Source: indianexpress.com Inspector Chand had been chargesheeted by the Vigilance Cell under section 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent) of the Indian Penal Code, while the charges were yet to be framed by the Court. The matter dates back to 2012, when then OSD, Vigilance, Kulwant Singh
Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Several provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) are likely to undergo a review as the Centre will soon initiate a major revamp of the criminal justice system. Union Home Minister Amit Shah made a call for a nationwide consultation for effecting changes in IPC and
Source: indianexpress.com Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the era of third degree torture to solve crimes was over and that police must increasingly use forensic science to investigate cases. He also announced setting up of a forensic science university and called for a nationwide discussion on amendments needed in the Indian Penal Code
Source: indiatoday.in conomic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police on Monday filed an FIR against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and 69 others in the multi-crore Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam case. The FIR was filed on the direction of the Bombay High Court. The high
Source: indiatoday.in Noting that the slogan ‘Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao’ (save and educate girl child) alone cannot save girl child, a Delhi court has sentenced the father and grandmother of a deceased toddler, who was found severely malnourished, to six months jail term for failing to take proper care of her. The court said
Source: thewire.in Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Tuesday awarded eight years’ rigorous imprisonment to gangster Chhota Rajan and five others for attempting to kill a city-based hotelier in 2012. Special court Judge A.T. Wankhede convicted the six under various sections of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and sections 307 (attempt to murder)
Source: hindustantimes.com Arguing on the framing of charges against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death of his wife, Sunanda Pushkar, the Delhi police told a city court on Tuesday that Pushkar’s body had 15 injury marks. These injuries were caused by the blunt force produced in a scuffle, police alleged. Pushkar was
Source: dnaindia.com A charge sheet was filed on Saturday by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) against six accused in the conspiracy and murder of eminent scholar MM Kalburgi. “The charge sheet was filed under sections 120(B), 302, 449, 109, 201 r/w 35 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 25(1A), 25(1B) and 27(1) of the
Source: hindustantimes.com PUNE A Pune sessions court acquitted an accused charged with assaulting a head constable of Kondhwa police station in 2016. The court received the documents of the case on January 23, 2018, and the decision was taken on August 14, 2019. The accused, identified as Akram Gulab Khan (23), resident of Nawazish Park
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com New Delhi:The Indian Army has punished a Major General by dismissing him from service in relation to sexual harassment of a lady officer. On Friday, the sentence was ‘promulgated’, meaning it was sent to the formation where the officer is currently posted and he was informed about it. Following an Army General Court
