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Kochi, February 23 – AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal questioned the State government’s handling of the arrest of the Sabarimala tantri on Monday, alleging an undue eagerness to portray him as guilty despite the absence of evidence cited by the court.Venugopal said that if credible...

Thane, February 20 A special court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted a 37-year-old man accused of raping a minor girl, stating that the prosecution failed to prove that the survivor was a "child" and noting significant inconsistencies in her testimony.In the judgment dated February 12...

Bilaspur, February 18 Noting that the convict's act preceded the actual partial penetration but without ejaculation, the Chhattisgarh High Court has reduced the seven-year sentence awarded by a trial court to a man in a 2004 rape case and convicted him for attempted rape instead.Partially...

New Delhi, February 18 – The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a woman lawyer challenging the discharge of her former partner and two others in a case alleging rape, fraudulent marriage, unlawful confinement, and criminal intimidation.The court ruled that the evidence...

Thane, February 18 A court in Thane has acquitted a 32-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, stating that the case appeared to stem from a personal dispute with the victim's mother over a marriage proposal.Special POCSO Court Judge D S Deshmukh, in the judgment on February...

Pune, February 18 Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, has moved a local court seeking voice samples of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation case against him over his comments about the late revolutionary.Satyaki's lawyer, Sangram...

Sonbhabdra (UP), February 17 A local court on Tuesday convicted a man of sodomising a 10-year-old boy four years ago and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 35,000.Additional Sessions Judge of the POCSO court, Amit Veer Singh, passed the order after...

Mumbai, February 15 A Mumbai court has discharged the former woman vice principal of a law college here in a 2007 case about the alleged use of a forged BA degree to gain admission to the institution, noting that there is no material to remotely suggest that she tampered with the document.The...

Kanpur, February 13 A local court on Friday directed police to conduct a technical and mechanical inspection of the Lamborghini car involved in the high-profile crash that left several people injured on VIP Road earlier this week, and submit a detailed report before the next hearing on February...

Thane, February 13 A court in Thane district of Maharashtra has acquitted a man accused of obstructing public servants during an anti-encroachment drive, citing that the prosecution failed to provide reliable evidence to prove the charges against him.Additional Sessions Judge G T Pawar...

New Delhi, February 12 A Delhi court has acquitted a woman in a 2013 case of alleged abetting her husband's suicide, stating that the evidence presented by the prosecution was insufficient to prove her guilt.Additional Sessions Judge Himanshu Raman Singh was hearing a case against Mamta Devi...