Category: Indian Penal Code

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: 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: 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

Source:dnaindia.com From now the crime branch unit of Mumbai police will probe into fake passport and visa cases detected at Mumbai International Airport. Earlier, they used to fall under the purview of the local police stations. City police commissioner Sanjay Barve has recently issued out an official order regarding the same. The order states that

Source: news18.com New Delhi: A draft legislation seeking to punish people who assault on-duty doctors and other healthcare professionals by imprisoning them for up to 10 years, has been finalised and will be made public soon for feedback, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday. Those “grievously hurting” doctors and other healthcare professionals in clinical

Source: news18.com Noida: Seven contractual staffers of the Kalindi Kunj toll plaza were arrested by the Noida Police for allegedly killing a commercial truck driver after he failed to pay Rs 14,000 demanded by them, officials said on Monday. The 30-year-old canter truck driver was on his way from Sector 59 in Noida to Ghitorni in