Mr. Machindra

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Maharashtra
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Machindra was wrongly convicted on June 30, 2004 of murder for the death of his wife Vijaya Shelar on March 24, 2004, after kerosene poured on her was set afire. Machindra was charged and convicted of murdering his wife based on a dying declaration that he was the person who set fire to her. However, she gave a conflicting declaration to the doctor who treated her. Machindra appealed. Based on the conflicting evidence at trial on April 10, 2014 the Bombay High Court quashed Machindra's conviction and ordered his acquittal. Justice P.V. Hardas wrote in the Court's ruling: "We find that acceptance of dying declaration given by Vijaya to police and oral dying declaration made to Vitthal (her father) would necessarily falsify the dying declaration recorded by Dr Sinha. Similarly, acceptance of dying declaration made by Vijaya to Dr Sinha would falsify and label the dying declaration given to police and the oral dying declaration made to Vitthal as false. It would be wholly impermissible for the court in such a situation to pick and choose any one dying declaration for basing the conviction. In our opinion, therefore, no reliance can be placed on any of the dying declaration. The appellant, in our considered opinion, therefore would be entitled to be given the benefit of doubt," The Court also ordered return of any fines paid by Machindra."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial court erred by convicting Machindra in spite of the conflicting evidence presented at trial.
Innocence Proved By:	"Based on the conflicting evidence at trial on April 10, 2014 the Bombay High Court quashed Machindra's conviction and ordered his acquittal."
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Information Source 1:	"HC acquits man convicted of wife's murder on weak evidence, By PTI, ZeeNews.india.com, April 14, 2014"
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Mr. Machindra

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Maharashtra

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial court erred by convicting Machindra in spite of the conflicting evidence presented at trial.

Innocence Proved By:

"Based on the conflicting evidence at trial on April 10, 2014 the Bombay High Court quashed Machindra's conviction and ordered his acquittal."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"HC acquits man convicted of wife's murder on weak evidence, By PTI, ZeeNews.india.com, April 14, 2014"

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http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/hc-acquits-man-convicted-of-wife-s-murder-on-weak-evidence_924383.html

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