Sanjay Kalapa Bansode

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Charge:	Murder
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Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Maharashtra
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Sanjay Kalapa Bansode was wrongly convicted in the State of Maharashtra, India of murdering his wife wife by setting her ablaze. The trial court convicted Bansode on basis of two dying declarations by his wife. The first was given to the police inspector and the second to the Special Executive Magistrate. On November 13, 2013 the High Court of Bombay acquitted Bansode on the basis there was insufficient evidence of his guilt, The High Court refused to consider his wife's "dying declarations" on the grounds they were not recorded in the language she understood, and there was "no endorsement" from her confirming the contents of the declarations were correctly recorded. The dying declarations were recorded in English whereas the victim had given the deposition in her language Marathi. The Special Executive Magistrate had stated at trial that she had read over the dying declaration to the victim before taking her signature, but the High Court noted there was no mention of this fact in the declarations. The High Court held that because of these two infirmities the dying declaration was not reliable. The minor son of the couple and the parents of the victim had also testified in favor of Bansode. The Bench ordered the appellant’s release from jail if he was not wanted in any other case. [Sanjay Kalapa Bansode vs State of Maharashtra, Criminal Appeal No. 892 of 2005, decided on 11th November, 2013]"
Conviction Caused By:	"The trial court erroneoulsy relied on an unreliable "dying declarations" by the victim."
Innocence Proved By:	"On November 13, 2013 the High Court of Bombay acquitted Bansode on the basis there was insufficient evidence of his guilt,"
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Sex:	Male
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Sanjay Kalapa Bansode

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Maharashtra

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"The trial court erroneoulsy relied on an unreliable "dying declarations" by the victim."

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 13, 2013 the High Court of Bombay acquitted Bansode on the basis there was insufficient evidence of his guilt,"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Sanjay Kalapa Bansode vs State of Maharashtra, Criminal Appeal No. 892 of 2005, decided on 11th November, 2013"

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"Sanjay Kalapa Bansode, Supreme Court Cases (SCC), Facebook.com (last viewed 3-12-2014)"

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https://www.facebook.com/Supremecourtcases/posts/671916276174683

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