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Delhi court rejects jailed MP Engineer Rashid's interim bail plea
Engineer had sought interim bail, saying he needed to meet his critically ill father who had been hospitalised and was on a ventilator.
April 25, 2026Court denies anticipatory bail to doctor in Kannur dental student death case
However, the prosecution opposed the claim, contending that the Bajethri community is classified as an Other Backward Class (OBC) and alleging that the accused had attempted to mislead the court on his caste status.
April 25, 2026Court denies anticipatory bail to doctor in Kannur dental student death case
Kannur District and Principal Sessions Court in-charge Judge Vimal J rejected the anticipatory bail petition of prime accused Dr M K Ram, former head of the Anatomy Department at Kannur Dental College, a private management institution in Anjarakandy.
April 25, 2026Delhi court acquits man in brother's murder case, gives benefit of doubt
Additional Sessions Judge Kumar Rajat was hearing a case against Rohit, who was accused in a case registered under IPC Section 302, saying that key prosecution witnesses did not support the case during trial and failed to identify him as the assailant in court.
April 25, 2026Thane court acquits man accused of raping minor, says relationship appeared consensual
Special judge S P Agarwal cleared the accused, Samsher Rais Khan, of charges under section 376(2)(n) (repeated rape) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
April 25, 2026'district on Friday discharged the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) in'
The Supreme Court last year directed the CBI to submit a status report in the case. According to the CBI charge sheet, the victim's "genital organs and testicles were amputated" during interrogation at a centre in Kupwara.
April 24, 2026Man gets 20 years in jail for rape of mentally challenged girl
Special Judge V A Patravale convicted the accused, a Jalgaon resident, for offences under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
April 24, 2026Mumbai court says no to release of BMW car involved in 2024 hit-and-run, flags its likely misuse
Prima-facie, the vehicle was used "like a weapon and the possibility of its re-use/misuse cannot be ruled out," Additional Sessions Judge Anil D Salunkhe said while rejecting the plea.
April 24, 2026Assam court sentences 20 convicts to life term for lynching 2 men on suspicion of child lifting
The court had on Monday convicted 20 of the 45 accused in the case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
April 24, 2026Odisha: Man gets 10-year rigorous imprisonment for sexual harassment of minor
The court of Adhoc additional district & sessions judge (Fast Track Special Court), Phulbani, convicted the man, 19, and pronounced the verdict.
April 24, 2026Six Pak nationals sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for drug smuggling
The accused were apprehended from a Pakistani fishing boat off Gujarat coast in December 2021 in a joint operation conducted by the Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad.
April 24, 2026Greenopolis housing project case: Court orders framing of charges against 3C directors
Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan was hearing the case against two directors of Three C Shelters Pvt Ltd, Surpreet Singh Suri, Nirmal Singh and Vidur Bhardwaj, and ordered framing charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy.
April 24, 2026Delhi court acquits ex-AAP MLA in 2014 'midnight raid' case in south Delhi
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal acquitted Bharti of the charge levelled against him in an FIR lodged at the Malviya Nagar police station, saying the witnesses' statements were inadmissible as they failed to appear and depose before the court.
April 24, 2026TCS case: Male employee 'forced to wear skull cap, perform Namaz', says fresh remand plea
The magistrate's court remanded Tausif Attar (36), Danish Sheikh (32), Shahrukh Qureshi (34) and Raza Rafiq Memon (35) in fresh police custody till April 29 in the case.
April 24, 2026Amritpal produced before Dibrugarh court over unauthorised electronic devices' recovery in jail
Nine of his associates, who were earlier lodged alongside him in Dibrugarh but later transferred to various jails in Punjab, were also produced simultaneously via video-conferencing from jails in Goindwal, Bhatinda and Patiala.
April 24, 2026TN court awards death penalty to 45-year-old man for assaulting 5 minor girls
According to the prosecution, the crimes took place over a week-long period starting February 4, 2024. Chandran, whose wife was away at the time to assist their daughter with childbirth, lured the children, all aged around 10, into his house while they were playing in the neighbourhood.
April 24, 2026Delhi court orders AAP to remove 'defamatory' posts against BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj
Principal District and Sessions Judge Gurvinder Pal Singh passed the ad interim order on April 23 in response to a civil defamation suit filed by Swaraj.
April 24, 2026Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra over derogatory posts on women journalists
In the April 22 order, the court said, "The court is of the view that a police investigation is necessary as the offence has been committed in cyberspace on platform ‘X’. Therefore, a police investigation is necessary to verify the user account on platform ‘X’ from which the said tweets were published."
April 24, 2026Assam court sentences 20 convicts to life term for lynching 2 men on suspicion of child lifting
District Sessions Judge D J Mahanta also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on the convicts.
