Wrongful prosecution: Plea in Supreme Court seeks framing, implementation of guidelines
The Hindu
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre, all States and Union Territories (UTs) to frame and implement guidelines to compensate victims of "wrongful prosecution" through government machineries.
The PIL has been filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay in the backdrop of a sensational case in which the Allahabad High Court, on January 28, declared rape convict Vishnu Tiwari innocent, observing that the motive behind the FIR was related to a land dispute.
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