Accused Convicted in Caste-Based Assault Case in Srikakulam
1 month ago

Accused Convicted in Caste-Based Assault Case in Srikakulam

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The special court for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has sentenced N. Mukunda Reddy to three years of imprisonment for a caste-based assault that occurred in April 2022. Phanikumar, sentencing Mukunda Reddy under Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act to three years of simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000. According to court documents, on April 19, 2022, the complainant was travelling on CC Road after accompanying local MLC Duvvada Srinivasa Rao to Modi Bhaskara Rao’s residence. Around 7:30 pm, Mukunda Reddy allegedly approached the complainant on a Pulsar motorcycle at high speed, without using the horn.

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Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Civil Judges Accused Under SC/ST Act By Colleague
3 hours, 22 minutes ago

Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Civil Judges Accused Under SC/ST Act By Colleague

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has granted relief to two Junior Civil Judges in a long pending case of 10 years, wherein they were charged under Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989. “It is pertinent to mention that respondent No.5 has lodged a complaint against the petitioners on 09.10.2015, subsequent to the report submitted by the …

BJP convenor H Raja sentenced to six-month jail terms in two separate cases in TN
2 weeks, 6 days ago

BJP convenor H Raja sentenced to six-month jail terms in two separate cases in TN

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: BJP state convenor H Raja has been sentenced to imprisonment of six months each in two separate cases, for his derogatory comments against DMK MP Kanimozhi and threatening to raze Periyar statues the way Communist leader Lenin’s was destroyed in Tripura. Judge of the additional special court for cases relating to MP/MLAs G Jayavel pronounced the orders on Monday …

Chennai Court Sentences BJP's H Raja To 6 Months In Prison For Comments On Periyar, Kanimozhi; Suspends Sentence To Allow Filing Of Appeal
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3 weeks ago

Chennai Court Sentences BJP's H Raja To 6 Months In Prison For Comments On Periyar, Kanimozhi; Suspends Sentence To Allow Filing Of Appeal

Live Law  

The Special Court for Trial of Cases Against MLAs/MPs in Chennai has sentences BJP's H Raja to 6 months imprisonment and fine for his derogatory speech against Periyar and Kanimozhi Karunanidhi. Raja had tweeted against EV Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar saying that the Atheist leader's statues should be broken and also addressing Periyar as a caste fanatic. In 2023, …

Tamil Nadu BJP leader gets 6-month jail for remarks on Kanimozhi, Periyar statues
3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu BJP leader gets 6-month jail for remarks on Kanimozhi, Periyar statues

India Today  

A special court in Tamil Nadu convicted senior BJP leader H Raja on Monday in two separate cases, one related to his remarks about Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi and another concerning his controversial comments about demolishing Periyar statues. In the case related to his comments about demolishing statues of EV Ramasamy ‘Periyar’, the court condemned Raja’s social media post …

Karnataka: BJP MLA Munirathna Charged in Intimidation and Atrocity Cases
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Karnataka: BJP MLA Munirathna Charged in Intimidation and Atrocity Cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Sleuths of Special Investigation Team under Criminal Investigation Department on Saturday submitted charge sheet to Special Court exclusively to deal with criminal cases against MPs/MLAs, Bengaluru against accused Bharatiya Janata Party Munirathna in intimidation and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act cases. Apart from being booked in SC/ST Act, the BJP MLA is also booked under 153, 153 A, …

Bengaluru inspector arrested for assisting rape-suspect BJP MLA Munirathna: Report
1 month, 1 week ago

Bengaluru inspector arrested for assisting rape-suspect BJP MLA Munirathna: Report

Hindustan Times  

A Bengaluru police inspector was arrested on Thursday by the Special Investigation Team for allegedly assisting rape suspect BJP MLA Munirathna in multiple ‘criminal conspiracies’, Deccan Herald reported. Ayyanna Reddy, who was serving as the inspector at Hebbagodi police station, is the second individual to be detained in connection with the high-profile rape case filed against Munirathna in September, the …

Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today

The Hindu  

Edappadi Palaniswami wins Kodanad defamation case The Madras High Court ordered the payment of ₹1.1 crore of defamation damages to the Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami on a suit filed by him against S. Dhanapal, the brother of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s driver Kanagaraj, for having linked his name to the 2017 Kodanad estate heist-cum-murder case. …

