Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Assault and Intimidation |
Sentence: |
"3 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 9,000" |
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Year Crime: |
1995 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Kailash Chaurasiya was wrongly convicted on February 28, 2015 of voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation of a postal employee attempting to deliver a registered letter on October 19, 1995. Chaurasiya was sentenced to three years imprisonment and payment of a Rs 9,000 fine. Pending the outcome of his appeal Chaurasiya was released on two personal bonds of Rs 20,000 each. Chaurasiya's conviction was quashed in 2015 on appeal." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Chaurasiya's conviction was quashed in 2015 on appeal. |
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Information Source 1: |
"Criminal cases against lawmakers-SC order spurs action: compromise, withdrawals, only 1 disqualification: In 3 cases, involving an MP, an MLA and a Union minister, conviction quashed by a higher court, By Ramendra Singh, The Indian Express, January 3, 2016" |
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http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/criminal-cases-against-lawmakers-sc-order-spurs-action-compromise-withdrawals-only-1-disqualification/ |
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"Minister jailed in manhandling case, later released on bail: Kailash Chaurasia was found guilty of manhandling and extending criminal threat to a postman in 1995, By Express News Service, March 1, 2015" |
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http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/minister-jailed-in-manhandling-case-later-released-on-bail/ |
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