Appasaheb

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Charge:	Extortion
Sentence:	7 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of a demand for dowry from his in-laws to buy some manure, after his wife committed suicide after seven years of marriage by consuming poison. Appasaheb was sentenced to seven years. In January 2007, India's Supreme Court quashed Appasaheb's conviction. The ruled, "The evidence adduced by the prosecution does not show that any demand for "dowry" as defined in Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act was made by the husband.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"In January 2007, India's Supreme Court quashed Appasaheb's conviction. "
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Seeking money from in-laws need not be dowry demand', The Hindu, January 8, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/08/stories/2007010819001100.htm
Information Source 2:	"Furore over judgment, The Telegraph (Calcutta, India), January 8, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070109/asp/jamshedpur/story_7237735.asp
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Appasaheb

Charge:

Extortion

Sentence:

7 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In January 2007, India's Supreme Court quashed Appasaheb's conviction. "

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Seeking money from in-laws need not be dowry demand', The Hindu, January 8, 2007"

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http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/08/stories/2007010819001100.htm

Information Source 2:

"Furore over judgment, The Telegraph (Calcutta, India), January 8, 2007"

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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070109/asp/jamshedpur/story_7237735.asp

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