Four CPI(M) Workers Sentenced to Rigorous Imprisonment for Murder of C. Ashraf
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Four CPI(M) Workers Sentenced to Rigorous Imprisonment for Murder of C. Ashraf

The Hindu  

Four CPI(M) workers have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of C. Ashraf, a CPI(M) worker from Eruvatty in Kannur, Kerala. The court convicted M. Pranu Babu alias Kuttan (34), R.V. Nidhish, alias Tutu (36), V. Shijil, alias Sheejutan (35), and K. Ujesh alias Uji (34). Meanwhile, M.R. Sreejith, alias Kothan (39) and P. Bineesh (48) were acquitted …

101 Held Guilty in Marakumbi Caste Atrocity Case, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

101 Held Guilty in Marakumbi Caste Atrocity Case, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

The Hindu  

101 people have been convicted in a decade-old case of atrocity against members of Scheduled Castes in Koppal district of Karnataka. The court sentenced 98 convicts to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹5,000 on each of them, while the remaining three are members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and were sentenced to five years of imprisonment and …

Sixth Accused Arrested in Gang-Rape Case
2 months ago

Sixth Accused Arrested in Gang-Rape Case

The Hindu  

Sri Sathya Sai district police have arrested the sixth accused in an alleged gang-rape case. The arrested, Chakali Srinivasulu, has been absconding after committing the offence and was nabbed at Pulakunta village on Tuesday. The six accused persons came to the paper mill on two motorcycles and sexually assaulted the two women of the watchman’s family. Five of the accused, …

Karnataka MLA Granted Conditional Bail in Rape Case
2 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka MLA Granted Conditional Bail in Rape Case

The Hindu  

Karnataka MLA Munirathna has been granted conditional bail in a rape case after nearly a month in prison. The court set a personal bond of ₹1 lakh with two sureties and directed him not to interfere with the investigation. The court also granted anticipatory bail to the other accused in the case, identified as Lohit, Kiran, and Manjunath.

Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam

New Indian Express  

TIRUNELVELI: Four persons were sentenced to death, while seven others were awarded multiple life imprisonments in connection with the murders of three SC persons in Udappankulam village near Thiruvengadam in 2014. According to prosecution, 25 persons from a caste Hindu community were accused of murdering 3 scheduled caste men — Kaliraj, Venugopal and Murugan — when they were headed towards …

Munirathna arrested in rape case moments after release from jail
3 months ago

Munirathna arrested in rape case moments after release from jail

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: BJP MLA Munirathna was arrested by a team of the Ramanagara police in connection with a rape case on Friday morning, immediately after he stepped out of the Bengaluru Central Prison in Parappana Agrahara. Soon, he was arrested and taken to the Kaggalipura police station in connection with the rape case filed against him by a 40-year-old social worker …

Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna and six others booked for alleged sexual harassment case
3 months ago

Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna and six others booked for alleged sexual harassment case

Hindustan Times  

A case of alleged sexual harassment has been registered against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former minister Munirathna and six others in the Ramnagar district of Karnataka. Apart from the BJP MLA Munirathna, six other individuals have been charged in the case, including Vijay Kumar, Sudhakara, Kiran Kumar, Lohit Gowda, Manjunath and Loki. Munirathna was taken into custody on September …

Malayalam actors Jayasoorya, Maniyanpilla Raju booked for sexual assault
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Malayalam actors Jayasoorya, Maniyanpilla Raju booked for sexual assault

Hindustan Times  

Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, Separate cases have been registered in Kerala against popular Malayalam actors Jayasoorya and Maniyanpilla Raju following an allegation raised by a female actor that they had sexually assaulted her, police said on Thursday. Malayalam actors Jayasoorya, Maniyanpilla Raju booked for sexual assault A senior police official from Ernakulam said an FIR under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code …

Kochi woman gets three-year jail term for cheating
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kochi woman gets three-year jail term for cheating

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: A woman who helped her husband deceive a young woman through a fake marriage, following a matrimonial The Additional Sessions Judge, C K Madhusoodhanan, issued the verdict against Vineetha, 44, the second accused in the case, for cheating a young woman from Chambakkara, Kochi. The couple was arrested when they arrived at the Chambakkara market, where the victim’s mother …

