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31 Jul

Delhi Court Sentences Former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain and Four Others to Life Imprisonment in Ankit Sharma Murder Case

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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): A Delhi court on Friday sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain and four co-convicts to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh pronounced the judgement at Karkardooma Court in the physical presence of the convicts amid heavy security, concluding that while the crime was severe, the case did not fall into the "rarest of rare" category that warrants the death penalty. The court stated that the prosecution had failed to establish that the convicts were beyond reformation or possessed a…

Delhi Court Sentences Bihar BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh to Four Years in Jail Over Fatal Celebratory Firing

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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): A Delhi court on Saturday sentenced Bihar BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh to four years of simple imprisonment for causing the death of a woman through reckless celebratory firing at a New Year’s Eve party in 2018. Special Judge Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court also slapped a fine of 25 lakh rupees on the legislator from Sahebganj, directing the entire sum to be paid as compensation to the family of the deceased, Dr. Archana Gupta. Rejecting the lawmaker's plea for leniency and release on probation, the judge strongly criticized the prevalence of weapon-based entitlement,…

Delhi Court Sends Hotel Owner to Four Days’ Police Custody Following Fatal Malviya Nagar Blaze

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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): A Delhi court on Thursday remanded hotel owner Lavkesh Bajaj to four days of police custody following a devastating fire at a hotel in the Malviya Nagar area that claimed 21 lives and left dozens injured. Judicial Magistrate Bhanu Pratap Singh accepted the Delhi Police’s request for custodial interrogation to further investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragic incident. Law enforcement officials have registered a case against the owner under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The charges include culpable homicide not amounting to murder, offence of mischief by fire, wrongful damage of property, and acts…