Jodhpur: A court on Thursday framed charges against former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna and MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi for kidnapping, murder and conspiracy among other offences in the Bhanwari Devi case, paving the way for trial.
Charges were framed against 16 accused by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (SC/ST Cases) court which retained all the sections against 13 of them that were mentioned in the CBI chargesheet including kidnapping and murder.
Magistrate Girish Kumar Sharma, however, dropped the charges of murder and conspiracy against Paras Ram Bishnoi, brother of Malkhan, and Om Prakash Bisnoi and granted them bail.
While Paras was charged under section 202 (intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform) of IPC, Om Prakash was charged with section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of IPC....
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12:33 AM, Oct 05, 2012
Jodhpur: A key accused in the Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case, Kailash Jakhar, on Thursday managed to escape from police custody in the court premises with the help of some accomplices. The accomplices of Kailash Jakhar, who is accused in several other cases also, opened fire to create panic in the court premises and took him away in a car. Jakhar and Bishana Ram Bishnoi, who were under Judicial...
02:45 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Jaipur: Congress MLAs Mahipal Maderna and Malkhan Singh, both accused in the Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case, will soon be shifted outside the Jodhpur jail following government orders, officials said on Tuesday. While Maderna will be sent to the Jaipur Central Jail, Malkhan will be shifted to the Ajmer Central Jail as per the orders, officials said on Tuesday. The Home Department had issued orders in this regard a...
04:37 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Jodhpur: The trial of Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case would begin in a local in Jodhpur from April 20. The ST/SC court gave this date after pleas from both the sides. All the 13 accused (except Pukhraj, Dinesh, Reshmaram and absconding Indira) were produced in the court on Monday after the committal of the case from the CBI court. After the court expressed its wish to start the trial,...
06:28 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Jodhpur: The trial in the Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case is expected to begin on Monday in the SC/ST court. The special court (SC/ST cases) on Tuesday, March 27, after the committal of the matter from the CBI court during the last hearing, extended the judicial custody of all the 10 accused till April 2 to coincide with those of Sohan Lal Bishnoi, Shahabuddin and Balia. With charge-sheet filed...
08:50 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file its second chargesheet against former Rajasthan minister Mahepal Maderna in the Bhanwari Devi murder case on Wednesday. The case is also likely to come up for discussion in the Rajasthan Assembly as well. On Tuesday, a special CBI court had extended the judicial custody of the 13 accused in the case till March 13. The nurse went missing...
08:11 AM, Feb 29, 2012
India's special envoy Madhusudhan Ganpathi has taken up the matter with the Norwegian Foreign Minister in Oslo. ...
10:36 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Jodhpur: Sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna, arrested in Bhanwari Devi case, on filed a plea in a CBI court seeking bail on ground of attending to his sick father and participating in the assembly session. The move came after Maderna, who was arrested on December 2, refused to accept an official letter intimating him about the start of the session, as an apparent mark of protest. Though, the primary ground...
12:02 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Jodhpur: Ahead of filing its final chargesheet in the Bhanwari Devi murder case, the CBI on Monday interrogated Kusum Bishnoi, considered to be close to accused Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi. Kusum, pradhan of Bilara constituency to which Bhanwari belonged and a relative of Malkhan, was taken to the agency's office here late this evening. CBI spokesperson Dharini Mishra said there was no fresh arrest in the case and efforts...
11:58 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Jodhpur: One more proclaimed offender has surrendered in the sensational Bhanwari Devi case, even as the family of the missing nurse today demanded more security. After Pukh Raj Bishnoi and Dinesh Bishnoi surrendered before the CBI on Wednesday, another wanted in the case, Reshma Ram Bishnoi, surrendered before the CBI on Thursday. Reshma Ram was arrested and produced in the CBI court on Friday, which remanded him in CBI custody...
09:23 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Jaipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday that Bhanwari Devi is dead while filing its report on the Habeas Corpus writ in the case. Four months after she went missing, the investing agency, for the first time, has officially informed the court that she is no more. The next hearing in the case will take place on February 21. Bhanwari Devi's body was...
11:35 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Jodhpur: A wrist watch, a toe ring, a pendant and a broken chain have been recovered from the Indira Gandhi canal near Jaloda village in Jodhpur, said to be the place where Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi was murdered and burnt to death. The CFSL team reached the spot to examine the contents recovered. The CBI team carrying the investigations said that the items belonged to Bhanwari Devi. Bhanwari Devi had...
12:16 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Jaipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) believes that it is close to cracking the four-month old Bhanwari Devi case that shook the Rajashthan government. After recovering human remains in the Indira Gandhi canal in Jodhpur, the CBI is all set to carry out more searches at the spot on Saturday. The water flow into the canal was stopped by the Rajasthan administration to help the CBI find material evidence...
08:19 AM, Jan 07, 2012
Jaipur: In a major breakthrough in the Bhanwari Devi case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found what could possibly be the remains of Bhanwari. Divers found a gunny bag from the Indira Gandhi canal link near Jaloda village near Jodhpur. The contents of the bag that can possibly be the nurse's remains and a sharp edged weapon have been sent for forensic examination. Search teams have also recovered...
12:30 PM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: Sex, sleaze, ambition, betrayal - perfect plot for a Bollywood pot boiler? But if CBI investigations are to be believed, this is the story of Rajasthan's missing nurse Bhanwari Devi. CBI sources said Jat leader and former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna, Congress MLA Malkhan Singh and Bhanwari's husband Amarchand were all part of the conspiracy to abduct and eliminate Bhanwari. While Maderna wanted the sleaze CD featuring him...
09:12 PM, Jan 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested Bishna Ram, the leader of the gang that disposed off Bhanwari Devi's body. The CBI claimed to have finally solved the Bhawari Devi murder case on Wednesday, according to sources. The location where the Bishna Gang burnt the body of Bhanwari Devi has been identified. Bhanwari's body was burnt near Osian village. The murder was planned by sacked Rajasthan...
03:53 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Jaipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claimed to have finally solved the Bhawari Devi murder case on Wednesday, according to sources. The location where the Bishna Gang burnt the body of Bhanwari Devi has been identified. Two people have been arrested in the case and two more are likely to be arrested on Wednesday. Bhanwari's body was burnt near Osian village. The murder was planned by sacked Rajasthan minister...
09:46 AM, Jan 04, 2012