Vizianagaram: Man gets 20-year rigorous imprisonment in POCSO case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Vizianagaram: Man gets 20-year rigorous imprisonment in POCSO case

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Vizianagaram special court for POCSO cases has sentenced Padagasai Manoj Kumar to 20-years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,500 for sexually assaulting a minor girl. The case dates back to 2020, when the victim, a B. Pharmacy student residing in Bhogapuram mandal, filed a complaint at the Bhogapuram police station. Following the complaint, then DSPs …

Telangana: Man Gets 20 years RI for Sexual Assault of a Minor
5 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Man Gets 20 years RI for Sexual Assault of a Minor

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Medchal district POCSO Court has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of `three lakh for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl in 2017. Two fire mishaps in Rachakonda limits, no casualties :Two fire mishaps were reported at separate locations within the Rachakonda commissionerate limits late on Tuesday night. In the second incident …

3 arrested for assaulting man, woman over suspicion of affair in Karnataka
7 months, 1 week ago

3 arrested for assaulting man, woman over suspicion of affair in Karnataka

India Today  

Three people were arrested for physically assaulting an auto-rickshaw driver over suspicion of him having an extramarital affair" with a burqa-clad woman in Karnataka's Bidar. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media which shows some men slapping the woman first, accusing her of tarnishing the reputation of the Muslim community, before turning towards the man and …

Kerala Man sentenced to 51yrs imprisonment for rape of minor stepdaughter
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Man sentenced to 51yrs imprisonment for rape of minor stepdaughter

New Indian Express  

IDUKKI: A Kerala court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old man to a cumulative 51 years imprisonment for the rape of his then 17-year-old stepdaughter in 2018 at their residence in Munnar here. Devikulam Fast Track Special Court judge Sirajudheen P A sentenced the accused to varying jail terms for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences …

Belagavi assault case: SP directed to submit report within two weeks
1 year ago

Belagavi assault case: SP directed to submit report within two weeks

Hindustan Times  

The Dharwad bench of Karnataka high court issued a notice to Belagavi superintendent of police Bhimashankar Guled to submit a report in connection with the assault case of a woman on October 15, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Gokak deputy superintendent of police DH Mulla said that the police collected and listed all material evidence, including photos …

Malla Reddy, Aides Booked for Cheating Farmer of 47.45 Acres
1 year ago

Malla Reddy, Aides Booked for Cheating Farmer of 47.45 Acres

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BRS legislator and former minister Ch. Malla Reddy and his associates were booked under IPC sections of cheating and sections of the SC & ST Act by the Shamirpet police for allegedly cheating a farmer for acquiring his 47.45 acres in Keshavaram village of Muduchintalapalli mandal of Medchal Malkajgiri district. None of them are educated.” Identifying the mediators as …

Man sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl
1 year ago

Man sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl

The Hindu  

The Additional District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced Jagannath Karani, a resident of Muganur village in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district, to 20 year imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. As per the details provided by Shanthaveer Tuppad, Public Prosecutor in the case, the convict had lured the girl in with a promise of marriage and had …

Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl
1 year, 1 month ago

Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl

The Hindu  

Additional District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced Sidram, a resident of Chandranagar at Kamalapur taluk of Kalaburagi district, to a 20-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. Shankaragouda V. Patil, Circle Inspector of Police attached to Kalaburagi Rural Circle, investigated the case and upheld the charges levelled against the accused in the complaint under Indian Penal Code …

Telangana man gets lifer for killing wife, court awards Rs 10 lakh to minor children
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana man gets lifer for killing wife, court awards Rs 10 lakh to minor children

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a first in Telangana, the I Additional District and Sessions Judge at Bhongir awarded Rs 10 lakh compensation to the two minor children of a woman identified as Rapaka Kavitha, who was brutally murdered by her husband at Bhongir in Yadadri Bhongir district in 2019. While her husband Rapaka Nagaraju was sentenced to life imprisonment, their two children …

Hyderabad: School driver gets 20 years RI for raping LKG student
1 year, 8 months ago

