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Man gets two-year jail for dragging police constable 100 ft with motorcycle
The judge stressed that the behaviour and action of the accused "definitely amounted to using criminal force to deter the informant from discharging his duty".
December 13, 2025'Diabolical, brutal': Delhi court awards life term to 2 men for forcing boy to ingest acid
The court noted that after the acid attack, the victim was unable to eat or drink and that at the time of death, he had been reduced to an emaciated form of just bones and skin.
December 13, 2025Local court to hear on Dec 18 UP govt plea to withdraw Akhlaq lynching case
According to officials, the withdrawal application was filed by the Assistant District Government Advocate (Criminal) following directives from the government and the Joint Director of Prosecution. The plea cites restoration of social harmony as the reason for seeking withdrawal of the case.
December 13, 2025UP: Man, parents get life term in jail in dowry death case
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on each convict and said that failure to pay the amount would attract an additional six months of imprisonment.
December 13, 2025What happened in Supreme Court on Monday 15th December
8.00 PM The Supreme Court rejected a plea challenging DMK candidate Dayanidhi Maran's election from the Chennai Central constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
December 13, 2025Actress sexual assault: Court says Prosecution 'miserably' failed to prove conspiracy against Dileep
The court also rejected the prosecution's claim that the accused had been planning the assault on Dileep's instructions since 2013, noting that the allegation was not supported by reliable evidence.
December 13, 2025Defamation case involving Rahul Gandhi postponed, next hearing on Dec 23
He surrendered in February 2024, following which a special magistrate granted him bail on two sureties of Rs 25,000 each.
December 12, 2025UP: Man sentenced to 20 years of RI for raping, forcing minor to undergo abortion
he case was filed at the Ghurawal police station on September 23, 2024, based on a written complaint by the minor's father, a daily wage labourer. The complainant alleged that Zulfikar (20) had been involved in a physical relationship with his daughter for the past two years.
December 12, 2025Court sentences six people convicted in actress sexual assault case to 20 yrs rigorous imprisonment
The court asked the prosecution whether the same sentence can be imposed on the first accused and other convicted persons under Section 376(D) of the IPC.
December 12, 2025Sabarimala gold loss case: Kerala vigilance court rejects bail plea of former TDB prez
The prosecutor added that for offences under the IPC, 60 days is the maximum limit for holding a person in custody without filing a chargesheet.
December 12, 2025Honour killing case: UP court sentences couple to life imprisonment
According to the prosecution, the couple along with their sons had killed their 24-year-old daughter Jyoti on January 19, 2023 and buried her body in a field.
December 12, 2025UP: Man gets 20 years in prison for abducting, raping girl
Police registered a case under sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping), 376 (punishment for rape) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and under relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against Shubham on a complaint filed by the girl's father.
December 12, 2025Gangster Nilesh Ghaywal declared proclaimed offender in cheating case
Chief Judicial Magistrate K P Jain-Desarada issued the proclamation order, observing that Ghaywal had committed an offence pertaining to obtaining SIM cards fraudulently, and since he can not be traced, it was clear that he was absconding.
December 12, 2025Guest professor, booked for molesting Mumbai college students, seeks anticipatory bail
Therefore, based on a complaint filed by the college principal, police registered a case under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections, including the provision that deals with assault or use of criminal force with intent to outrage modesty.
December 12, 2025Death to 1, life term to 9 in Maharajganj communal clash murder
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Mishra's family in Lucknow, assuring them of justice and extending financial assistance along with a government job to the victim’s widow.
December 12, 2025Court issues NBW against Telangana Minister Konda Surekha in defamation case
In the complaint, Rama Rao had submitted that Surekha made defamatory imputations against him only with an oblique motive to damage his reputation and to gain cheap publicity by creating a sensational news item to further her political agenda.
December 12, 2025TN district judge placed under suspension
Later, the Madras High Court quashed the order to imprison the DSP and directed a vigilance enquiry into the judge's conduct, leading to the action against the judge, the source said.
December 12, 2025TN man missing since 2010 found in Kerala jail, to be arrested after court nod
The court directed that Vasanth’s formal arrest be recorded at the prison in the presence of the Superintendent before December 25.
December 12, 2025Goa fire: Delhi court denies transit anticipatory bail to Luthra brothers
The counsel submitted that serious allegations were pending, including non-bailable warrants. “This is not a case for granting the privilege of anticipatory bail. The gravity of the offence and the conduct of the applicants disentitle them from any protection,” he argued.
December 12, 2025UP: Chinese national sentenced to 1 year in jail for illegally entering India from Nepal
The case dates back to January 14, when police in Sonauli bordering Nepal spotted a suspected foreign national entering India from the Nepal side.
