Ramesh Madhwani

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	11.92
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Maharashtra
City of Crime:	Ulhasnagar
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ramesh Bhatia, Naresh Prithiani, Ramesh Madhwani and Kumar Jaisinghani were codefendants wrongly convicted in November 2004 of murdering a journalist named Raju on September 12, 2001 outside a shop in Ulhasnagar, a city in India's stat of Maharashtra. The conviction of the four men was based on the testimony of a single person, the travelling companion of Raju who identified him after his murder -- but who didn't tell the police until the next day that he had witnessed the crime. Another eyewitness who immediately came forward said the four men were not the persons who assaulted Raju. The four men were sentenced to life in prison. On September 25, 2013 the Bombay High Court quashed the four defendants convictions and ordered their release based on the unreliability of the alleged eyewitness who waited a day before telling the police he had witnessed the crime. The four defendants were released after almost 12 years of incarceration."
Conviction Caused By:	Unreliable alleged eyewitness testimony.
Innocence Proved By:	"On September 25, 2013 the Bombay High Court quashed the four defendant's convictions and ordered their release based on the unreliability of the alleged eyewitness who waited a day before telling the police he had witnessed the crime. The four defendants were released after almost 12 years of incarceration."
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Information Source 1:	"Bombay HC quashes lifer awarded to accused in journalist murder case, UNI news service, www.indlawnews.com, September 28, 2013"
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Ramesh Madhwani

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

11.92

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Maharashtra

City of Crime:

Ulhasnagar

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Unreliable alleged eyewitness testimony.

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Male

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"Bombay HC quashes lifer awarded to accused in journalist murder case, UNI news service, www.indlawnews.com, September 28, 2013"

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