3 months, 3 weeks ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows Death Row Convict In Former CM's Murder Case To Attend Brother's Last Rites In Custody

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The Punjab & Haryana High Court has allowed death row convict in former Punjab CM Beant Singh murder case, Balwant Singh Rajoana to attend the bhog ceremony of his brother who recently passed away.Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill said, "it goes without saying that death of a sibling i.e. The Punjab & Haryana High Court has allowed death row convict in former Punjab CM Beant Singh murder case, Balwant Singh Rajoana to attend the bhog ceremony of his brother who recently passed away. Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill said, "it goes without saying that death of a sibling i.e. Balwant Singh Rajoana, was sentenced to death for the 1995 assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh under Sections 302 R/W 120-B, 307 R/W 120-B, 306 R/W 109/120-B IPC and Section 3 read with 6, 4, 2 read with Section 6/5 read with 6 of Explosive Substances Act).

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Beant Singh assassination: SC gives 'last chance' to Centre to decide on convict's mercy plea

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Beant Singh assassination: SC gives 'last chance' to Centre to decide on convict's mercy plea

India TV News

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to decide on death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The top court was hearing Rajoana's plea seeking directions to commute his death sentence to life term due to the "inordinate delay" in deciding his mercy plea. Centre sought six …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Court's 'last opportunity' to Centre to decide on Beant Singh killer's mercy plea

India Today

The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Centre additional time to decide on the mercy petition of Khalistani terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. The top court was hearing Rajoana's plea, which seeks to commute his death sentence to a life term, citing "inordinate delay" in deciding his …

2 months ago

Man given death penalty for killing disabled younger brother

Hindustan Times

A local court in Haryana’s Fatehabad on Thursday sentenced a man to death for brutally killing his brother with disability over property dispute in 2020. District and sessions judge Deepak Aggarwal convicted Ashok Kumar under sections 302, 457, 506 and 201 of the Indian penal code. According to police, the case dates back to June 18, 2020 when the victim’s …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that there was sensitivity involved in the matter related to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai was hearing Rajoana's plea seeking directions to commute his …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana Gets 3 Hour Parole To Attend Brother's Funeral

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Rajoana was linked to the Babbar Khalsa, a militant Sikh separatist group responsible for violent activities during the insurgency in Punjab. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Rajoana termed the delay in deciding the mercy petition by President as "shocking". He pressed for an interim relief, saying that he has been in the jail for 29 years and the court …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

HC allows Rajoana to attend brother’s bhog ceremony

Hindustan Times

The Punjab and Haryana high court has granted three-hour parole to Balwant Singh Rajoana to attend the bhog ceremony of his brother in Ludhiana. HC allows Rajoana to attend brother’s bhog ceremony Rajoana, sentenced to death in 2007 for his role as a backup bomber in the blast that killed former chief minister Beant Singh and 16 others in 1995, …

4 months ago

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold its order directing President Droupadi Murmu’s secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration. Balwant Singh Rajoana is convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Beant Singh assassination: Supreme Court refuses interim relief for Rajoana

The Hindu

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to Balwant Singh Rajoana, on death row for the assassination of the former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995, without first hearing the government’s response. In May last year, the top court did not intervene in his case on the face of the Home Ministry’s conclusion that a decision …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana: Man kills brother-in-law, sets his body on fire for mistreating sister

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old man strangled his brother-in-law to death in Haryana's Gurugram and later burnt his body after pouring turpentine on it as the latter was mistreating his ill sister and not giving her necessary medications. Sharing details, a senior Gurugram Police officer said they received information about a suspected arson at a house in Sector-15, Part-1, Gurugram in …

10 months, 1 week ago

Custodial Death, Encounter Killings In Punjab During 1984-1995: Decades-Old Incidents With No Eye-Witness, Initiation Of Investigation Not Feasible: CBI To High Court

Live Law

The Central Bureau of Investigation has submitted today before the Punjab & Haryana High Court that investigation into the alleged 6,733 encounter killings, custodial death and illegal cremation of dead bodies in Punjab during the period of 1984-1995 is "not feasible" and will be a futile exercise.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice G.S. The Central Bureau of Investigation has …

10 months, 1 week ago

Firing Outside Salman Khan's House: Plea By Accused's Mother In Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks CBI Probe Into Accused's Custodial Death

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The mother of the accused in the firing outside Salman Khan's house case, who is alleged to have committed suicide in Mumbai police's lock-up has moved the Punjab & Haryana High Court seeking a CBI probe into the alleged custodial death and for re-conduct of post-mortem.The Mumbai Police has claimed that deceased Anuj Kumar was one of the four accused …

1 year, 1 month ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Raped His Minor Daughter, Cites His Marginalised Background

