Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
7 |
Year Crime: |
2002 |
Year Convicted: |
2003 |
Year Cleared: |
2009 |
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India |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Mohammed Hussain Idrishi, Mohammed Shahnawaz Shaikh and Alamgir Siddiqui were co-defendants wrongly convicted in 2003 by a sessions court of a murder committed on April 14, 2002 during a riot. They were each sentenced to life in prison. The three men were acquitted in 2009 by the Gujarat High Court, and released after 7 years of incarceration." |
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"The three men were acquitted in 2009 by the Gujarat High Court, " |
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Information Source 1: |
"3 convicted for killing cop in '02 acquitted, The Times of India, September 15, 2009" |
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/ahmedabad/3-convicted-for-killing-cop-in-02-acquitted/articleshow/5011458.cms |
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