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January - 9 
Three Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives who were arrested along with a cache of explosives and communication equipment were produced before a court in Bangaluru city on January 9 and remanded in Police custody till January 21, reports Times of India. The three operatives were arrested in a joint ope
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Three Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives who were arrested along with a cache of explosives and communication equipment were produced before a court in Bangaluru city on January 9 and remanded in Police custody till January 21, reports Times of India. The three operatives were arrested in a joint operation by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) and state internal security division on January 8 in two simultaneous raids in Cox Town east Bengaluru city and Bhatkal District.
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January - 21 
A Bengaluru city court on January 21 extended the police custody of four terror suspects arrested recently in Bengaluru and Bhatkal (Karnataka) till February 3, reports The Times of India. They are suspected to be part of a prominent explosives' module of the Indian Mujahideen (IM). Deputy Commissi
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A Bengaluru city court on January 21 extended the police custody of four terror suspects arrested recently in Bengaluru and Bhatkal (Karnataka) till February 3, reports The Times of India. They are suspected to be part of a prominent explosives' module of the Indian Mujahideen (IM). Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Crime (Bengaluru) Abhishek Goyal in a tweet said that "Court has extended the Police custody of Aafaaque, Abdus Saboor, Riyas Syeedi & Saddam Hussain up to February 3, 2015 in IM Explosive Seizure case."
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February - 3 
A special court in Bengaluru (Karnataka) on February 3 extended the Police custody of two persons, accused of supplying explosives to the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terror outfit, by two days, reports The Indian Express. The main accused in the explosives supply chain, Syed Ismail Afaque, a homeopathy d
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A special court in Bengaluru (Karnataka) on February 3 extended the Police custody of two persons, accused of supplying explosives to the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terror outfit, by two days, reports The Indian Express. The main accused in the explosives supply chain, Syed Ismail Afaque, a homeopathy doctor from the coastal Karnataka town of Bhatkal and his cousin Abdul Suboor were again remanded to Police custody by the court. Afaque and Suboor were arrested by the Bangalore Central Crime Branch Police on January 8 on the basis of intelligence inputs. Afaque has been identified as the main supplier of explosive material since 2010 to members of the IM for blasts in the country
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February - 3 
The Supreme Court on February 3 expressed concern over potential misuse of Section 66A of Information Technology (IT) Act which makes posting of âoffensiveâ messages on social networking site a crime punishable with a three-year jail term saying that the term âoffensiveâ is âvagueâ and highly âsubje
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The Supreme Court on February 3 expressed concern over potential misuse of Section 66A of Information Technology (IT) Act which makes posting of âoffensiveâ messages on social networking site a crime punishable with a three-year jail term saying that the term âoffensiveâ is âvagueâ and highly âsubjectiveâ, reports khabarindia.in. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Rohinton Fali Nariman said that under current provision a person has to suffer for a long period as there is a long time gap between commission of an alleged offence and when judicial mind is applied to decide whether the contents posted by him is offensive or not.
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February - 5 
Amnesty International India has sought immediate release of persons arrested over the past few weeks on suspicion of being involved in unlawful activities because they had âpro-Maoistâ materials in their houses, reports The Hindu. In a statement released by e-mail Thiruvananthapuram on February 5, A
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Amnesty International India has sought immediate release of persons arrested over the past few weeks on suspicion of being involved in unlawful activities because they had âpro-Maoistâ materials in their houses, reports The Hindu. In a statement released by e-mail Thiruvananthapuram on February 5, Amnesty International India programme Director Shemeer Babu said ââmere possession of certain kinds of literature cannot be a ground for arresting someoneââ and urged the authorities to respect the right of citizens to freedom of expression, which included the right to seek and receive information of all kinds. The nature of these arrests and the evidence put forward raised concerns that the cases were politically motivated, he said.
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February - 6 
An alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, identified as Ejaz Shaikh was on February 6 arrested in connection with a 2010 case (September 19, 2010 firing and blast outside the Jama Masjid in Delhi) related to sending an email to a media house on behalf of the banned outfit warning about terror str
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An alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, identified as Ejaz Shaikh was on February 6 arrested in connection with a 2010 case (September 19, 2010 firing and blast outside the Jama Masjid in Delhi) related to sending an email to a media house on behalf of the banned outfit warning about terror strikes in New Delhi, reports Zee News. Police said that Ejaz Shaikh, who is in jail for his suspected role in the July 2011 Mumbai bomb blasts, was placed under arrest in the 2010 case by Crime Branch. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Mumbai) Dhananjay Kulkarni said the 30-year-old, who once worked in a Business process outsourcing (BPO) and is considered tech savvy, was produced before a court which remanded him in Crime Branch custody till February 13 Crime Branch had registered a case on October 10, 2010 against unidentified persons for sending an email to United Kingdom-based BBC news channel warning that IM would carry out terror strikes in the national capital, Police said. Investigation suggested that the mail was sent from South Mumbai and accordingly a First Information Report (FIR) was registered by Cyber Cell. Police zeroed in on Sheikh, who allegedly sent the email using his mobile phone. Police also added that Shaikh, a Pune resident, is the brother-in-law of top IM functionary Mohsin Chaudhary.
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February - 9 February - 10
Police on February 9 arrested a henchman of Dawood Ibrahim, identified as Tariq Abdul Parveen in an extortion case where a Mumbai based builder was allegedly threatened and asked to shell out Rs 3 crore in November, 2014, reports IBNLive. Parveen, who was in a jail in Uttar Pradesh in connection wit
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Police on February 9 arrested a henchman of Dawood Ibrahim, identified as Tariq Abdul Parveen in an extortion case where a Mumbai based builder was allegedly threatened and asked to shell out Rs 3 crore in November, 2014, reports IBNLive. Parveen, who was in a jail in Uttar Pradesh in connection with a 1999 criminal case, was brought on a production warrant and placed under arrest in the extortion demand case, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Dhananjay Kulkarni. He will be produced before a court on February 10 (today). Earlier, Parveen had been arrested from Nagpada by Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on January 19 in connection with a criminal case registered with it.
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February - 13 
A Mumbai local court on February 13 granted bail to an alleged aide of the fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, Tariq Parveen arrested in an extortion case earlier this week, reports Outlook. A police officer said that "The Esplanade (magistrate) court granted bail to Tariq Parveen who had been arreste
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A Mumbai local court on February 13 granted bail to an alleged aide of the fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, Tariq Parveen arrested in an extortion case earlier this week, reports Outlook. A police officer said that "The Esplanade (magistrate) court granted bail to Tariq Parveen who had been arrested on January 19." As the Police sought extension of custody, Parveen's lawyer opposed it. The court first remanded him to judicial custody and later granted him bail.
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February - 13 
Bathinda Court (Punjab) on February 13 extended Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Jagtar Singh Taraâs Police remand by another two days, reports The Times of India. Previously, Tara was produced in court on February 9 and was sent to four-day Police remand. Police also produced one Amarjit Singh of
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Bathinda Court (Punjab) on February 13 extended Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Jagtar Singh Taraâs Police remand by another two days, reports The Times of India. Previously, Tara was produced in court on February 9 and was sent to four-day Police remand. Police also produced one Amarjit Singh of Dusarna village in Mohali District and accused him of having links with Tara. Arrested on February 12, Amarjjit was also sent in two-day Police remand. Tara is accused of making way for Bathinda-based Ramandeep Singh alias Sunny in getting arms training in Bangkok. Bathinda Police on November 9, 2014 had arrested Ramandeep and claimed that he was member of terror organization Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) headed by Jagtar Singh Tara. Police had recovered explosive material, a revolver and 5 letterheads of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). Bathinda District attorney Iqbaljit Singh Kingra said, "During interrogation, Ramandeep confessed that he had gone to Thailand to get arms training on Tara's insistence and had met him in Thailand." Kingra said that Ramandeep also told that Tara had got terrorist training at Pakistan and encouraged him to toe the same path.
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February - 15 February - 16
Suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Ajaz Shaikh, who has been named accused in the Dilsukhnagar blasts (February 21, 2014) case, has not only been a hawala (illegal money transaction) money organiser, but also the one who arranged fake identity cards for others involved in the twin blasts, Th
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Suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Ajaz Shaikh, who has been named accused in the Dilsukhnagar blasts (February 21, 2014) case, has not only been a hawala (illegal money transaction) money organiser, but also the one who arranged fake identity cards for others involved in the twin blasts, The Times of India reports on February 16. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), is likely to bring Shaikh to Hyderabad and produce him in a local court on February 16 (today). The NIA had named Shaikh as the sixth accused in the case. "Using various software tools, Shaikh created fake IDs and supplied them to IM operatives since 2010. With these fake documents, Asadullah had entered into a rental agreement with a flat owner in Mangalore in November, 2012, and subsequently came to Hyderabad to execute the twin blasts," intelligence sources said.
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February - 16 
A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) on February 16 convicted extradited gangster Abu Salem in the 1995 murder of builder Pradeep Jain, reports The Times of India. This is the first conviction under TADA for Salem, who is also being trie
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A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) on February 16 convicted extradited gangster Abu Salem in the 1995 murder of builder Pradeep Jain, reports The Times of India. This is the first conviction under TADA for Salem, who is also being tried under the Act in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Holding Salem guilty, Special Judge G A Sanap said, "In the backdrop of the use of sophisticated firearms and the brutal murder committed by pumping 17 bullets into the body of Pradeep Jain and causing bullet injury to Sunil Jain (the builder's brother), the prosecution has proved the act was done with an intention to strike terror in the minds of the Jains and the builder community."
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February - 25 
A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA) court in Mumbai on February 25 sentenced gangster Abu Salem to life imprisonment for the murder of builder Pradip Jain in 1995, reports The Times of India. His former driver Mehendi Hasan was also sentenced to life imprisonment. T
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A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA) court in Mumbai on February 25 sentenced gangster Abu Salem to life imprisonment for the murder of builder Pradip Jain in 1995, reports The Times of India. His former driver Mehendi Hasan was also sentenced to life imprisonment. The sentencing comes after both the prosecution and defence presented extensive arguments over the last week. Salem is likely to move the apex court as appeals against convictions under TADA cannot be filed in the High court. Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had earlier said, "This judgment will give a strong jolt to the Dawood Ibrahim gang because it has now been judicially proved that Abu Salem, along with Anees Ibrahim (Kaskar), had hatched a criminal conspiracy to commit terrorist acts in India."
