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New Delhi, February 27 – Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva criticised the AAP's celebrations over the judgment of a Delhi Special Court offering Arvind Kejriwal a reprieve in the "liquor policy scam", accusing the accused of destroying SIM cards and other evidence.The court's decision is...

New Delhi, February 27 In a major relief to Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, a court here on Friday acquitted the former Delhi chief minister and his former deputy in the politically charged liquor policy case, as it refused to take cognizance of the CBI chargesheet.Besides the two leaders...

Prayagraj, February 26 The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a man who spent about 23 years in jail after being convicted for the murder of his wife and three children, holding that the prosecution failed to conclusively prove his guilt.A division bench of Justices Siddharth and Jai Krishna...

New Delhi, February 26 A court here has acquitted a man in a 2016 robbery case, stating that his involvement in the case was "highly questionable" as the complainant had failed to identify him during a police-conducted test identification parade (TIP).Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar...

Kochi, February 26 The Kerala High Court has granted bail to a Sri Lankan citizen, residing as a refugee in Chennai and suspected of being a member of the LTTE armed cadre, in a UAPA case, as the trial had not commenced even after over four years of his judicial custody.A bench of justices...

Mumbai, February 24 A special court under the POCSO Act here has acquitted four men accused of gang-raping a mentally disabled girl, citing a lack of reliable evidence.Additional Sessions Judge Ashwini D Lokhande, in the verdict delivered on February 5, ordered the immediate release of the...

New Delhi, February 24 A Delhi court on Tuesday convicted a man for sodomizing and murdering a 11-year-old boy in 2019, stating that the prosecution had proven the charges against him beyond any reasonable doubt.The arguments regarding the sentence will be heard on a later date.Additional...

New Delhi, February 24 A Delhi court on Tuesday convicted a man for sodomizing and murdering a 11-year-old boy in 2019, stating that the prosecution had proven the charges against him beyond any reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing the case against the accused...

Mumbai, February 24 The Bombay High Court has dismissed a case against an 85-year-old man accused of disrespecting the national flag, stating that his "mere presence" at a ceremony where the tricolour was unfurled upside down did not constitute a crime.A single bench of Justice Ashwin Bhobe...

Dehradun, February 23 The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday observed that no matter how strong the suspicion, it cannot replace evidence.Justice Ashish Naithani made this observation while hearing an appeal filed against the sessions court verdict in a suicide case that occurred in the Khatima...

Mumbai, February 23 – NCP legislator Rohit Pawar, leading a group, stated on Monday that if a thorough investigation is conducted into the death of the late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the people of Maharashtra will demonstrate their strength.He questioned the progress made in the...

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...