Court Diary : Casteist remarks: Cop,wife,son jailed

A 51-year-old police head constable Shantaram Karande,his wife Chhaya and son Rajesh were sentenced to three-year rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 1,000 each for passing casteist remarks against a neighbour,the widow of a police naik.

Casteist remarks: Cop,wife,son jailed

A 51-year-old police head constable Shantaram Karande,his wife Chhaya and son Rajesh were sentenced to three-year rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 1,000 each for passing casteist remarks against a neighbour,the widow of a police naik. Maya Shankar Khilare,who worked as a sweeper at the Police Motor Training Centre,Aundh.

Bail plea of 2 murder suspects rejected

The court of additional sessions judge,N P Dhote,rejected the bail pleas of two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a youth on the premises of Shivajinagar Court. The court rejected the bail applications of Sukesh Suresh Dangat and Umesh Deshmukh,who had been on the run and were arrested on August 31. Since the other suspects in the case were released on bail,Dangat and Deshmukhs lawyer had moved bail applications.The prosecution,opposing the bail pleas,had stating that the offence was punishable with death or life imprisonment. The court refused to grant bail.

Fake currency case: Youth gets 7-year RI

Principal district and sessions judge Anant Badar sentenced Vikramprasad Harishankar Prasad Singh (20),a man from Bihar,staying in Bhosari to seven-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on him for using four counterfeit notes of Rs 1,000 denominations and trying to pass them as genuine notes. According to the prosecution,Singh had purchased soap and hair oil from a grocery shop in Bhosari on January 25 using the fake currency. An expert from India Security Press,Nashik confirmed that the watermark,security thread were fake and the notes were counterfeit.

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