The Allahabad High Court directed a CBI inquiry into a case where a woman allegedly filed multiple false rape complaints. The court suspects a misuse of law for extortion and has granted protection from arrest to the accused until credible evidence is found.
RG Kar Rape-Murder: Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in a high-profile case, Today (Jan 18) declared guilty by Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das. The verdict was announced in a secured courtroom, supported by key evidence, including the victim’s blood on Roy’s belongings and items linking him to the crime scene. The judgment marks a critical milestone in delivering justice.
A Sealdah court in Kolkata will announce its judgment today (Jan 18) in the shocking rape and murder case of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in August last year. The CBI, after taking over from Kolkata Police, has sought maximum punishment for Sanjay Roy, the sole accused. The victim’s family, however, remains dissatisfied with the investigation, questioning if others were also involved in the crime that sparked nationwide outrage.
The Kerala High Court Today (Jan 6) declined a CBI probe into the death of ADM Naveen Babu, allegedly driven to suicide by CPI (M) leader PP Divya’s public corruption accusations. While rejecting the plea by Babu’s widow, the court directed the SIT to expedite its investigation under DIG supervision, explore possible homicidal hanging, and inform the widow of progress. Concerns were raised about political shielding, witness intimidation, and inadequate evidence preservation, but the state defended the SIT’s impartiality.
Television actress Shweta Tiwari withdrew her petition to cancel a forgery case against her after the police filed an A-summary report, citing insufficient evidence. The case, filed by her ex-husband Abhinav Kohli in 2021, alleged forgery of his signature on a Non-Objection Certificate (NOC) in 2017 for their son’s UK visa. Tiwari argued the FIR was motivated by personal disputes and highlighted Kohli’s consent during a 2018 UK trip. The High Court accepted the closure report, and the case was dismissed.
The Supreme Court Today (Nov 4) adjourned by four weeks the hearing on a plea against the withdrawal of consent to the CBI for probing a DA case against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan deferred the matter after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had also filed an appeal against the Karnataka High Court order.
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In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government, the Supreme Court last week refused to interfere with a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that transferred the investigation of a drug seizure case from the local police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The top court observed that the police officer who caught the haul was being “victimised” by the state.