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Maruti Rayappa Dhangar

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

11

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Maharashtra

City of Crime:

Kolhapur

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Maruti Rayappa Dhangar, Laxman Babu Konkeri and Bhima Sidda Mang were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1993 of murder in the death of two people on Septembe 26, 1988 in Kolhapur, India. They were convicted based on a single eyewitness, while other witnesses and circumstantial evidence excluded them from being involved in the crime. The three were sentenced to life imprisonment. On March 26, 2014 the Bombay High Court quashed the convictions of the three men, and ordered their acquittal in ruling the eyewitness evidence was discredited by the other witnesses and the circumstantial evidence, and therefore there was insufficient evidence to support their convictions. They were ordered immediately released."

Conviction Caused By:

False testimony by an eyewitness for the prosecution.

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 26, 2014 the Bombay High Court quashed the convictions of the three men, and ordered their acquittal."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"HC acquits three convicted to life term in murder case, By PTI, ZeeNews.india.com, March 31, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/hc-acquits-three-convicted-to-life-term-in-murder-case_921512.html

Information Source 2:

"C vs. H, Criminal Appeals No. 472 of 1993 and 502 of 1993 (Bombay High Court, March 26, 2014)"

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http://lawtoday.co.in/latest_judgement.php?id=14

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