B. Velu

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
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City of Crime:	Krishnagiri
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"B Velu was wrongly convicted in 2007 of committing the murder of his sister's lover in 2002 in Krisnagiri, India. In July 2002, Army sapper B Velu went on leave to his home in Krishnagiri. The police arrested Velu along with two others on charges of conspiring and murdering a man who was in a relationship with his sister. The principal sessions judge, Dharmapuri at Krisnagiri in 2007 awarded him life imprisonment. The Madras high court in 2009 upheld the decision, stating the "chain of events unerringly pointed to the guilt". He then moved the Supreme Court which pointed out there was motive but evidence for guilt was not corroborated. "Suspicion, howsoever strong, also cannot be a substitute for proof of the guilt," said the apex court, acquitting him in 2012. (See, Murder accused gets back Army job, By Manish Raj (TNN), The Times of India, January 10, 2014.)"
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Information Source 1:	"Murder accused gets back Army job, By Manish Raj (TNN), The Times of India, January 10, 2014"
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B. Velu

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Krishnagiri

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"India's Supreme Court acquitted B. Velu in 2002 on the basis evidence of his guilt was not corroborated, ruling, "Suspicion, howsoever strong, also cannot be a substitute for proof of the guilt.""

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Male

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"Murder accused gets back Army job, By Manish Raj (TNN), The Times of India, January 10, 2014"

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Murder-accused-gets-back-Army-job/articleshow/28607539.cms

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