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February - 25 
Infamous gangster Abu Salem, who has been accused of murdering Mumbai realtor Pradeep Jain, is expected to be sentenced by a court in Mumbai on February 25 (today), reports Zee News. Salem, who was extradited by Portugal after ten years, is a former associate of wanted terrorist and mafia don Dawood
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Infamous gangster Abu Salem, who has been accused of murdering Mumbai realtor Pradeep Jain, is expected to be sentenced by a court in Mumbai on February 25 (today), reports Zee News. Salem, who was extradited by Portugal after ten years, is a former associate of wanted terrorist and mafia don Dawood Ibrahim and is lodged in Taloja Central Jail in adjoining Raigad District of Maharashtra at present. In the Jain murder trial, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had initially demanded the death penalty, which he later converted to a life sentence owing to conditions of the extradition treaty between India and Portugal. Salem`s lawyer Sudeep Pasgola argued that he could not be given the death sentence as it would violate the treaty between the two countries. The special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA) court on February 16 had found Salem and two others - Mehndi Hasan and Virendra Jhamb - guilty of the murder of Jain, who was shot dead outside his Juhu residence on March 7, 1995 following a property dispute. Salem, Hasan and Jhamb were charged and convicted for offences like murder and criminal conspiracy. The case is one of the most important for the Indian legal and law enforcing authorities as it involves a wanted absconding accused extradited to face the law.
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Failing to get Union Territory (UT) administratorâs nod for suspension of notification prohibiting Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Jagtar Singh Taraâs (the alleged assassin of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh) movement from Burail jail in Chandigarh, the jail authorities failed t
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Failing to get Union Territory (UT) administratorâs nod for suspension of notification prohibiting Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Jagtar Singh Taraâs (the alleged assassin of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh) movement from Burail jail in Chandigarh, the jail authorities failed to produce him before court on the second consecutive day and have now sought time till February 27, reports Hindustan Times on February 26. UT Police had put in place elaborate security arrangements in view of producing Tara before the court of Additional District and sessions judge Shalini S Nagpal, but they failed to produce him as the state failed to obtain suspension of the notification under section 268 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) prohibiting transportation of Tara from Burail jail. Jail authorities stated before the court that Taraâs movement from Burail jail was prohibited as Section 268 of the CrPC (person shall not be removed from prison till the completion of the trial) imposed on the assassination accused, was still valid. Stating that the notification could only be suspended by the UT administrator, who was currently out of the city, the jail authorities sought time till February 27.
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February - 27 
Police on February 27 filed a supplementary charge sheet against accused Ejaz Sheikh in connection with the July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai triple blasts cases, reports Business Standard. Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said that "We filed a charge sheet against Sheikh in the special Maharashtra
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Police on February 27 filed a supplementary charge sheet against accused Ejaz Sheikh in connection with the July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai triple blasts cases, reports Business Standard. Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said that "We filed a charge sheet against Sheikh in the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court". According to the Police, Sheikh was in direct contact with Indian Mujahideen (IM) founder Riyaz Bhatkal. IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was the key conspirator of the three powerful blasts which had ripped through crowded areas in Mumbai's Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Kabutar Khana on July 13, 2011, killing at least 21 people and injuring 141. Earlier, five accused - Naquee Ahmed, Nadeem Shaikh, Kanwar Pathrija, Haroon Naik and Mohammed Qafeel Ansari were arrested in this connection. They are facing trial under the stringent MCOCA, Indian Penal Code (IPC) and other laws. Yasin and his aide Assadullah Akthar were also arrested later. Those wanted in the case are Riyaz Bhatkal, Waqas Ibrahim Sad, Dubai-based Muzaffar Kolah and Tehseen Akhtar Shaikh.
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February - 27 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) special court on February 27 remanded two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, Umer Siddiqui and Haider Ali alias Black Beauty, in police custody till March 7 for their interrogation in connection with the December 28, 2014 Church Street blast in Bengaluru, repo
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) special court on February 27 remanded two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, Umer Siddiqui and Haider Ali alias Black Beauty, in police custody till March 7 for their interrogation in connection with the December 28, 2014 Church Street blast in Bengaluru, reports Deccan Herald. Sources said the Police intend to get information from them about IM/ Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) modules assigned to carry out blasts in South India. The special court directed the Bengaluru Police not to question the accused between 8 pm and 8 am. The court also directed the Police to produce the accused on March 7. A senior Police officer said Siddiqui and Ali will be flown back to Patna (Bihar) on March 10 for them to be present before the NIA special court in Patna for the next date of hearing on March 19.
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March - 3 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on March 3 dismissed the bail petition of Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda Aboobacker, the fourth accused in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala) Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case, reports Indian Express. Aboobacker Haji is the kingpi
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on March 3 dismissed the bail petition of Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda Aboobacker, the fourth accused in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala) Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case, reports Indian Express. Aboobacker Haji is the kingpin behind the Gulf-based counterfeit currency racket which has been operating with the assistance of Pakistanâs intelligence agency, Inter-services Intelligence (ISI) and close aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. V.P. Pradeep Kumar, Kamal Ummer alias Kamal Haji, M.P. Ashish and Aboobacker Haji are the other accused in the case.
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March - 6 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 6 filed the charge sheet in a court in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) in a case of alleged espionage and attempts to carry out sabotage activities in India at the instigation of Pakistan, reports The Times of India. It was filed at a NIA court against Thameem Ansar
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 6 filed the charge sheet in a court in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) in a case of alleged espionage and attempts to carry out sabotage activities in India at the instigation of Pakistan, reports The Times of India. It was filed at a NIA court against Thameem Ansari, a suspected operative of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) now on bail and a Sri Lankan national, Arun Selvarajan, besides three others who are their handlers in Pakistan and suspected to be based in Sri Lanka. "The offences against the accused include those under Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act, IPC and Official Secrets Act," Public Prosecutor for NIA cases, C S S Pillai stated. Raising funds for terrorist act, conspiracy (Sections 17,18 Unlawful Activities Act), sedition, criminal conspiracy (IPC, 121 A, 120 B), penalty for spying (Section 3, Official Secrets Act) are among the major charges.
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March - 9 
A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on March 9 granted bail to Imran Ahmed Katib, an accused arrested in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, reports Business Standard. According to Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), Katib was one of the conspirators and was in co
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A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on March 9 granted bail to Imran Ahmed Katib, an accused arrested in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, reports Business Standard. According to Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), Katib was one of the conspirators and was in contact with Fayyaz Kagzi, an absconding accused in the case. Katib had been arrested from Beed in Maharashtra in 2006.
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March - 10 
A Delhi court on March 10 dropped a 1994 case under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA) against top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda, reports NDTV. Tunda is one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan to hand over after the 2008 Mumbai (26/11) attack.
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A Delhi court on March 10 dropped a 1994 case under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA) against top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda, reports NDTV. Tunda is one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan to hand over after the 2008 Mumbai (26/11) attack. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna discharged Tunda of the alleged offences under the provisions of TADA, Explosive Substance Act, the Arms Act and under section 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, Tunda will have to remain in jail as several other cases are pending against him. The Police, in its supplementary chargesheet against Tunda, had said that he was declared a proclaimed offender by the court earlier and he was involved in various terror cases in India.
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March - 10 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar were on March 10 refused bail in connection with a September 13, 2008, Delhi serial blasts case by a court which allowed the plea of Police seeking 15 days time to complete its probe against them, reported DNAIndia on Mar
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar were on March 10 refused bail in connection with a September 13, 2008, Delhi serial blasts case by a court which allowed the plea of Police seeking 15 days time to complete its probe against them, reported DNAIndia on March 10. 13 suspected members of IM are facing trial in the case of September 13, 2008, Delhi serial blasts that had claimed 26 lives and left 135 people injured.
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March - 10 
The charge sheet in the October 2, 2014 Burdwan blast case, to be submitted by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to the court on March 31, allegedly claims that the Burdwan module of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was trying to bring âSharia lawâ in some Districts on the Indo-Bangla
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The charge sheet in the October 2, 2014 Burdwan blast case, to be submitted by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to the court on March 31, allegedly claims that the Burdwan module of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was trying to bring âSharia lawâ in some Districts on the Indo-Bangladesh border - a glaring instance of âre-emergence of JMBâ in India, reports The Indian Express on March 11. Sources in the NIA said the charge sheet, which will be submitted within six months of the blast, will give details about the JMB module working in Burdwan, West Bengal. The NIA, while describing JMBâs Burdwan module, has reportedly claimed in its charge sheet that the explosives were scheduled to reach the bordering areas in Assam. Sources said the agency has no evidence to prove that the explosives were smuggled to Bangladesh. All the 17 arrested in the Burdwan blast case have been charged under Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA). Those arrested, including a Bangladeshi and two âhardcore women Jihadisâ, have been accused of carrying out âterrorist activitiesâ and âmaking and dealing with explosives and armsâ, the charge sheet reportedly stated. Besides those arrested, the NIA is currently looking for 10 people. They include Boma Mizan alias Kausar alias Zahidul Islam Shobhan - accused in over two dozen cases in Bangladesh. One of the most wanted criminals in Bangladesh, he had fled from the custody of Bangladeshi Police. Meanwhile, the charge-sheet also focused on Khariji madrasas in the bordering Districts. The NIA reportedly has mentioned two madrassas, Simulia in Burdwan and Mukimnagar in Murshidabad as âterror trainingâ centres.
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March - 13 
A court in Kolkata (West Bengal) on March 13 extended till March 27, 2015 the judicial custody of all 17 accused including Mufazzal Haque alias Laden in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, reports webindia123.com. All the 17 accused were presented before the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistr
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A court in Kolkata (West Bengal) on March 13 extended till March 27, 2015 the judicial custody of all 17 accused including Mufazzal Haque alias Laden in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, reports webindia123.com. All the 17 accused were presented before the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Biswarup Seth on the expiry of their respective juridical custody. On the plea by the prosecution, the court remanded them to further judicial custody for 14 days till March 27.
