A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday set aside the Manjeri Additional Sessions Court’s order sentencing nine accused in the Kottakal double murder case to life imprisonment. The murder took place in 2008 on the premises of a mosque at Kottakkal near Kuttippuram due to group rivalries among the mosque committee. The … Read more
Delhi police flag march in Chand Bagh-Karawal Nagar (northeast Delhi ) after the days of violence, in New Delhi on February 26, 2020. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena A court has acquitted six men who were accused of committing arson, rioting, and theft during the 2020 communal riots in northeast Delhi. Additional Sessions Judge … Read more
An view of the Gujarat High Court. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji The Gujarat High Court has allowed the discharge plea of a former police official accused in the 2003 encounter of Sadiq Jamal, who the cops had claimed to be a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative. With the acquittal of retired Deputy Superintendent of Police … Read more
A special court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 27-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl, saying the two are now married and that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges. The order by Special (POCSO) Judge V. V. Virkar was passed on March 6 and a copy was … Read more