Hyderabad: School driver gets 20 years RI for raping LKG student

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A driver, Bheemana Rajani Kumar, was on Tuesday sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and penalised Rs 50,000 for raping an LKG student of a reputed school in Banjara Hills in October 2022. T. Anitha, the 12th additional metropolitan sessions judge and fast-track special judge for POCSO cases, however, acquitted school principal Sivaraju Madhavi, who was accused of …

Two years jail for man, family in dowry harassment case
1 year, 10 months ago

Two years jail for man, family in dowry harassment case

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A 43-year-old A Ravi and his family members accused of harassing his wife A Sreesha demanding additional dowry physically and mentally, were sentenced to undergo imprisonment for two years. In August 2015, Sreesha lodged a complaint with Ramannapet police saying that at the time of her marriage with Ravi, her parents gave Rs 10 lakh cash, 15 tola gold …

Hyderabad: Driver gets 20 years for rape of four-year-old Â
2 years ago

Hyderabad: Driver gets 20 years for rape of four-year-old Â

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A 24-year-old driver was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment after he was found guilty for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl in Manchal, under Rachakonda police limits on February 3. Based on the complaint Manchal police immediately reacted and A. Raju, sub-inspector at Manchal police station arrested the accused and filed a case under section 376 IPC and various …

Five held in idol desecration case in Prakasam of Andhra Pradesh, SP rules out communal angle
2 years, 2 months ago

Five held in idol desecration case in Prakasam of Andhra Pradesh, SP rules out communal angle

The Hindu  

Prakasam Police achieved a breaththrough in the case relating to desecration of the idol of Nandiswara at the historic temple of Sri Ganga Parvati Sametha Eleshwara Swamy at Kanaparthi, near N.G. The SP said after conducting a recce, the six-member gang had struck at the 10th-century temple late on last Sunday and fled to Markapur after committing the offence. The …

Muzaffarnagar riots: Special court sentences BJP MLA to two years imprisonment
2 years, 2 months ago

Muzaffarnagar riots: Special court sentences BJP MLA to two years imprisonment

Hindustan Times  

BJP legislator Vikram Saini and 11 others were sentenced to two years imprisonment in a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case by a special MP/MLA court on Tuesday. The MLA and others were taken into custody and later granted bail on furnishing two sureties each of ₹25,000 for approaching the high court. The BJP MLA and 26 others were facing trial for …

Watch | Rape-accused Karnataka seer takes to wheelchair on way to cop’s office
2 years, 3 months ago

Watch | Rape-accused Karnataka seer takes to wheelchair on way to cop’s office

Hindustan Times  

Sri Murugha Mutt's Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a top religious leader of Karnataka's influential Lingayat community and now an accused in a child sexual abuse case, was on Friday taken to the deputy superintendent of police office in Challakere in a wheelchair after his medical examination was conducted at a district hospital in the southern state. In a video shared by …

Karnataka Lingayat seer accused of raping minor arrested, sent to 14-day judicial custody
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka Lingayat seer accused of raping minor arrested, sent to 14-day judicial custody

India Today  

Accused of raping minor girls, Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act by the Karnataka Police and sent to 14-day judicial custody. #WATCH | Karnataka | Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt brought to Chitradurga district jail after he was sent to 14-day judicial custody in …

Murugha Mutt Seer Shivamurthy Shivamurthy Sharanaru Moves Chitradurga Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Assault Case Involving Minors
2 years, 3 months ago

Murugha Mutt Seer Shivamurthy Shivamurthy Sharanaru Moves Chitradurga Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Assault Case Involving Minors

Live Law  

Additional District and Sessions Judge at Karnataka's Chitradurga on Monday issued notice to the prosecution and others in the anticipatory bail application filed by Dr. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the pontiff of Murugha Mutt of Chitradurga, accused of sexually abusing two minor girls staying in the hostels run by the Mutt. The accused had approached the court after the police charged …

Man held for bid to murder Jeevan Reddy
2 years, 4 months ago

Man held for bid to murder Jeevan Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Banjara Hills police arrested one Prasad Goud, husband of former TRS sarpanch Lavanya of Kalleda village, Nizamabad district, for his alleged attempt to attack TRS MLA A. Jeevan Reddy. Police claimed Prasad Goud conducted a recce of the MLA’s house for two days and entered Jeevan Reddy’s five-storey house in Vemuri Enclave on Monday night, managed to reach …

