Lakshadweep MP, three others get 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in 2009 attempt-to-murder case
2 years 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 Thangal, 52 — all residents of Androth Island. Mr. Faizal runs the risk of being automatically disqualified as a people’s representative as per an apex court verdict in Lily Thomas vs Union of India on July 10, 2013. Cases clubbed together The accused also attacked Kadeejummabi and destroyed her house for sheltering Salih for which another case was registered by the Androth police, the prosecution said.

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Zakir Rehman Lakhvi, Mumbai attack mastermind, spotted freely in Pakistan, gym video sparks outrage | WATCH
2 months ago

Zakir Rehman Lakhvi, Mumbai attack mastermind, spotted freely in Pakistan, gym video sparks outrage | WATCH

India TV News  

Islamabad: Lashker-e-Taiba operations commander Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks was found roaming freely in Pakistan. India's asked Pakistan to handover Lakhvi On several occasions, India asked to extradite him, but Pakistan has so far said it will not hand over to India any of its nationals found to be linked to the Mumbai attacks. Reports …

Sexual Abuse: Third FIR Filed Against Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna
8 months ago

Sexual Abuse: Third FIR Filed Against Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna

News 18  

One more rape case has been registered against JD MP and Lok Sabha poll candidate from Hassan Prajwal Revanna, taking the number of cases pertaining to the alleged sexual abuse of several women to three, police sources said. The FIR was registered against Prajwal on May 8 in Bengaluru, according to sources in the Special Investigation Team which was constituted …

Narendra Dabholkar murder case: Pune court acquits 3 accused, 2 others sent to life imprisonment
8 months ago

Narendra Dabholkar murder case: Pune court acquits 3 accused, 2 others sent to life imprisonment

Live Mint  

A Special Court in Pune on Friday acquitted three accused including Virendrasinh Tawde, Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave in the activist Narendra Dabholkar murder case, ANI reported. Besides this, the court also sent the other two accused — Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar sent to life imprisonment for allegedly killing Narendra Dabholkar in Pune on August 20, 2013. Narendra Dabholkar, …

RTI activist murder: Gujarat HC quashes conviction of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki
8 months, 1 week 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 …

Kerala Court Gives Death Sentence To 15 PFI Men In 2021 BJP Leader Murder
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Kerala court finds 15 guilty in BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan murder in Dec 2021, sentence on Monday
11 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari convicted in 14-year-old Gangster Act case
1 year, 2 months ago

Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari convicted in 14-year-old Gangster Act case

India Today  

A Gazipur court on Thursday held gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari guilty in a case of the Gangster Act which was lodged against him in 2009 by the Gazipur Police. In 2009, Ansari was booked by the Gazipur Police under the Gangster Act after he was accused of hatching a conspiracy in connection with the murder of one Kapil Dev Singh, who …

Kerala high court refuses to suspend conviction of Lakshadweep MP in 2009 attempt to murder case
1 year, 3 months ago

Kerala high court refuses to suspend conviction of Lakshadweep MP in 2009 attempt to murder case

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Tuesday declined to suspend the conviction of Lakshadweep MP PP Mohammed Faizal in the 2009 attempt to murder case. Faizal and three others had been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for period ranging from one month to 10 years by a sessions court in Kavaratti for attempting to murder Mohammed Salih, the son-in-law of late …

Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years jail term in kidnapping, murder case
1 year, 8 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years jail term in kidnapping, murder case

The Hindu  

A MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur on Saturday convicted jailed criminal-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a murder and kidnapping case. Mr. Ansari’s elder brother and Bahujan Samaj Party Lok Sabha member Afzal Ansari has also been convicted in the same case and sentenced to four years in prison. The trial of the case took place under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters …

Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, gets 10-year jail term
1 year, 8 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, gets 10-year jail term

Hindustan Times  

The Ghazipur's MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday convicted jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case of Bharatiya Janata MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. In January, the police had registered a murder case against Mukhtar Ansari in connection to the 2001 'Usri Chatti' gang war incident. On January 18, Allahabad high …

