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Thane 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.
April 22, 2026Zubeen death case: Bail application of key accused Shyamkanu Mahanta heard in fast track court
Mahanta, the organiser of the North East India Festival, had moved for bail on April 10, a day after the Assam assembly polls.
April 22, 2026Gold smuggling case: Actress Ranya Rao set to walk out of jail after year
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials intercepted Harshavardhini Ranya alias Ranya Rao, stepdaughter of the DGP rank (suspended) police officer, Ramachandra Rao, at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, on March 2, 2025, after she allegedly carried out 27 trips to Dubai since January 2025.
April 22, 2026MSCB scam: Court discharges NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar, others in ED case
A money laundering case cannot survive in the absence of "predicate" offence, said the special judge for MPs/MLAs cases Mahesh Jadhav, adding that a closure report accepted by a competent court in the predicate offence amounts to acquittal.
April 22, 2026Justice Lisa Gill becomes first woman chief justice of Andhra HC
It had also taken a policy decision to move a judge proposed to head a high court to that court two months prior to taking charge as the chief justice.
April 22, 2026Zubeen death case: Bail application of key accused Shyamkanu Mahanta heard in fast track court
His counsel, Rajdeep Banerjee, appeared via video conference, while another lawyer, Pran Bora, was present in the court, and they argued that Mahanta has been in jail for more than seven months and should, therefore, be granted bail.
April 22, 2026Delhi court stays FIR against ex-Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan, film producer in cheating case
Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singh was hearing a revision petition against the April 8 order of a magisterial court, which directed the SHO of Badarpur to register an FIR against the duo.
April 22, 2026MSCB scam: Court discharges NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar, others in ED case
The ED's money laundering case stemmed from an August 2019 FIR registered by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) that alleged fraudulent sale of 'Sahakari Sakhar Karkhanas' (cooperative sugar mills) by then officers and directors of MSCB at throwaway prices to their relatives or other private persons without following due procedure.
April 22, 2026Tribunal awards Rs 25 lakh compensation to kin of mason killed in bike-MSRTC bus collision
In the order passed on April 17, tribunal member R V Mohite directed the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to pay a total of Rs 24,94,600 to the family of the deceased with 9 per cent interest from the date of filing the claim petition.
April 22, 2026TCS case: Court denies interim relief to arrested software professional in related matter
The 31-year-old software professional is already arrested in one of the nine FIRs registered in connection with the case. He is currently in judicial custody.
April 22, 2026''It seems I can’t crack jokes now,'' says HM Parameshwara after court orders FIR
But it is a pure lie to say that I, being someone holding an important position, am promoting illegal activities. It all depends on how you perceive it
April 22, 2026Defamation case against Rahul: UP court reserves order for May 2
Gandhi's counsel Kashi Prasad Shukla said the court heard submissions on the plea moved by complainant's lawyer Santosh Kumar Pandey and fixed May 2 for pronouncement of its order.
April 22, 2026PMK founder Dr Ramadoss' photo can't be used without consent: Court
XIII Assistant Judge Dharmaprabu M issued the direction earlier in the day as the Assembly election campaigning concluded for the polling scheduled on April 23.
April 21, 2026Kangana Ranaut moves Agra court seeking deferment of verdict in case over remarks
According to her lawyer, Anusuya Chaudhary, the application alleges that the complainant was given "undue opportunity" by the court and seeks adequate time for the defence, along with a request to postpone the pronouncement of judgment.
April 21, 2026Key ISIS conspirator gets 6 years imprisonment by NIA court for spreading terrorist ideology
Arafath Ali, a resident of Shivamogga, Karnataka, had fled the country in January 2020 to evade arrest. He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, in September 2023.
April 21, 2026TCS case: Prime accused seeks bail, says complaint filed due to frustration or parents' pressure
Danish Shaikh, the accused, also denied making remarks hurting the victim's religious sentiments.