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March - 17 
On March 17, the Additional District Court of Palakkad sentenced two Al Ummah cadres, Pandamkodu Myhammed Sherif and Malappuram Valanchery Karthala Said Habeeb Koya to double life term for murdering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kollangode Mani on September 13, 1996, reports manoramaonline.com
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On March 17, the Additional District Court of Palakkad sentenced two Al Ummah cadres, Pandamkodu Myhammed Sherif and Malappuram Valanchery Karthala Said Habeeb Koya to double life term for murdering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kollangode Mani on September 13, 1996, reports manoramaonline.com. The convicts also have to pay INR 215,000 as fine. The court recently pronounced that four Al Ummah cadres from Palakkad and Malappuram Districts guilty in the murder of Muthalamada Mani. The other two Saidali Bava and Abdul Khader did not appear before the court then. The court has issued an arrest warrant against them. The charges against the four include murder, conspiracy and inciting communal hatred.
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March - 18 
Maharasthra Police produced seven persons accused of waging war against India for a court hearing in Mangaluru on March 18, reports The Times of India. The accused produced were Sayyed Mohammed Noushad, Ahmed Bava Aboobakkar, Mahammed Ali, Javed Ali, Mohammad Rafiq, Fakeer Ahammed and Shabir Bhatkal
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Maharasthra Police produced seven persons accused of waging war against India for a court hearing in Mangaluru on March 18, reports The Times of India. The accused produced were Sayyed Mohammed Noushad, Ahmed Bava Aboobakkar, Mahammed Ali, Javed Ali, Mohammad Rafiq, Fakeer Ahammed and Shabir Bhatkal. They were among 13 persons arrested from various places along the coast in October 2008. According to the charge sheet filed before the jurisdictional court, the accused during a period from 2004 to 2008 with an intention to create acts of terror across India and create animosity among people of various religions and communities came together as part of a conspiracy and planned to carry out bomb blasts in the country. The accused help secret meetings, mobilised funds to carry out the terror drive and even gathered arms and ammunition for the purpose. The charge sheet said the acts of terror were also planned to undermine the sovereignty of the nation and to that effect, the accused went about systematically procuring devises such as timers, circuits to carry out their plans. New Indian Express adds that Ahmed Bava and Mohammed Noushad were arrested by the Mangaluru Police on charges of giving shelter to Yasin Bhatkal and Riyaz Bhatkal, Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives on August 3, 2008. However, as Ahmed Bava and Mohammed Noushad are the key accused in giving shelter to the terrorists, Mumbai Police had sought their custody.
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March - 18 
The special court on March 18, allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIAâs) appeal for extension and granted the agency the additional time to file a charge sheet in the case against Kalyan youth Areeb Majeed, accused of joining Islamic State (IS), reports Indian Express. The agency had on Febr
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The special court on March 18, allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIAâs) appeal for extension and granted the agency the additional time to file a charge sheet in the case against Kalyan youth Areeb Majeed, accused of joining Islamic State (IS), reports Indian Express. The agency had on February 26, 2015 sought the extension to file the charg esheet, which was originally to have been filed on March 20. With this extension, the agency has acquired a total of 180 daysâ time to file the chargesheet, since Areebâs arrest on November 28, 2014, when he was flown from Istanbul (Turkey) under NIA escort back to India. Areeb was booked under Sections 16, 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for conspiring to commit a terrorist act and being a member of a banned foreign terror outfit. Areeb was also booked under Section 125 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) for waging war against the nation.
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March - 19 
The Bombay high court on March 19 upheld a judgment of the Pune sessions court that convicted three persons from West Bengal for possession of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 25,000, reports The Times of India. Manirul Maulavi Mustafa, Ansar Bashir Husein and Kamaluddin Arsad Ali were arr
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The Bombay high court on March 19 upheld a judgment of the Pune sessions court that convicted three persons from West Bengal for possession of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 25,000, reports The Times of India. Manirul Maulavi Mustafa, Ansar Bashir Husein and Kamaluddin Arsad Ali were arrested by the Samarth Police from Shiralsheth chowk in Rasta Peth in Pune, Maharashtra on July 31, 2011. They had moved a criminal appeal against their conviction and sentences of six years' rigorous imprisonment.
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March - 24 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on March 24 allowed an application made by the Agency seeking a 60-day extension to file the charge sheet against suspected Islamic State (IS/ also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/ISIS) operative Areeb Majeed, reports The Times of India.
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on March 24 allowed an application made by the Agency seeking a 60-day extension to file the charge sheet against suspected Islamic State (IS/ also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/ISIS) operative Areeb Majeed, reports The Times of India. On March 25 (today), the Court is likely to hear his bail application. Majeed's lawyer Wahab Khan, in his bail plea, had objected to the first extension and said the court that passed the order did not have the jurisdiction to do so. The bail plea states that only the Special Court constituted under the NIA has the power to pass an order. The defence said under such circumstances, Majeed could file a bail plea on the ground that the charge sheet was not filed within the mandatory 90 days. Majeed was arrested on November 28, 2014 for allegedly being associated with IS, and waging war against the Asian countries with whom India has friendly relations.
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March - 26 
A Delhi court on March 26 acquitted Shahid Badr Falahi, the former chief of the banned terrorist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), in connection with a 2001 case in which he was facing charges of promoting enmity between different groups, reports The Indian Express. Chief Metropolitan
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A Delhi court on March 26 acquitted Shahid Badr Falahi, the former chief of the banned terrorist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), in connection with a 2001 case in which he was facing charges of promoting enmity between different groups, reports The Indian Express. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khangwal passed the acquittal order. Shahidâs counsel H A Siddique said that his client was facing trial for allegedly posting three stickers on the wall of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi which allegedly contained provocative content.
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March - 26 
The examination of prosecution witnesses in the August 15, 2006, Panayikulam (Ernakulam District, Kerala) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) camp case was completed at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Kochi, New Indian Express reports on March 27. The court would begin procedu
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The examination of prosecution witnesses in the August 15, 2006, Panayikulam (Ernakulam District, Kerala) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) camp case was completed at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Kochi, New Indian Express reports on March 27. The court would begin procedures under Section 313 of the CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure) on April 18, 2015. NIA Court Judge K M Balachandran examined 50 witnesses, 230 documents and 10 material objects in the first phase of the trial. The accused persons in the case are P A Shaduly alias Harris, Abdul Rasik, Ansar alias Ansar Nadim, Nizamudeen alias Nizamon, Shammi alias Shammer, Shammer, Abdul Hakeem, Nizar, Mahayudheenkutty alias Taha, Muhammad Nisar, Ashkar, Nissar alias Muhammed Nissar, Salih, Hasim, Riyas, Muhammad Naizam, and Nisar. Binanipuram Sub Inspector K N Rajesh had received information on August 15, 2006, about a secret meeting of SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India) at an auditorium at Panayikulam. On visiting the spot, he found that there were 17 persons in the room and some of them were making inflammatory speeches. Seditious books and pamphlets were also seized from the spot where the meeting was being organised. Later on, Lhari Dorgee Latoo, Superintendent of Police, NIA, filed the chargesheet against a total of 17 persons in the case in 2010. According to the investigation conducted into the case by the NIA officials, Shaduly, Abdul Rasik, Ansar, Nizamudeen and Shammi, first to fifth accused in the case, had entered into a criminal conspiracy in Ernakulam and other places to advocate and abet unlawful activities in the country and to incite hatred and contempt towards the Government of India.
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March - 27 
The Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on March 27 obtained custody of two suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, identified as Ismail Afaque and Sadddam Hussein who are alleged to have supplied explosives for the July 13, 2011 blasts in Mumbai, reports Indian Express. A special court in Bangal
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The Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on March 27 obtained custody of two suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, identified as Ismail Afaque and Sadddam Hussein who are alleged to have supplied explosives for the July 13, 2011 blasts in Mumbai, reports Indian Express. A special court in Bangalore (Karnataka) handed over custody after the Mumbai ATS filed an application stating that the agency would like to question the duo. The ATS stated that Afaque and Hussein would also need to be investigated with regard to their role in the August 1, 2012, Junglee Maharaj Road blasts in Pune (Maharashtra).
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March - 29 
A trial court in New Delhi dismissed the bail plea of a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Mohammed Shahid who was arrested in December, 2013 for allegedly conspiring to kidnap businessmen from various places for raising funds to carry out terror strikes in Delhi, The Times of India reports
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A trial court in New Delhi dismissed the bail plea of a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Mohammed Shahid who was arrested in December, 2013 for allegedly conspiring to kidnap businessmen from various places for raising funds to carry out terror strikes in Delhi, The Times of India reports on March 30. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh denied bail to Shahid, observing that the charges were yet to be framed against the accused persons arrested in the case.
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March - 30 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on March 30 filed the chargesheet in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, before the NIA Special Judge at Bankshall Court (Kolkata, West Bengal) outlining a conspiracy by terror outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to use Indian territory as a rec
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on March 30 filed the chargesheet in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, before the NIA Special Judge at Bankshall Court (Kolkata, West Bengal) outlining a conspiracy by terror outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to use Indian territory as a recruiting and training ground to overthrow the Bangladesh government and impose Sharia-based Islamic rule, reports The Times of India. NIA says JMB's mission was to create a 'Greater Bangladesh' with portions wrested from West Bengal. Over 164 pages, NIA details how JMB operators targeted West Bengal, Assam and Jharkhand to set up training camps. "Its activities in India primarily included recruitment, radicalisation and training of vulnerable youths in a systematic and organised manner. The banned Bangladeshi outfit spread its network in four Bengal Districts â Nadia, Burdwan, Murshidabad and Birbhum," says the chargesheet, adding that a similar network was found in Sahebganj district of Jharkhand. "These bases were used for organizing radicalisation programmes, meetings, fund collection drives and as hideouts for cadres and their families," an NIA officer said. The chargesheet says how terrorist training camps were conducted at some madrasas (Islamic seminary) and other hideouts where recruits, including women, were trained in firearms and explosives. "The recruitment, radicalisation and training of vulnerable Indian youths was undertaken by members of JMB to prepare a large group of Indians, based on their common religious and linguistic identity, to join JMB and help overthrow the democratic government in Bangladesh," the NIA says. It names 21 people, including four Bangladeshi nationals. Eight of the accused are absconding. They include Indian operative Mohammad Yousuf alias Bakkar (the main man behind the Simulia madrassa training centre), recruiter Kader Gazi Rehman and hardcore Bangladeshi JMB leaders like its chief, Nasirullah, bomb-maker Burhan Sheikh, Kausar and Talha Sheikh. NIA took statements from over 400 people, 250 of whom will be cited as prime witnesses in the case. During course of the investigation, 32 people were arraigned as accused of whom 16 have been arrested. They include Gulsona Bibi alias Rajiya Bibi alias Rumi, widow of Sakil Gazi who was killed in the blast, Alima Bibi alias Amina Bibi, wife of Abdul Hakim, who was injured, and Hakim himself. All three were arrested from the blast site. The others include Ziaul Haque, Amjad Ali Seikh, Mohammad Sahanur Alam alias Sahanur Alam, Shaikul Islam Khan, Mohammad Rezaul Karim alias Anwar, Habibur Rehman, Faizul Haque alias Dalim Sheikh, Giasuddin Munshi alias Gias Master and Mofajjul Ali alias Laden. Moreover, two suspects, Badre Alam Mollah and Khalid Mohammad have been released. Khalid, a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar, had created a flutter in the defence establishment when he was arrested. However, NIA says he has little link with the blast. The accused have been individually charged under the t Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for being members of a terrorist gang, committing terrorist acts, conspiracy and for recruitment, funding and training of terrorists. They have also been charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) for fraud, forgery and cheating and the Arms Act for possession and use of firearms and explosives.
