Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Corruption (including Public Corruption) |
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2011 |
Year Cleared: |
2017 |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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"S. M. Poojari was wrongly convicted in 2011 in a corruption case involving his alleged possession of disproportionate assets.At the time he was charged Poojari was a Archaeological Conservation Engineer. Poojari was convicted in the Sessions Court in Mysuru. The High Court set-aside Pojari's conviction and ordered his acqittal on March 21, 2017." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"The High Court set-aside Pojari's conviction and ordered his acqittal on March 21, 2017." |
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Information Source 1: |
"Karnataka government reinstates tainted official, Lokayukta miffed, By Yathiraju (Express News Service), The New Indian Express, February 25, 2018" |
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http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2018/feb/25/karnataka-government-reinstates-tainted-official-lokayukta-miffed-1778591.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org