December 12, 2025Three decades later, man acquitted in 1993 Mumbai riots case
A prosecution witness testified to the presence of a violent mob, but did not identify the accused as one of the people who took part in the violence, the court said.
December 12, 2025Court convicts Haryana gangster for running organised crime syndicate
The court, meanwhile, said that neither of the accused persons was directly found in the possession of movable or immovable property and therefore, "both the accused persons cannot be convicted for the offence under Section 4 of MCOCA."
December 12, 2025UP: Man gets 20 years rigorous imprisonment for attempting to raping girl in Jhansi
Hearing the girl's cries, her 10-year-old brother rushed inside the house and Ramkishan to flee the scene, he said, adding that the police later registered a case and arrested him on August 25, 2021.
December 12, 2025SC issues notification designating 4 retired judges as senior advocates
The former judges who have been designated as senior advocates are former chief justice of the Patna High Court Pavankumar B Bajenthri, former chief justice of the Calcutta High Court T S Sivagnanam, former Telangana High Court judge Abhinand Kumar Shavili and former Allahabad High Court judge Satyendra Singh Chauhan.
December 12, 2025Delhi court grants interim bail to Umar Khalid to attend sister's wedding
The court directed Khalid to surrender before the prison authorities on the evening of December 29.
December 11, 2025MNS chief Raj Thackeray appears in Thane court in 2008 rioting case
In 2008, the MNS chief and his party workers were accused of targeting candidates from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh who had come to appear for the Railway Recruitment Board exam. A total of 54 cases were registered against Thackeray and MNS workers. At the time, he was granted bail on a surety of Rs 1 lakh.
December 11, 2025SC accords ceremonial welcome to Sri Lankan Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena
CJI Kant informed the court that the Sri Lankan delegation spent three days at the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal under the guidance of Justice Aniruddha Bose.
December 11, 2025Mathura court orders FIR against 15 cops over abduction, fake encounter complaint
Gajendra Singh claimed that the policemen also took away the phones of Harendra and his wife, and Rs 50,000 cash kept in the house.
December 11, 2025CJI Surya Kant reconstitutes AI committee of SC
Registrar (Technology) Anupam Patra of the Supreme Court will function as member (Secretary) and convener of the committee while Ashish J Shiradhonkar, member (systems) of the e-Committee of the apex court will be a special invitee.
December 11, 2025Flagging vehicular emission significant to Delhi's air pollution; CAQM in SC seeks review of order
Suggesting a way forward, the CAQM said, "For controlling vehicular emissions, BS-III and below standard vehicles are required to be kept out of purview of Order dated August 12, 2025 of the Supreme Court in… considering the emission potential of these vehicles in comparison to BS-VI emission standards."
December 11, 2025UP: Naxal supporter gets life term in 2009 murder case
During the investigation, charges were framed against Naxal supporters Sant Kumar Chero, his brother Baba, and three Naxals - Anil Thakur, Lalbrat Kol, and Munna Vishwakarma. Baba's case was kept separate as he was absconding
December 11, 2025Andhra court slaps 10 years of imprisonment on two people for marijuana trafficking
Directorate of Revenue Inteligence (DRI) officials said that the case pertained to a seizure of 1,400 kg of cannabis concealed beneath wooden logs in a vehile heading towards Hyderabad. The officials intercepted the vehicle near Eluru, a release from the agency said
December 11, 2025Pak terrorist get 10 years in jail for 2016 attack on security forces
Though the offences are grave and strike at the security of the State, the material on record, including the circumstances discussed in the judgment, clearly indicates that the case does not fall within the limited category of the most aggravated forms of attempted murder for which the extreme penalty of imprisonment for life is ordinarily warranted,
December 11, 2025No discharge for Eknath Khadse in `land grab' case; court orders framing of charges
Khadse, a senior minister in the earlier BJP-led government in Maharashtra, had to step down in 2016 after he was accused of misusing his position to facilitate the purchase of government land in Bhosari industrial area by his wife and son-in-law.
December 11, 2025Man moves court against wife's decision to initiate 7-yr-old daughter into monkhood
His wife used to take the daughter to religious gatherings, and once left her alone with a `guru' at his Ahmedabad ashram without his consent, the man claimed.
December 11, 2025Court in Karnataka sentences 10 Bangladeshis to 2 years in prison over illegal stay
Sources said on the evening of October 11, 2024, Malpe police noticed seven people moving around suspiciously with luggage near Malpe Vadabhandeshwar bus stand.
December 11, 2025