The Bombay high court on Thursday rejected bail pleas of the seven convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case after observing that it was a "serious offence".
This was her second bail application that was rejected by the Kurla metropolitan magistrate's court.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought Karnataka government's response on the bail plea of People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, with the presiding judge wondering how a wheel chair-bound person could pose a threat if released on bail.
Controversial businessman Abhishek Verma, who is suspected to have used his defence contacts to procure sensitive information pertaining to Navy war room leak case, was on Wednesday denied bail by a Delhi court in connection with the case. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) K S Mohi rejected Verma's bail plea on the ground that the information, which were leaked by him, could be prejudicial to the safety and security of the country.
Additional district and sessions judge K M Vin rejected the bail plea after prosecution opposed it on the grounds that there was evidence of his involvement in extortion.
The Supreme Court criticizes an accused in a CTET proxy exam case, referencing the movie 'Munna Bhai MBBS' and emphasizing the damage to the public examination system. The court seeks a response from Uttar Pradesh regarding the denial of bail to the petitioner.
Thirty-one persons convicted in the 2002 Sardarpura riot case of Mehsana district on Monday withdrew their regular bail plea from the Gujarat high court.
A Pakistani court on Wednesday, rejected the bail plea of five American Muslims facing trial for planning terror attacks in the country and neighbouring Afghanistan.
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday extended the two anticipatory bail applications and a petition demanding cancellation of abetment to suicide charges against former Haryana Director General of Police SPS Rathore, in connection with the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, till January 25.The high court had earlier on January 12 rejected the interim bail plea of Rathore, and asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to file its reply in the case by January 18.
The estranged wife and family members of a deceased engineer, who accused them of harassment in his suicide note, have filed anticipatory bail pleas in the Allahabad High Court. The move follows a summons issued by Bengaluru City Police to the engineer's wife, asking her to appear within three days. The engineer died by suicide in Bengaluru on Monday, allegedly due to harassment by his wife and her family. A case of abetment to suicide has been filed against them.
A Delhi court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on Monday, in the cases relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots after the prosecution contended that the witnesses were apprehensive.
The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on the bail plea of jailed Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam member of Parliament Kanimozhi in 2G spectrum case with Central Bureau of Investigation claiming that the plea that routing of Rs 200 crore bribe to Kalaignar TV was a "valid" loan transaction was nothing but a "smokescreen",
All the corporate accused had challenged the special CBI court's order declining their bail pleas and directing their arrest on April 20.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the city police to file its response to the bail application of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, an accused in the air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case.
Two accused, arrested in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh youth, on Friday argued in a Delhi court that they be granted bail as they have not been booked for murder charges and the offences alleged against them were bailable.
The owners of a Goa nightclub where a fire killed 25 people booked tickets to Thailand within an hour of learning about the blaze.
Besides Bhujbal, who is currently the food and civil supplies minister, his son Pankaj, nephew Sameer, former MP Sanjay Kakade, were among the 46 individuals and entities who were cleared from the case by the court.
Teni was allegedly travelling in the SUV with Rocky and bodyguard Rajesh Kumar, when Aditya was shot dead near police lines under Rampur police station area after Rocky's vehicle was overtaken by the car in which Aditya and his friends were sitting.
Observing that the accused has the propensity to influence the trial, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former Goa Tourism Minister Francisco Mickey Pacheco in connection with the death of his woman friend.
A Special Court of Economic Offences in Bengaluru rejected the bail plea of Kannada actress Harshavardhini Ranya alias Ranya Rao, who is accused of gold smuggling. The second accused, Tarun Raju, has been remanded to judicial custody for 15 days. Ranya, the stepdaughter of a DGP rank officer, was arrested at Kempegowda International Airport on March 3 after gold bars worth Rs 12.56 crore were seized from her. Subsequent searches at her residence led to the recovery of gold jewellery and Indian currency. Authorities discovered that Tarun Raju allegedly facilitated the smuggling operation by coordinating the gold's transport and distribution within India.
A former MLA and a prominent leader from the CPI(M) bastion of Kannur, Jayarajan has been charged under Section 118 of IPC (concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life), in connection with the murder of Muslim League youth activist Abdul Shukkoor at Keezhara in February this year.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Wednesday reserved its order till September 23 on the bail plea of the jailed YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in a case related to alleged quid-pro-quo investments in the companies owned by him.
Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday opposed the bail pleas of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy, arrested in connection with alleged illegal mining activities, at a special court contending that the duo carried out "illegal" mining by creating forged documents and through conspiracy.
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till April 15 the hearing on the bail plea of rights activist Binayak Sen, sentenced to life imprisonment for colluding with Maoists, after Chhattisgarh government sought more time to argue its case.
The Allahabad high court on Wednesday asked dentist Nupur Talwar, being tried along with her husband Rajesh in the twin murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj, to reply to the Central Bureau of Investigation's response to her bail plea.
A fast track court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of French Consulate official Pascal Mazurier, arrested on charge of raping his four-year-old daughter, on the ground that there was 'direct evidence' against him.
Deshmukh filed his bail application through advocates Aniket Nikam and Inderpal Singh before the special CBI court judge S H Gwalani in the corruption case being probed by the CBI.
Pop singer Remo Fernandes, charged with threatening a minor, returned to Goa even as a local court fixed January 5 for arguments on his anticipatory bail petition.
Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to Lokayukta in connection with the anticipatory bail plea filed by JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy on a private complaint alleging illegalities in denotification of government land in 2007 when he was the chief minister.
Suspended cricketer S Sreesanth on Tuesday moved fresh bail application before a Delhi court after the police invoked stringent MCOCA against him and others in the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
The Delhi high court on Monday sought a response from the police on the bail pleas of four accused, including Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani, and two ex-BJP Members of Parliament in the cash-for-vote scam. Issuing a notice to the Delhi police, Justice M L Mehta sought its response by November 14 on the bail pleas of Kulkarni, former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste, Mahabir Singh Bhagora and alleged BJP activist Suhail Hindustani.
The delay will now force Patel to spend a week in the high-security detention centre in Portland before pleading his case to District Court Judge Dennis J Hubel. Patel, 57, was arrested on Tuesday by the FBI from his home in the US state of Oregon. He has been charged in Australia with 16 offences, including three counts of manslaughter related to alleged botched operations.
Justice Suresh Kait said that wrong message will be sent to the society if bail is granted to Chidambaram in this case.
Notwithstanding a clean chit from the police, a Pakistani court dismissed the bail plea of a young die-hard fan of India's ace batsman Virat Kohli who was arrested on treason charges for hoisting the Indian flag atop his home.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea filed by comedian Munawar Faruqui, who is accused of hurting religious sentiments by allegedly passing objectionably remarks about Hindu deities during a show, challenging the Madhya Pradesh high court order denying him bail.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a bail plea by Avantha Group promoter Gautam Thapar in a Rs 500-crore money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri denied the relief to Thapar, who was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on August 3, 2021, after the agency carried out raids against him and his linked businesses in Delhi and Mumbai. The detailed order of the high court is awaited.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought the Central Bureau of Investigation's response on the bail plea of sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi in a Games-related scam case, who cited the Supreme Court ruling that bail should be the rule and jail an exception.
Vacation Judge Justice Vikramjit Sen posted the application for further hearing on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court has stayed a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that would have reinstated a judicial officer who was terminated for allegedly creating a nuisance and urinating in front of a woman's berth on a train in 2018.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Manu Sharma, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Jessica Lal murder case by the Delhi High Court. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, however, listed Sharma's appeal against his conviction for hearing on January 22, 2008.
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