Mohammad Faizal reinstated as Lakshadweep MP
1 year, 9 months ago

Mohammad Faizal reinstated as Lakshadweep MP

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha Secretariat on March 29, 2023, issued notification to restore the membership of Lakshwadeep MP Mohammed Faizal P.P. 21/4/2023/TO dated the 13th January, 2023 in terms of the provisions of Article 102 of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, has ceased to operate subject to further judicial pronouncements,” …

Umesh Pal murder case: Photos of one of accused with SP chief go viral, Akhilesh Yadav responds | EXCLUSIVE
1 year, 10 months ago

Umesh Pal murder case: Photos of one of accused with SP chief go viral, Akhilesh Yadav responds | EXCLUSIVE

India TV News  

Umesh Pal murder: Sadakat Khan, who has been named as one of accused in the sensational Umesh Pal murder on February 24, is said to be close to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. On February 24, Umesh Pal, the prime witness in 2005 murder case of then BSP MLA Raju Pal was killed in broad daylight. Giving information about other …

Lakshadweep UT Moves Supreme Court Challenging HC Suspending Conviction Of Mohammed Faizal MP
1 year, 11 months ago

Lakshadweep UT Moves Supreme Court Challenging HC Suspending Conviction Of Mohammed Faizal MP

Live Law  

The Union Territory of Lakshadweep has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Kerala High Court which suspended the conviction and sentence of Member of Parliament Mohammed Faizal in an attempt to murder case.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta mentioned the petition before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing, saying that it …

Kerala HC suspends conviction, sentence of disqualified Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal in attempt to murder case
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala HC suspends conviction, sentence of disqualified Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal in attempt to murder case

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday suspended the conviction and sentence of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment awarded by the Kavarathi Sessions Court to disqualified Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal in a case of attempt to murder Mohammed Salih, son-in-law of former Union Minister P.M. Sayeed, during the 2009 Lok sabha polls. The court took into consideration that elected candidate could …

Lakshadweep NCP MP Disqualified from Lok Sabha after Conviction in Attempt-to-Murder Case
2 years ago

Lakshadweep NCP MP Disqualified from Lok Sabha after Conviction in Attempt-to-Murder Case

News 18  

Nationalist Congress Party member of Parliament from Lakshadweep, Mohammad Faizal, has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha after he was sentenced to 10 years in jail by the Kavaratti Sessions court. Faizal was among four people sentenced to 10 years in jail in connection with an attempt-to-murder case on Wednesday after a trial lasting five years. The lawmaker and others …

Lakshadweep MP disqualified from Lok Sabha over attempt to murder case
2 years ago

Lakshadweep MP disqualified from Lok Sabha over attempt to murder case

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram/ New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued notification disqualifying Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal, who was recently convicted in an attempt to murder case by a court in the union territory. As per the notification issued on Friday, Faizal stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from January 11, the date of his conviction by a sessions court …

Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal disqualified from Lok Sabha over attempt to murder case
2 years ago

Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal disqualified from Lok Sabha over attempt to murder case

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued notification disqualifying Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal, who was recently convicted in an attempt to murder case by a court in the union territory. The notification issued by Lok Sabha Secretary General Utpal Kumar Singh stated that Faizal “stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction i.e. The pace …

Lakshadweep MP Gets 10-year Jail Term in Attempt-to-Murder Case, Faces Disqualification from Parliament
2 years ago

Lakshadweep MP Gets 10-year Jail Term in Attempt-to-Murder Case, Faces Disqualification from Parliament

News 18  

A court on Wednesday sentenced four people, including Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal to 10 years in jail in connection with an attempt-to-murder case. Lawyers associated with the case said the District and Sessions Court in Kavaratti also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on the convicts in the case registered against them in 2009. According to the details …

From Kanhaiya Lal, Umesh Kohle, Ankita Singh, to Ankita Bhandari and the Kerala human sacrifice saga: 10 crimes of 2022 that shook India
2 years, 1 month ago

