Shaikh Alimoddin

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Charge:	Food Purity violation (Food and Drug laws)
Sentence:	6 months
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1995
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Jaigaon
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Shaikh Alimoddin and Shaikh Jalaloodin were codefendants wrongly convicted in 2006 of selling 'Toast' of substandard quality on January 6, 1995 in Jaigaon, India. The two men were charged on February 14, 1995 after a health inspector received the lab report that their toast was substandard. Both men were convicted based on the lab report, and sentenced to six months of rigorous imprisonmment. They appealed, and theiir convictions were affirmed in 2011 by the Sessions Court. In March 2014 the High Court in Bombay set-aside Alimoddin and Jalaloodin's convictions and acquitted them. The Court's ruling was based on the unreliability of the lab test because the "toast" that was tested should have been stored in an air tight jar or container for transport to the lab; but instead it was kept in a plastic bag and subject to contamination. The High Court also cited the procedural irregularity that the two defendants were not given the lab report before being arrested and booked. Under the circumstances of no reliable evidence they committed a crime the Court ordered the acquittal of the two men."
Conviction Caused By:	"The lab test was unreliable because the "toast" that was tested should have been stored in an air tight jar or container for transport to the lab; but instead it was kept in a plastic bag."
Innocence Proved By:	In March 2014 the High Court in Bombay set-aside Alimoddin and Jalaloodin's convictions and acquitted them.
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:
Age When Released:
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:
Information Source 1:	"Bombay High Court acquits a bakery owner and employee 14-years after being charged of selling sub-standard toast, Daily News & Analysis ? (Mumbai, India), March 9, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-bombay-high-court-acquits-a-bakery-owner-and-employee-14-years-after-being-charged-of-selling-sub-standard-toast-1968125
Information Source 2:
Information Location 2:
Information Source 3:
Information Location 3:
Information Source 4:
Information Location 4:
Information Source 5:
Information Location 5:
Book About Case:
Book Information:
Book About Case (2):
Book Information (2):
Movie About Case:
Comments About Case:

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Shaikh Alimoddin

Charge:

Food Purity violation (Food and Drug laws)

Sentence:

6 months

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Jaigaon

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"The lab test was unreliable because the "toast" that was tested should have been stored in an air tight jar or container for transport to the lab; but instead it was kept in a plastic bag."

Innocence Proved By:

In March 2014 the High Court in Bombay set-aside Alimoddin and Jalaloodin's convictions and acquitted them.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Bombay High Court acquits a bakery owner and employee 14-years after being charged of selling sub-standard toast, Daily News & Analysis ? (Mumbai, India), March 9, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-bombay-high-court-acquits-a-bakery-owner-and-employee-14-years-after-being-charged-of-selling-sub-standard-toast-1968125

Information Source 2:

Information Location 2:

Information Source 3:

Information Location 3:

Information Source 4:

Information Location 4:

Information Source 5:

Information Location 5:

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case: