A man who was jailed for 17 months in a rape case was granted bail by a Mumbai court after a DNA test proved he was not the father of the teenager’s baby, showing he was falsely accused.
After spending 20 years in prison for a rape case based on false charges, Vishnu Tiwari, now 43, struggles to begin life again with no family, education, or future. The NHRC has taken note of this injustice.
A young engineering student from Chennai was wrongly accused of rape and jailed for 7 years before being declared innocent and awarded compensation by the court.
The Gujarat High Court has ordered the State to pay ₹1 lakh to a man who remained in jail for three extra years due to authorities failing to notice his bail order email. The Court called it a serious lapse and directed immediate action.
A father spent three years in jail after his daughter, influenced by her uncle, falsely accused him of rape. A special court acquitted the man and fined the uncle Rs 50,000 for provoking the false case.
A Delhi court acquitted a man wrongly accused of sexually assaulting minors, citing evidence of caste prejudice and false allegations. The accused was awarded ₹1 lakh as compensation.
Vishnu Tiwari, falsely convicted of rape and under the SC/ST Act, spent 20 years in jail before being acquitted in 2021. His story highlights systemic failures in justice and his struggles to rebuild life at 43.
An engineering student in Chennai spent seven years in jail after being falsely accused of rape. He was acquitted in 2016, and the court awarded him Rs 15 lakhs in compensation for the wrongful accusation.
The Allahabad High Court calls for the introduction of a compensation law for individuals wrongfully convicted, stressing that some trial judges convict innocent people to protect their own reputations and careers.
Vipul Narkar was acquitted by the Kalyan Sessions Court after serving seven years in prison for a rape charge. The court found he was falsely accused by his step-daughter, who admitted to fabricating the story to cover up an affair and reunite her parents.
