How can an accused lodged in a jail give an interview to a television channel? That is the question Bombay High Court wants the state government to answer regarding an interview given by a prime accused in the 2005 murder of Jalgaon Congressman VG Patil while in custody.

VG Patil's wife, Rajni, filed a petition in HC in 2007, alleging that GN Patil, brother of President Pratibha Patil, had conspired to kill her husband on September 21, 2005, owing to political rivalry. Police made two arrests — Raju Mali and Raju Sonawane — but Rajni alleged that the mastermind, GN Patil, was being shielded because of his political clout.

An unidentified thief entered the premises and broke open three locks last saturday

A month-and-a-half ago the city police had assured chief justice of the Bombay high court Swatanter Kumar to provide round-the-clock security on the district and sessions court premises.

But a recent incident where an unidentified thief entered the court premises and broke open three locks has revealed that the assurances have fallen flat.

The court authorities on Monday have written a letter to police commissioner Satyapal Singh reminding him about the unfulfilled promises, and demanding 24X7 security on the court premises.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the accused in last year's Malegaon blast case, alleged on Tuesday that she was being served non-vegetarian food by jail officials, which goes against her religious beliefs.

A 'pure vegetarian' since birth, Thakur said she has been leading a pious life and attaches a lot of religious importance to the food. She claimed she was served boiled eggs with cooked cabbage last Sunday.

In an application seeking permission to receive home food, Thakur stated that the presence of worms and non-vegetarian food was causing her mental agony.

In a second successive triumph, Vijit Singh, the former Jaipur royal got a major relief when the Rajasthan high court declined to cancel his bail in the hit-and-run case on Tuesday.

A day earlier a city lower court granted him bail in another police case related to the same accident in which a college student from Kota was killed and her four colleagues were injured in December last. Singh is accused of causing the accident while driving a high-end car in a highly inebriated state.

Judicial magistrate (first class) AK Mandavgade on Tuesday remanded University of Pune’s (UoP) assistant registrar MS Gaikwad (53) of Sus Road in police custody till Saturday.

The Chatuhshrungi police had arrested Gaikwad and produced him in the court on Tuesday. They also arrested section officer of the administration department RH Attar of Sangamner.

The university had registered a First Information Report (FIR) with the Chatuhshrungi police on Monday in connection with the recruitment examination for class III and class IV non-teaching posts on February 14.

Wellington  - A 17-year-old Korean student was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination when he appeared in court Wednesday charged with stabbing a teacher during a class at an Auckland college, news reports said.

A judge in the Auckland District Court remanded Tae Won Chung in custody until March 18 on a charge of wounding Japanese language teacher David Warren, 49, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, on Tuesday.