Mukesh Vasava

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	7 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.25
Year Crime:	2015
Year Convicted:	2016
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Gujarat
City of Crime:	Rajpipla
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Mukesh Vasava and Amarsing Vasava were codefendants wrongly convicted in March 2016 of raping a minor in Rajpipla, India in May 2015. During the Vasava's trial the prosecution did not present any eyewitness or medical evidence linking the two young men to the rape of the girl. The alleged victim did not identify them during their trial -- although she did identify them during the identify parade. After they were found guilty, the trial court sentenced the Vasava's to seven years in prison. They appealed. In August 2016 the Gujarat High Court overturned the Vasava's conviction and ordered their acquittal on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of their guilt, and that the lower court's verdict was a "moral conviction." The appeals court ruled that the pre-trial identify parade identification, although a "corroborative piece of evidence, cannot take place of substantive evidence.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"In August 2016 the Gujarat High Court overturned the Vasava's conviction and ordered their acquittal on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of their guilt, and that the lower court's verdict was a "moral conviction." The appeals court ruled that the pre-trial identify parade identification, although a "corroborative piece of evidence, cannot take place of substantive evidence.""
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Indian
Information Source 1:	"No conviction on moral ground, evidence required in rape cases: Gujarat High Court, By Saeed Khan, The Times of India, August 31, 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/No-conviction-on-moral-ground-evidence-required-in-rape-cases-Gujarat-High-Court/articleshow/53940580.cms
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Mukesh Vasava

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

7 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.25

Year Crime:

2015

Year Convicted:

2016

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Gujarat

City of Crime:

Rajpipla

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Indian

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"No conviction on moral ground, evidence required in rape cases: Gujarat High Court, By Saeed Khan, The Times of India, August 31, 2016"

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/No-conviction-on-moral-ground-evidence-required-in-rape-cases-Gujarat-High-Court/articleshow/53940580.cms

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