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence imposed on a man convicted for raping his own minor daughter, considering that he belonged to a marginalised part of the society.A division bench of Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji said, "No doubt that the act as such is horrific and there can be no sympathy shown …

1 year, 3 months ago

Beant Singh assassination: Gurdwara body to call 'Panthic' parties meet on Rajoana plea

India Today

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Thursday said it has decided to call a meeting of representatives of the 'Panthic' parties to discuss the issue of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a death row convict in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case. A decision in this regard was taken days after Rajoana wrote to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, seeking …

1 year, 10 months ago

Beant Singh assassination case: SC declines to commute Rajoana's death penalty

India Today

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to commute the death penalty of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment. The top court had reserved its verdict on Rajoana's plea on March 2 after hearing the submissions of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the convict, and …

2 years ago

Convicted Of Murdering His Mother, Bombay High Court Allows Death Row Convict To Attend His Daughter’s Marriage

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The Bombay High Court on Monday allowed a death row convict, who murdered his mother and cut her body parts to eat them, to attend his daughter’s marriage. After taking into consideration over all view of the matter, we are inclined to release the Applicant on 23rd, 24th and 25th February 2023 between 9.00 am to 6.00 p.m from jail …

2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Resident Wants His Body To Be Handed Over To Third Party After Death, Moves High Court To Bar Family From Performing Last Rites

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A 56 year old man, suffering from a cardiac problem, has approached the Delhi High Court praying that his family be prevented from performing the last rites after his death. The plea filed by Kunj Bihari Bansal challenges Clause 7.1 of the Standard Operating Procedure for mortuary framed by the Delhi Government which states that the dead body can only …

2 years, 10 months ago

Beant Singh Case: SC Asks Centre To Decide On Commutation Of Death Penalty To Balwant Rajoana In 2 Months

ABP News

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union government to take a decision within two weeks on granting pardon to Balwant Singh Rajoana, who has been awarded death sentence for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. A bench headed by Justice Uday Umesh Lalit stated that the pendency of appeals of other co-convicts …

2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Sets April 30 Deadline For Centre To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Petition

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The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to take a call by April 30 with respect to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh, who has been in jail for over 26 years for the assassination of killing former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.The bench of Justices UU Lalit, SR Bhat and PS Narasimha warned that if …

3 years, 6 months ago

Murder Case Against Gurmeet Singh: Punjab & Haryana High Court Restrains CBI Court From Pronouncing Verdict On August 26

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court today restrained the special CBI judge, Panchkula from pronouncing the verdict on August 26, in the Ranjit Singh's murder case, who was allegedly killed by Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The Special CBI judge Panchkula, Sushil Kumar Garg, was set to pronounce verdict on August 26, however, the Bench of Justice Arvind Singh …

3 years, 8 months ago

Jaipal Bhullar Encounter: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Second Postmortem In View Of Supreme Court's Direction

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The Punjab & Haryana High Court today ordered a second post-mortem to examination to be conducted on the dead body of alleged gangster Jaipal Singh Bhullar. This order comes after the Supreme Court last week set aside an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court itself dismissing the petition filed by the father of Bhullar, who was allegedly …

3 years, 9 months ago

Jaipal Bhullar Encounter - 'Serious Allegations Against Punjab Police' : Supreme Court Asks P&H HC To Hear Father's Plea For Second Postmortem

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The Supreme Court on Friday set aside an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had dismissed the petition filed by the father of alleged gangster Jaipal Bhullar, who was allegedly killed in a fake police encounter by Punjab police at Kolkata, seeking directions to the State of Punjab to get a second postmortem examination conducted on …

4 years, 2 months ago

Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Plea By Jan 25, Supreme Court Asks Centre

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The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Government to submit the recommendations to the President regarding the mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana by January 25.A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde said this while hearing a writ petition filed by Balwant Singh seeking commutation of his death penalty on the ground that his mercy petition …

4 years, 3 months ago

Sushant Singh Rajput Death: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Direction To Complete CBI Investigation In 2 Months

Live Law

A Writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court questioning the "silence" on part of the Central Bureau of Investigation regarding the status of its probe into the mysterious death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.The plea filed by Mumbai resident Puneet Kaur Dhanda and her husband, Advocate Vineet Dhanda has urged for issuance of directions to the CBI …

4 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Permits Death Row Convict To Attend Last Rites & Ceremonies Of His Deceased Mother Under Police Escort

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The Supreme Court has permitted a death row convict to to attend the last rites and ceremonies of his deceased mother under police escort.Vikram Singh @ Vicky Walia and Jasvir Singh were convicted and sentenced to death for the offence of kidnapping Abhi Verma alias Harry, a school student, in Hoshiarpur, and killing him with an anesthesia overdose in 2005. …