April 21, 2026Court orders FIR against Home Minister Parameshwara for his betting remark
The 42nd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court directed police to initiate a probe following a private complaint filed by H R Nagabhushan.
April 21, 2026Meerut blue drum murder case: Accused wife, lover questioned in court
Rajput, a former Merchant Navy officer, was murdered by Muskan and her lover Sahil Shukla in Meerut on March 4, 2025. They stabbed and dismembered him, sealing his body in a cement-filled blue drum - ?an act that shocked the nation with its brutality.
April 21, 2026Delhi court orders framing charges against Lawrence Bishnoi, 19 others in 2021 case
Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma ordered framing charges against Bishnoi and others under Sections 3 (organised crime) and 4 (holding unaccountable wealth on behalf of a member of an organised crime syndicate) of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
April 21, 2026Delhi court orders framing charges against Lawrence Bishnoi, 19 others in 2021 case
Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma ordered framing charges against Bishnoi and others under sections 3 (organised crime) and 4 (holding unaccountable wealth on behalf of a member of an organised crime syndicate), along with the Arms Act and the Explosives Act.
April 21, 2026Thane court acquits rickshaw driver in 2020 POCSO case after victim fails to testify
Ruby U Malvankar, special judge for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, absolved Ajay alias Langda alias Sonu Omprakash Tiwari of all charges in the judgement passed on April 17. The order copy became available on Tuesday.
April 21, 2026Gujarat court sentences man to 15-year RI in drug trafficking case, imposes Rs 2 lakh fine
The special court convicted Malek and sentenced him to 15-year RI and also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh under provisions of the NDPS Act for smuggling mephedrone, a synthetic stimulant drug, from Mumbai to Ahmedabad.
April 20, 2026Comedian Sunil Pal testifies in kidnapping case in Meerut
Speaking to reporters in the court complex, Pal said he was abducted from Meerut on December 2, 2024, and was held hostage in Bijnor. He added that all the accused in the case have since been arrested and the judicial process is underway.
April 20, 2026Himachal: Kullu court sentences wife, her accomplice to life imprisonment for killing husband
Judge Prakash Chand Rana also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each. In the event of non-payment of the fine, each convict will undergo an additional one year of simple imprisonment.
April 20, 2026No-arrest shield for TCS case accused Nida Khan; Nashik court seeks cops response on her plea
During Monday's proceedings, Additional Sessions Judge K G Joshi heard arguments regarding her anticipatory bail application, which was filed on Saturday. Khan requested immediate protection from arrest because of her two-month pregnancy.
April 20, 2026Ajmer: 8 get three years in jail for assaulting man, severing his nose
Superintendent of Police Harsh Vardhan Agarwala said the incident occurred on March 18, 2023, when the victim Hamid Khan was abducted from Ansal City, Chandiyawas, by the accused.
April 20, 2026UP: Azam Khan, son's appeals rejected in dual PAN card case; conviction upheld
The two have been lodged in Rampur district jail since November 17, 2025, after a magistrate trial court sentenced them to seven years' imprisonment in the case. Following the conviction, both had moved appeals before the MP/MLA special sessions court, claiming innocence.
April 20, 2026Court sends former executives of Reliance Group to judicial custody till May 2
The Enforcement Directorate produced them before Special Judge Hasan Anzar on completion of their five-day remand and urged the court to send them to judicial custody for two weeks as the investigation was at a crucial stage and their release would "severely compromise" it.
April 20, 2026Mumbai court refuses pre-arrest bail to housing society's ex-office-bearers accused of fraud
Additional Sessions Judge Y P Manathkar, in an order passed on April 17, said the allegations of misappropriation of funds and criminal breach of trust does not appear "vague or ambiguous".
April 20, 2026ED gets 8-day custody of Kolkata businessman Jay Kamdar in money laundering case
Seeking his custody, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) lawyer submitted before the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court that it suspected proceeds of crime based on the accused’s social media chats.
April 20, 2026