Moga: An NRI, accused of killing a former MLA and father of ex-Punjab DGP in 1991, was on Wednesday acquitted of the charge by a local court, which held that the Canadian was falsely implicated in the case. Jagdev Singh was booked on the charge of killing NS Gill, a former MLA and father of ex Punjab DGP PS Gill.
District and Sessions Judge Karamjit Singh Kang held that the prosecution "completely failed" to establish its case and the defence satisfied the court that the accused was falsely implicated. Jagdev had surrendered before court following his return from Canada in 2009, after finding that a criminal case was pending against him in this connection.
He had been out on bail. The defence pleaded that the police filed a chargesheet against Jagdev despite the fact that he was not in India when the murder had taken place....
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02:30 AM, May 09, 2013
Islamabad: A special Pakistani anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf by 14 days, in connection with his decision to place judges under house arrest during the 2007 emergency. "Pervez Musharraf's remand is extended for judicial lock-up for 14 days, he should be presented before the court on May 18," Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi ordered. Musharraf's lawyers filed a bail application...
08:46 PM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: Nearly a year after four low intensity blasts ripped the Junglee Maharaj (JM) Road in Pune, the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has filed its chargesheet before a special MCOCA court in Mumbai. The 3,857-page chargesheet was filed on Tuesday before special MCOCA Judge Y D Shinde against eight arrested accused and five absconding accused. According to the chargesheet, the blasts were allegedly hatched by members of terror group...
03:51 PM, May 01, 2013
Ghaziabad: Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on Tuesday approached a special CBI court here and sought deposition as court witness of former CBI Joint Director Arun Kumar, whose investigation had claimed that their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered by servants. The Talwars' counsel moved an application before special judge Shyam Lal requesting for summoning of Kumar as court witness. A separate request for summoning 12 others...
09:09 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Ghaziabad: The CBI investigating team wanted to charge sheet Nupur and Rajesh Talwar and two others in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case but was directed by seniors to file closure report as they felt there wasn't enough material, the officer who led the probe told a court here on Monday. Additional Superintendent of Police AGL Kaul who is being cross examined by the defence counsel said he had enough circumstantial evidence against...
10:05 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Bharti Airtel Ltd on Tuesday said it views Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) chargesheet against it over 2G spectrum allocation scam as "an attempt to tarnish its high reputation" and that it will fight the chargesheet against the company and its chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal. A court on Tuesday summoned former Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh, Ravi Ruia, one of the founders of diversified conglomerate Essar Group and ex-head of Vodafone...
06:52 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Seven persons, wanted for their alleged roles in the killings of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his younger brother Hardeep at a farm house here, today surrendered before a Delhi court which sent them to police custody for seven days. The seven accused, who were chargesheeted alongwith sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief SS Namdhari and 13 others for killings on November 17, 2012, appeared before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Raj...
05:35 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief SS Namdhari and 21 others were on Saturday chargesheeted for murder, conspiracy and kidnapping in the November 17, 2012 killing of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep in a shootout at a farmhouse in Delhi. ...
04:00 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The Delhi police is likely to file on Friday its chargesheet before a court in New Delhi in the November 17 killing of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep in a shootout in a farmhouse in New Delhi. The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police, which had arrested sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief SS Namdhari and nine others for their alleged role in the case, will submit its...
05:31 AM, Feb 15, 2013
A Delhi court on Monday will take cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the CBI against Airtel, Vodafone and others for alleged irregularities in allocation of additional 2G spectrum to them during the NDA regime. ...
06:53 AM, Feb 11, 2013
The trial in the brutal gangrape and murder of the Delhi Braveheart begins on Tuesday even as the debate over amendments in the juvenile law heats up. The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed the post-mortem report with a supplementary chargesheet. ...
10:27 AM, Feb 05, 2013
A local court will take up for cognisance on Monday the chargesheet in the allocation of additional spectrum during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) saying the then government's decision had "brightened" the outcome of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of one Bharti Airtel's group companies. The chargesheet has named three telecom firms - Bharti Cellular Ltd, Hutchison Max Pvt Ltd (now known...
10:00 AM, Jan 13, 2013
The male friend of the Delhi gang-rape victim, who was with the girl when the incident took place, has sought a speedy trail into the matter and demanded that the case be wrapped up positively in next three months. ...
03:56 AM, Jan 06, 2013
Delhi Police on Thursday filed its chargesheet in the gruesome gangrape and murder case of the 23-year-old paramedical student before a court in Saket in south Delhi. The chargesheet was filed in a sealed cover against five accused. The chargesheet against the sixth accused, who is a minor, will be filed before a juvenile court. ...
09:03 AM, Jan 04, 2013
The Delhi Police charged five of the accused with murder, rape and destruction of evidence. ...
10:34 PM, Jan 03, 2013
The Delhi Police on Thursday filed the chargesheet in the brutal gangrape and murder case of the 23-year-old paramedical student at the Saket court. Following the move, the Saket court fixed January 5 for cognisance of offence. The chargesheet, which runs into 1000 pages, has been filed against five accused, who have been charged with murder, rape and abduction among other charges. The trial in the case will be in-camera...
05:44 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Even as Delhi Police is set to file a 1000 page chargesheet in the brutal Delhi gangrape case, there are debates as to how the juvenile accused will be treated by the lawmakers amidst calls for lowering the age for juvenile offenders. ...
03:54 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Shashi Tharoor had on Tuesday sparked a debate with his tweet calling for naming the revised anti-rape law after the Delhi braveheart. ...
03:43 PM, Jan 02, 2013
It has now been learnt that the Delhi Police will file an e-chargesheet in the Delhi gangrape case. Police sources said that this was being done in order to maintain secrecy of content and facilitate fast trial. ...
01:55 PM, Jan 02, 2013
The six accused in the Delhi gangrape case had allegedly tried to mow the girl down under the bus after dumping her in south-west Delhi but her male friend saved her from being crushed. As the Delhi Police is set to submit its charge sheet before the trial court on Thursday, more details of the horrific crime that has shaken the nation's conscience are tumbling out. ...
09:48 PM, Jan 01, 2013
