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The Allahabad High Court...

The Supreme Court has held that "as per Section 148 of IPC, whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, can be punished under that Section", thereby refusing the accused’s submission that, the weapon used by the petitioner was a "hockey stick", which cannot be construed as a deadly weapon.

The Supreme Court has is...

The anticipatory plea of a man accused of various heinous crimes punishable under the Indian Penal Code has been cancelled by the Supreme Court on Monday.

Petitioner Nilim Dutta (chairman, Unified People's Movement) states, "It does not inspire any confidence that the Unnao Police would do justice in this present case."

The observation was made by a bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy in a case where one Sahodara Bai was found dead on a cot in her matrimonial home after which a marg intimation was lodged with the police at the behest of her brother, Kishore Kumar.

New Delhi (ILNS): Uttar Pradesh is as lawless as it can get. As the news of two minor Dalit sisters emerged, with their family alleging murder after a failed rape bid, the Fatehpur police, without any care for the Supreme Court’s directive, released the names of the three deceased to the media.

The Telangana High Court yesterday gave a relief to filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma by giving a green card for the release of the movie ‘Murder’.

New Delhi (ILNS): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report filed by PTC News – this is a Punjabi news channel – about the half-burnt body of a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly raped.

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.