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  • Dec 16 gangrape: Court likely to pronounce verdict today

    A fast track court is likely to pronounce on Tuesday its verdict in the December 16 gangrape case, in which four adult accused were tried for brutal rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus. The verdict in the incident, which had evoked nationwide outrage and consequent amendments to the anti-rape laws, […]

    Bangalore law student rape case: Six awarded life sentence

    In Bangalore, a local court has awarded life imprisonment for all accused in Bangalore law student rape case. Six persons were tried and convicted for gang-raping an undergraduate student of the National Law School of India University on October 13 last year in Bnagalore’s University’s Jnanabharathi campus.

    Jodhpur police receives fresh complaints against Asaram

    Jodhpur Police has said it has received fresh complaints against Asaram Bapu even as it dispatched teams to the Ahmedabad ashram of the self-styled godman to collect evidence in the sexual assault case against him. Many victims have started coming forward with their complaints against Asaram, police said without disclosing the nature of the complaint […]

    Hearing in Sankararaman murder case adjourned to October 3

    A local court on Friday adjourned to October three hearing in the Sankararaman murder case in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra are the prime accused. Only 13 of the 23 accused were present in the court and the absentees included the two seers. The Madras High Court Advocates Association had called […]

    Prosecution: Asaram case fit for trial by fast-track court

    The sexual assault case involving allegations against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu was fit for trial in a fast-track court, Additional Advocate General (AAG) Anand Purohit said on Thursday. Talking to reporters, Purohit said the prosecution may also consider making one of Asaram’s associates, Shiva or Shilpi, a government witness. While Shiva, an aide of Asaram’s, […]

    Asaram’s bail plea rejected

    The bail plea of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a 16- year-old girl, was today rejected by a Jodhpur court after the prosecution raised strong objection to setting him free. The District and Sessions Judge (Rural) Manoj Kumar Vyas dismissed the bail plea after two days of hearing arguments by Asaram’s […]

    Mumbai gangrape: 4 accused sent to judicial custody till 19th Sep

    Four accused in the 23-year-old photojournalist gangrape case were on Thursday remanded in judicial custody till 19th September by a magistrate court in Mumbai. Magistrate U M Padwad sent all the four culprits Shiraz Rehman Khan, Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali and Salim Ansari to 14-day judicial custody after the Crime Branch sought the same to […]

    Delhi gang rape: Court reserves verdict against 4 accused for Sept 10

    A Delhi court has reserved its verdict against the 4 adult accused in the December 16 gangrape for Tuesday next week. The fast track court has concluded the trial against the adult accused. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna today reserved his order after the prosecution and the defence counsel concluded their final arguments. The four […]

    Bhatkal took advantage of free passage at Indo-Nepal border

    Arrested Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal and his associate used to take advantage of the unhindered passage on the Indo-Nepal border, 110 km of which lay in Bihar. Interrogation of Bhatkal and his associate, Asadulla Akhtar alias Haddi, after their arrest from Nahar Chowk in Raxual sub-division of East Champaran district on Thursday revealed that […]

    Mumbai gangrape: Cops want accused to undergo TIP soon

    Mumbai police plans to conduct test identification parade of the five accused in the photojournalist gangrape case as soon as they are remanded in judicial custody. “Currently all the five arrested accused will remain in police custody till September 5. When they would be produced before a court on the last day, we would seek […]