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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Firearm & Explosives |
Sentence: |
21 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
Year Crime: |
2015 |
Year Convicted: |
2016 |
Year Cleared: |
2017 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
India |
County or Region of Crime: |
Uttar Pradesh |
City of Crime: |
Nabi Bux |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Mohammad Ejaz alias Tona was wrongly convicted in 2016 of illegal weapons charges and possession of an explosive in Nabi Bux, in India's state of Uttar Prades. Ejaz was arrested on March 1, 2015. After his conviction he was sentenced to an aggregate of 21 years in prison. He appealed. In 2017 Ejaz' convictions were overturned on the basis of insufficient evidence because the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt." |
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In 2017 Ejaz' convictions were overturned on the basis of insufficient evidence because the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. |
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"SHC CJ seeks report on torture, harassment of doctor’s family by feudal, By Staff, The International News (Karachi, Pakistan), January 20, 2018" |
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https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/270640-shc-cj-seeks-report-on-torture-harassment-of-doctor-s-family-by-feudal |
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