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  Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif's two sons acquitted in three corruption cases related to Panama Papers

  World | March 20, 2024 8:37 IST

  Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were implicated in the Avenfield, Flagship, and Al-Azizia corruption cases in 2018 and were declared proclaimed offenders. They lef Pakistan in 2018 and returned on March 12 from a six-year exile after their father secured acquittals in previous corruption cases.

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  Climate activist Greta Thunberg acquitted of blocking oil conference in London trial

  World | February 03, 2024 13:05 IST

  Thunberg and four others were accused of committing a public order offence by refusing to leave the area hosting an oil and gas conference during their protest. During the trial, the judge ruled that the police acted unlawfully and cited "significant deficiencies" in the evidence.

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  Pakistan: Islamabad HC acquits ex-PM Nawaz Sharif in Al-Azizia corruption case

  World | December 12, 2023 18:17 IST

  With this development, Nawaz cleared another legal hurdle as he sought to make his political comeback as the next Pakistani premier. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench had acquitted Nawaz of the Avenfield case on November 29.

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  Pakistan: Major relief for ex-PM Nawaz Sharif as Islamabad HC acquits him in Avenfield case

  World | November 29, 2023 18:57 IST

  An accountability court in 2018 sentenced Nawaz to 10 years for owning assets beyond known income, with an additional year for non-cooperation with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Nawaz was declared a proclaimed offender in 2020 when he left for London on medical grounds.

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  4 including principal, teacher accused of raping sweeper inside Delhi school acquitted

  India | January 24, 2020 18:45 IST

  The court observed that the prosecution failed to prove that the NOS conducted the examination in the school of the accused on any Sunday of 2010 due to which the woman's claim of being raped had not been proved.

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  Bihar court convicts 8 persons in 2015 bomb blast case, acquits 3 including ex-MLA

  India | August 17, 2019 23:01 IST

  Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) Tribhuwan Yadav convicted Lambu Sharma, Chand Miyan, Naeem Miyan, Akhilesh Upadhyaya, Rinku Yadav, Pramod Singh, Shyam Vinay Sharma and Mohammed Wahid in the case.  

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  Naroda Patiya massacre: Gujarat HC acquits Maya Kodnani, upholds Babu Bajrangi's conviction

  India | April 20, 2018 21:19 IST

  Former BJP minister Maya Kodnani was one of the key accused in the riot case and was convicted by a special SIT court in August 2012. She was sentenced to 28 years in imprisonment.

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  Mecca Masjid blast case: Five acquitted; two dead, two absconding; judge quits citing 'personal reasons'

  India | April 17, 2018 10:49 IST

  Those acquitted in the case on Monday included the prime accused Devendra Gupta who was convicted in the Ajmer Sharif blasts just a year ago.

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  Raja Acharya acquitted in College Square firing case

  India | April 30, 2014 13:28 IST

  Cuttack: A trial court here has acquitted gangster Raja Acharya in a firing case of 1994 in which a local businessman Dinesh Thakur was critically injured.In her judgment yesterday, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Geeta Mohanty

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  Margao blast: Six accused acquitted for lack of evidence

  India | December 31, 2013 17:27 IST

  Panaji: A special court in Goa today acquitted all six accused in the 2009 bomb blast case which had rocked Margao town on Diwali eve.  Special court judge Pradip Sawaikar acquitted all the accused for

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  Kanchi seers acquitted in Sankararaman murder case

  India | November 27, 2013 12:07 IST

  Chennai: A Puducherry court Wednesday acquitted all the 24 accused in the high-profile Sankararaman murder case in which two seers of Kanchipuram Sankara Mutt, Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra Saraswathi, are the prime accused.The judgment was

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  Youth accused of raping minor sister, acquitted

  India | July 05, 2013 17:56 IST

  New Delhi, July 5: A local court today acquitted a youth of charges of sexually abusing his minor sister which forced her to flee to a shelter home, on the way to which she was

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  Baba Piyara Singh Bhaniarawala acquitted

  India | June 15, 2013 16:33 IST

  Ambala (Haryana), Jun 15: A local court on Friday acquitted Baba Piyara Singh Bhaniarawala, a sect leader in a 11-year-old case registered against him for hurting the religious sentiments of a community.Baba Piyara Singh Bhaniarawala

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  Maoist Leader, For Whose Release Italian Abducted, Acquitted

  India | March 30, 2012 21:25 IST

  Koraput (Odisha), Mar 30: Alleged Maoist sympathiser Gananatha Patra, whose release was demanded by the kidnappers of an Italian national, was acquitted by a fast track court in a case involving abduction of eleven people

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  Nine Years Later, All Accused Acquitted In Nisha Sharma Dowry Case

  India | March 01, 2012 23:08 IST

  Noida, Mar 1: Nine years after he was arrested for demanding dowry, a local court on Wednesday acquitted Munish Dalal, his mother and aunt in the Nisha Sharma case for lack of evidence. The case

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  Shriram Mills Owner's Son Acquitted In Rape Case

  India | March 30, 2011 17:41 IST

  Mumbai, March 30: Citing lack of evidence and prosecution's failure in proving the case, a sessions court here today acquitted Abhishek Kasliwal, son of the owner of Shriram Mills, in a 2006 rape case."You are