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The decision of the court came recently and it acquited 13 individuals, including Chaudhary.(Representative image/Shutterstock)
After facing such severe allegations, Chaudhary, who hails from a farmers’ family in Kirthal village, was on a spree to fight back and change the course of his life and his family which had suddenly come crashing
A man from Uttar Pradesh, who was wrongly accused of murder about 12 years ago, picked up the baton of fighting his own case in order to shrug off the wrong allegations that were levelled against him. The court’s decision that came very recently acquited the man in the case.
Back in 2011, Amit Chaudhary was framed of killing two police officials in Meerut. He was eventually accused of being a member of the notrious Kali, who had plotted the murder. At the time of the murder, Chaudhary was at Shamli with his sister. Despite that, he became one among the 17 accused in the case and faced strict punishment under the Indian Penal Code and the National Security Agency, as per a Times of India report.
After facing such severe allegations, Chaudhary, who hails from a farmers’ family in Kirthal village, was on a spree to fight back and change the course of his life and his family which had suddenly come crashing.
Speakking to TOI about his prison encounters, he said,”In Muzaffarnagar jail, dreaded gangsters like Anil Dujana and Vicky Tyagi (both killed in encounters) tried to enroll me into their gangs. The jailor was good-natured, and he allowed me into a barrack where gangsters were not lodged.”
After being released on bail in 2013, Chaudhary took up the field of legal studies and eventually completed BA, LLB, LLM as well as passed the Bar Coucil Exam. He was focussed on clearing his name from the case so that his family could walk with head held high.
On clearing all academic formalities, he took charge of his own case as a lawyer. He said that the case moved forwad very slowly and no statements were being recorded.
While talking about his time fighting the case, he said, as quoted by TOI, “I, as a lawyer, representing my own case, was standing right in front of the officer who stood in the witness box, and yet he could not identify me. This perplexed the judge and convinced her that I was framed wrongly.”
The decision of the court came recently and it acquited 13 individuals, including Chaudhary. The court stated, “The prosecution has failed to prove the offence of criminal conspiracy to kill constables Krishanpal and Amit Kumar and loot their rifles, beyond a reasonable doubt.”
On the other hand, the ones who were actually behind the killings – Sumit Kail, Neetu, and Dharmendra faced different punnishments. Kail was killed in an encounter in 2013 and Neetu received a life sentence and a fine of Rs 20,000 for killing the constable and taking his guns. However, the third perpetrator, Dharmendra died due to cancer before the verdict had come out.
Meanwhile, Chaudhary who had no real connection to the crime lost many years of his life to this legal fiasco. “I had dreams of getting into the Army and was even preparing for it. But that black night of 2011 changed my life,” Chaudhary said.
While thanking God for chosing him to fight for the other wrongly accused, he also said that he now aspires to get a PhD in criminal justice.
