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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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1 |
Charge: |
Extortion |
Sentence: |
7 years |
Year Convicted: |
2006 |
Year
Cleared:
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2007 |
Location
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India |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
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"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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In January 2007, India's Supreme Court quashed Appasaheb's conviction.
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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 |
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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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