#Prosecution

The Haryana government has flagged ‘SOP flaws’ in the CBI’s prosecution sanction request for five IAS officers named in the Rs 504 crore banking fraud case.

Chief Minister D K Shivakumar announced prosecution sanction against former KPSC controller of examinations Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar, reiterating that the state will not tolerate corruption in public recruitment.

The high court was hearing a 61-year-old man's appeal challenging his conviction for raping and sexually harassing a 73-year-old woman under the pretext of removing evil spirits from her body.

The court noted the enmity between the convicts and the family of the alleged rape survivors and stated that the statements of the two prosecutrixes were not found to be plausible.

Using 'monono' and 'ni mo kakawarazu' to explore contradictions between expectations and outcomes in Japanese.

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While 12 were convicted, the special TADA court acquitted 17 others after a 33-year-long trial in 1993 arms smuggling case linked to Dawood Ibrahim.

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The victim, travelling on a motorbike, was ambushed on a rural road in Assam’s Goalpara in July 2008. The attackers assaulted him using sharp weapons and cut off his left hand, the Supreme Court observed.

The Supreme Court noted that the prosecution's case rested entirely on circumstantial evidence, alleged recoveries of material objects, and motive linked to a financial dispute.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: After a 15-year trial, Bengaluru man sentenced to 7 years for Rs 1.14 crore BDA site ‘fraud’

The court held that the absence of direct, reliable evidence linking accused to the fatal assault as well as an incomplete and unproven chain of events along with witnesses turning hostile in the case had weakened the prosecution's case.

Sexual assault charges against a self-styled spiritual leader and his wife in the Edmonton area have been stayed.