Lokesh Sharma

The 2006 Malegaon blasts case saw Hindu accused discharged after their appeal highlighted lack of evidence. Lawyers argued their arrest was based on a rejected confession and weak circumstantial evidence. This follows the acquittal of seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case last July.

A criminal trial is not like a fairy tale where one is free to give flight to one’s imagination and fantasy, says Bombay HC CJ Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice SC Chandak.

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has absolved four individuals implicated in the 2006 Malegaon blasts, overturning a prior trial court's decision to impose terrorism charges. The court pointed out discrepancies between the findings of the ATS and NIA, highlighting the complex nature of the investigations.

Bombay High Court has permitted four individuals accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts to challenge charges under the UAPA and other offenses. The court's decision allows them to contest charges including murder and attempt to murder. This development comes after the framing of 19 charges against them last year, with the NIA investigating the case.

A 55-year-old mother awaits her son's return, unaware he's among four arrested by UP ATS for allegedly working with Pakistani handlers. The group planned arson attacks on railway infrastructure and reconnaissance of key installations. Lokesh Sharma, 18, a daily-wage worker, was reportedly recruited via social media and sought to improve his family's financial standing.

Lokesh Sharma, the officer on special duty (OSD) to Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, expressed his inability to appear before the Delhi Police's Crime Branch in a phone-tapping case on Saturday.

Delhi High Court hearing on the petition by Lokesh Sharma, OSD to chief minister, seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in the phone-tapping case remained inconclusive on Monday. The case has been adjourned for further hearing on March 24.

The matter will now come up for hearing on January 13 next year.

The duo arrested in the Mecca masjid blast case told a local court here on Wednesday that they will not undergo polygraph and narco-analysis tests.

The crime branch of Delhi Police grilled Lokesh Sharma, an officer on special duty to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, for more than three hours in connection with a phone tapping case on Saturday.

The accused in the chargesheet in the Ajmer blast case, Devendra Gupta, allegedly linked to radical Hindu group Abhinav Bharat, Lokesh Sharma and Chandrashekhar, have been charged under various sections of IPC including 302, 307, 120B, 295 and others.

Actor and director Shahnawaz Baqal aka Rufy Khan who was seen as Ayushmann Khurrana's co actor in Nautanki Saala and has directed short films like 'Who Dies?' is coming up with a feature film Myakut, directed and acted by him which will be releasing on 12th March on MXPlayer. It also stars Ex Big Boss contestant Lokesh Sharma in female lead.

The matter was listed on Thursday and the court issued notice to both AAP leaders to appear in court on March 21, the next date of hearing.

Sushil Kumar Shinde’s remarks linking BJP to terrorism may have irked the BJP, but the party may soon find one of its local leaders in NIA's net.

In February, 2005, Lokesh Sharma riding pillion on a bike with Rajender Chaudhary shot at Geelani in Vasant Vihar in Delhi, investigations have revealed.

Kamal Chauhan, arrested by the NIA in connection with the Samjhauta Express blast, claimed that he does not know Aseemanand who is facing trial in the same case.

Lokesh Sharma, OSD to chief minister Ashok Gehlot, tendered his resignation to chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday. Sharma said he offered his resignation in the wake of a controversy that had erupted over his tweet ahead of the political developments in Punjab.

A city sessions court has acquitted two youths after it was found that they were wrongly framed in a rape case after the relationship went sour between a college-going girl and her boyfriend.

The Rajasthan anti-terrorist squad (ATS) on Tuesday is said to have nabbed a key accused of Ajmer dargah blast Ramji Kalsangra from Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

Earlier, the DCB had summoned him on July 26. He had then requested 15 days of time for some personal work.

National Investigation Agency today formally arrested key accused in 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case, Lokesh Sharma, in connection with the 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts case.

Radical Hindu activist Swami Aseemanand on Monday said he had been falsely implicated in the case, because America had also informed the Indian government that Pakistan was linked to these blasts.

Lokesh Sharma, officer on special duty (OSD) to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, appeared before the Delhi police crime branch on Monday.

Delhi police questioned Lokesh Sharma, former OSD to ex-Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, over a phone-tapping case linked to a 2020 audio clip featuring Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Sharma claims he received the clips from Gehlot. This was his fifth appearance for questioning by the Crime Branch.

A special National Investigating Agency court hearing the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case declared Sandeep Dange and Ram Chandra Kalasangra as proclaimed offenders (POs) on Friday.