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April - 7 
A court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) on April 7 discharged Ejaz Shaikh (28), a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, in a case of sending terror email after the 2010 Varanasi bomb blast, reports The Times of India. "During the investigation, the Police did not find evidence against Shaikh and hence
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A court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) on April 7 discharged Ejaz Shaikh (28), a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, in a case of sending terror email after the 2010 Varanasi bomb blast, reports The Times of India. "During the investigation, the Police did not find evidence against Shaikh and hence we filed an application under Section 169 of the Code of Criminal Procedure requesting the court to discharge him from the case," confirmed a senior ATS officer. Shaikh, a Pune resident, was first arrested on September 6, 2014, from outside Saharanpur station in Uttar Pradesh (UP) by the Delhi Police's Special Cell. Later, he was taken into custody by the Maharashtra ATS for his alleged role in providing logistics in the 2010 Pune German Bakery blast, the 13/7 Mumbai triple blasts and the Varanasi email case. On February 6, 2015, Mumbai Crime Branch's cyber crime investigation cell (CCIC) took Shakih in custody for allegedly sending another terror email after a blast outside Delhi's Jama Masjid.
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April - 9 
The Supreme Court (SC) on April 9 confirmed the death penalty for 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, and rejected his plea to reconsider the previous verdict, reports The Indian Express. A three-judge bench led by Justice Anil R Dave dismissed the review petition by Yaku
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The Supreme Court (SC) on April 9 confirmed the death penalty for 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, and rejected his plea to reconsider the previous verdict, reports The Indian Express. A three-judge bench led by Justice Anil R Dave dismissed the review petition by Yakub after holding there was no ground to interfere with the judgment to hand out capital punishment to him. Yakub Memon's mercy plea was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee in March 2015 following recommendations of the Maharashtra Government and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA). Earlier in December 2014, the SC had stayed the execution of Yakub's death penalty last year after the death row convict had filed review plea in the apex court. Yakub, a chartered accountant and brother of fugitive terror mastermind Ibrahim Memon alias Tiger Memon, was sentenced to death by a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA) court in 2007 after being found guilty of charges of criminal conspiracy and for arranging finances and managing its disbursement through the co-accused in the Mumbai serial blasts.
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April - 23 
Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda was on April 23 discharged by a trial court in connection with two separate blast cases that took place in Delhi in 1997, reports The Times of India. The court discharged 73-year-old Tunda after observing there was no prima facie evidence
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Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda was on April 23 discharged by a trial court in connection with two separate blast cases that took place in Delhi in 1997, reports The Times of India. The court discharged 73-year-old Tunda after observing there was no prima facie evidence against him to proceed. Tunda was one of the 20 terrorists Pakistan handed over following the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Additional sessions judge Reetesh Singh discharged Tunda in a case pertaining to a blast in Karol Bagh on October 28, 1997 and two blasts at Sadar Bazaar on October 1, 1997. One person was killed and several others injured in the Karol Bagh blast. A bomb was also recovered by Police. In the Sadar Bazar blasts, there was no casualty but many were injured. Police had chargesheeted Tunda in these cases while relying on the statements of other arrested for their alleged involvement in 1998. According to the reports, Tunda has been discharged in three cases lodged in Delhi. In the pending case, the court is hearing arguments on framing of charges. Police had told the court that Tunda, who is suspected to be involved in 40 bombings in India, had been declared a proclaimed offender in the case.
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April - 27 
A city court in Kolkata (West Bengal) on April 27 sent Ibrahim Sheikh alias Lal Mohammad, an alleged operative of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Indian wing, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till May 8, 2015 in connection with the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blas
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A city court in Kolkata (West Bengal) on April 27 sent Ibrahim Sheikh alias Lal Mohammad, an alleged operative of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Indian wing, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till May 8, 2015 in connection with the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast case, reports Business Standard. The NIA counsel sought Ibrahim's custody saying he was caught with ammunition, firearms and crude bombs. Ibrahim is said to hail from Nabagram in Murshidabad District of West Bengal and a member of the Majlis-e-shura (central committee) of the JMB. Arrested from Pakur in Jharkhand on April 18, and sent to NIA custody there, Ibrahim Sheikh was brought to Kolkata on a transit remand. The investigating agencies have alleged that he was the in-charge of the Fatimatul Mukimnagar Madrasa (Islamic Seminary) in Murshidabad, which is closely linked to JMB. Police had shut and sealed off the madrasa after the October 2 blast.
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April - 27 
The bail plea of a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, Mohammad Mansoor Asgar Peerbhoy facing trial in the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial blasts case, has been rejected by a Delhi court on April 27 which said evidence placed on record revealed that a prima facie case was made out against hi
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The bail plea of a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, Mohammad Mansoor Asgar Peerbhoy facing trial in the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial blasts case, has been rejected by a Delhi court on April 27 which said evidence placed on record revealed that a prima facie case was made out against him, reports Economic Times. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh dismissed the bail plea of Peerbhoy, who was alleged to have been involved in the conspiracy which led to serial blasts and had purportedly sent e-mails to media houses before the explosions. The serial blasts claimed 26 lives and 135 people were injured.
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April - 28 
The Bombay High Court on April 28 held that Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) can be applied along with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in terrorism cases, reports Mumbai Mirror. The ruling came while accepting an appeal filed by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad
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The Bombay High Court on April 28 held that Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) can be applied along with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in terrorism cases, reports Mumbai Mirror. The ruling came while accepting an appeal filed by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Pune's Jangli Maharaj blasts case of August 21, 2012. The Court was hearing an appeal filed by the ATS challenging the order of the MCOCA court of August last year (2014) discharging all the eight accused in the serial bomb blasts in Pune in 2012 from MCOCA and transferring the case to a regular Sessions Court, to be tried under UAPA and Indian Penal Code (IPC). "MCOCA and UAPA operate under different fields and the ambit and scope of each is distinct from the other. The present case (Jangli Maharaj Road blasts) being the case of a serial bomb blasts, the same will attract the provisions of only the UAPA," the judge had then observed.
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April - 30 
Despite an additional district and sessions court in the Karnataka town of Hubli on April 30 acquitting 17 Muslim youths on charges of terrorism and criminal conspiracy for their association with the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), only three of them will walk free since the ot
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Despite an additional district and sessions court in the Karnataka town of Hubli on April 30 acquitting 17 Muslim youths on charges of terrorism and criminal conspiracy for their association with the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), only three of them will walk free since the others are under trial in cases registered in other parts of India, reports The Indian Express. Yahya Kamukutty, Allah Baksh Yadawad and Syed Sadiq Sameer will be freed after sessions court judge Gopal Krishna Kolli gave the 17 men the âbenefit of doubtâ seven years after their arrests. Among the other 14 acquitted, as many as 12, including alleged senior SIMI leaders Safdar Nagori and Kamruddin Nagori, Peedical Shibly and Shaduly, Raziuddin Nasir are still facing trial in the 2007 Wagamon (Idukki District, Kerala) SIMI training camp case and the 2013 attempt to escape from the Sabarmati Jail in Gujarat.
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May - 1 
A Delhi court has sentenced an operative of banned terror outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), identified as Mohammad Abdulla to seven yearsâ imprisonment after he was found guilty under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Arms Act, The Indi
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A Delhi court has sentenced an operative of banned terror outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), identified as Mohammad Abdulla to seven yearsâ imprisonment after he was found guilty under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Arms Act, The Indian Express reports on May 2. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh convicted Abudulla, a Pakistan national, of offences under Sections 18/20/23 of the UAPA and offences under the Armâs Act. He was also convicted of opening fire at a Delhi Police officer in 2010 and was held guilty of offences under the IPC and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act. He was arrested on November 14, 2010.
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May - 5 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on May 5 rejected the bail application of suspected Islamic State (IS) 'operative' Areeb Majeed, reports The Times of India. Majeed's lawyer Wahab Khan had moved the application in March. Earlier this year, the court had granted the NIA an extensio
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on May 5 rejected the bail application of suspected Islamic State (IS) 'operative' Areeb Majeed, reports The Times of India. Majeed's lawyer Wahab Khan had moved the application in March. Earlier this year, the court had granted the NIA an extension of 30 days to file a charge sheet as the 90-day period was up on February 26, 2015. Majeed was arrested on November 28, 2014 and has been in Arthur Road jail in Mumbai (Maharashtra) since December 17, 2014.
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May - 8 
Though it is close to five months since Bengaluru Police (Karnataka) arrested Mehdi Masroor Biswas, for allegedly tweeting on behalf of the dreaded terror network Islamic State (IS), they have not been able to file the charge-sheet because of various issues, reports India Today on May 9. According t
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Though it is close to five months since Bengaluru Police (Karnataka) arrested Mehdi Masroor Biswas, for allegedly tweeting on behalf of the dreaded terror network Islamic State (IS), they have not been able to file the charge-sheet because of various issues, reports India Today on May 9. According to the report, a fresh hurdle has come in the way of the police in prosecuting Mehdi because the approval from Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) is pending. Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Crime) P. Ramesh said that "MHA's approval is mandatory for the prosecution of the accused in such cases. Once we receive it, we will file the chargesheet against Mehdi." Mehdi faces serious charges, as he has been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 125 (Waging war against the government of any Asiatic power in alliance with the Government of India) and Sections 18 and 39 of Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA), for supporting the actions of IS in Syria and Iraq. He was arrested from his home in Bengaluru on December 13, 2014, after the British media blew his cover exposing him as the person handling the Twitter handle @ShamiWitness to carry out a pro-ISIS campaign.
