: A Special Court in Mumbai on Thursday awarded the death penalty to a man accused of raping and murdering a 34-year-old woman in the Sakinaka area last September. Additional sessions judge H C Shende had convicted accused Mohan Kathwaru Chauhan under IPC sections 302, 376 as well as provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act …

NIA court sentences Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in terror funding case
2 years, 9 months ago

NIA court sentences Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in terror funding case

Hindustan Times  

A NIA court on Wednesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in J&K terror funding case. JKLF chief Yasin Malik was convicted by a Delhi court in a terror funding case on Thursday. The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday sought death penalty for convicted Kashmiri separatist and chief of banned Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin …

Yasin Malik terror funding case: What are the charges against Kashmiri separatist
2 years, 9 months ago

Yasin Malik terror funding case: What are the charges against Kashmiri separatist

India TV News  

Highlights Yasin Malik has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2017 terror funding case Yasin Malik has been also been accused of the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has been accused under several IPC sections Yasin Malik terror funding case: The National Investigation Agency court on Wednesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist …

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