indian penal code

Raipur, April 6 – In a landmark verdict that has sent shockwaves through Chhattisgarh's political landscape, the High Court has sentenced former MLA Amit Jogi, the son of the state's first Chief Minister, late Ajit Jogi, to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 in the sensational 2003...

New Delhi, April 4 – A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order on the issue of taking cognizance of a prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against businessman Robert Vadra and others in a money laundering case linked to a 2008 land deal in Shikohpur village...

Budaun (UP), April 4 A court here on Saturday sentenced a man to life in prison for the murder of his nephew in a seven-year-old case, officials said.Additional District and Sessions Judge (Court Number 1) Rinku Kumari pronounced the verdict, holding the accused, Shahid, guilty of murder...

New Delhi, April 3 A Delhi court has acquitted the owner of a health club here of charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation filed by a former client, holding that the allegations were too "general" and lacked specific details necessary for conviction.Additional Sessions Judge...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), April 3 A man accused of sexually assaulting his two minor daughters was arrested following an exchange of fire with police in Muzaffarnagar, officials said on Friday.The accused, in his 40s, was intercepted by a police team while checking on Datiyana Road late Thursday...

New Delhi, April 3 A Delhi court has acquitted a man and his family of all charges related to domestic cruelty and causing the death of his wife due to dowry within less than a year of marriage, pointing to text messages suggesting a long history of suicidal tendencies.The messages referred to...

New Delhi, April 3 A Delhi court has convicted a former sub-inspector for forging the signatures of senior police officers on charge sheets and submitting them in court, and found her guilty of sending a threatening message to a senior officer.Judicial Magistrate Saurabh Goyal said the police...

Raipur/Kondagaon, April 3 – In yet another tragic incident highlighting the growing danger of speeding trucks on national highways, a cyclist was killed instantly, and a motorcyclist sustained serious injuries in a road accident on National Highway-30 early Friday morning.The accident occurred...

New Delhi, April 3 – The Delhi High Court has dismissed the bail application of a man accused in a dowry death case, stating that the seriousness of the offense and the evidence available did not warrant his release at this stage.A single-judge bench of Justice Girish Kathpalia rejected the...

Bhopal, April 3 – The membership of the Congress MLA from Datia, Rajendra Bharti, has been cancelled from the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly following his conviction in a cooperative bank fraud case by a Delhi court.“As a consequence of his (Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti) conviction –...

New Delhi, April 2 A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti and a former bank employee to three years' imprisonment each in a cheating case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011.Special Judge Dev...

New Delhi, April 2 A Delhi court has convicted a man for murdering his cousin in 2019 based on circumstantial and forensic evidence, but acquitted his accomplice as it could not be proven that he was involved in the offense "in pursuance of a common intention".Additional Sessions Judge...

Bhopal, April 2 – A 50-year-old man was killed and four of his family members were injured when an out-of-control dump truck crashed into a house on a roadside in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district on Thursday.The incident occurred in Kamti village, under the Gadarwara police station area...

New Delhi, April 2 The wife of suspended Delhi government official Premoday Khakha, who is accused of repeatedly raping and impregnating a minor girl, appealed to the Delhi High Court on Thursday for bail.Counsel for Seema Rani Khakha told Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma that she has been in...

New Delhi, April 1 A sessions court here has upheld the acquittal of a man by a magisterial court in a case of domestic cruelty and marital rape, finding the cruelty allegation to be "vague and general", and the rape allegation to be contradicted by the complainant's own statement in another...

New Delhi, April 1 A Delhi court has discharged a woman accused of using forged documents to apply for her son's passport, holding that the act does not contain the essential elements of the offense charged. It has also cautioned against framing criminal charges in court to settle scores in a...

Srinagar, April 1 – The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch announced on Wednesday that it had filed a charge sheet in court against the accused in a case of overseas job fraud.A statement from the Crime Branch Kashmir said, "The Special Crime Wing of the Crime Branch of J&K, Srinagar, has filed a...

Thane, April 1 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane has awarded a compensation of ₹7.76 lakh to a man who suffered permanent disability after being injured in a road accident while offering prayers in 2015.The tribunal, presided over by K P Shrikhande, in its order on March 25...

Prayagraj, March 31 Observing that a woman is the absolute owner of her 'streedhan', the Allahabad High Court has held that a wife cannot be tried for breach of trust under Section 406 of the IPC for allegedly taking the property.Allowing a petition filed by Anamika Tiwari and four others, the...

March 31, Kohima: The Principal District & Sessions Court in Kohima on Monday sentenced a 44-year-old man to six months of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexual harassment under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.The court also imposed a fine of 10,000 rupees, with...