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May - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 20 filed a charge sheet before a Mumbai (Maharashtra) court against four Kalyan youths, Areeb Majeed and his accomplices, Saheem Tanki, Fahad Shaikh and Aman Tandel, who have allegedly joined Islamic State (IS), under various provisions of the Unlawful
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 20 filed a charge sheet before a Mumbai (Maharashtra) court against four Kalyan youths, Areeb Majeed and his accomplices, Saheem Tanki, Fahad Shaikh and Aman Tandel, who have allegedly joined Islamic State (IS), under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), reports The Hindu. The NIA charge sheet revealed that prime accused Areeb Majeed (lodged in Mumbai Central Prison) and his three fugitive friends fought for the international terror outfit as âfidayeenâ (suicide bombers) after they were trained in the handling of weapons and explosives. The charge sheet said that using Ziyarat (pilgrimage) visas, four youths left for Iraq on May 25, 2014, as part of a group. After joining the outfit, the four accused were rechristened as Abu Ali Al Hindi, Abu Uthman Al Hindi, Abu Bakr Al Hindi and Abu Umar Al Hindi. They then underwent training in the use of arms, explosives and battlefield tactics, following which they were inducted as suicide bombers. Subsequently, Areeb Majeed participated in several battles against the Syrian and Iraqi forces. He sustained bullet injuries on two occasions and was once seriously hurt in a United States (US)-led air bombing. He purportedly told the NIA that after he was seriously injured last October, he decided to return âfor spreading jihad in India.â However, the NIA charge sheet has not made any mention of people involved in recruiting the youths in India or those who helped them reach Iraq knowing that they were going to join IS, reports The Times of India. Sources said while the agency has identified such people, it has as yet not found any evidence to link them to the case. Areeb Majeed allegedly disclosed that while in India, about two years ago he came in contact with the IS sympathisers and members through social networking websites. In desperation, he contacted people from various countries, including Australia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United States, all of whom asked him to first reach Turkey.
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May - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its charge sheet filed against Islamic State (IS) recruit Kalyan (Maharashtra) youth Areeb Majeed on May 20 said that the terrorist outfit with help from some other terror organisations planned to recruit from India and among non-resident Indians (NRIs) to
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its charge sheet filed against Islamic State (IS) recruit Kalyan (Maharashtra) youth Areeb Majeed on May 20 said that the terrorist outfit with help from some other terror organisations planned to recruit from India and among non-resident Indians (NRIs) to carry out attacks not just in Iraq and Syria but also in India and other countries, reports The Times of India on May 22. It has also hinted that the self-appointed Caliphate may have developed links with anti-India terror outfits. The NIAâs 8,000 page charge sheet, while detailing how the four Kalyan youths travelled to Iraq on the pretext of pilgrimage and then disappeared to join IS in Syria, said "After joining ISIS, all four persons underwent the basic training for handling of weapons and fire arms and were actively involved in terrorist acts in Iraq and Syria. The input received further indicated that ISIS, in conspiracy with certain other terrorist organisations, was keen not only on resident Indian citizens joining the outfit but was also trying to recruit non-resident Indians settled abroad for participating in the so-called holy Jihad not only in Iraq and Syria but also in India and other countries." It is for the first time an Indian security agency openly admitting that IS has plans to attack India. Until now both the Government, including Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and intelligence agencies played down the threat from IS saying India was not on its immediate target and that there was no traction for its ideology in the country.
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May - 22 
After Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) approved its request to prosecute Mehdi Masroor Biswas, a suspected pro- Islamic State (IS) Twitter account handler, the Bengaluru Police (Karnataka) are ready to file a 28,000-page charge sheet before the designated court next week, reports The Times of I
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After Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) approved its request to prosecute Mehdi Masroor Biswas, a suspected pro- Islamic State (IS) Twitter account handler, the Bengaluru Police (Karnataka) are ready to file a 28,000-page charge sheet before the designated court next week, reports The Times of India on May 23. A source in the Bengaluru Police said that "We have finally received the MHA's approval. Now, we will file the chargesheet against him next week. We have built a solid case. We had to prove how he conspired and helped the IS. Consequently, the chargesheet is one of the longest in recent times." Mehdi Masroor Biswas, who was arrested on December 13, 2014 from his residence in Jalahalli in north Bengaluru, is facing multiple charges, primary among them being identifying himself with the IS and motivating youths, especially British nationals, to join network in its jihad, using his Twitter handles. Biswas had used his Twitter handle @ShamiWitness to praise the IS work in the West Asian region and also to allegedly indoctrinate youths into the militant organisation's ideology. Police analysed his 124,000 tweets. Of these, 15,000 tweets were directly in connection with the IS - defending their actions; praising their work (including the shocking beheadings); inspiring youth to spread the IS ideology and join the IS war in the West Asian region as jihadists voluntarily. Prior to this, he had tweeted on behalf of the IS under a different handle @ElSaltador. Report also said that an additional chargesheet is also being filed after the Police found out that Biswas had appreciated the militant activities of the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). He had defended the Kashmiri militants as freedom fighters and glorified them as martyrs. He had described Kashmir as Indian Occupied Kashmir and India as the aggressor in his tweets and direct messages to his followers.
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May - 24 
The court of the additional sessions judge in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh recently acquitted Mumtaz Mian, who was booked under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2002 (POTA) for hatching a conspiracy to wage war against the nation, reports The Times of India on May 25. The case dates back to August 14, 200
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The court of the additional sessions judge in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh recently acquitted Mumtaz Mian, who was booked under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2002 (POTA) for hatching a conspiracy to wage war against the nation, reports The Times of India on May 25. The case dates back to August 14, 2002 when the Special Task Force (STF) arrested three youths from near the Raza Degree College (Rampur, Uttar Pradesh) on suspicion of terrorist activities. The youths during interrogation had alleged that their accomplice Mumtaz Mian had been providing information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from Rampur. Mumtaz Mian was also arrested on August 17, 2002 from his house.
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June - 4 
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued fresh summons to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah for questioning in connection with a case pertaining to the alleged terror financing through hawala (illegal money transfer) channel, Asian Age reports on June 5. The case relates to August 2005 of
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued fresh summons to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah for questioning in connection with a case pertaining to the alleged terror financing through hawala (illegal money transfer) channel, Asian Age reports on June 5. The case relates to August 2005 of Delhi Policeâs Special Cell when they arrested Mohammed Aslam Wani, an alleged hawala dealer who had claimed that he had passed on INR 2.25 crore to Shah. Wani was arrested with INR 63,00,000 received through hawala channels from the West Asia and a large amount of ammunition on August 26, 2005, along with 5 kg RDX, 10 detonators and a foreign-made pistol with 15 live cartridges from an East of Kailash apartment in Delhi. According to sources, the summon has been issued through the directorateâs office based in Jammu and Kashmir. It is believed that Shah, chairman of Democratic Freedom Party of Jammu and Kashmir, has been asked to appear before the agency next week. Wani, who is currently out on a bail, has also been summoned by the ED, which had registered a case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against him. Sources said Shah had allegedly asked Wani to channel hawala money to him from Delhi for which he was paid three per cent as commission. It is alleged that Shah had also given Wani the phone number of one Saifi based in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) who gave him instructions to collect the money.
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June - 11 
On June 11, two Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadres were awarded two years' rigorous imprisonment for indulging in unlawful activities, in Sehore (Madhya Pradesh), reports PTI. The sentence was awarded by Judicial Magistrate Pravendra Kumar Singh to Abdul Karim and Rafiq Khan for havin
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On June 11, two Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadres were awarded two years' rigorous imprisonment for indulging in unlawful activities, in Sehore (Madhya Pradesh), reports PTI. The sentence was awarded by Judicial Magistrate Pravendra Kumar Singh to Abdul Karim and Rafiq Khan for having indulged in unlawful activities in 2008, Assistant Public Prosecutor Savita Salika said. They were arrested on April 6, 2008, while distributing "objectionable" material against India. The Police also recovered a diary which had names as well as addresses of SIMI activists in different places of Madhya Pradesh: Indore, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Mahidpur and Chachouda, besides pamphlets, Salika said. A case was registered against them under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court also imposed a fine of INR 2,000 on each of the two.
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June - 19 
A city court in Kolkata on June 19, remanded Bardhaman blast (October 2, 2014) accused and key Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant, Noor-ul-Haque, to 14 days' custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) till July 3, reports IBNLive. The remand order was passed by Additional Sessions Ju
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A city court in Kolkata on June 19, remanded Bardhaman blast (October 2, 2014) accused and key Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant, Noor-ul-Haque, to 14 days' custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) till July 3, reports IBNLive. The remand order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Gopal Chandra Karmakar. NIA counsel sought 14-day custody citing the gravity of the incident, its international ramifications and investigation into the conspiracy angle.
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June - 23 
A city special court at Chennai on June 23 canceled the bail petition of Mohammad Salim, an associated of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operative Sakir Hussain, reports The Times of India. Salim was arrested for possession of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) that added up to INR 250,000. Specia
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A city special court at Chennai on June 23 canceled the bail petition of Mohammad Salim, an associated of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operative Sakir Hussain, reports The Times of India. Salim was arrested for possession of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) that added up to INR 250,000. Special Judge P Murugan said the charges against Salim were "very serious in nature." He was alleged to have committed a terrorist act, which threatened the economic security and monetary stability of the country.
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July - 2 
Dismissing his plea for parole, Justice Rajmohan Singh held that "right of parole is not an absolute right". "It is a subject matter of restrictive mechanism based on discretionary powers vested in administrative authorities and instructions issued by the state. Parole is a conditional release based
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Dismissing his plea for parole, Justice Rajmohan Singh held that "right of parole is not an absolute right". "It is a subject matter of restrictive mechanism based on discretionary powers vested in administrative authorities and instructions issued by the state. Parole is a conditional release based on satisfaction of executive authorities, which is further subject matter of recommendations by different authorities in hierarchy. Parole can be denied in view of public interest and public outcry in cases of heinous acts," observed the court while refusing to grant parole to Momin.
