Court orders perjury trial against 2 for hiding facts in a murder case
Court orders perjury trial against 2 for hiding facts in a murder case
ByArchana MoreArchana More / Updated: Mar 9, 2021, 06:00 IST
Pune sessions court invokes IPC sec 193 after a decade over giving ‘false evidence’
In an unprecedented move, Pune sessions court ordered a criminal trial against two eyewitnesses for perjury in connection with a murder trial of a
notorious goon. The two
key witnesses allegedly turned hostile during the trial, which resulted in acquittal of all the six accused. Said to be a rare occurrence in courts, the perjury trial order has been passed by Pune sessions court after a decade.
No anticipatory bail for magistrate accused of graft
No anticipatory bail for magistrate accused of graft
ByArchana MoreArchana More / Updated: Feb 25, 2021, 06:00 IST
The second case in almost two decades wherein a judicial officer of
Shivajinagar sessions court has been booked under graft charges took a step ahead on Wednesday. The sessions court rejected the
anticipatory bail application of Vadgaon Maval court’s sitting judicial
magistrate – first class (JMFC), Archana Jatkar, in connection with a case registered against her at Dehu Road police station (PS), involving charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The court observed a conspiracy between magistrate and arrested prime accused Shubhavari Gaikwad, who was nabbed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on January 15 this year while accepting a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh. The investigation revealed 147 phone calls between Gaikwad and Jatkar, clearly showing a connection between the two.