judicial custody

New Delhi, April 1 A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered the detention of a deputy commissioner and an administrative officer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for 14 days in a corruption case.Special CBI Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik allowed the CBI's pleas seeking judicial custody of Lt Col...

Thiruvananthapuram/Kannur, April 1 A 37-year-old man has been arrested and remanded for allegedly sending obscene messages and images to the chairperson of the State Women's Commission, police said on Wednesday.The accused, Puthanveetil Jagadeesh, a resident of Taliparamba in Kannur district...

Nashik, April 1 A court in Nashik, Maharashtra, remanded self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, into 14-day judicial custody on Wednesday.Kharat was arrested on March 18 after a 35-year-old woman accused him of repeated rape over a period of three years. Following his...

Kochi, April 1 A court here on Wednesday sent noted Malayalam film director Ranjith to judicial custody after he was arrested late last night in connection with an attempted sexual assault case.Following his remand, the director claimed that the accusations against him were "false" and that he...

Kochi, April 1 Kerala Culture Minister Saji Cherian said on Wednesday that the government and the police are supporting the victim, not Malayalam film director Ranjith, who is accused of attempted sexual assault.Ranjith, who was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days, claimed that the...

Kochi, April 1 – Malayalam film director Ranjith has been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days in connection with a sexual assault complaint filed by a young actress, even as the Kerala government asserted its strong support for the victim and promised strict legal action.Ranjith, who was...

Kochi, Apr 1 A court here on Wednesday sent prominent Malayalam film director Ranjith into judicial custody after he was arrested late last night in connection with an attempted sexual assault case.Ranjith, who was produced before a magistrate at his residence here, was remanded in judicial...

Hyderabad, March 31 A 19-year-old student was arrested here for allegedly sexually abusing a five-year-old girl, filming the act and uploading it online, officials said on Tuesday.The incident involving the minor girl came to light after the Child Protection Unit of the Telangana Cyber...

Bengaluru, March 31 Police on Tuesday said they had seized drugs worth approximately Rs 5.14 crore across five police station limits in the city and arrested 11 persons, including two foreign nationals.Police said that, on various dates, officers received specific inputs from informants that...

Fazilka (Pb), March 31 Booking of an LPG cylinder helped police arrest a former Captain of the Indian Army, who had been on the run for four years after his conviction was upheld by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in his wife's murder case.Sandeep Tomar was arrested from the Pandhurna...

Ranchi, March 31 A 28-year-old woman was allegedly smeared with black paint on her face and paraded in Ranchi district, Jharkhand, by a neighbor, police said on Tuesday.Two people, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the incident, a police officer said.The incident...

Kathmandu, March 31 Former Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Chhabi Rijal, was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in the crackdown on the Gen Z movement in September last year.Rijal, who was named in the list of high-ranking officials responsible for suppressing the Gen Z movement, in...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 – In a shocking development, the Bhubaneswar police arrested two individuals on Monday on charges of gang-raping a woman in the Tamando area of the city during the night of March 27 and 28.The accused, identified as Narayana Swain (31) and Bichitra Sahoo (34), are from...

Kathmandu, March 30 Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the newly formed Balendra Shah government, seeking an explanation regarding the arrest and detention of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.The Supreme Court issued the order in response to the habeas corpus petition filed...

Ranchi, March 30 Police have arrested 15 people for their alleged involvement in multiple robbery cases across the Ranchi district of Jharkhand, during separate operations, officials said on Monday.Ten people were arrested from various locations in the district, following a tip-off on...

Ballia, UP, March 30 Police arrested a doctor on Monday after a 27-year-old woman and her twin daughters died at a private hospital here, allegedly due to the negligence of the medical staff, officials said.According to police, based on a written complaint filed on March 13 at the Kotwali...

Madurai, March 30 A court on Monday criticized the central and state governments for the delay in submitting reports regarding the health, financial status, and conduct of nine police officers convicted in the high-profile Sathankulam custodial death case. The sentencing in the case was...

Pakur (Jharkhand), March 30 – Police in the Pakur district of Jharkhand have arrested an advocate on charges of sexually exploiting a law student and blackmailing her after allegedly filming the assault, police officials said on Monday.The accused has been identified as Joel Murmu. Police said...

Beed (Maharashtra), March 30 A 55-year-old man accused in a cheque bounce case has died following a cardiac arrest at the Beed district jail in Maharashtra, officials said on Monday.Ganesh Kashinath Pawar, a resident of Subhash Road in Beed, had been arrested in the cheque bounce case.He was...

New Delhi, March 30 A Delhi court that extended the NIA custody of seven foreign nationals in a terror conspiracy case last week emphasized the sensitive nature of the case and said that several questions needed to be answered to ascertain things like the motive of the accused behind coming to...