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July - 2 
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on July 2 refused to grant parole to Abdul Latif Momin, one of the convicts in the December 24, 1999 Kandahar (Afghanistan) hijack case, reports The Times of India. Momin, a lifer, had sought parole on the ground that he had been behind bars for the last over 15 yea
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court on July 2 refused to grant parole to Abdul Latif Momin, one of the convicts in the December 24, 1999 Kandahar (Afghanistan) hijack case, reports The Times of India. Momin, a lifer, had sought parole on the ground that he had been behind bars for the last over 15 years and wanted to meet his mother who was suffering from old-age related ailments.
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July - 6 
The judicial remand of arrested Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal was extended on July 6, reports Zee News. "It was a routine appearance for remand extension," a prison official said while dismissing reports that Bhatkal threw a piece of paper with something written on it
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The judicial remand of arrested Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal was extended on July 6, reports Zee News. "It was a routine appearance for remand extension," a prison official said while dismissing reports that Bhatkal threw a piece of paper with something written on it inside the court premises. Bhatkal is lodged in the Cherlapally Central Prison of Nalgonda District in Telangana.
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July - 7 
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on July 7 filed a 1,700-page charge sheet against four Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives it had arrested on charges of terrorism in Bengaluru, Bhatkal and Mangaluru in January, 2015, reports dajiworld.com. Syed Ismail Afaaque, 36, Sadam Hussain, 29, Syed Abdus Suboor,
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The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on July 7 filed a 1,700-page charge sheet against four Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives it had arrested on charges of terrorism in Bengaluru, Bhatkal and Mangaluru in January, 2015, reports dajiworld.com. Syed Ismail Afaaque, 36, Sadam Hussain, 29, Syed Abdus Suboor, 24, and Riyaz Ahmed Sayeedi, 32, all hailing from Bhatkal town in Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka, have been named in the charge sheet. The CCB has formally accused them of supplying gelatin sticks and other explosive material to various terror outfits which carried out bomb blasts in various parts of the country. The four men have been charged under sections 120(B), 121(A) and 511 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, sections 13, 16, 18, 20 and 38 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967, and sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, a senior police officer said on the condition of anonymity. The CCB has listed as many as 123 witnesses in the charge sheet but the identity of several key witnesses has not been disclosed so as to âprotect their lives.âThe CCB also claimed to have recovered a large quantity of electronic detonators, gelatin sticks, ammonium nitrate, Jihadi literature and posters, besides assembled circuit boards which are used in bomb blasts, while arresting the four accused.
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July - 17 
Trial against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Jundal, an alleged mastermind of the 26/11 (November 26, 2008) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attacks, should be conducted through video conferencing as he faces threat to his life, National Investigating Agency (NIA) told a Delhi court on July 17, reports NDT
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Trial against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Jundal, an alleged mastermind of the 26/11 (November 26, 2008) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attacks, should be conducted through video conferencing as he faces threat to his life, National Investigating Agency (NIA) told a Delhi court on July 17, reports NDTV. The NIA said Jundal currently lodged in Arthur Road jail in Mumbai, cannot be produced in New Delhi as Maharashtra Government, in its May 2013 resolution, apprehends that he could be assassinated or kidnapped by rivals during his transit from jail to court.The NIA, in its application in the court, has requested that the proceedings in the case lodged in New Delhi was required to be expedited and the trial should be commenced through video conferencing
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July - 21 
The Supreme Court (SC) on July 21 rejected the curative petition of Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case and the execution will take place at 7am on July 30, which happens to be Yakub's 54th birthday, reports The Times of India. A bench headed by Chief J
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The Supreme Court (SC) on July 21 rejected the curative petition of Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case and the execution will take place at 7am on July 30, which happens to be Yakub's 54th birthday, reports The Times of India. A bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu dismissed Yakub's plea saying there is no merit in it. The curative petition was dismissed in chamber without presence of lawyers. The curative plea was his last legal option to fight for life.
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July - 24 
The Madras High Court Bench on July 24 set aside an âillegal conviction and seven-year sentenceâ imposed by a trial court on three people, alleged to be LTTE sympathisers, on charges of conspiring to smuggle acetone, glycerine, formaldehyde and dicyanamide to Sri Lanka for making explosive substance
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The Madras High Court Bench on July 24 set aside an âillegal conviction and seven-year sentenceâ imposed by a trial court on three people, alleged to be LTTE sympathisers, on charges of conspiring to smuggle acetone, glycerine, formaldehyde and dicyanamide to Sri Lanka for making explosive substances and indulging in unlawful activities in 2008, reports Daily Mirror. Disposing of appeals filed by them, Justice S. Nagamuthu ordered retrial in the case since the âQâ branch Police and the lower court had made âgrave mistakesâ in the trial that led to their conviction on March 4, 2015. He pointed out that there were inconsistencies between charges framed against the accused and the charges under which they had been convicted.
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July - 30 
Yakub Memon, convicted in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai (Maharashtra) bomb blasts, (in which 257 people were killed and 713 were injured) was hanged till death at the Nagpur Central Jail in Maharashtra on July 30 morning, reports The Times of India. Memon was hanged at 6.35 am. A medical team at the jai
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Yakub Memon, convicted in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai (Maharashtra) bomb blasts, (in which 257 people were killed and 713 were injured) was hanged till death at the Nagpur Central Jail in Maharashtra on July 30 morning, reports The Times of India. Memon was hanged at 6.35 am. A medical team at the jail pronounced him dead a short while later. A Mumbai Special Court had sentenced him to death in July 2007. The death warrant was issued by a Special TADA [Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act] Court judge on April 29, scheduling the execution for July 30.
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August - 3 
The special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, (TADA) court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) which is conducting the trial in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case against eight accused on August 3 completed recording of their statements, reports The Times of India. Abu Salem, Riyaz Siddiqui, Karim
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The special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, (TADA) court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) which is conducting the trial in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case against eight accused on August 3 completed recording of their statements, reports The Times of India. Abu Salem, Riyaz Siddiqui, Karimullah Khan, Feroze Abdul Rashid, Tahir Merchant, Mustafa Dossa, Riyaz Siddiqui and Abdul Quayyum are facing trial in the case. Under section 313 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), an accused is given an opportunity to personally explain the circumstances appearing in the evidence against him or her. All the accused told the Special Judge G A Sanap that they will also submit written statements.
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August - 6 
Supreme Court Justice Dipak Misra who had rejected 1993 Mumbai (Maharashtra) blasts convict Yakub Memon's mercy plea has received an anonymous threatening letter, The Times of India reports on August 7. Delhi Police have registered a case in this regard and have started an investigation. Delhi Polic
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Supreme Court Justice Dipak Misra who had rejected 1993 Mumbai (Maharashtra) blasts convict Yakub Memon's mercy plea has received an anonymous threatening letter, The Times of India reports on August 7. Delhi Police have registered a case in this regard and have started an investigation. Delhi Police have also increased the security of Justice Dipak Misra. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court had unanimously rejected Yakub Memon's petition seeking stay of his execution.
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August - 6 
The special court on August 6 allowed a plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to conduct the trial of the alleged 26/11 (November 26, 2008) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack mastermind Abu Jundal through video conferencing, reports Indian Express. In its plea seeking trial through video conferen
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The special court on August 6 allowed a plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to conduct the trial of the alleged 26/11 (November 26, 2008) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack mastermind Abu Jundal through video conferencing, reports Indian Express. In its plea seeking trial through video conferencing, the NIA stated that the Maharashtra government feared that the suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative could either be killed or abducted while being brought to the Delhi court. Jundal is currently lodged at Mumbaiâs Arthur Road Jail. âAfter applying the findings/observations of the High Court, I am of the considered view that the application of NIA deserves to be allowed. I, therefore, allow the application of NIA under Section 273 of the CrPC for commencing the trial through video conferencing,â District Judge Amar Nath said. The special court also directed the Superintendent of the Arthur Road Prison to make arrangements for the trial by video conferencing.
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August - 18 
A Sessions Court in Mumbai recently rejected bail application of a Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) member Mohammed Ali Shaikh alias Aziz, arrested for unlawful activities, reports The Asian Age on August 19. The accused is also facing trial in the Mumbai serial train blasts case.
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A Sessions Court in Mumbai recently rejected bail application of a Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) member Mohammed Ali Shaikh alias Aziz, arrested for unlawful activities, reports The Asian Age on August 19. The accused is also facing trial in the Mumbai serial train blasts case.
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September - 4 
Aftab Ansari, sentenced to death for the 2002 American Center terror attack in Kolkata (West Bengal), will not be taken to Ahmedabad (Gujarat) for trial in a abduction case, The Times of India reports on September 5. Aftab has always been a security challenge, especially since it was established tha
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Aftab Ansari, sentenced to death for the 2002 American Center terror attack in Kolkata (West Bengal), will not be taken to Ahmedabad (Gujarat) for trial in a abduction case, The Times of India reports on September 5. Aftab has always been a security challenge, especially since it was established that he had a major financial role in setting up Indian Mujahideen (IM). With the security agencies saying it will be too risky to take him out of Alipore Jail in Kolkata, an Ahmedabad court has agreed to carry out carry out the trial through video-conferencing. Aftab and another gangster Dinesh Thakur are now being tried for the 1995 kidnap of a Delhi-based businessman, who died in cross-fire when Police raided the hideout to rescue him. Aftab managed to escape but was caught.
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September - 6 
Five cases registered against Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota Shakeel between 2003 and 2010 figure in the review petition filed by the Delhi Police, challenging a trial court's decision acquitting cricketers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan and all others accused in the 2013 Indian Premi
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Five cases registered against Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota Shakeel between 2003 and 2010 figure in the review petition filed by the Delhi Police, challenging a trial court's decision acquitting cricketers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan and all others accused in the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing case, Economic Times reports on September 7. The Delhi Police special cell included these five cases filed in New Delhi and Mumbai to establish the link between Dawood's organised crime syndicate and activities such as betting and match-fixing during the IPL. The 53 page review petition filed in the Delhi High Court said: "The detailed... investigation revealed that the spot-fixing activities were going on in an organised manner. The network of these activities spread over Delhi and other places was being orchestrated by Dawood's syndicate." It said the trial court judge "returned a factually as also legally erroneous findings of the impugned order to the effect that Chhota Shakeel has not been shown to be a part of the crime syndicate of which Dawood was the head". The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) judge, while discharging those accused, observed no nexus between Dawood and Shakeel had been established and thus an FIR against Shakeel "cannot be considered against every member of the alleged crime syndicate". The judge said the case "did not satisfy the mandatory requirement provided under Section 2(1) (d) of MCOCA for the offences to qualify as 'continuing unlawful activity".
