Latest news with #NBWs
Time of India
28-05-2025
- Time of India
HC junks Nowhera Shaikh's bail pleas against pending NBWs
1 2 3 Hyderabad: The Telangana high court on Wednesday dismissed petitions filed by Nowhera Shaikh, the prime accused in the Heera Gold investment fraud cases, seeking a stay on three non-bailable warrants (NBWs) issued against her. Justice K Sarath deemed the petitions 'infructuous,' effectively ending her plea for interim relief. The dismissal came a day after sleuths from Hyderabad police's central crime station executed the long-pending NBWs against Nowhera Shaikh in Faridabad, Haryana, on Tuesday. When Nowhera Shaikh's counsel sought directions from the high court following her apprehension, Justice Sarath advised them to approach the concerned trial court for any further relief and subsequently disposed of the petitions. The three NBWs had been pending for several months in connection with separate cases registered by CCS in 2018. The Nampally court had issued the warrants after the Supreme Court cancelled her bail in Oct 2024. Despite the apex court's order, Nowhera Shaikh failed to surrender before the appropriate trial court, prompting enforcement of the warrants.
The Hindu
27-05-2025
- The Hindu
Surprise police checks reveal flouting of norms by many hotels in Visakhapatnam
As part of security measures, the city police conducted surprise inspections at more than 80 hotels and lodges simultaneously on Monday night. Following instructions from the Commissioner of Police, Shankabratha Bagchi, police teams under the supervision of senior officials conducted the raids between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. They uncovered multiple violations by several hotels including operating without proper licences, mandatory fire No Objection Certificate (NOC), trade licences, and other essential clearances. Multiple teams took part in the raids in different areas in Zone I and II and each team was equipped with body-worn cameras and included a woman police constable or woman home guard to ensure gender-sensitive procedures during the checks. The inspections focused on verifying the identity of guests, checking for individuals with Non-Bailable Warrants (NBWs), absconding suspects, and minors. Officials also assessed whether hotels were adhering to operational regulations such as maintaining valid trade licences, fire NOCs, GST registrations, and FSSAI licences. Compliance with safety measures like functioning CCTV cameras, metal detectors, and baggage scanners was also reviewed. The police discovered that eight hotels lacked a valid fire NOC, while seven hotels were operating without a basic trade licence. As many as 22 hotels did not possess the mandatory FSSAI licence required for serving food in the hotel. Seven hotels had not been updating guest data with the city police's Visitor Monitoring System (VMS), a key tool for tracking the movement of suspicious individuals arriving in the city. The police have begun coordinating with relevant departments to initiate action pertaining to the violations. Mr. Bagchi, in a release, stated that such raids will be conducted randomly as part of crime prevention and security measures.
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'.
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.
