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45 years after conviction, Supreme Court acquits 3 men in 1977 murder case
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Supreme Court acquitted 3 surviving appellants in a 1977 murder case from Uttar Pradesh, 45 years after their conviction.
Six men were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1981; only three lived to hear the verdict on their innocence.
The judgment highlighted extraordinary delays in India's criminal justice system.
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