From Kanhaiya Lal, Umesh Kohle, Ankita Singh, to Ankita Bhandari and the Kerala human sacrifice saga: 10 crimes of 2022 that shook India

Op India  

2022 saw several brutal crimes being unleashed by barbarians. From the brutal beheading of Kanhaiya Lal and his killers making the beheading video and their chilling confession viral, to the sordid saga where 10 people were burnt alive in Bengal and Ankita Bhandari being murdered by BJP leader’s resort owner in Himachal Pradesh, several such crimes shook the conscience of …

Charges framed against Ashish Mishra, 13 others in Lakhimpur violence case
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Ex-BSP MP, six others get life sentence in 1995 murder case
2 years, 5 months ago

Ex-BSP MP, six others get life sentence in 1995 murder case

Hindustan Times  

The court of additional district judge, Jaunpur, on Monday, sentenced former Bahujan Samaj Party MP Umakant Yadav and six others to life imprisonment for the murder of a Government Railway Police constable 27 years ago. Ex-BSP MP Umakant Yadav and six others were found guilty of murdering a Government Railway Police constable at Shahganj railway station of Jaunpur district on …

FIR filed after Islamists assault Hindu boys over post on Kishan Bharwad
2 years, 11 months ago

FIR filed after Islamists assault Hindu boys over post on Kishan Bharwad

Op India  

Days after the brutal murder of Kishan Bharwad by Islamists on accusations of blasphemy, two Hindu youths were threatened and assaulted for social media posts about the deceased. Aggrieved by his social media post, Islamists named Hidyayat Bahelim, Jabir Bahelim and 10-15 others laid siege on the victim’s house. Minor Hindu boy threatened for social media story on Lord Ram …

Lakhimpur violence: Court allows SIT to replace lesser charges with attempt to murder
3 years, 1 month ago

Lakhimpur violence: Court allows SIT to replace lesser charges with attempt to murder

India Today  

A court on Tuesday allowed the SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence to add the charge of attempt to murder in the FIR against the accused, including Union minister Ajay Mishra's son, after the inquiry team said it was a "pre-planned conspiracy". "Chief judicial magistrate Chinta Ram allowed the special investigators to add IPC sections 307, 326 and sections 3/25/30 …

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

Kerala HC refuses to stay further proceedings in sedition case against Aisha Sultana
3 years, 6 months ago

Kerala HC refuses to stay further proceedings in sedition case against Aisha Sultana

Firstpost  

A case was registered against Sultana on 9 June under Section 124-A and 153 B of IPC on the basis of a petition lodged by a political leader hailing from Kavaratti Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday refused to stay further proceedings in the sedition case registered against Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana. Considering a plea filed by Sultana seeking …

Filmmaker in India’s Lakshadweep charged over ‘bioweapon’ remark
3 years, 7 months ago

Filmmaker in India’s Lakshadweep charged over ‘bioweapon’ remark

Al Jazeera  

Aisha Sultana charged for comment about Muslim-majority islands’ administrator amid controversial redevelopment plans on the islands. Police in India’s Lakshadweep islands have charged a local filmmaker with sedition after she called the federal territory’s administrator a “bioweapon” being used by the government against the islands’ residents. The BJP complaint cited a Malayalam TV channel show on controversial government plans in …

Plea to recall Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Patel
3 years, 7 months ago

Plea to recall Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Patel

The Hindu  

Widespread protests have been raised against the Central government’s alleged measures to upset the peaceful life of the people of Lakshadweep. The Samajwadi Janata Party and the Kerala Muslim Jamat on Monday demanded the recall of Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Khoda Patel as he introduced the measures that angered the island people. SJP national general secretary Pradeep Gopalakrishnan accused Mr. Patel …

Pak anti-terrorism court jails Hafiz Saeed’s 3 aides in terror financing case
3 years, 11 months ago

