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Uzair Baloch acquitted in two more cases Top Story January 30, 2021 KARACHI: A sessions court on Friday acquitted the chief of the defunct Peoples Amn Committee, Uzair Jan Baloch, for lack of evidence in two murder trials. Baloch, who was allegedly one of the most powerful kingpins of violence in Karachi, was charged with the murders of two people belonging to his rival gang of Arshad Pappu in Lyari in 2004. However, during the trials, the prosecution could not produce sufficient evidence aga...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Attorney General K.K. Venugopal on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Bombay High Court judgment acquitting a person under POCSO, after he pressed a girls breast over the dress stating there was no skin-to-skin contact. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for ...

Amanda Knox: People forget I am a human being 12 minutes to read By: Rosie Kinchen Acquitted of killing Meredith Kercher, Knox is now presenting a true crime podcast and campaigning against wrongful convictions. She speaks to Rosie Kinchen. Last month Rudy Guede, the only person still convicted for the murder of the British student Meredith Kercher, was quietly released from prison. His original sentence had been commuted from 30 years to 16, and now he was free after 13. It w...

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JOHOR BARU: Four friends escaped the gallows after the High Court here acquitted and discharged them of drug possession and trafficking charges from five years ago. Odd job workers T. Muniswaran, 48, P. Sugendran, 35, M. Thiyagan, 38 and S. Arumugam, 35, were jointly charged with trafficking 153.34g of methamphetamine at a house in Kulai on Feb 20,2017. They were charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for the offence, which could be sentenced under Section 39B(2) of the...

Seven acquitted in fake MBBS admissions case Karachi January 26, 2021 An accountability court on Monday acquitted seven persons in a 20-year-old reference pertaining to fake admissions to the Sindh Medical College after the prosecution failed to prove charges on them. The National Accountability Bureau had booked a former controller of examination of Karachi University, Intisarul Haq, former programme coordinator Abdul Hadi Siddiqui, former administrative assistant Alauddin, then vice princip...

Noor Salman Acquitted in Pulse Nightclub Shooting Noor Salman Acquitted in Pulse Nightclub Shootingby wpjljron Friday, March 30th, 2018.Noor Salman Acquitted in Pulse Nightclub ShootingMs. Salman wiped tears from her eyes after the verdict on the first charge was read. By the time the judge’s clerk announced the final “not guilty,” Ms. Salman openly sobbed. So did a cousin and two uncles, seated two rows behind her in the courtroom. One uncle nearly leapt out of his seat. Ms. […] Ms. Sa...

Suspected killers of journalist acquitted Peshawar January 21, 2021 HARIPUR: The Model Criminal Court here on Wednesday acquitted a man and his two sons charged with the murder of local journalist Sohail Khan. According to the first information report registered with the Hattar Police Station, Sohail Khan, 28, resident of Hattar village was, was on the way back home by his high-roof van after dropping school children when unidentified assailants ambushed him on the morning of October 16, 2018...

Naqeebullah’s brother accuses Sindh govt of trying to get Rao Anwar acquitted in murder case National January 18, 2021 KARACHI: Naqeebullah Mehsud’s brother has accused the Sindh government of paving way for the acquittal of former Malir SSP Rao Anwar in the case by forcing witnesses against the latter to turn hostile. Alam Sher, the younger brother of the slain Naseemullah Mehsud, alias Naqeebullah, levelled this allegation against the Sindh government on Sunday as he addressed a news co...