Control Of Crimes Act

The Mumbai Police on Saturday invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against all the accused arrested in connection with the firing incident outside superstar Salman Khan's Bandra residence.

A special court in Mumbai on Friday acquitted fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim's nephew and two others who were booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in a 2019 extortion case.

A court here has granted bail to a man charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), noting that the prosecution was unable to prove the allegations against him.

An Act like PCOCA can go a long way in instilling confidence by providing a robust mechanism to deal with organised crime. However, due caution, along with checks and balances, must be inherent in the Act to prevent its abuse.

Eleven years after three blasts claimed 27 lives in Mumbai, the trial in the case began before a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in Mumbai on Thursday.

The stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) has been slapped against 33 persons allegedly involved in a firing and rioting case on November 13 in Thane district's Ambernath area, a police official said on Monday.

A history-sheeter with at least 7 major crimes against his name, including murders, abduction and extortion, and against whom the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) was invoked earlier, has been arrested by Mumbai police.

Police in Maharashtra's Nagpur have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against seven alleged members of an inter-state gang of chain-snatchers, officials said.

A 22-year-old man, who was arrested for reportedly assaulting and robbing a pilot at gunpoint on IIT flyover in southwest Delhi, has been charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, police said on Saturday.

Holi celebrations across India were subdued on Tuesday amid the coronavirus scare as Kerala reported eight new cases, Karnataka and Maharahstra reported three cases each and Rajasthan reported one fresh case. The Union Health Ministry says the number of confirmed cases has risen to 50. The fresh cases declared by the four states are being retested ...

In order to control and reduce crime and atrocities against women, the Maharashtra government is expected to draft an act on the lines of the Andhra Pradesh government's 'Disha' Act, 2019, state home minister Anil Deshmukh told the Legislative Council on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra government is "seriously considering" to invoke the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against the kingpins of illegal gutka trade.

A Mumbai court sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan and five others on Tuesday to eight years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2012 attempt-to-murder case lodged against them by a hotelier.

The Uttar Pradesh government will re-introduce in the state assembly today a new bill to smash organised crime in the state, after the bill could not be passed in the legislative council. The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Bill or UPCOCB was passed by the UP assembly on December 21, 2017. The UPCOCB was then sent to the legislative counci...

A special court of the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said Sadhvi Pragya and Lieutenant Colonel Srikant Purohit will not be charged under the tough Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act or MCOCA in the Malegaon blast case of 2008.

The Mumbai Police on Saturday invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against all the accused arrested in connection with the firing incident outside superstar Salman Khan's Bandra residence.

A special court in Mumbai on Friday acquitted fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim's nephew and two others who were booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in a 2019 extortion case.

A court here has granted bail to a man charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), noting that the prosecution was unable to prove the allegations against him.

An Act like PCOCA can go a long way in instilling confidence by providing a robust mechanism to deal with organised crime. However, due caution, along with checks and balances, must be inherent in the Act to prevent its abuse.

Eleven years after three blasts claimed 27 lives in Mumbai, the trial in the case began before a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in Mumbai on Thursday.

The stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) has been slapped against 33 persons allegedly involved in a firing and rioting case on November 13 in Thane district's Ambernath area, a police official said on Monday.

A history-sheeter with at least 7 major crimes against his name, including murders, abduction and extortion, and against whom the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) was invoked earlier, has been arrested by Mumbai police.

Police in Maharashtra's Nagpur have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against seven alleged members of an inter-state gang of chain-snatchers, officials said.

A 22-year-old man, who was arrested for reportedly assaulting and robbing a pilot at gunpoint on IIT flyover in southwest Delhi, has been charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, police said on Saturday.

Holi celebrations across India were subdued on Tuesday amid the coronavirus scare as Kerala reported eight new cases, Karnataka and Maharahstra reported three cases each and Rajasthan reported one fresh case. The Union Health Ministry says the number of confirmed cases has risen to 50. The fresh cases declared by the four states are being retested ...

In order to control and reduce crime and atrocities against women, the Maharashtra government is expected to draft an act on the lines of the Andhra Pradesh government's 'Disha' Act, 2019, state home minister Anil Deshmukh told the Legislative Council on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra government is "seriously considering" to invoke the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against the kingpins of illegal gutka trade.

A Mumbai court sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan and five others on Tuesday to eight years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2012 attempt-to-murder case lodged against them by a hotelier.

The Uttar Pradesh government will re-introduce in the state assembly today a new bill to smash organised crime in the state, after the bill could not be passed in the legislative council. The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Bill or UPCOCB was passed by the UP assembly on December 21, 2017. The UPCOCB was then sent to the legislative counci...

A special court of the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said Sadhvi Pragya and Lieutenant Colonel Srikant Purohit will not be charged under the tough Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act or MCOCA in the Malegaon blast case of 2008.