Peter Paul Antony

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Charge:	Abetting suicide of minor
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Year Crime:	2000
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Kerala
City of Crime:	Anandapuram
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Father Peter Paul Antony was wrongly convicted in 2002 of abetting the suicide on Oct. 13, 2000 of Tarun Bagde, a minor student at the St Joseph English School in Anandapuram, India. Antony's conviction was based on the testimony of witnesses and a letter Bagde wrote before his suicide. Antony's conviction was affirmed in 2005 by the Sessions Court. In July 2014 the Bombay High Court vacated Father Peter Paul Antony 's conviction in ruling: "There is absolutely no evidence to establish that on the day of the incident or immediately prior to the deceased committing suicide, the applicant had instigated or abetted the deceased to commit the same. In that view of the matter, applicant cannot be attributed the requisite 'mens rea' so as to hold him guilty as abettor.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"In July 2014 the Bombay High Court vacated Father Peter Paul Antony 's conviction in ruling: "There is absolutely no evidence to establish that on the day of the incident or immediately prior to the deceased committing suicide, the applicant had instigated or abetted the deceased to commit the same. In that view of the matter, applicant cannot be attributed the requisite 'mens rea' so as to hold him guilty as abettor.""
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Information Source 1:	"9 years after, High Court acquits priest charged of instigating suicide of student, By Mustafa Plumber (Staff writer), Daily News & Analysis (India), July 21, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-9-years-after-high-court-acquits-priest-charged-of-instigating-suicide-of-student-2003834
Information Source 2:	"Priest acquitted nine years after accused of instigating suicide, UCanIndia.in (India), July 21, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.ucanindia.in/news/priest-acquitted-nine-years-after-accused-of-instigating-suicide/25599/daily
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Peter Paul Antony

Charge:

Abetting suicide of minor

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2000

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Kerala

City of Crime:

Anandapuram

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Innocence Proved By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"9 years after, High Court acquits priest charged of instigating suicide of student, By Mustafa Plumber (Staff writer), Daily News & Analysis (India), July 21, 2014"

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http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-9-years-after-high-court-acquits-priest-charged-of-instigating-suicide-of-student-2003834

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"Priest acquitted nine years after accused of instigating suicide, UCanIndia.in (India), July 21, 2014"

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http://www.ucanindia.in/news/priest-acquitted-nine-years-after-accused-of-instigating-suicide/25599/daily

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