Nikhil Dey

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Charge:	Criminal Trespass
Sentence:	4 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.08
Year Crime:	1998
Year Convicted:	2017
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Rajasthan
City of Crime:	Harmara
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Nikhil Dey, Norti Bai, Ram Karan and Chotu Lal were codefendants wrongly convicted in June 2017 of violating IPC Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and IPC Sections 451 (house trespass) in May 6, 1998 in the village of Harmara, in India's state of Rajasthan. Their prosecution was based on the allegation that they engaged in violence when they went to the home of Harmara village sarpanch Pyare Lal Tank to deliver a letter complaining about corruption by Tank (who was a government official) that included people being cheated of payments for house construction and other schemes of the government. Their defense was that Tank got violent and abusive with them, and they reported to the police that they had been assaulted when trying to deliver the letter. After their conviction they were sentenced to four months in jail. They appealed. They complainants then withdrew their case. On August 3, 2017 the court of the Additional District Judge, Kishangarh quashed their convictions and ordered their acquittals because their was no longer a case for them to answer to. "
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 3, 2017 the court of the Additional District Judge, Kishangarh quashed their convictions and ordered their acquittals because their was no longer a case for them to answer to. "
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Indian
Information Source 1:	"Nikhil Dey, Naurti Bai acquitted in 19-year-old RTI case, By Rosamma Thomas, The Times of India, August 3, 2017"
Information Location 1:	http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/nikhil-dey-naurti-bai-acquitted-in-19-yr-old-rti-case/articleshow/59903087.cms
Information Source 2:	"Nikhil Dey, other activists acquitted in 19-year-old RTI case, By Express News Service, The Indian Express, August 4, 2017"
Information Location 2:	http://indianexpress.com/article/india/nikhil-dey-other-activists-acquitted-in-19-year-old-rti-case-4781370/
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Nikhil Dey

Charge:

Criminal Trespass

Sentence:

4 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.08

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

2017

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Rajasthan

City of Crime:

Harmara

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On August 3, 2017 the court of the Additional District Judge, Kishangarh quashed their convictions and ordered their acquittals because their was no longer a case for them to answer to. "

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Indian

Information Source 1:

"Nikhil Dey, Naurti Bai acquitted in 19-year-old RTI case, By Rosamma Thomas, The Times of India, August 3, 2017"

Information Location 1:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/nikhil-dey-naurti-bai-acquitted-in-19-yr-old-rti-case/articleshow/59903087.cms

Information Source 2:

"Nikhil Dey, other activists acquitted in 19-year-old RTI case, By Express News Service, The Indian Express, August 4, 2017"

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http://indianexpress.com/article/india/nikhil-dey-other-activists-acquitted-in-19-year-old-rti-case-4781370/

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