April 24, 2026Delhi court acquits ex-AAP MLA in 2014 case of 'assault' on African women
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal acquitted Bharti from the charge levelled against him in an FIR lodged at the Malviya Nagar police station, saying the statements of the witnesses were inadmissible as they failed to depose before the court.
April 24, 2026Land surveyor sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in bribery case in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court Judge Manoj A sentenced Gireeshan C, a native of Chirayinkeezhu, to four years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000.
April 24, 2026Nashik court sends ‘godman’ Kharat to three-day police custody in sixth sexual assault case
Kharat, who was arrested on March 18, is accused of sexually exploiting several women and indulging in large-scale financial fraud by claiming to have divine powers and knowledge of black magic.
April 24, 2026Iranian student has legal right to use swimming pool: Kerala Human Rights Commission
The order was issued by Commission Chairperson Justice Alexander Thomas while considering a complaint filed by Sara Moosavi, a student and swimmer here.
April 23, 2026Zubeen death case: Shymakanu's bail hearing concludes, order on April 30
The hearing, which began on Wednesday, resumed in the morning, with Mahanta’s counsel refuting the prosecution’s arguments.
April 23, 2026UP court orders FIR against Shahjahanpur cops over alleged tampering of woman's statement
According to prosecution officer Ashish Shukla, the matter pertains to the woman from Jalalabad police station area who had gone with a man of her own will. The police later recovered them from Khatu Shyam in Rajasthan and produced the woman before the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Manish Kumar Singh on April 16 seeking remand.
April 23, 2026Coal 'scam' case: Delhi court sends I-PAC director Vinesh Chandel to 14-day judicial custody
Additional Sessions Judge Deepti Devesh allowed the Enforcement Directorate’s plea seeking the accused's judicial custody. He was produced on completion of his 10-day ED custody.
April 23, 2026Delhi court sends man accused of killing IRS officer's daughter to 4-day police custody
Judicial Magistrate Deepika Thakaran allowed the Delhi Police's plea seeking four days of custodial interrogation of the accused.
April 23, 2026Delhi court sends man accused of killing IRS officer's daughter to 4-day police custody
A 22-year-old IIT graduate and the daughter of a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer was allegedly raped and killed at her Kailash Hills residence by Meena, their former house help, on Wednesday morning, hours after the accused and his associates allegedly sexually assaulted another woman in Rajasthan's Alwar.
April 23, 2026Nashik court sends ‘godman’ Kharat to judicial custody till May 6 in fifth sexual assault case
Kharat, who was arrested on March 18 after a 35-year-old woman lodged a rape complaint against him at Sarkarwada police station here, has since been accused of sexually assaulting several women and indulging in large-scale financial fraud by claiming to have divine powers and knowledge of black magic.
April 23, 2026Thane court acquits five men in human trafficking case, cites gaps in prosecution evidence
While acknowledging the social menace of human trafficking, Additional Sessions Judge Vasudha L Bhosale, in the order on April 21, emphasised that the court cannot fill gaps in a weak prosecution.
April 23, 2026After 18 years of trial, UP man gets 10-year jail, Rs 10 lakh fine for illegal drug possession
Assistant District Government Counsel Deepak Tiwari said the accused, Sanjay Singh, originally a resident of Kalyanpur in Kanpur and currently residing in Mahaveeran locality, was arrested on April 2, 2008, by then Premnagar police station in-charge Balbir Singh Gaur during a checking drive
April 23, 2026TCS case: No interim relief to arrested employee in related matter; court cites 'criminal antecedents'
Citing the preliminary stage of the investigation, the court also stated that the purported offence has wide social repercussions affecting law and order in the society.
April 22, 2026NIA court sentences seven accused in Bengaluru prisons radicalisation case
Apart from Naseer, the court has sentenced accused Syed Suhail Khan, Mohammed Umar, Zahid Tabrez, Syed Mudassir Pasha, Mohammed Faisal Rabbani and Salman Khan and imposed a fine of Rs 48,000, it said.
April 22, 20265 Haryana cops, acquitted in 2016 gangster 'encounter' case, acted in self-defence: Mumbai court
Nearly a month after the acquittal ruling, the court observed the cops were on duty for apprehending a person with "heavy criminal antecedents" and have established "circumstances to recognize the right of private defence". It also pointed out that the Haryana government had not given sanction to prosecute these police officials.
April 22, 2026Man gets life imprisonment for wife's murder after swift court trial
District and Sessions Court Judge Amitabh Mishra convicted Sur Singh Bhilala, a resident of Kandai village, under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000.
April 22, 2026Haryana: Man gets life term for 3-year-old's rape-murder
The accused, a member of the girl's family, lured the toddler to an isolated, hilly area near the village, where he raped her before murdering her brutally.
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