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The rise and fall of Raka Ghirra
She was the first woman SHO of the Punjab Police and went on to become a deputy superintendent of police in the year 2007
Updated on Feb 08, 2024 09:48 AM IST
Aneesha Sareen Kumar, Chandigarh
Court acquits Govandi resident, says police cooked up drugs seizure story
A Mumbai court acquitted a man charged with possession of drugs after his lawyer proved he was illegally detained before his arrest by the police. The court found the prosecution's evidence inconsistent and unreliable.
Updated on Aug 29, 2023 12:47 AM IST
Charul Shah, Mumbai
Chandigarh: Prosecution fails to prove charges, man acquitted in molestation case
A 28-year-old married woman from a colony in Chandigarh had alleged that Jatinder molested her while she was at a local grocery shop in 2019
Updated on Jul 15, 2023 01:00 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Patna court asks Rahul to appear on April 26 in ‘Modi’ surname case
On March 18, the MP/MLA court of chief judicial magistrate Aadi Dev in Patna had passed an order asking Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on April 12.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 10:12 PM IST
Mukesh Kumar Mishra, Patna
HC rejects Anil Jaisinghani’s petition against ‘illegal’ arrest
Bookie Anil Jaisinghani and his cousin Nirmal have failed to challenge their arrest for trying to bribe and blackmail Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The Bombay High Court refused to grant relief to the pair, who claimed that their detention and subsequent custody was illegal due to procedural lapses. The court rejected their petition, which claimed that police had violated sections 41 and 41A of the Criminal Procedure Code, stating that it lacked merits.
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 09:05 PM IST
K A Y Dodhiya, Mumbai
Suspended Punjab DSP Atul Soni granted bail, wife joins investigation
Wife’s counsel says police are giving a different twist to a matrimonial dispute
Updated on Mar 19, 2020 11:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mohali | HT Correspondent, Mohali
‘Sinful to condemn convicts’: Judge rejects death warrant plea against 4 convicts
While hearing the arguments the court sought to know from Tihar authorities, how they presumed that no plea will be filed by Pawan Gupta within the one week deadline granted on February 5 by the Delhi High Court.
Updated on Feb 07, 2020 04:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Richa Banka
Chandigarh man gets imprisonment till death in murder case
Police said Goswami was under the influence of alcohol when he attacked the rickshaw puller with knife
Published on Dec 22, 2019 12:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Corespondent, Chandigarh
Minor’s rape: Two women among four convicted in Ludhiana
The court of additional sessions judge Rashmi Sharma on Wednesday convicted four persons, including two women, for a minor’s rape. The court convicted Sandeep Kumar, Usha, Mona and Davinder Pal alias Bindu, all residents of Meharban for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in 2014.
Published on Dec 18, 2019 10:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | Aneesha Sareen Kumar, Ludhiana
One year rigourous imprisonment to Ambala youth
In 2017, the youth in a drunken state, had attacked a doctor and fractured his nose, when he refused to drop him home
Updated on Nov 13, 2019 01:18 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Kotkapura police firing: Call details of SIT members can’t be shared, govt tells court
The prosecution told the Faridkot district and sessions court that CDRs cannot be provided to the accused cop as this will disclose the identity of police informers and sources, who are not to be presented in the court
Published on Nov 01, 2019 11:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent, Faridkot
Two Chandigarh men caught with heroin awarded 4-year jail
Convicts Deepak Sharma, 43, of Sector 7C and Ajay Aggarwal, 45, of Sector 35A were declared proclaimed offenders on May 15, 2019
Published on Oct 11, 2019 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
No lawyer willing to represent Musharraf, treason hearing deferred: Report
On June 12, the court had rejected Musharraf’s plea for the adjournment of the hearing on medical grounds and decided to conclude the trial even in his absence.
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 12:55 PM IST
Islamabad | Press Trust of India
Panchkula brothers get life term for raping minor cousin
Were earlier sent to 20-yr jail for raping victim’s elder sister, both terms to run concurrently.
Updated on Apr 12, 2019 11:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panchkula | Yuvraj Kaushal
‘Find real culprits’: HC frees 3 sentenced to death for minor’s rape-murder
A bench of justices P N Prakash and B Pughalendi said there were blatant contradictions in the depositions of the witnesses and the post-mortem report and neither the trial court nor the defence counsel paid attention to them.
Updated on Apr 03, 2019 09:20 PM IST
Madurai | Press Trust of India
Bombay HC extends Teltumbde’s interim protection from arrest till Feb 22, asks Pune police to release him on a personal bond
Teltumbde, who is facing arrest by the Pune police in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, was granted time till February 11 to exhaust all his legal remedies seeking protection from arrest
Updated on Feb 12, 2019 02:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | HT Correspondent
Dabholkar murder: Firearm seized by investigators was not used in assassination: Defence counsel
CBI has invoked sections 15 (Terror Act) and 16 (Punishment for terror Act) under unlawful activities (prevention) Act against Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar
Updated on Nov 17, 2018 04:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | HT Correspondent
Man in Mumbai acquitted in case of molesting cousin
The case was registered in 2016 upon the complaint of the teenager’s mother. In her complaint, she said that she had returned from Mumbai Central around noon on December 14, when she did not find her daughter at home.
Updated on Jun 15, 2018 12:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent, Mumbai:
J&K sex scandal accused plead for reduced sentence
Sentencing in the case is expected on June 6.
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 02:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Aneesha Bedi, Chandigarh
Man from Mumbai gets life for kidnapping and murdering 5-year-old in 2012 case
The second accused in the case was acquitted as the evidence against him was deemed to be purely circumstantial.
Updated on May 06, 2018 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Bharadwaj brothers remanded in judicial custody for GainBitcoin cryptocurrency fraud
They are the main suspects in the case wherein 8,000 investors have been allegedly duped of crores of rupees between June 2017 and January 2018 over attractive returns on investment in cryptocurrency.
Updated on May 04, 2018 04:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | HT Correspondent
Your space: Death penalty for child rapists is necessary
Many people believe that power of any kind can buy protection and exemption from the law of the land.People from influential families believe they are above the law. The reality is that almost all highly connected people and their progeny get away scot-free or with ridiculously lenient punishments.
Updated on Apr 30, 2018 03:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | HT Correspondent
SSC paper leak: Mumbai school vice-principal, tutor released on bail
The incident came to light on March 22, when an examiner at St Jude’s High School in Sakinaka saw students checking their mobile phones during the examination
Updated on Apr 04, 2018 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent, Mumbai