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Draft bill proposes up to 10 years in jail for violence against doctors
The minimum jail term will be six months, and a person will have to shell out at least Rs 50,000, if convicted, with the jail term and fine varying according to the extent of the hurt and damage caused.
Updated on Sep 03, 2019 10:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Drawing teacher given 5 years in jail in Kolkata’s fastest POCSO probe this year
Setting a record, the investigating officer, Prabhat Kumar Senapati, arrested the accused, gathered evidence and filed a charge sheet within 72 hours. The verdict was announced exactly 18 days after the case was registered.
Updated on Sep 02, 2019 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Gurugram man sentenced to 3 years in jail by HC
The police said the complaint in the matter had been lodged by a resident of IMT Manesar in March, 2017, accusing Satyendra Sharma, his relative, of molesting his daughter at night in their house while she was sleeping.
Updated on Aug 18, 2019 05:21 AM IST
Gurugram | HT Correspondent
Indian-origin banker gets 13 years in jail for forgery, cheating in Singapore
Another 503 similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing of Kale Jagdish Purushottam, who had siphoned USD 10 million from accounts of Barclays Bank clients between June 2010 and January 2013, reported The Straits Times.
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 11:49 AM IST
Singapore | Press Trust of India
Bihar man sentenced 10 years in jail for smuggling charas
A court here Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years’ imprisonment for smuggling charas in Bihar’s West Champaran district.
Updated on Jul 02, 2019 06:42 PM IST
Bettiah | Press Trust of India
Florida man posed as Saudi royal for 3 decades, gets jail for $8 million fraud
Posing as Khalid Bin Al-Saud, he lived in a condo on Miami’s posh Fisher Island, drove a Ferrari with a forged diplomatic license plate and eagerly courted investors and gift-givers.
Updated on Jun 01, 2019 01:31 PM IST
Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse
Man gets 10 years in jail for burning wife to death over dowry demands
As per the prosecution, Kamal Singh, a resident of the Dhanori Kalan village, had lodged an FIR at the Rabupura police station stating his daughter Jyoti, alias Renu, had been burnt to death by her in-laws.
Updated on May 29, 2019 12:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Noida | Kapil Datta
20-year-old gets 2 years in jail for molesting woman
The convict, Shivraj China, was fined Rs20,000 and ordered to give Rs10,000 to the complainant as compensation.
Published on May 08, 2019 04:58 AM IST
Mumbai | HT Correspondent
Two brothers get 20 years in jail for raping cousin in Panchkula
The two are also accused of raping the victim’s younger sister, who was 14-year-old at the time of the incident in 2017.
Updated on Apr 07, 2019 10:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panchkula | HT Correspondent
Kottiyoor rape case: Catholic priest gets 20 years in jail for raping minor
The infamous Kottiyoor rape case came to light after the 17-year-old victim gave birth to a baby boy in a hospital run by the same parish.
Updated on Feb 16, 2019 08:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | Ramesh Babu
92-year-old gets 10 years in jail for raping minor girl
A case had been registered against Harlal Balai in 2009 at Bhilwara Kotwali police station for raping a minor mentally challenged girl
Updated on Jun 02, 2018 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | HT Correspondent
President’s medal winner Chandigarh cop gets two years in jail for taking bribe
Kumar, who is currently posted at Police Lines, was held guilty for demanding a ₹50,000 bribe along with jeweller Subhash Kataria last week in a 10-year-old graft case.
Updated on Apr 27, 2018 02:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Aneesha Bedi, Chandigarh
Daler Mehndi convicted in human trafficking case, gets two-year jail sentence
Daler Mehndi and his brother, Shamsher Singh, were found guilty of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by charging hefty “passage money”.
Updated on Mar 16, 2018 11:12 PM IST
New Delhi | Vishal Rambani
Revenge porn: First conviction in Bengal, man gets 5 years in jail
Animesh Bakshi, 23, was convicted for uploading nude videos of a woman on pornographic websites after she ended their relationship.
Updated on Mar 07, 2018 07:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Snigdhendu Bhattacharya