Pak anti-terrorism court jails Hafiz Saeed’s 3 aides in terror financing case

Live Mint  

A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court has sentenced three leaders of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawah terrorist organisation to six months in prison in a case of terror financing. Saeed’s brother-in-law Hafiz Abdur Rehman Makki, JuD spokesperson Yahya Mujahid and Zafar Iqbal were handed down the six-month imprisonment each by the Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore. Early this week, the ATC handed down …

Pakistan's Anti-terrorism Court Jails 3 Leaders of Hafiz Saeed's JuD in Terror Financing Case
3 years, 11 months ago

Pakistan's Anti-terrorism Court Jails 3 Leaders of Hafiz Saeed's JuD in Terror Financing Case

News 18  

A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court on Friday sentenced three leaders of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawah terrorist organisation to six months in prison in a case of terror financing. Saeed’s brother-in-law Hafiz Abdur Rehman Makki, spokesperson Yahya Mujahid and Zafar Iqbal were handed down the six-month imprisonment each by the Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore. Early this week, the ATC handed down …

India terms action against Lakhvi a farce
4 years ago

India terms action against Lakhvi a farce

The Hindu  

Hours after a Pakistan court convicted Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki Ur Rahman Lakhvi in a terror financing case, sentencing him to three five-year prison sentences, India called the process “farcical”, and accused Pakistan of carrying out quick prosecutions of various UN sanctioned terrorist leaders to avoid punitive action at the upcoming Financial Action Task Force meetings, where it has been …

Pakistan court sentences 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to 15 years in jail in terror financing case
4 years ago

Pakistan court sentences 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to 15 years in jail in terror financing case

Firstpost  

Lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was sentenced to 15 years in jail on Friday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court here in a terror financing case. “The Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore convicted Lakhvi for commission of offences of terrorism financing in a case registered by the CTD for 15 years under different sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act …

LeT leader Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi sentenced to 5 years in jail in terror financing case
4 years ago

LeT leader Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi sentenced to 5 years in jail in terror financing case

The Hindu  

Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi was sentenced to 5 years in jail on Friday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in Lahore in a terror financing case, amidst mounting international pressure on Islamabad to bring to justice terrorists roaming free in the country. “The Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore convicted Lakhvi for commission of offences of terrorism financing in …

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, LeT Militant and 26/11 Mastermind, Sentenced to 5 Yrs in Jail: Pakistan Media
4 years ago

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, LeT Militant and 26/11 Mastermind, Sentenced to 5 Yrs in Jail: Pakistan Media

News 18  

Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, was on Friday sentenced to five years in jail by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan, according to the country’s media. The LeT commander, who was out on bail since 2015, was arrested by Punjab province’s Counter-Terrorism Department and a case was registered in a Lahore police station. News agency PTI …

Anurag Kashyap Questioned for More Than 8 Hours By Police in Rape Case
4 years, 3 months ago

Anurag Kashyap Questioned for More Than 8 Hours By Police in Rape Case

News 18  

Mumbai: Film-maker Anurag Kashyap was on Thursday questioned by police in a rape case filed against him by actor Payal Ghosh for more than eight hours, an official said. Kashyap, summoned by the police, reached suburban Versova police station around 10 am alongwith his two associates. The film-maker left the police station around 6 pm, the police official said. Versova …

RTI Activist's Murder: Former BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki, Six Others Convicted
5 years, 6 months ago

RTI Activist's Murder: Former BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki, Six Others Convicted

Live Law  

Former BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki and six others were Saturday convicted by a special CBI court here for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 after he tried to expose illegal mining activities in Gir forest region. Special CBI Judge K M Dave will pronounce the quantum of sentence on July 11 in the case whose probe was handed …

SIT illegally detained Gauri Lankesh murder case accused: Advocate
6 years, 6 months ago

SIT illegally detained Gauri Lankesh murder case accused: Advocate

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The accused, who have been arrested in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, were “kidnapped” by the police before they were shown arrested, charged advocate Virendra Ichalkaranjikar, president of ‘Hindu Vidhidnya Parishada’, who is assisting the accused with legal aid. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Virendra charged the Special Investigation Team of “kidnapping” the accused Sujeet alias Praveen an alleged Hindu …

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