Madras High Court Grants Compensation To Victim Under SC/ST Amendment Act 2016 For Offence Committed In 2014
2 years, 8 months ago

Madras High Court Grants Compensation To Victim Under SC/ST Amendment Act 2016 For Offence Committed In 2014

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has allowed a petition filed by a victim belonging to Scheduled Caste Community claiming compensation under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Amendment Rules, 2016, for an offence committed against her in the year 2014. While passing orders Justice G. Ilangovan observed that as per the Scheduled Castes …

Gokulraj murder case: Madurai Special Court convicts 10, acquits five
2 years, 9 months ago

Gokulraj murder case: Madurai Special Court convicts 10, acquits five

The Hindu  

A Special Court in Madurai has convicted 10 accused and acquitted five others in the 2015 murder case of V. Gokulraj, an engineering graduate belonging to a Scheduled Caste, whose body was found near the railway tracks in Namakkal district. Third Additional District Judge T. Sampathkumar convicted the prime accused S. Yuvaraj, the founder of the Theeran Chinnamalai Gounder Peravai …

Kerala: Palakkad Police Arrest Main Accused In RSS Worker Sanjith's Murder Case
2 years, 10 months ago

Kerala: Palakkad Police Arrest Main Accused In RSS Worker Sanjith's Murder Case

ABP News  

New Delhi: Kerala police on Tuesday have arrested the main accused in the RSS worker Sanjith murder, who was hacked to death in Palakkad on November 15, 2021. Kerala | Main accused arrested in connection with the death of RSS worker Sanjith. Total 10 people arrested in the case: Palakkad Police https://t.co/rHNQefnKLC — ANI January 25, 2022 A day after …

Tension in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli after six assault Dalit youth, two Sri Lankan refugees
3 years, 6 months ago

Tension in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli after six assault Dalit youth, two Sri Lankan refugees

India Today  

A Dalit youth and two Sri Lankan refugees were allegedly attacked by a group of men from another community in the Tirunelveli district on Wednesday night. Tension gripped parts of Tirunelveli district when six men attacked a Dalit man at Munneerpallam village due to old enmity, as per a report in The New Indian Express. The report added that the …

Peddapalli Zilla Parishad chairman on run lands in police net
3 years, 7 months ago

Peddapalli Zilla Parishad chairman on run lands in police net

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: The Ramagundam Task Force police arrested Peddapalli Zilla Parishad chairman Putta Madhukar at Bhimavaram in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. Madhukar was on the run for the past few days following his involvement in the murder of a High Court advocate couple, Gattu Vaman Rao and P.V. Reportedly receiving information that the government issued orders to …

Telangana High Court awards jail terms for 3 senior officials in land case
3 years, 9 months ago

Telangana High Court awards jail terms for 3 senior officials in land case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has punished three senior bureaucrats with various terms of simple imprisonment after they were convicted for contempt of court in relation to some land deals. The court pulled up Siddipet collector P. Venkatrami Reddy, IAS officer Krishna Bhaskar who served as Siddipet collector for eight months and is now Rajanna Siricilla collector, and erstwhile revenue …

Hyderabad serial killer invloved in 21 cases, murdered 18 women since wife left him
3 years, 10 months ago

Hyderabad serial killer invloved in 21 cases, murdered 18 women since wife left him

India TV News  

A 45-year-old man, who was allegedly involved in 18 cases of murder of women, besides other offences, was arrested in Hyderabad on Tuesday, the police said. "On January 1, 2021, the complainant Kavala Anathaiah, resident of Hyderabad came to Jubilee Hills Police and lodged a complaint regarding his wife Kavala Venkatamma found missing since December 30, 2020 at 8 am. …

TN man gets double death penalty for rape, murder of 7-year-old girl
3 years, 11 months ago

TN man gets double death penalty for rape, murder of 7-year-old girl

Hindustan Times  

A Mahila court in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai district on Tuesday awarded a double death sentence to a 25-year-old man, Samuel alias Raja for the rape and murder of a 7-year-old Dalit girl in June. The court awarded death penalty to the convict on charges of aggravated penetrative sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 and …

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