CYBERABAD POLICE BUSTED FAKE EMIGRANTS RACKET, AND ARRESTED THREE PASSENGERS, TWO AGENTS

The Cyberabad police and Bureau of Immigration sleuths busted a fake Protector of Emigrants (POE) documents racket at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and arrested three persons. In another case involving a job aspirant from Maharashtra, agents from East Godavari are learnt to have duped him by providing a tourist visa instead of a work visa. Two agents were arrested in this case. The police booked two separate cases under cheating and forgery sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint lodged by Bureau of Immigration officials and the victims.

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MAN ARRESTED FOR UPLOADING PROFILE OF LOVER'S HUSBAND AS MALE ESCORT

The Cyber-crime cell of Cyberabad arrested a 32-year-old man on charges of creating a fake profile of his lover’s husband on an online portal providing escort services and duping two persons of Rs. 3.8 lakh on the pretext of giving a job.

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ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE MOVED COURT TO DECLARE VIJAY MALLYA AN FUGITIVE OFFENDER UNDER NEW FUGITIVE LAW

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) moved a special court in Mumbai to declare the defunct Kingfisher Airlines' chief Vijay Mallya as a fugitive economic offender under the newly-promulgated Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance. The agency also sought court orders for confiscating all the properties of Mallya worth Rs 12,500 crore, which includes immovable properties as well as movable properties in form of shares.

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SUPREME COURT ASKED REPORT FROM ALL 24 HIGH COURTS ON THE PACE OF DISPOSAL OF CHEQUE BOUNCE CASES

The Supreme Court has sought an action-taken report from all 24 High courts on the pace of disposal of cheque bounce cases, which have been clogging the courts for years, and directed the registrar generals of every High Court to ready their reports and send it to the Secretary-General of the Supreme Court, who will then collate all the reports and present them on July 15, the next date of hearing.

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SURVEY INSPECTOR IN ANDHRA PRADESH BOOKED UNDER SPECIAL COURT ACT BY ACB FOR AMASSING ILLEGAL ASSETS

The Anti-Corruption Bureau filed a charge sheet against a suspended Inspector of Survey (in Survey and Land Records Department, vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh), who amassed over Rs. 8 crore illegal assets under the Special Court Act 2016. The Act allows the government to confiscate and sell, use or mortgage properties earned illegally by government officials.

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WOMAN BOOKED UNDER POCSO ACT FOR ABUSING MINOR BOY

A 45-year-old woman was booked under Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) for raping a 15-year-old boy at Vambay Colony in Vijayawada. The incident came to light after the boy's family lodged a police complaint. Police booked a case against the woman under Section 4 of the POCSO Act and arrested her and sent to judicial custody.

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SCHOOL CAN'T SEND CHILDREN OUT OF CLASSROOM, DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL CONVICTED BY A DELHI COURT

A court in Delhi sentenced the principal and director of a city-based school to two-months’ imprisonment according to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, and also asked them to pay Rs 2.5 lakh each as compensation, for cruelty and causing mental trauma to a minor student by stopping her from entering the classroom.

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DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TELANGANA STATE SPORTS AUTHORITY HELD ON BRIBE CHARGES

The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested G. Venkataramana, deputy director, Telangana State Sports Authority, for accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a hockey player, in return for a copy of the allotment of priorities for admission into medical college under the sports quota. The officials registered a case of criminal misconduct against Venkatramana under section 7, 13 (1), (d) and Sec. 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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HYDERABAD HIGH COURT ASKED REPORTS FROM STATES OF ANDHRA PRADESH, TELANGANA ON OVERCROWDING OF JAILS

The Hyderabad High Court issued notices to the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments, asking them to file comprehensive reports within three weeks in a taken up PIL relating to overcrowding of prisons in both the States and lack of adequate staff to maintain inmates. The court was dealing with the suo motu PIL following recent directions by the Supreme Court in a case relating to “Inhuman conditions in 1,382 prisons.

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FAST TRACK COURT DELIVERED VERDICT IN 30 DAYS IN A GANGRAPE CASE AND SENTENCED LIFE IMPRISONMENT TO FIVE

A fast-track court in Odisha awarded life imprisonment to five persons in gangrape case. The sixth accused, a juvenile, was sent to a correction home. The case was heard by Additional District Judge Santosh Panda who completed the hearing by holding court for 14 hours at a stretch and delivered the verdict within 30 days. The court also slapped a fine of `50,000 on each of the accused. They all were found guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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