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September - 10 
A Special MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Court) on September 10 convicted 12 persons of hatching a criminal conspiracy and subsequently executing a series of bombings on Mumbaiâs (Maharashtra) local trains on July 11 2006 (7/11), which claimed 189 lives and injured over 800 people
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A Special MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Court) on September 10 convicted 12 persons of hatching a criminal conspiracy and subsequently executing a series of bombings on Mumbaiâs (Maharashtra) local trains on July 11 2006 (7/11), which claimed 189 lives and injured over 800 people, reports The Hindu. The 12 convicts, including key conspirators Faisal Shaikh and Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid, were chiefly found guilty of being members of terrorist organisation under section 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act- UAPA and of being part of an organised crime syndicate under MCOCA, among other sections. Of the total 13 accused arrested and charge sheeted by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), one person Abdul Wahid Din Mohammad Shaikh was acquitted of all the charges after nine years in jail. They were also found guilty of criminal conspiracy (section 120B) to commit offences related to waging war against the Government of India (sections 121A, 122) under the Indian Penal Code. Five of the convicts, namely Kamal Ansari, Lashkar-e-Taibaâs (LeT) 'Mumbai chief' Faisal, SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India) cadre Ehtesham Siddiqui, Naveed and Junaid were planters of bombs at Jogeshwari, Mira Road, Bandra and Borivali. They were found guilty of murder, attempt to murder, causing hurt and criminal conspiracy. Some of accused were separately convicted and acquitted under few other individual sections of UAPA, MCOCA, Indian Penal Code (IPC), Explosive Substances Act, Explosives Act, Railways Act and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
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September - 14 
Chhattisgarh High Court on September 14 rejected bail application of Ayesha Bano having connections with Indian Mujahideen (IM) and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports The Times of India. Ayesha Bano was arrested earlier on November 13, 2013 in Lakhisarai District of Bihar and was br
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Chhattisgarh High Court on September 14 rejected bail application of Ayesha Bano having connections with Indian Mujahideen (IM) and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports The Times of India. Ayesha Bano was arrested earlier on November 13, 2013 in Lakhisarai District of Bihar and was brought to Raipur on transit remand. The single bench of Justice Sanjay K Agrawal rejected her bail application.
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September - 21 
A Delhi court on September 21, said it would on September 24 pass an order on framing of charges in a case in which Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) 'chief' Syed Salahuddin was charge sheeted for allegedly receiving nearly INR 800 million funds from Pakistan to carry out terror activities across India, repor
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A Delhi court on September 21, said it would on September 24 pass an order on framing of charges in a case in which Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) 'chief' Syed Salahuddin was charge sheeted for allegedly receiving nearly INR 800 million funds from Pakistan to carry out terror activities across India, reports Daily Excelsior. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna said the order, scheduled to be passed today (September 21), would be delivered on September 24 as it was not ready yet. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had charge sheeted Salahuddin and 11 others, including eight who are based in Pakistan and declared proclaimed offenders by court earlier.
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September - 30 
Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Judge Y D Shinde on September 30 awarded capital punishment to five convicts, identified as Kamal Ansari (41), Mohammad Faisal Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, Naveed Hussain Khan and Asif Khan, reports Indian Express. All
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Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Judge Y D Shinde on September 30 awarded capital punishment to five convicts, identified as Kamal Ansari (41), Mohammad Faisal Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, Naveed Hussain Khan and Asif Khan, reports Indian Express. All of them were found guilty of planting the bombs. âThey shall be hanged by their necks till they are dead,â the court ruled. The July 11, 2006 (7/11) serial blasts on Mumbai local trains has left 189 dead. The court awarded death sentence on four counts of spreading terror, organised crime, criminal conspiracy and murder. The men were found guilty of charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), MCOCA, Indian Penal Code (IPC), Explosives Substances Act, 1908 and Railways Act, 1989. The seven who have been given life sentences are: Tanveer Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Ansari, Mohammed Majid Mohammed Shafi, Shaikh Mohammed Ali Alam Shaikh, Mohammed Sajid Margub Ansari, Muzammil Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Suhail Mehmood Shaikh and Zameer Ahmed Latiur Rehman Shaikh. They have also been found guilty of charges under UAPA, MCOCA and IPC. The prosecution claimed they had undergone training in Pakistan and also transported Pakistani terrorists.
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October - 12 
The Bombay High Court (HC) on October 12 granted bail to Aslam Shabbir Shaikh alias Bunty Jahagirdar, one of the prime accused in the case of the low-intensity serial blasts on Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road of Pune (Maharashtra) in August 1, 2012. However, while granting bail, the bench imposed several r
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The Bombay High Court (HC) on October 12 granted bail to Aslam Shabbir Shaikh alias Bunty Jahagirdar, one of the prime accused in the case of the low-intensity serial blasts on Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road of Pune (Maharashtra) in August 1, 2012. However, while granting bail, the bench imposed several restrictions, asking Shaikh to co-operate with the investigating agency. He was also asked to not leave the country till the case is disposed of. Surprisingly, the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court had rejected Shaikh's bail plea last month but, despite major opposition from Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), he has managed to get bail now. Going against ATS, the bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dhere observed that there was no direct role of the accused in the blast or planting explosives on the road; his role was restricted to the supply of arms, weapons and cartridges to some other accused. Passing strictures against ATS, the judge also said that Jahagirdar should have been implicated separately under the Arms Act, which the agency failed to do. The court also considered the argument of the defence lawyer that Jahagirdar has been behind bars since January 2013 and has the right to get bail as per provisions of the law.
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October - 12 
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on October 12 approved the release of Khalistani militant Waryam Singh, who is lodged in a Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh, UP) jail since 1990. Sources said that Rajnath Singh signed the file for Waryam Singh's release on "humanitarian grounds" as the convict is very old n
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on October 12 approved the release of Khalistani militant Waryam Singh, who is lodged in a Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh, UP) jail since 1990. Sources said that Rajnath Singh signed the file for Waryam Singh's release on "humanitarian grounds" as the convict is very old now and his family is living in poverty. UP Government had given a report to Union Ministry of Home Affairs favouring the Singh's release on the grounds that his conduct has been very good for the past 24 years and he has never availed the parole. Waryam Singh, who hails from UPâs Shahjahanpur District, was convicted by a court in Pilibhit for criminal conspiracy and TADA sections. He was arrested by UP police in 1990.
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October - 16 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has decided to set free two persons accused of attending a terror training camp in Kerala for launching a series of attacks across India, reports Khaleej Times on October 17. NIA sought the sanction of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) for dropping charges
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has decided to set free two persons accused of attending a terror training camp in Kerala for launching a series of attacks across India, reports Khaleej Times on October 17. NIA sought the sanction of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) for dropping charges against Abu Saad and Shah Alam, residents of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. They were accused of attending the training camp organised by leaders of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) at Wagamon in Kerala in 2007. The two were named by multiple investigating agencies for being part of various terror attacks in the country from 2008 to 2011. The investigation by the NIA, however, could not find any evidence against the two. The NIA also stated that they found that the two persons had not attended the camp.
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October - 29 
A Lucknow court on October 29 acquitted six suspected Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists for want of evidence âbeyond reasonable doubtâ, reports The Hindu. The acquittal comes eight years after they were arrested from different parts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in June 2007. The UP Special Task
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A Lucknow court on October 29 acquitted six suspected Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists for want of evidence âbeyond reasonable doubtâ, reports The Hindu. The acquittal comes eight years after they were arrested from different parts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in June 2007. The UP Special Task Force (STF) had claimed to have recovered one AK-47, several grenades and Research Department Explosive (RDX) from them. Of the six, Naushad belongs to Bijnore in UP, the rest - Mohammad Ali Akbar Hussain, Shaikh Mukhtar Hussain, Azizurrahman Sardar, Noor Islam and Jalaluddin - are from West Bengal. The six were charged with waging war against India and sedition. But the court acquitted all the six saying that the prosecution failed to substantiate its claims âbeyond reasonable doubt.â
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October - 30 
Chief of Madhya Pradesh unit of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abu Faisal alias Doctor, was pronounced guilty for the murder of anti-terrorist squad constable Sitaram Yadav by a special court in Bhopal on October 30, reports The Times of India. Sitaram Yadav, who tracked down the
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Chief of Madhya Pradesh unit of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abu Faisal alias Doctor, was pronounced guilty for the murder of anti-terrorist squad constable Sitaram Yadav by a special court in Bhopal on October 30, reports The Times of India. Sitaram Yadav, who tracked down the SIMI terror network in the state, was shot on a highway in Khandwa District by Faisal and his gang on November 29, 2009. Special judge B S Bhadoria will state quantum of punishment on October 31. Another accused Mehtab was convicted under Arms Act in the same case.
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October - 30 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 30 submitted a charge sheet indicting an accused, identified as Barkat Ali of conspiracy involving cross border smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), reports Business Standard. The case involves seizure of FICN of the face value of nearly
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 30 submitted a charge sheet indicting an accused, identified as Barkat Ali of conspiracy involving cross border smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), reports Business Standard. The case involves seizure of FICN of the face value of nearly INR 65,00,000 from the accused Barkat Ali near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Malda District on May 6, 2015. Filed before a special NIA court in Kolkata, Ali has been charged with several offences including under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). "Ali has been charged for his involvement in a terrorist conspiracy with a gang, involved in cross border smuggling of extremely high quality fake Indian currency notes (FICN) across Indo-Bangladesh border for further circulation in India, thereby damaging the monetary stability of India," the agency said.
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October - 31 
A special court at Bhopal on October 31 awarded life imprisonment to the 'chief' of Madhya Pradesh unit of Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abu Faisal alias Doctor reports The Times of India. Doctor was found guilty of murdering an Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Constable Sitaram Yadav in 2009.
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A special court at Bhopal on October 31 awarded life imprisonment to the 'chief' of Madhya Pradesh unit of Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abu Faisal alias Doctor reports The Times of India. Doctor was found guilty of murdering an Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Constable Sitaram Yadav in 2009. Besides murder, court also sentenced him to life imprisonment under section 16A of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The SIMI operative participated in the hearing through video conferencing. He was charged with murder, criminal conspiracy and different sections of UAPA. Faisal also mastermind of the 2013-Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) jailbreak and was part of a criminal conspiracy hatched in MP to shoot Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Tiwari in 2008. He actively participated in setting up terror camps in Indore, Baroda (Gujarat) and Kerala in 2008. He has also admitted to funding lawyer's fee to defend former SIMI 'chief', Safdar Nagori. He is alleged to be a vital link between Indian Mujahideen (IM) and SIMI. Besides Abu Faisal, court sentenced another accused, Mehtab with 3-year imprisonment under the Arms Act.
