S Arul Raja

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Ramanathapuram
City of Crime:	Athiyuthu
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"S. Arul Raja wa wrongly convicted by the Madras High Court in August 2009 of the December 31, 2004 murder of Alladi Aruna in Tirunelveli, India. Raja's conviction was based on the prosecution's reliance on the alleged "dying declaration" of a witness who not only didn't die, but who wasn't even admitted to a hospital. Based on that evidence the sessions court in Tirunelveli acquitted Raja in April 2008, but the High Court reversed the trial court's ruling. Raja appealed. In July 2010 the Supreme Cout of India quashed the murder conviction of S Arul Raja and acquitted him on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce insufficient admissible evidence. The Supreme Court ruled that a "dying declaration" is inadmissible if a person doesn't die, and without that evidence there was no credible evidence Raja committed the crime.."
Conviction Caused By:	"The High Court erred by allowing the admissibility of the "dying declaration" of a person who hadn't even been ill."
Innocence Proved By:	In July 2010 the Supreme Cout of India quahsed the murder conviction of S Arul Raja and acquitted him on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce insufficient admissible evidence.
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Information Source 1:	"‘Dying declaration unreliable if person survives’, By PTI, ZeeNews.india.com, August 2, 2010"
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S Arul Raja

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Ramanathapuram

City of Crime:

Athiyuthu

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"The High Court erred by allowing the admissibility of the "dying declaration" of a person who hadn't even been ill."

Innocence Proved By:

In July 2010 the Supreme Cout of India quahsed the murder conviction of S Arul Raja and acquitted him on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce insufficient admissible evidence.

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Male

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"‘Dying declaration unreliable if person survives’, By PTI, ZeeNews.india.com, August 2, 2010"

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http://zeenews.india.com/news/tamil-nadu/dying-declaration-unreliable-if-person-survives_645352.html

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