Devi Prasad Sharma

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Charge:	Contempt of Court
Sentence:	1 month imprisonment or Rs. 500 fine
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Year Crime:	1941
Year Convicted:	1941
Year Cleared:	1943
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Uttar Pradesh
City of Crime:	Allahabad
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Three codefendants were wrongly convicted of contempt of court on November 14, 1941 for an editorial comment printed in the Hindustan Times newspaper in Allahabad, India that criticized the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Sir Iqbal Ahmed, for calling upon judicial officers to collect money for the war fund. The codefendants were Devadas Gandhi, Editor of the Hindustan Times; Devi Prasad Sharma, Publisher of the Hindustan Times; and, R L. Singhal, Hindustan Times correspondent in Meerut, India. Gandhi and Sharma were sentenced to fines of Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500, respectively, or one month's imprisonment in default. They were also ordered to pay costs of prosecution of Rs. 480 each. Singhal was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, and he began serving his sentence on November 28, 1941. As a British Commenwealth the final court of appeal for the three was the Privy Council in London. In June 1942 the Privy Council quashed the convictions of the three codefendants and ordered the return of all fines and court costs paid."
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Information Source 1:	"Conviction Quashed and Fine Ordered to be Refunded, The Indian Express (Madras, India), June 27, 1943, p. 1"
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Information Source 2:	"Hindustan Times Contempt Case, August-November 1941)"
Information Location 2:	http://archive.org/stream/hindustantimesco035487mbp/hindustantimesco035487mbp_djvu.txt
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Devi Prasad Sharma

Charge:

Contempt of Court

Sentence:

1 month imprisonment or Rs. 500 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1941

Year Convicted:

1941

Year Cleared:

1943

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Uttar Pradesh

City of Crime:

Allahabad

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In June 1942 the Privy Council quashed the convictions of the three codefendants and ordered the return of all fines and court costs paid.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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Male

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"Conviction Quashed and Fine Ordered to be Refunded, The Indian Express (Madras, India), June 27, 1943, p. 1"

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"Hindustan Times Contempt Case, August-November 1941)"

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http://archive.org/stream/hindustantimesco035487mbp/hindustantimesco035487mbp_djvu.txt

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