Man Spends 20 Years In Jail On False Rape And SC/ST Atrocities Charges, Couldn t Attend Father s Funeral
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In an incident that shows the state of affairs of the law enforcement authorities, one Vishnu Tiwari has now been declared innocent by Allahabad High Court after spending 20 years in jail following his conviction on false charges of rape.
He was convicted at the age of 23 in the year 2000 and sentenced to life imprisonment. In the 20 years he spent in jail, Tiwari lost all his family members, reports
The Times Of India.
Tiwari, a resident of Lalitpur village, was booked on charges of rape, sexual exploitation, criminal intimidation of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and other sections of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act when a woman from Silawan village which is 30 km away from his place accused him of raping her.
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A 43-year-old man from Lalitpur, wrongly convicted in a rape case, has finally been acquitted by the Allahabad High Court after spending 20 years in jail.
The man has been lodged in the Agra jail since the past two decades after being convicted on rape charges under IPC and the SC/ST Act.
During this period, his parents and two brothers died but he was not allowed to even attend their last rites.
A Division Bench of the high court finally announced his acquittal on Wednesday.
According to reports, a Dalit woman of Lalitpur district, in September 2000, had accused Vishnu Tiwari, then 23 years old, of raping her.