The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Saturday allowed a revision petition of J&K Police in the 2003 Nadimarg massacre case – the verdict means the trial which had abruptly halted more than a decade back can now resume.Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul in the judgment pronounced today afternoon ordered the trial court to
Dimapur, Sep. 29 (EMN): The Court of Principal Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, has convicted a 22-year-old man to 10 years simple imprisonment (SI) for killing a minor at Old Tsadang village, Longkhim, Tuensang district. The accused, Longdili, who was in a relationship with the victim, was convicted on Sep. 26 for criminal use of force and culpable homicide, not amounting to murder. The incident had occurred on Dec. 31, 2019 and a first information report (FIR) was filed by Tsadang Village Council on Jan. 2, 2020. According to the verdict, the accused attempted to conceal the body after causing injury to the victim, thus leading to her death. On post-mortem of the body, the victim was also found to be pregnant with a 16-18 week foetus. The accused was sentenced to undergo 10 years SI and a fine of INR 10,000 for committing offences under section 304 of India Penal Code (IPC) and section 4 of POCSO Act; and two months for commit
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has attached Principal Sessions Judge (Pulwama) Abdul Rashid Malik to the office of the HC Registrar (Judicial) nearly two years after he complained against an HC judge that the latter had been interfering in his work.
The victim in her plea had also alleged that there were several instances where the Special Public Prosecutor in the case was unable to proceed with the trial and that there were repeated and persistent attempts on Dileep s part to influence and intimidate the witnesses.