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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Rape |
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Years Imprisoned: |
2.58 |
Year Crime: |
2010 |
Year Convicted: |
2010 |
Year Cleared: |
2012 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
India |
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City of Crime: |
Tulana |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Vinod Malkhede, 22, and Santosh Vairgade, 26, were codefendants wrongly convicted in 2010 of raping a woman in Tulana, India. There convictions were based on the eyewitness identification by the alleged victim. In December 2012 the Bombay High Court acquitted the two defendants on the basis the alleged victims account was too incredible to be believable." |
Conviction Caused By: |
"False rape accusation by the alleged "victim."" |
Innocence Proved By: |
In December 2012 the Bombay High Court acquitted the two defendants on the basis the alleged victim's account was too incredible to be believable. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
26 |
Age When Released: |
28 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"HC doubts rape charge by 40-year-old, acquits 2, By Mustafa Plumber (staff), Daily News & Analysis (Mumbai, India), December 25, 2012" |
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http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_hc-doubts-rape-charge-by-40-year-old-acquits-2_1781371 |
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