criminal intimidation

New Delhi, March 31 The Delhi High Court has awarded a 10-year prison sentence to a woman for aiding her minor brother in committing the crime of rape in 2013.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha said that the convict played an "active and deliberate" role in luring the victim and was not only...

New Delhi, March 30 A Delhi court has acquitted a man charged with sexually harassing and criminally intimidating his neighbor, stating that the complainant's testimony suffered from multiple inconsistencies.In her recent ruling, Judicial Magistrate Anamika also stated that the testimony...

Patiala, March 29 A court here on Sunday extended the police remand of AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra by seven days. Pathanmajra, who was arrested by the Punjab Police from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday night, had escaped police custody in a rape case more than six months ago.The MLA...

Bareilly (UP), March 28 The son of a petrol pump owner and his three associates have been arrested for allegedly illegally entering a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) depot in Aonla in the Bareilly district and threatening its official after he refused their demand for more fuel...

Bhadohi (UP), March 28 Three people, including the brother of a former BSP district president, have been booked for allegedly cheating a man here by promising him a government job for his relative and later threatening and assaulting him, police said on Saturday.According to Gopiganj Station...

Prayagraj, March 26 The Allahabad High Court has expressed serious concern over the lapses in the registration of a police case, noting that while the complaint mentioned rape, the FIR did not invoke the relevant sections related to it.The high court directed senior Uttar Pradesh Police and...

New Delhi, March 26 A Delhi court has convicted two men for attempting to commit culpable homicide, and for criminally intimidating and insulting the modesty of a woman, after it found the testimony of the defense witnesses to be lacking critical details and likely manipulated.Additional...

New Delhi, March 26 Delhi Police have arrested a 44-year-old woman and her associate for allegedly running a honey-trap and extortion racket by filing multiple criminal cases to pressure victims into monetary settlements, an official said on Thursday.The accused woman, a resident of Daryaganj...

Patiala, March 25 AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra was arrested by the Punjab Police from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, more than six months after he escaped police custody in a rape case.Officials said on Wednesday that Pathanmajra, the first-time MLA from Sanour in Patiala, was apprehended from...

Patiala, March 25 AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who had been on the run in a rape case since last September, was arrested by the Punjab Police from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday.Pathanmajra, the first-time MLA from Sanour, was apprehended in Gwalior and is being...

Patiala, March 25 AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who had been on the run in a rape case since last September, was arrested in Patiala, Punjab, officials said on Wednesday.Pathanmajra, the first-time MLA from Sanour, was wanted in connection with the rape case, which was registered last...

Chandigarh, March 23 The wife of a state employee who allegedly committed suicide due to harassment by former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar demanded a CBI investigation into his death on Monday.Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the district manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation in...

Patiala, March 23 The Punjab BJP on Monday burned an effigy of former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, who has been accused of aiding in the suicide of a state official, and demanded a CBI investigation against him.Similar demonstrations were held by the party in other districts.Speaking to...

Chandigarh, March 23 Laljit Singh Bhullar, a former Punjab minister and AAP MLA, who is accused of abetting the suicide of a state warehousing corporation official, was arrested on Monday, according to police.Bhullar was arrested in Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib district, a police...

Chandigarh, March 23 Laljit Singh Bhullar, a former Punjab minister and AAP MLA, who is accused of encouraging the suicide of a state warehousing corporation official, was arrested on Monday, sources said.Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the district manager of the Punjab State Warehousing...

New Delhi, March 23 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated in the Lok Sabha on Monday that the alleged suicide case involving a Punjab government official, which is linked to harassment, falls under the jurisdiction of the state government. However, he assured that the Centre would consider...

Palghar, March 22 Police have registered a case against more than 15 individuals for allegedly obstructing construction work and demanding money from a sub-contractor in Palghar district, Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.According to the sub-contractor's complaint, the accused allegedly...

Chandigarh, March 22 – The Punjab Police registered a case against former Transport Minister Laljit Bhullar on Sunday, hours after Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the District Manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, ended his life.Randhawa had accused the minister of harassment and...

Noida, March 20 Noida Police has suspended a station house officer and a sub-inspector for allegedly failing to invoke relevant legal provisions, including those under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and the SC/ST Act, in a rape case registered earlier this...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 19 – Karnataka police have launched a search for activists in a case of moral policing, in which a 17-year-old boy from a minority community was allegedly assaulted and abducted by a group during a temple fair in Ujire, in the Mangaluru district, police said on...