The Special Court of Delhi on Friday pronounced its judgment and convicted Gautam Kumar Basak, the then Executive Secretary, Joint plant committee (JPC), Ministry of Steel, Government of India under the Prevention of Corruption Act, in a case of corruption in coal block allocation.
According to City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Mahendra Singh Chouhan, 12 years ago, the accused Verma had raped a minor girl (around four and half years old) in the district following which he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. The accused only served seven years of
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday admitted the appeal moved by Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and Former Joint Secretary Coal KS Kropha challenging the trial court order that convicted and sentenced them in a case relating to irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh.
Justice Amit Bansal dismissed the appeal and said, "I find no infirmity in the judgment convicting the appellant for the offences under Sections 342/363/376 of the IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act."
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The court of special judge (POCSO) Surekha Mishra convicted Sabir Khan to 20 years of imprisonment under IPC section 376 (3), 20 years of imprisonment under 5 (L)/6 POCSO Act, seven years of imprisonment under IPC section 450, seven years of jail under IPC section 506 and five years of impri
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