Alibag (Maha), Feb 19 (PTI) A special court here has sentenced a man to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl.
Special court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act Madhuri Anand held the accused, Pradip Rambhau Gaikwad (38), guilty and awarded the sentence on Tuesday.
Nagpur, Feb 20 (PTI) Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis appeared before a Nagpur court on Thursday in connection with a complaint seeking criminal proceedings against him for alleged non-disclosure of criminal cases in his election affidavit in 2014.
The senior BJP leader was given the last chance by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate P S Ingle to appear before the court on Thursday.
Mumbai, Feb 19 (PTI) A court in Maharashtra's Parbhani district has awarded death sentence to a man for raping and brutally killing a five year-old girl, observing the crime was "more cruel" than the act of the most dreaded animal.
Special Judge (POCSO cases) S G Inamdar in his order on Tuesday pronounced the accused, Vishnu Gore (30), guilty under Indian Penal Code Section 302 for murder and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
Jalna, Feb 18 (PTI) A 25-year-old mentally challenged woman was allegedly raped by an unidentified man in Jalna district of Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.
The incident in Ambad town came to light on February 5 when the survivor was found to be pregnant, they said.
Aurangabad, Feb 18 (PTI) Authorities at Harsul Central Jail in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district on Tuesday started a six-month spoken English course for prisoners to help them find employment and lead better lives after release, a senior official said.
The first batch, being taught by advocate Mohan Korde, has 50 inmates who will be given a certificate after they clear a test at the end of the course, said Harsul Jail Superintendent Hiralal Jadhav.
Mumbai, Feb 18 (PTI) A group of citizens on Tuesday demanded a thorough inquiry into the death of special CBI judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya in 2014.
The group has written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, seeking a time-bound probe into the death of Loya.
Gadchiroli, Feb 17 (PTI) A Naxal was killed during an encounter with police in Gadchiroli district on Monday, an official said.
The encounter took place in Abujhmad forest area, around 40 km from the Laheri sub-police station, the official said.
Mumbai, Feb 16 (PTI) Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Delhi Assembly poll results indicate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah are not invincible.
In his weekly column in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', its executive editor Raut criticised BJP's "religion-centric" political strategy while lauding the developmental works of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government.
Mumbai, Feb 14 (PTI) Second senior most judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari, has tendered his resignation
Justice Dharmadhikari told a lawyer in his court on Friday that he has tendered his resignation. However, he did did not specify the reason
Mumbai, Feb 12 (PTI) A 57-year-old psychologist was arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old patient at his clinic in the western suburb of Borivali here, police said on Wednesday.
Based on a complaint lodged by the victim, the police arrested Surendra Mukherjee on Tuesday evening, senior inspector Namdev Shinde said.
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