4 years, 5 months ago

Delhi HC Asks Prisons Dept to Prepare Updated List of Cases Pending Against Jagtar Singh Hawara

News 18

The Delhi High Court Friday asked the Department of Prisons to prepare an updated list of cases pending against Jagtar Singh Hawara, undergoing life sentence for conspiring to assassinate former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. Delhi government standing counsel Rahul Mehra, representing the Department of Prisons, submitted before Justice A J Bhambhani that as per the information available with the …

4 years, 5 months ago

[Multani Murder Case] 'Nothing Comes To His Aid To Wash Off Blood Of Crime From His Smudged Hands', P&H HC Dismisses Saini's Plea To Transfer Case To CBI [Read Order]

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday dismissed Former Punjab DGP, Sumedh Singh Saini's plea against the registration of the criminal case against him in Mohali regarding the disappearance of Balwant Singh Multani. While observing that there is no substance in the present writ petition, the Single Bench of Justice Fateh Deep Singh remarked that Saini, then a DGP, …

4 years, 6 months ago

[3 Decade Old Multani Murder Case] 'P&H HC Dismisses Anticipatory Bail Plea of Punjab Ex DGP Sumedh Singh Saini [Read Order]

Live Law

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Tuesday dismissed the Anticipatory bail application of Punjab's former Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini in the three-decade-old Multani kidnapping and murder case. The Single Bench of Justice Fateh Deep Singh was hearing the Anticipatory Bail Application of the Petitioner Sumedh Singh Saini, wherein the allegations against him and others came from …

4 years, 6 months ago

Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case LIVE: CBI begins questioning with Siddharth Pithani, cook Neeraj again

India TV News

A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation visited actor Sushant Singh Rajput's house in suburban Bandra on Saturday to reconstruct the sequence of events before he was found dead on June 14. The actor's friend and flatmate Siddharth Pithani and cook Neeraj were also present at the moment. CBI has also examined Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik's statements and summoned …

4 years, 6 months ago

Who was with Sushant Singh Rajput in his house the day he died? Details here

India Today

Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput lived in a duplex flat with a hall downstairs and three bedrooms upstairs. Neeraj Singh - Neeraj Singh lived with Sushant from May 11, 2019. Earlier, Siddharth had complained that Sushant's family was pressurising him to talk against Rhea Chakraborty, who was in a live-in relationship with Sushant before the actor was found dead on …

4 years, 6 months ago

SC VERDICT IN 5 POINTS | CBI takes over Sushant Singh Rajput death case

India TV News

SC VERDICT IN 5 POINTS | CBI takes over Sushant Singh Rajput death case Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: Supreme Court while ordering CBI investigation into Sushnat death case, said the FIR registered in Bihar based on the complaint filed by Sushant Singh's father was correct. The Supreme Court today said the CBI will investigate actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death. …

4 years, 7 months ago

Sushant Singh Rajput death: CBI records statements of people pivotal to case

India Today

The Central Bureau of Investigation has recorded a few more statements in Sushant Singh Rajput death case. While the Mumbai Police declared it a case of suicide, Sushant's father, KK Singh, filed a complaint of abetment to suicide against Rhea Chakraborty and her family members in Patna. Rhea Chakraborty had filed two petitions in the SC in which she had …

4 years, 7 months ago

Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: Rhea Chakraborty, Brother Leave ED Office

News 18

Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case LIVE Updates: Rhea Chakraborty, who has been accused by actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father of abetting his son’s suicide, has filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court, stating that the media is “unfairly” targeting her. Rhea, along with her brother Showik and father Indrajit Chakraborty, is currently being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in …

4 years, 7 months ago

'Without Valid Consent From Maharashtra Govt., CBI Has No Jurisdiction To Investigate Sushant Singh Rajput's Death': Mumbai Police Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Live Law

The Mumbai police has filed its affidavit before the Supreme Court challenging the July 25 FIR, at the instance of Sushant Singh Rajput's father against actor Rhea Chakraborty and 5 others for abetment to suicide, registered in Patna and subsequently transfered to the CBI. The affidavit further contends that "About 38 days of the death of the deceased, the father …

4 years, 7 months ago

CBI moves SC asking to be made party in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case

India Today

The CBI has moved Supreme Court asking to make them party in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who is representing the Union of India in the case, said that the Bihar Government's recommendation has been accepted by the Centre and investigation in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case has been transferred to the CBI. Today, …

4 years, 7 months ago

Sushant Singh Rajput death case handed over to CBI, Centre tells Supreme Court

India Today

The investigation in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case has been handed over to the CBI, the Centre told Supreme Court on Wednesday. At the Supreme Court hearing today, Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer Vikas Singh said that the evidence is being tampered with by Mumbai Police. Seeking a CBI probe into the matter, the notification issued by Bihar Government …

