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A local court in Uttar Pradesh has acquitted Union Minister of State for Law and Justice S.P. Singh Baghel in a seven-year-old case related to violation of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

The Calcutta High Court has acquitted a man booked under the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act, observing that in case the act was participatory in nature and between two sufficiently mature persons, then a male cannot be indicted alone for the same.

A Delhi court on Wednesday cleared Congress MP Shashi Tharoor from all charges he was booked under, in relation to the death of his wife and businesswoman Sunanda Pushkar.

In the first verdict over the North Delhi riots of 2020, Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat acquitted Suresh alias Bhatura, saying this was a 'clear cut case of acquittal'.

Yadav, who had delivered the judgment on his last day in office, had sought extension of his personal security over the sensitivity of the case.

The Patna High Court has set aside the order of a trial court, acquitting a man who was sentenced to death for alleged gang rape and murder.

A Metropolitan Magistrate court in Andheri has acquitted 20 foreigners including 10 Indonesians and 10 from Kyrgyzstan who were booked under Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act for not disclosing that they had attended a religious gathering of Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin in New Delhi.