Deepak Chawla

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	3 years and fine of Rs.3 crore
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Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
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City of Crime:	Delhi
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Deepak Chawla was wrongly convicted on December 15, 2007 of stealing electricity for his softy-making plant in the Rithala area in outer Delhi in 2005. Chawla rented space in the building where the low voltage power cable was run from the power pole. Chawla was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs.3 crore. Chawla's conviction was overturned on appeal by the Delhi High Court on the basis there was insufficient evidence presented at trial that Chawla was guilty, because the trial court merely presumed he was the power user without any verification. Chawla had completed his sentence when the High Court issued its ruling."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecution relied on unverified evidence Deepak Chawla was using the bootleged electricity.
Innocence Proved By:	"Chawla's conviction was overturned on appeal by the Delhi High Court on the basis there was insufficient evidence presented at trial that Chawla was guilty, because the trial court merely presumed he was the power user without any verification."
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Information Source 1:	"Conviction in power theft case quashed, By Special Correspondent, The Hindu, January 18, 2014"
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Deepak Chawla

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

3 years and fine of Rs.3 crore

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Delhi

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecution relied on unverified evidence Deepak Chawla was using the bootleged electricity.

Innocence Proved By:

"Chawla's conviction was overturned on appeal by the Delhi High Court on the basis there was insufficient evidence presented at trial that Chawla was guilty, because the trial court merely presumed he was the power user without any verification."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Conviction in power theft case quashed, By Special Correspondent, The Hindu, January 18, 2014"

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http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/conviction-in-power-theft-case-quashed/article5588843.ece

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