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The court released them on a bond instead of sentencing them to a jail term. It said this would help achieve the objective of the legislation behind introducing plea bargaining in the Indian criminal justice system.
Riot police evicted 29 people from the east London homeless shelter, which was set up as a squat in a former convent
Employers are anxious that hiring candidates with criminal records could re-offend, according to a Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) survey.
Stating that his crime tarnished the country's image and leniency will send the wrong message outside India, a city court has sentenced a 19-year-old man to two years in jail for molesting a woman tourist from Peru.
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