The comedian and actor Russell Brand appeared before a London court on Friday on multiple charges of sexual assault, including two counts of rape. His 14-minute appearance at the court, Westminster Magistrates’, was the first, largely procedural step in what are likely to be lengthy criminal proceedings. It came a month after British prosecutors charged…
This is a representational AI image NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court while granting bail to a 42-year-old man accused of rape by a 25-year-old woman, expressed concern over growing trend of failed intimate relationships turning into criminal cases.While granting bail to Arun Kumar Mishra, justice Krishan Pahal observed that the woman entered into a…
NEW DELHI: An undertrial’s prolonged incarceration cannot be a ground to grant bail in terror cases, where the intent is to destabilise the country’s unity, Delhi high court recently held.A bench of justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur made the observation while denying bail to separatist Nayeem Ahmad Khan in a terror funding case involving…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the Allahabad high court order granting bail to three accused in child trafficking case and criticised both the high court and the Uttar Pradesh government for negligent approach.“The high court dealt with bail applications callously, and it led to many accused to abscond. These accused pose serious…
File photo: Allahabad high court NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court has granted bail to a rape accused as the complainant “herself invited trouble” by agreeing to go to his house after consuming alcohol with friends. The order, passed by justice Sanjay Kumar Singh, noted that being an MA student, the woman was “competent enough…
The lawyers representing an American academic accused of insulting the Thai monarchy said on Thursday that they feared he could soon be deported after his visa was revoked. The academic, Paul Chambers, was released early Thursday on bail as the authorities decided whether to indict him, said Akarachai Chaimaneekarakate, an attorney for Thai Lawyers for…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled anticipatory bail granted by Bombay HC to 16 accused in the Rs 4,000 crore Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society scam in Maharashtra on the ground that they had deliberately dodged court summons and attempted to delay trial proceedings, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.Accepting arguments of advocate Padmesh Mishra, a bench of…
MUMBAI: The 30-year-old Bangladeshi national arrested for allegedly stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan at his house in Bandra has applied for bail, claiming that a false case has been registered against him. In a plea before the sessions court on Friday, the accused, Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, claimed that “the first information report is…
NEW DELHI: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra was granted interim anticipatory bail till April 7 by the Madras high court on Friday after a controversy erupted over his latest video, which took aim at Maharashtra deputy CM and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde.Justice Sunder Mohan ordered interim anticipatory bail till April 7 with conditions.Earlier, Kamra moved…
<p style="text-align: justify;">सैंकड़ों करोड़ रुपये के बहुचर्चित अंतरराष्ट्रीय साइबर फ्रॉड और मनी लॉन्ड्रिंग केस में गिरफ्तार आरोपी लक्षय विज को राउज एवेन्यू कोर्ट से नियमित जमानत मिल गई है. अदालत ने ईडी की कड़ी आपत्तियों और गंभीर आरोपों के बावजूद पांच महीने से जेल में बंद विज को राहत दी है. स्पेशल जज गौरव राव की…