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Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Hyderabad police serve proclamation order at former SIB chief Prabhakar Rao's home, announce notice in locality
Hyderabad: A day after the Nampally court directed Hyderabad police to issue proclamation order against former Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief Prabhakar Rao in the phone tapping case, officials on Thursday pasted the notice at his residence in a gated community near Taramati Baradari in Ibrahim Bagh and made a public announcement at the community's clubhouse. The order, part of the court-mandated process, also involved informing neighbours and posting the notice in a visible area of the house. The court had instructed Prabhakar Rao to appear before it within 30 days — by June 20 — after he failed to comply with a previously issued Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW). During arguments in the Nampally court, police invoked Sections 82 and 83 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), leading the court to admit their petition. Under Section 82(2), such proclamations must be read out publicly, posted at the accused's residence and courthouse, and may be published in a local newspaper. A police team carried out these procedures on Thursday. If Prabhakar Rao does not respond within the stipulated period, police will seek to attach his properties under Section 83, which deals with the seizure of assets belonging to absconding individuals. The former intelligence chief is a key accused in the alleged illegal phone tapping scandal that took place during the BRS regime. He allegedly ordered his subordinates to monitor opposition leaders, journalists, and businessmen using unauthorised surveillance techniques.
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Bombay HC quashes non-bailable warrant against Arjun Rampal in 2019 tax evasion case: Report
Arjun Rampal secured relief from the Bombay High Court, which overturned a non-bailable warrant issued in a 2019 tax evasion case. The court criticized the magistrate's order as lacking proper reasoning, especially considering the alleged offense is bailable. Rampal's lawyer asserts that the full tax amount was paid, albeit delayed, dismissing allegations of tax evasion. Arjun Rampal has received relief from the Bombay High Court , which quashed a non-bailable warrant issued against him in a 2019 tax evasion case . The court slammed the local magistrate's order as 'mechanical and cryptic,' with Vacation Judge Justice Advait Sethna noting on May 16 that it was 'contrary to law' and issued without proper consideration. NBW Challenged Over Procedural Lapses According to a report published in News18, Rampal had challenged the magistrate's April 9 order that issued a non-bailable warrant against him in a case filed by the Income Tax Department under Section 276C(2) of the Income Tax Act — a provision that deals with willful attempts to evade tax payments, penalties, or interest. In his plea, Rampal argued that his advocate had requested an exemption from appearance, which the magistrate denied before issuing the NBW. HC Points to Bailable Nature of Offence The Bombay High Court observed that the alleged offence against Arjun Rampal is bailable and carries a maximum sentence of three years, making the issuance of a non-bailable warrant inappropriate. Justice Advait Sethna criticised the magistrate's order as 'mechanical' and 'cryptic,' noting it lacked any reasoning or application of mind. The court further pointed out that issuing an NBW in a bailable offence, especially when Rampal's advocate was present in court, was prejudicial to the actor. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Entrevista exclusiva: a verdade sobre o magnésio que ninguém te contou AlwaysFit Undo Arjun Rampal has also challenged the magistrate's notice issued in December 2019 in connection with the case. The Bombay High Court has scheduled the next hearing for June 16. No Evasion, Just Delayed Payment, Says Rampal's Lawyer Rampal's advocate, Swapnil Ambure, argued that the full tax amount for the financial year 2016–17 had been paid, though delayed, and maintained there was no tax evasion as alleged by the department. He further contended that issuing a non-bailable warrant went against Supreme Court rulings, which discourage such action in similar cases. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
New Indian Express
14-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Madras HC asks special NIA court to comply with norms regarding appearance of accused, recalling NBWs
CHENNAI: Confronted frequently with petitions challenging the orders of the special court at Poonamallee dealing with bomb blast cases and cases filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Madras High Court, in a recent order, criticised the court for being 'insensitive' while dealing with petitions seeking to dispense with appearance of the accused during the trials and those for recalling non-bailable warrants (NBWs). It further issued orders to the special court on how to deal with such petitions as per settled propositions of law. A division bench of justices M S Ramesh and N Senthilkumar recently passed the orders on a criminal appeal petition filed by Mohammed Faruk, an accused in an NIA case, praying for setting aside the orders of the special court dismissing his plea filed under 317 of CrPC seeking dispensing with appearance of the accused and Section 70 (2) of CrPC for recalling the NBW issued against him. Referring to the special court's rejections of such petitions, the bench remarked that the court has been 'consistently demonstrating of being insensitive to all the settled propositions of law'.
