Pulse of the Public
Pulse of the Public
Crime & Law news and updates from Bengaluru Urban district.
Bengaluru police arrested a 31-year-old man who traveled over 400 km from Tamil Nadu and brutally attacked his estranged wife with a machete and acid near a clinic in JP Nagar.
The Karnataka High Court on Monday constituted a five-member Special Investigation Team headed by DGP Alok Kumar to conduct a de novo probe into the alleged KPSC Veterinary Officer recruitment scam.
Tilak Nagar police in Bengaluru arrested a man within four hours after a viral video showed him brandishing a dagger on a public road in Jayanagar 9th Block.
A local court in Bengaluru remanded fake drug racket kingpin Veeresh Kumar Jain to seven days of police custody for detailed interrogation.
Following stern warnings of personal liability from the Karnataka High Court, the state's DGP has issued directives mandating strict compliance with arrest laws. The new circulars emphasize that police officers must follow Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a student who posted an allegedly offensive Instagram story following actor Puneeth Rajkumar's death in 2021, emphasizing his youth and future prospects.
The Bureau of Indian Standards seized 1,350 video projectors valued at approximately ₹5 crore during a search and seizure operation at a business facility in Yelahanka, Bengaluru.
Dismissing an appeal against the acquittal of two shopkeepers, the Karnataka High Court held that withholding a child's volleyball after a glass broke and asking him to bring his father does not constitute abetment of suicide.
Bengaluru City Police arrested seven alleged drug peddlers and seized illicit narcotics valued at ₹24.22 crore during coordinated raids across four police station jurisdictions.
The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a 36-year-old man in the 2022 Parappana Agrahara prison drug smuggling case, ruling that charges based solely on co-accused statements were an abuse of court process.
Bengaluru Cyber Police have arrested three individuals involved in an online investment fraud that cheated a Peenya resident of ₹93.58 lakh. Investigations uncovered a network utilizing over 500 mule bank accounts and international cryptocurrency links.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed an appeal by two terror convicts seeking to reduce their 7-year sentence, ruling that pleading guilty does not automatically entitle offenders to minimum punishment. The bench cited the grave nature of their conspiracy to join Al-Qaeda and recruit youth for banned outfits.
The Karnataka High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of suspended KPSC Chairman Sahukar S. Shivashankarappa in connection with alleged irregularities in recruiting 400 veterinary officers. Calling the case a 'systematic fraud,' the court underscored that such malpractices severely damage public confidence in competitive examinations.
Following Supreme Court directions, the CBI registered five new criminal cases against developers including Ozone Group and Vivansaa over homebuyer fraud, raiding 12 locations.
The Karnataka High Court rejected a petition filed by a Bengaluru couple seeking to quash a criminal FIR against them for allegedly defrauding a parent of ₹1.4 crore on the promise of securing an MBBS seat.
Bengaluru Police have arrested a life convict and a prison staff member eight years after the convict walked out of Central Prison using a forged release order.
Following a court order, the Nandini Layout police in Bengaluru registered an FIR against an unknown caller for threatening journalist G. Mahantesh over his investigative stories.
Bengaluru police have arrested five individuals, including a prison warder, for allegedly smuggling a smartphone and SIM cards to former MP Prajwal Revanna inside Central Prison.
The High Court of Karnataka has quashed state government circulars enforcing a 2% welfare cess on movie tickets under the Karnataka Cine and Cultural Activists (Welfare) Act, 2024. Justice H.T. Narendra Prasad ruled that the cess could not be collected because the government had not yet issued a valid gazette notification bringing the Act into force.