Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Aiding and Abetting |
Sentence: |
"10 years & Rs. 10,000 fine" |
Years Imprisoned: |
4.5 |
Year Crime: |
2013 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2019 |
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: |
"Asha Patil was wrongly convicted on March 23, 2015 of aiding and abetting the sexual assault of her 5-year-old daughter by her stepfather in 2013 in Nashik, India. On Septermber 18, 2019 the Bombay High Court ordered Patil's acquittal on the bais the prosecution presented insufficient evidence to prove Patil had knowingly and intentionally aided and abetted her husband to sexually assault her daughter. " |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
21 |
Age When Released: |
25 |
Sex: |
Female |
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Information Source 1: |
Asha Patil vs. The State of Maharashtra |
Information Location 1: |
https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-364850.pdf |
Information Source 2: |
"Abetment: Bombay HC Acquits Mother Of Minor Victim In POCSO Case, By Nitish Kashyap, LiveLaw.In, September 24, 2019" |
Information Location 2: |
https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/bombay-hc-acquits-mother-of-minor-victim-in-pocso-case-read-judgment-148405 |
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