Ramchandra Rama Handal

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Charge:	Culpable Homicide
Sentence:	5 years
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Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Western Maharashtra
City of Crime:	Solapur
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Aba Rama Handal and Ramchandra Rama Handal were brothers wrongly convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the death of two men Solapur, India. Their defense was they had acted in self-defense when the two deceased men came to the house of Rama Handal and tried to extort money at knifepoint. After the duo inflicted injuries on Ramaa when he refused to pay, Rama and his children Aba and Ramachandra retaliated by hitting the extortionists with sticks and stones. In June 2013 the Bombay High Court acquitted the two people men ruling that the evidence supported that they had acted in self-defense under Section 100 of the Indian Penal Code. The codefendant of Aba Handal and Ramchandra Handal, their father Rama Handal, had been acquitted at trial."
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Innocence Proved By:	In June 2013 the Bombay High Court acquitted the two defendants in ruling that the evidence supported that they had acted in self-defense under Section 100 of the Indian Penal Code.
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Age When Released:	32
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"High Court acquits two of killing ‘Dacoit’ and wife, staff writers, Mumbai Mirror (Mumbai, India), June 19, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/civic/High-Court-acquits-two-of-killing-Dacoit-and-wife/articleshow/20655553.cms
Information Source 2:	"HC acquits 2 of charge of killing dacoit and wife, Staff writers, Business Standard, June 19, 2013"
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Ramchandra Rama Handal

Charge:

Culpable Homicide

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Western Maharashtra

City of Crime:

Solapur

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In June 2013 the Bombay High Court acquitted the two defendants in ruling that the evidence supported that they had acted in self-defense under Section 100 of the Indian Penal Code.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

32

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"High Court acquits two of killing ‘Dacoit’ and wife, staff writers, Mumbai Mirror (Mumbai, India), June 19, 2013"

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http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/civic/High-Court-acquits-two-of-killing-Dacoit-and-wife/articleshow/20655553.cms

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"HC acquits 2 of charge of killing dacoit and wife, Staff writers, Business Standard, June 19, 2013"

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