4 years, 11 months ago

P&H HC Grants Emergency Parole To NDPS Convict To Perform Funeral Rites Of Father

Live Law

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted emergency parole to a prisoner for the performance of his father's last rites in a case which was taken up through video conferencing. The petition, filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, read with Section 3 of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners Act, 1988, sought for the release of the …

5 years ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi HC reserves order on convict Mukesh Singh's plea seeking quashing of death penalty

Firstpost

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a petition filed by one of the four 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts — Mukesh Singh — challenging the trial court’s order on his plea claiming innocence. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a petition filed by one of the four 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts …

5 years ago

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case: Pawan Kumar Gupta files curative plea in SC seeking commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment

Firstpost

New Delhi: One of the four death row convicts, Pawan Kumar Gupta, in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case moved a curative plea in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment. Reuters Gupta, against whom the death warrant has been issued for execution along with three other condemned prisoners on 3 …

5 years, 1 month ago

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case: Supreme Court set to hear curative petition of death row convict Akshay Thakur today

Firstpost

The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the curative petition of one of the four 2012 Delhi gang-rape death row convicts, Akshay Thakur who is seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment. New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the curative petition of one of the four 2012 Delhi gang-rape death row convicts, Akshay Thakur who …

5 years, 3 months ago

Delhi Court Agrees To Transfer Execution Plea In Nirbhaya's Case To Another Judge

Live Law

District Judge Yashwant Kumar, at Patiala House Court Complex, has said that he will transfer the case to another Additional Sessions Judge as soon as he gets the file from the court where the case is pending. In December 2018, Nirbhaya's parents had moved the Patiala House Court to expedite the procedure of executing the death penalty given to all …

5 years, 4 months ago

MHA recommends commutation of death sentence of Beant Singh’s assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana

The Hindu

The Ministry of Home Affairs has sent a letter to the Punjab government to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. The MHA took an “in principle” decision on September 30 to commute the death sentence as a “humanitarian gesture” ahead of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations …

5 years, 5 months ago

Ex-CM Beant Singh assassin Balwant Rajoana’s death sentence commuted to life

Hindustan Times

The death sentence of dreaded Babbar Khalsa terrorist, Balwant Singh Rajoana-- convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh -- has been commuted to life. Earlier in October 2010, the death sentence of Jagtar Singh Hawara -- the other convict in the assassination – was reduced to life imprisonment by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Importantly, …

5 years, 10 months ago

Rowdy death: Autopsy done, body taken to Punjab

Deccan Chronicle

MYSURU: The post-mortem of Vijaynagar shootout victim, Sukhvinder Singh, was conducted on Saturday after his relatives arrived from Punjab. The post-mortem was conducted by the doctors of Mysuru Medical College amid tight security and Sukhvinder's relatives refused to speak to media. According to the police, the inquest was done by judicial magistrate, in the presence of Sukhvinder’s three relatives Gurumeeth …

5 years, 10 months ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Death Sentence Of A Murder Accused Already On Death Row In Another Case [Read Judgment]

Live Law

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Thursday, upheld the death penalty awarded to a man accused of murdering four persons, including two minor children, belonging to one family. After it came to light that Khushwinder Singh confessed his involvement in this case, during investigation in another murder case, the matter was re-investigated by CBI. The conviction and death sentence …

6 years, 5 months ago

SC Stays Death Penalty For Haryana Woman & Her Lover For Murdering 7 Members Of Her Family [Read Order]

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for poisoning and strangulating seven members of her family, including four children, in September 2009.The stay was granted by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Navin Sinha against an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana …

6 years, 5 months ago

SC Stays Death Penalty For Haryana Woman & Her Lover For Murdering 7 Members Of Her Family [Read Order]

Live Law

6 years, 8 months ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Confirms Death Penalty For Haryana Women & Her Lover For Murdering 7 Members Of Her Family [Read Judgment]

Live Law

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for poisoning and strangulating seven members of her family, including four children, in September 2009.The Bench comprising Justice A.B. The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for …

6 years, 8 months ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Confirms Death Penalty For Haryana Women & Her Lover For Murdering 7 Members Of Her Family [Read Judgment]

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7 years, 3 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Two death row convicts file plea in SC to review punishment

Firstpost

Two of the four death row convicts in the 16 December, 2012 gangrape and murder case on Friday moved the Supreme Court for review of its verdict New Delhi: Two of the four death row convicts in the 16 December, 2012 gangrape and murder case on Friday moved the Supreme Court for review of its verdict upholding the capital punishment …

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