Accused Of Murder As A Teenager, Went On To Become Lawyer And Clears His Name
Amit Chaudhary, a farmer’s son from Baghpat of Uttar Pradesh found himself to be entangled with a crime he did not commit. The incident happened 12 years ago, when he was just 18-years-old. His life sunk to the depth of darkness after he was wrongly accused of murder of two constables and being a gangster.
Since the dead were police, the murder grabbed the attention of UP Chief Minister Mayawati, who ordered the immediate capturing of the accused. Despite being away from the place of crime, Meerut, Amit Chaudhary was included in the 17 accused and was charged with IPC Section 296 of dacoity and murder and the National Security Act (NSA).
He was also accused of being part of Kali gang which was very notorious and had plotted the murder of the police men. He spent two years in prison facing charges that threatened to obscure his future. But Amit Chaudhary was not ready to give up. He made his adversity catalyst for proving his escape. He then turned to study law to prove his innocence. He resisted the attempts made by his prison inmates in luring him to involve in crimes.
He was let out on bail in 2013 and embarked his journey to clear his name of the false accusations “so that my family could walk with their head high in society”, he told. He achieved academic milestones with BA, LLB, LLM and eventually cleared passed the Bar Council’s exam.
He then took charge of his own case. The case went at “snail’s pace”. By that time, Chaudhary completed all his academic and other formalities required to join the Bar as a lawyer and started his case “with a single-minded focus”.
He told media that, “I, as a lawyer 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 I was framed wrongly”.
The court’s decision to absolve 13 individuals including Amit Chaudhary came recently, and stated that, “the prosecution has failed to prove the offense of criminal conspiracy to kill…beyond a reasonable doubt”.
With inputs from agencies.
