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INDIA: MAN ON DEATH ROW FOR KILLING CHILD ACQUITTED

a division bench of Justices Bilal Nazki and A R Joshi of the Bombay High Court in India acquitted Nallasopara resident Virendra Vasudev Sada, alias Shahrukh Khan, 28, of raping and murdering his neighbour's daughter.

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a division bench of Justices Bilal Nazki and A R Joshi of the Bombay High Court in India acquitted Nallasopara resident Virendra Vasudev Sada, alias Shahrukh Khan, 28, of raping and murdering his neighbour's daughter. The court found police falsely implicated an illiterate man, so poor that he could not afford bail. Sada was sentenced to death in 2008.
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  • (Sources: Times of India, 09/10/2009)