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November - 2 
The operations cell of the Chandigarh Police on November 2 filed a detailed chargesheet against Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militant Jagtar Singh Tara, charging him with escaping from Police custody, sedition and waging war against the country in the Burail jailbreak case, reports The Times of
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The operations cell of the Chandigarh Police on November 2 filed a detailed chargesheet against Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militant Jagtar Singh Tara, charging him with escaping from Police custody, sedition and waging war against the country in the Burail jailbreak case, reports The Times of India. The chargesheet included the copies of Pakistan-made fake ID card of Tara and four FIRs registered against him after his escape from the jail for spreading terrorism in Punjab. It was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Anubhav Sharma. Tara along with Jagtar Singh Hawara, Paramjeet Singh Bheora and Devi Singh had escaped after digging a 98-foot long tunnel in January 2004. An unamed senior Police official stated, "The charges of sedition and waging war against country were levelled against Tara on the basis of fresh evidence like proof of his presence in Pakistan and attempts to revive terrorism." Tara was arrested by a joint team of Punjab and Thailand police from Thailand in January, 2015. He was brought to Chandigarh in connection with the jailbreak case on February 17, 2015. The chargesheet was filed under sections 223, 224, 452, 457, 121, 121A, 123, 217, 221 and 120B of Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Chandigarh Police have also filed an appeal in Punjab and Haryana high court challenging the acquittal of all jail officials in the case.
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November - 6 
The Sessions Court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) on November 6 reserved its order till November 18, 2015 on Mumbai Police's plea seeking to make Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley an accused in the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai terror attack case, reports Zee News.
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The Sessions Court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) on November 6 reserved its order till November 18, 2015 on Mumbai Police's plea seeking to make Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley an accused in the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai terror attack case, reports Zee News. The Police had filed the application before the sessions judge GA Sanap on October 8. The court this week framed charges against Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, one of the key conspirators of the Mumbai terror attack. The prosecution today told the sessions court that Headley had not been tried under Indian law for 26/11 conspiracy. "An American court is not competent to try offences under Indian Penal Code. The charges for which Headley has been convicted by the US court and the charges we are pursuing against him are entirely different," said Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. The judge said that the judgement of a foreign court only has "persuasive value" and it cannot be relied upon as evidence. "He should have been made a wanted accused. You are coming with evidence collected by others," he said. Headley, accused of conducting a recce of targets before the Mumbai terror attack, was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment by a court in the USA after he entered into a plea bargaining agreement with the US government.
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November - 9 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has managed to neutralise an inter-state racket that involves the circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and also smuggling of narcotics, oneindia.com reports on November 9. The two states in question are Punjab and West Bengal and the arrest of the
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has managed to neutralise an inter-state racket that involves the circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and also smuggling of narcotics, oneindia.com reports on November 9. The two states in question are Punjab and West Bengal and the arrest of these operatives had led to the seizure of opium and high quality fake currency notes. In a detailed charge sheet filed by the NIA, it is stated that Sunesh Kumar a resident of Ambala (Haryana) and Rajan Chopra from Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab were involved in a racket involving the circulation of both fake currency and opium. The said Sunesh Kumar and Rajan Chopra were arrested by a joint team of West Bengal Police and BSF, on May 12 2055 at the Sujapur town under Kaliachak Police Station limits in Malda District of West Bengal. In view of the interstate linkages of the smugglers, and probable connections with smugglers from across the border in Bangladesh, NIA took over the investigation as per the orders issued by Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA). During investigation by NIA, it was established that the two had driven in the car owned by accused Rajan Chopra, all the way from Punjab to West Bengal only to purchase FICNs and contraband drugs and were found in possession of the same. The NIA will continue further investigation to identify and arrest the suppliers of the FICNs to the arrested accused and the contacts in Bangladesh from where the high quality FICN is suspected to have been smuggled. The NIA says that this was a major operation ranging from Punjab to West Bengal and Bangladesh. It appeared as though the accused persons were connected with some in Bangladesh with whose help they were carrying out this racket. Punjab and Haryana are facing a major drug smuggling problem and through this case, we hope to identify and arrest more accused, the NIA official also added.
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November - 20 
David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist serving a 35-year jail term in the US, would testify before a Mumbai court through video conference in the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack case, his attorney said on November 20, reports The Ti
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David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist serving a 35-year jail term in the US, would testify before a Mumbai court through video conference in the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack case, his attorney said on November 20, reports The Times f India. "I have seen the reports (about a Mumbai court asking that he be produced via video-conference on December 10). Headley will comply with the terms of his plea agreement, which is a public document," John T Theis said. Under the guilty plea which he entered in March 2010, Headley agreed that when directed by the US Attorney's office he will fully and truthfully testify in any foreign judicial proceedings held in the US.
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November - 25 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi on November 25 found five persons guilty in a case pertaining to the conduct of a secret meeting of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) nine years ago, reports Indian Express. Of the total 17 persons arraigned as accused, the court
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi on November 25 found five persons guilty in a case pertaining to the conduct of a secret meeting of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) nine years ago, reports Indian Express. Of the total 17 persons arraigned as accused, the court acquitted 11 for want of evidence. The trial of one of the five accused, a minor at the time of the incident, is being held at a juvenile court. The others found guilty were P A Shaduli, Abdul Rasik, Ansar Nadvi, Nizamudheen and Shameem. The court upheld the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) charges against the first three accused. The quantum of punishment will be announced on November 26 (today). As per the prosecution, the five accused entered into a criminal conspiracy in Kochi and other places to advocate, incite and abet unlawful activities for cession of Jammu and Kashmir from India and to bring hatred and contempt towards the government, and in pursuance therefore, organised a secret meeting at Panayikulam near Kochi on August 15, 2006. The NIA chargesheet said that all the 17 accused had attended the meeting with books and pamphlets that were anti-national, seditious and contained inflammatory writings. They brought a publication of SIMI with an intention to bring hatred and contempt against the government, to conduct jihad for cession of Kashmir from India and bring back Muslim rule in India, the chargesheet said, adding that the five accused found guilty were sitting on the dais and the acquitted persons were in the audience. The case had 18 persons in the list of the accused. However, the NIA made one of the accused, Rasheed Maulavi, an approver in the case. According to the chargesheet, during the secret meeting, the second accused, Abdul Rasik, spoke that India was built by the British. He was quoted by the police as saying, âBefore that it had been a group of countries ruled by the Mughals and Nizams. The existing governments were against Islam⌠Indian military is killing Muslims, who are conducting jihad for their freedom in Kashmir. SIMI is trying to protect the interest of the Muslims in IndiaâŚââ
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November - 27 
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Ernakulam District in Kerala, has issued a production warrant against suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Thadiyantavide Nazeer in connection with a case of attempting to influence witnesses of Bengaluru (Karnataka) blast case of 2008. The Pol
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The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Ernakulam District in Kerala, has issued a production warrant against suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Thadiyantavide Nazeer in connection with a case of attempting to influence witnesses of Bengaluru (Karnataka) blast case of 2008. The Police said the warrant stipulated production of Nazeer before the court on December 4, 2015. Police may also record his arrest. A convict in the Kozhikode twin blast case, Nazeer is currently lodged in a Bengaluru jail.
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December - 14 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 14 filed its second supplementary chargesheet in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast case, in which Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists were allegedly involved, reports New Indian Express. In the chargesheet, the NIA clai
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 14 filed its second supplementary chargesheet in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast case, in which Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists were allegedly involved, reports New Indian Express. In the chargesheet, the NIA claimed that the JMB had planned a series of terror attacks in India from the neighbouring country. In its 200-page chargesheet, filed with 36,000 documents, the agency named 19 more people, mostly Bangladeshi terrorists. The NIA, in its chargesheet, indicated the influence of the Islamic State (IS) over JMB. An NIA team, led by its DG Sharad Kumar, had visited Dhaka after the blasts and held meetings with security and defence officials of Bangladesh.
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December - 21 
The Bombay High Court on December 21 reserved its judgment in the death confirmation case against the sole convict arrested Himayat Baig of Indian Mujahideen (IM) for his involvement in the German Bakery bomb blast of Pune (Maharashtra) case of 2010, reports dnaindia.com. A division bench of Justice
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The Bombay High Court on December 21 reserved its judgment in the death confirmation case against the sole convict arrested Himayat Baig of Indian Mujahideen (IM) for his involvement in the German Bakery bomb blast of Pune (Maharashtra) case of 2010, reports dnaindia.com. A division bench of Justice Naresh Patil and Justice SB Shukhre will deliver their judgment in due course of time against Baig who has also appealed against the judgement. Special Public Prosecutor Raja Thackeray has argued for confirming the death sentence by stating that the entire case is based on circumstantial evidence and every circumstance has been proved by relevant records which are of sterling quality. Further, he has argued in favour of the death penalty saying that the trial court reasoning is sound, thus death penalty should be upheld. Earlier, a Pune court had awarded death penalty to Baig for his involvement in the 2010 German Bakery blast case, after the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) investigated and filed a chargesheet against him. Baig, was arrested in September 2010. The conviction was handed down in early 2013. The court had found Baig guilty of taking part in the conspiracy and executing the blast.
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December - 28 
A special court at Ahmedabad on December 28 remanded three men, Mohammad Altaf, Mohsin Khan and Nisar Ahmed, arrested in connection with the murder of two BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leaders in Bharuch on November 2, in the custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) till January 1, 2016, report
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A special court at Ahmedabad on December 28 remanded three men, Mohammad Altaf, Mohsin Khan and Nisar Ahmed, arrested in connection with the murder of two BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leaders in Bharuch on November 2, in the custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) till January 1, 2016, reports Outlook. The prosecution said that NIA needed to recover the bike used in the crime and to investigate the role of Mohammad Altaf who was believed to be one of the key conspirators. According to the investigators, Javed Chikna, Dawod Ibrahimâs aide, had given the contract for killing the two leaders.
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