Gulzar Ahmad Vani

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Charge:	Terrorism
Sentence:	10 years
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Year Crime:	2001
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Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
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City of Crime:	Delhi
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Gulzar Ahmad Vani (aka Gulzar Kashmiri) was wrongly convicted of carrying explosives in Delhi, India in 2001. Vani, a native of Kashmir, was a research scholar at the Aligarh Muslim University when he was arrested in July 2001 as an alleged Hizbul Mujahideen operative. The police alleged that Vani confessed to a series of terrorist explosions in a document prepared by the police and signed by Vani, but the courts deemed it was inadmissible as his signature was coerced. After his conviction Vani was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Delhi High Court overturned Vani's conviction. Vani was charged in 11 terrorism related cases, and as of May 2016 he had either been acquitted or the charges dismissed in ten of those cases based on insufficient evidence he was connected with terrorist acts or had ties to terrorist groups. He has been in custody since his arrest in 2001. On April 18, 2016 Vani was acquitted in a terrorism bombing case in Agra for lack of evidence. The last case against him is being heard in a Barabanki court."
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Innocence Proved By:	The Delhi High Court overturned Bani's conviction.
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"AMU former scholar exonerated in nine terror cases, one pending, By Manish Sahu, The Indian Express, April 20, 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/amu-former-scholar-exonerated-in-nine-terror-cases-one-pending/
Information Source 2:	"Gulzar Kashmiri – Ten years in prison and still counting…, By Haider Abbas, The Milli Gazette, August 27, 2011"
Information Location 2:	http://www.milligazette.com/news/2157-gulzar-kashmiri-ten-years-in-prison-and-still-counting
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Gulzar Ahmad Vani

Charge:

Terrorism

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Delhi

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

The Delhi High Court overturned Bani's conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"AMU former scholar exonerated in nine terror cases, one pending, By Manish Sahu, The Indian Express, April 20, 2016"

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http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/amu-former-scholar-exonerated-in-nine-terror-cases-one-pending/

Information Source 2:

"Gulzar Kashmiri – Ten years in prison and still counting…, By Haider Abbas, The Milli Gazette, August 27, 2011"

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http://www.milligazette.com/news/2157-gulzar-kashmiri-ten-years-in-prison-and-still-counting

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