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Court directs to frame charges against Sukesh Chandrasekhar, Jacqueline Fernandes, others in PMLA case

A Delhi court has ordered charges to be framed against Sukesh Chandrasekhar, Leena Maria Paul, and others in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case. Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez is also facing charges in this matter. The court found sufficient material to proceed against all accused. The case stems from…

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2006 Mumbai blasts: MCOCA approval was based on ‘oral info’, ‘non-application of mind’

It was a decision based on oral information that may have set off a chain of convictions in a MCOCA court in the 2006 Mumbai blasts case. An order that was overturned nearly a decade later by the Bombay High Court, and now stayed by the Supreme Court.

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Court sanctions more time for Delhi police to complete investigation against Naresh Balyan

The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday granted 60 days of extension to complete the investigation in relation to the former MLA Naresh Balyan in the MCOCA case.Read further on Dynamite News:

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Two associates of Nandu Gang sent to police custody in MCOCA case

The Rouse Avenue court granted 7 days of police custody of two alleged associates of the Nandu gang namely Sahil and Vijay. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi Police seeks permission to interrogate associates of Nandu Gang in Naresh Balyan MCOCA Case

Delhi Police have moved an application before Rouse Avenue court for permission to interrogate two alleged associate of Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang namely Sahil and Vijay alias Kalu in jail. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi: MCOCA case of AAP MLA Naresh Balyan transferred to MP/MLA Court

Last week, Delhi High Court issued notice on a plea moved by Delhi Police seeking the transfer under MCOCA from Dwarka District Court to the special MP/MLA court at Rouse Avenue. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi Court frames charges under MCOCA against Kingpin Salman Tyagi, 14 aides for running organised crime syndicate

A Delhi Court has recently framed charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Kingpin Salman Tyagi and his 14 aides for running an organised crime syndicate. Police have shown involvement of Salman Tyagi in 22 criminal cases. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Police invokes MCOCA against 18 for property fraud

The Nagpur police invoked the MCOCA against 18 people who are accused in a property fraud case.

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Tillu Tajpuria murder: Delhi HC issues notice on gangster's custody parole plea for marriage

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Delhi Police on a plea filed by gangster Yogesh alias Tunda, seeking six hours of custody parole for his marriage. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has specific provisions on organised crime, in a first for national laws

The new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita addresses organized crime comprehensively at the national level, replacing the Indian Penal Code.

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Delhi court convicts five accused in 2008 murder case of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan

Delhi's Saket court on Wednesday pronounced the verdict in the 15-year-old murder case of Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan convicting five accused under provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

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Causing floods is a terrorist offence in proposed law to replace Indian Penal Code

Proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill (BNS) seeks to replace British-era Indian Penal Code and defines terrorism as separate offence. Section 111 (6) (a) says causing floods is terrorist offence. Bill lacks procedural safeguards against false implication and has provisions for min 5-year imprisonment and death sentence.

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Morning Digest | New criminal laws will have no bearing on UAPA and MCOCA, says Centre; T.N. to move Supreme Court as Karnataka refuses to share Cauvery water, and more

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Delhi court extends custody of Deepak Boxer in MCOCA case by 8 days

Delhi's Patiala House Court on Saturday extended the police custody of Deepak Pahal alias Boxer by eight days in a Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOCA) case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Times of India

Man booked under MCOCA and evading arrest for over 3 years in Delhi Police net

NEW DELHI: A gangster who has been absconding for more than three years in a case registered under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was arrested by the Delhi Police's Special Cell, officials said on Thursday.

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Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court allows gangster DK Rao mosquito net in jail

MUMBAI: A special MCOCA court has granted alleged gangster DK Rao permission to use a mosquito net in Taloja jail. The court, however, said that this was to be done without fixing nails on the walls and tying ropes. The jail authorities had cited this as a security hazard.

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Mumbai: 'Marathi only language in courts, not English, Urdu'

MUMBAI: Citing a 25-year-old notification which clarified that Marathi was the language of criminal courts in Mumbai, a special MCOCA court rejected the plea of a 2011 triple blast accused who sought translation of 1,800 pages of case-related documents into English.

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Autorickshaw has left Mercedes behind: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde's jibe at Uddhav Thackeray

Hitting out at Uddhav Thackeray for his jibe at him, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday referred to his past in which he drove an autorickshaw and said "autorickshaw has left Mercedes behind". Read further on Dynamite News:

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Sidhu Moosewala murder case: MCOCA case accused held from Pune, say police

PUNE: Police in Pune have arrested Siddhesh Hiraman Kamble, alias Mahakal, in connection with the killing of popular singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala in Punjab last month, an official said on Wednesday. 'Kamble, against whom stringent MCOCA was invoked, was wanted by the Pune (rural) police for allegedly harbouring…

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Guru Satam’s son & nephew get 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in extortion case

MUMBAI: A special MCOCA court on Tuesday sentenced the son and nephew of gangster Guru Satam and an accomplice to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in a 2014 extortion case. The duo was convicted last week, after which the court posted the matter for hearing on the quantum of sentence. Among…

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Maharashtra: MCOCA court sentences two men to 8 years in jail for armed robbery, attempt to murder

THANE: A special MCOCA court in Thane district has convicted two persons for armed dacoity and attempt to murder and sentenced them to eight years rigorous imprisonment. Special MCOCA Judge VY Jadhav, in his order delivered on Saturday, also fined the duo Rs 10,10,000 each, while a third accused was…

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Mumbai: Special MCOCA branch set up to ascertain if case requires invoking stringent Act

MUMBAI: The city police have from Monday started a new unit called the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) branch to gather information on crimes related to organised gangs.

The Times of India

Mumbai: Two mobile phone robbers to be chargesheeted under MCOCA

MUMBAI: Mumbai Police commissioner, Hemant Nagrale, has sanctioned a proposal to chargesheet two mobile robbers under the stringent law, Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

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