Author: Nagpur Updates

The Central Railways recently conducted special renewal of the diamond crossing at Nagpur Yard for safe train movement. The improved design would provide safe and easy movement of trains through the diamond crossing as per the details. And what’s more surprising is its tagline, Here India crosses, it’s where criss-cross train movement takes place, from East to West and from North to South. These are two diagonal crisscrosses shaped scissors in the yard and are peculiar to the heritage of Nagpur. The improved diamond crossing was manufactured at CR’s Manmad Workshop according to sources. It is now fitted with higher thickness galvanized bearing plates, prefabricated web fit block check rails, etc. According to the source, 4 diamond crossing noses no 10 & 11 and diamond crossing no 09 and 12 have been replaced. The work was successfully carried out by various railway departments with meticulous planning and coordinated execution by all of the division divisions concerned. Pankaj Dhawre, Sr. Explaining the reasoning behind the work Divisional Engineer, Central Railway Division, and Nagpur Division said earlier fittings needed to be replaced due to corrosion. Now that train traffic has increased the new design has seen increasing platform thickness, almost 16 of them placed under four diamond-shaped rail. Likewise, the test rail is now built from a stronger segment of rail to improve its life in stressful conditions.

According to Sections 7, 13(1)(D) R / w, the Special Court, Prevention of Corruption Act, Shri V M Vaidya acquitted the accused Laxman Kendre for crimes punishable. Clause 13(2) of the Corruption Prevention Act, 1988.
In a nutshell, the prosecution case was that the complainant Sheik Rahman had lodged a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Bureau on 02/07/2015, Nagpur alleging that his son Sheik Shahrukh Sheik Raheman had eloped with a girl and that his son was subsequently arrested on 28/06/2015 and sent to police custody for 10 days. Through his complaint, the complainant claimed that on 01/07/2015, when the plaintiff and his nephew had visited the police station to meet his wife, the accused, i.e. Assistant Police Inspector Laxman Kendre met with them and told them that he would not beat his son in police custody remand and that when the police custody remand came to an end on 08/07/2015 and his son subsequently went to Central Jail, the accused would help the plaintiff get his son bailed out within a month and the accused demanded Rs. 1,50,000/ for favoring the plaintiff. The complainant was not prepared to pay the bribe amount and as such approached the Anti Corruption Bureau, Nagpur and filed a complaint narrating the above-mentioned facts.

The prosecution has led facts on the point of authentication proceedings and subsequent proceedings and the prosecution argued that the plaintiff in the presence of the Panch No.1 and Sheik Irfan, i.e. the nephew of the plaintiff, had handed over the tainted currency notes to the accused in his car after the alleged demand had been checked. When they handed it to the accused, the tainted currency notes were placed inside an envelope, and the complainant claimed to have held it in the accused’s car in front of the gearbox after the accused demanded the same. The versions of the prosecution are that, subsequently, the complainant gave the pre-determined signal to the trap team waiting in the vicinity, who then opened the car door and removed the currency notes from the front of the car’s gearbox and subjected the ultra-violet lamp to it and the blue colour mark was seen there. Likewise, the accused’s hands were also subjected to ultra-violet lamps, and the accused’s left palm and fingertips showed blue marks. After completing the formalities and obtaining the reports from the forensic laboratory, the investigating team claimed to have seized various articles, including the tainted notes, lodged prosecution against the accused of obtaining the necessary sanction. The learned advocate Prakash Naidu for the accused vigorously argued and submitted that the recorded evidence was visible and primaf Unless in any way granting the charge of obtaining or recovering the alleged amount of Rs. 1,00,000/-as claimed in the case of the prosecution, it was argued that the whole proceedings are vitiated in the absence of any proof of demand and that the claim must be proven in plain bold terms failing which no inference can be drawn against the accused. It was argued that the demand for unlawful gratification is a sine qua non to constitute the offense referred to in section 7 of the Act and unless it is proven beyond reasonable doubt that the accused knowingly accepted the money and knew it was bribe, no part of any allegation can be adversely affected by the accused’s interest and the entire proceedings are vitiated even if the notes were contaminated. It was argued that the initial burden of proving that the accused requested, accepted and obtained the amount other than legal remuneration pursuant to that request, lies with the prosecution and it is only when the prosecution succeeds in proving that the accused’s request has been proved that the burden of rebutting the presumption shifts to the accused and the accused As mentioned above, the Hon’ble Court took the view that, in the absence of evidence of claim, as the Hon’ble Apex Court held in the judgments referred to above, the theory of rebutting the assumption was ruled out because the prosecution had miserably failed to prove the initial request and without proving the basic aspect, any further proceedings were futile. The Special Judge V M Vaidya acquitted the accused, in appreciation of the evidence and arguments on record. The accused was represented by Adv Prakash Naidu aided by Adv Pankaj Thakre, Homesh Chavhan, Rahul Rathe, Surabhi Godbole, Mitesh Baid. The state is represented by Abhay Jikar.

The special screening of the latest release Chhapaak –based on a story of an acid attack survivor, drew more spectators attention thanks to a special act put up by Rekha Bhavre, Assistant Police Commissioner, Sadar Division. On the last day of the special screening of the film for young girls at Smruti Cinema, Ms Bhavre took the opportunity to perform a brief act in Marathi to spread.Her act called for massive applause at the do, which includes a special message for the parents and a hint of warning about the mobile phone use. In her success, Ms Bhavre attempted to bring forth the common trend that differentiates between genders in families. She has also attempted to draw parent’s attention to their wards use of mobile phones. Talking to Nagpur Today, ACP Rekha Bhavre said, “When the youth share emojis greetings every morning on whatsapp and wish good morning, they need to understand the’ good’ about that morning. This way they can understand their social behaviour sensitivity. Parents also need to take their heads off their mobile phones and look at what their children’s smartphones are doing.

MOM’s Production organized a film screening for the underprivileged children of the newly released Deepika Padukone starrer’ Chhapaak,’ differently capable and visually impaired women from the city of Buty Cineplex in Nagpur.

Before Chhapaak’s film screening, several prominent people throughout the city, such as Rekha Bhawre (Assistant Police Inspector), Vishal Mane (Assistant Police Inspector), Cyclist Amith Samarth spoke on topics such as women empowerment, eve teasing, and molestation, urging children to fight the same. The event also included Anand Bankar, Niharika Singh, Amit Bhure, Dr Arvinder Kaur, Adv Nadita Tripathi and Jigyasa.When Nation Next spoke to Sunny Francis (owner at MOM’s production), he said, “To this day we’d have conducted free screening of about 12 film based on a social and inspiring message. Our team will also launch a’ Search for the Bravest Girl program in which all the boys and girls will make a pledge to combat the crimes against women.