Time of India
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Absence of accused cannot delay trial, HC tells NIA court
Chennai: A special court handling NIA cases cannot reject an accused's application seeking to dispense with his/her personal appearance on the sole ground that it would delay the trial, said Madras high court , adding that such absences will not 'handicap' the trial.A division bench of Justice M S Ramesh and Justice N Senthilkumar said, "We do not endorse the view of the special court that the trial was being delayed due to the absence of the accused," while allowing an appeal by Mohammed Faruk, 11th accused in a case under Unlawful Assembly (Prevention) Act (UAPA).In the past month alone, the court was confronted with several special court orders rejecting such petitions on the ground that it is a tactic to delay the trial. "We hasten to add that the power of the special court to deal with either Section 317 petition or petition to recall NBW is a discretionary power. However, such discretionary powers require to be exercised judicially, with extreme care and caution, which ratio has been consistently reiterated by Supreme Court in several of its decisions."There's no doubt CrPC Section 273 envisages recording of evidence in presence of an accused, but CrPC empowers trial courts to proceed with recording of evidence in the absence of an accused under Section 299, it court then set aside the special court's order, recalled an NBW against the petitioner, and directed him to cooperate in the trial proceedings.
Hindustan Times
07-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Fake NBWs issued: Arrested for no crime, it's 'to hell and back' for Kheri brothers
It was an instance of 'to hell and back' for brothers Prem Chandra and Munna Lal of Lakhimpur Kheri for around 20 hours late last month. For representation only (HT File Photo) They were arrested for their alleged involvement in two criminal cases which never happened and produced before a Lucknow court in compliance with fake Non-Bailable Warrants (NBW) issued against them, the police later revealed. Though the duo kept reiterating before police that they were not involved in any offence, the Kheri police presented the NBWs issued against them and asked them to comply with orders. The mystery behind the NBWs issued against them was unravelled when Kheri police team produced the duo before the court of the Civil Judge of Fast Track Court (FTC) for a women related crime on April 29. It was discovered then that the forged NBW was issued against the brothers and sent to Lakhimpur Kheri superintendent of police (SP) through speed post on April 15 for compliance. The signatures of the court staff mentioned on the NBWs were false. The court issued their release order nearly 20 hours after their arrest by Kheri police early on April 29. The court also directed the court staff to register an FIR against people behind this criminal conspiracy to get the two brothers arrested. 'The office clerk of the court concerned, Shubham Kumar lodged an FIR under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) sections 318 (4) for cheating, 319 (2) cheating by personation, 336 (3) for forgery by making false NBW and 338 for forgery of a document that purports to be a valuable security against unidentified persons with Wazirganj police station of Lucknow on May 5,' Lucknow's Wazirganj police station inspector Rajesh Kumar Tripathi said, confirming the incident. 'We too were unaware of the false NBWs as it was delivered to the SP office and reached the Gola police station through the warrant cell,' said sub-inspector (S-I) Nirmal Kumar of Gola police station in Lakhimpur Kheri. 'We arrested the two brothers early morning on April 29 and immediately took them to Lucknow to produce (them) in the court concerned but it was discovered later that the NBWs were fake.' The Wazirganj inspector informed that the initial investigation revealed that the two crime numbers— 345 of 2024 of Nigoha police stations and 25 of 2024 of Hazratganj police stations– mentioned on the NBWs were false as only crimes up to the number 244 were registered with Nigoha police station in 2024 while crime number 25 registered with Hazartganj police station on January 25, 2024, was related to a traffic violation lodged on the complaint of Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) staff Sudhir against 25 traffic violators. 'It means that the incident related to the crime numbers mentioned on the NBWs never happened,' the inspector emphasized. A court staff member, who asked not to be named, stated that mentioning the wrong crime numbers in NBWs hinted that it is the work of an outsider, who was not aware which crime number is to be mentioned on the warrants, but he was conversant with the court proceedings. 'The police are trying to trace from which post office these two NBWs were sent to the SP Lakhimpur Kheri. Moreover, efforts are on to zero in on the persons who could possibly target the two brothers by sending fake NBWs,' the inspector further stated. 'We would soon zero in on people behind this criminal conspiracy,' he added.
