Archive for the Category ‘Criminal Law News’



Katara murder: Court sets up panel to probe convicts’ hospital visits

Katara murder: Court sets up panel to probe convicts' hospital visits Taking serious note of allegations that Nitish Katara murder convict Vikas Yadav, who visited AIIMS for treatment, left the hospital Diwali night without informing the staff, the Delhi High Court Friday set up a panel to probe if his visit was justified. Acting on the complaint of Katara's mother Neelam, a ...

Court reserves order on lodging case against Digvijay

Court reserves order on lodging case against Digvijay A Delhi court on Friday reserved its orders on a plea for lodging a criminal case against senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh for allegedly beating a man, caught after purportedly trying to attack party spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi with a shoe last June. Sunil Kumar Sharma, who had allegedly tried to attack ...

Three get life term for former JNU student leader’s murder

A special court here Friday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for the murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) leader and former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Chandrasekhar in Bihar's Siwan 15 years ago. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Dhirendra Kumar Pandey sentenced Dhruv Kumar Jaiswal, Sheikh ...

‘Pakistani’ submits documents to prove innocence

A man, accused of of entering India illegally as a Pakistani spy, submitted documents in a Delhi court Thursday to support his claim that he returned to India to settle. Imran submitted documents claiming that he was a native of Gujarat and returned to India for permanent settlement before Chief Metropolitan ...

Madhur Bhandarkar to face trial in rape case

Madhur Bhandarkar to face trial in rape case The Bombay High Court Thursday rejected the application of filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar to stay the process against him in a Mumbai metropolitan court in the Preeti Jain rape case. "Justice R.C. Chavan today (Thursday) refused to stay the trial against Bhandarkar, stating that he will now have to face criminal trial," ...

Kin of deceased man vandalise Noida government hospital

Doctors at the Noida district hospital went on strike for nearly 14 hours Wednesday after the kin of a deceased man assaulted them Tuesday night. According to sources in the hospital, two accident patients - Virendra Kumar (29) and Khushboo (23) - were brought to the hospital at around 10.30 p.m. ...

High Court frowns at slow probe in Maval firing case

The Bombay High Court Wednesday slammed the Maharashtra government for going slow on police officials who opened fire last year at protesting farmers at Maval, near Pune, resulting in three deaths. Observing that prima facie it appeared to be a case of 'homicidal murder', a division bench comprising Justice P.B. Majmudar ...

Malegaon blast: Purohit’s custodial interrogation put off

The Supreme Court Wednesday extended its interim order staying the Bombay High Court verdict permitting custodial interrogation by the NIA of Malegaon bomb blast accused Prasad Srikant Purohit and Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi till April 10. The court would that day examine whether offences alleged against the two justified invoking of the ...

IPS officer’s killing: CBI gets driver’s custody

IPS officer's killing: CBI gets driver's custody A court in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district today sent the tractor driver, who had crushed to death Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Narendra Kumar on Holi day, to three days' custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Sub-divisional police officer Narendra Kumar was killed when he was trying to ...

Shehla murder: CBI gets remand of another accused

Shehla murder: CBI gets remand of another accused The special CBI court has sent an alleged shooter in connection with the Shehla murder case, Tabish Khan, in CBI custody till March 26. He is the fifth person to be held in the high-profile murder case that shocked the state capital in August last year. Tabish was presented before the judicial ...