The accused persons committed the alleged offence by personating as workers of 'Geek Squad' which is a tech support company in the US. The gang has been recently busted by the Delhi police after arresting five accused from Kolkata, Bhuvneshwar and Delhi.
The accused, identified as Nagercoil Kasi, allegedly blackmailed more than 100 women, including a female doctor, by threatening them to upload their pornographic photos on the internet and extorting lakhs of rupees from them.
A single bench of Justice D K Paliwal rejected the bail application on Tuesday. A total of seven petitions were presented before the court in which six petitions were rejected and decision of one petition was reserved.
Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of a key accused arrested by CB-CID police in connection with sexual harassment and extortion of several women in Kanyakumari district in 2020.
The Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday rejected the bail petitions of five accused who were arrested in the money laundering probe emerging out of the Delhi government's now scrapped excise policy.
Ernakulam Sessions Court has dismissed the bail petition of Hassainar, the second accused in a case of food poisoning at the hotel Majlis in Paravur of Kerala's Ernakulam district. Earlier this month, around 70 people who consumed food from Hotel Majlis sought treatment after seeing symptoms
Bombay High Court on Monday rejected the bail petition of Pradeep Sharma, former 'encounter specialist' of Mumbai Police in the 'Antilia' bomb scare case.
Metropolitan magistrate Sanya Dalal rejected the bail application in view of the submissions of the Special Public Prosecutor for Delhi Police and allegations levelled against the accused Ashutosh.
The West Bengal High Court refused to grant bail to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and the TMC president of Birbhum district, Anubrata Mondal in the cattle- smuggling case.
The division bench of Calcutta High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal, who is curently in CBI custody in connection with a cattle smuggling case in West Bengal.