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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Conspiracy to violate one or more laws. |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
12 |
Year Crime: |
1999 |
Year Convicted: |
2008 |
Year Cleared: |
2012 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
India |
County or Region of Crime: |
Karnataka |
City of Crime: |
Bangalore |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Seventeen codefendants were wrongly convicted on November 21, 2008 of explosives and conspiracy charges related to the explosion of a van in front of the Minerva Mill Gate in Bangalore, India on July 9, 2000 that killed two of its occupants. The 17 defendants were Syed Hasan-uz-Zama, Abdul Rehaman Sait, Zakir, Mohammad Fida-ur-Rehaman Siddique, Amanat Hassan Mulla, Syed Khaloq-uz-Zama, Sheik Hasim Ali, Mohammad Farooq Ali, Sahabjada Syed Zia-ul-Hassan, Mohammad Siddique, Syed Khalid Pasha, Syed Sabihul Hassan, Abdul Habeeb, Shamshuzama, Syed Zahed-ul-Hassan, Sheik Fardeen Valli and Syed Abdul Khadar Jilani. Their convictions were based on the false confession of one of the defendants. On December 12, 2012 the Karnataka High Court acquitted the 17 defendants of all charges related to the van explosion in ruling: "¶237. As an outcome of the discussion of the evidence on record, we have held that the evidence of PW46 being in the nature of weak evidence not by itself capable of securing conviction and Ex.P260 cannot be of evidentiary value either as an extra judicial confession or as an independent document to prove its contents. We have also held that the recoveries and the material gathered to as recoveries as evidence, are suspect and therefore, the evidence on record can hardly sustain the convictions against accused persons 216 except for A1 [Syed Mohammed Ibrahim] and in respect of the offence as noticed above and on record. ¶238. It is therefore, we hold the evidence and the documents placed on record before the trial Court by the prosecution was not good enough to sustain the charges against the accused except against A1 and to the limited extent of the offences for which we have found guilty as discussed above. ¶239. Accordingly, we set aside the conviction and sentence imposed by the trial Court on all accused except for A1 ..." [Syed Mohammed Ibrahim S/O Syed, et al vs. State Of Karnataka, Crim. No. 39 of 2009 [DB-C] and RC No.5 of 2008 (Karnataka High Court, December 12, 2012)]" |
Conviction Caused By: |
False confession by one of the defendants. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"On December 12, 2012 the Karnataka High Court acquitted the 17 defendants of all charges related to the van explosion." |
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Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Syed Mohammed Ibrahim S/O Syed, et al vs. State Of Karnataka, Crim. No. 39 of 2009 [DB-C] and RC No.5 of 2008 (Karnataka High Court, December 12, 2012)" |
Information Location 1: |
http://indiankanoon.org/doc/73469817/ |
Information Source 2: |
"Court confirms conviction of main accused, acquits 17 in van blast case, By Special Correspondent, The Hindu, December 13, 2012" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/court-confirms-conviction-of-main-accused-acquits-17-in-van-blast-case/article4194255.ece |
Information Source 3: |
"Special Court finds 23 guilty, By Express News Service, The New Indian Express, November 22, 2008" |
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http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article7386.ece?service=print |
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