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acquitted

adjective cleared, exculpated, freed of wrongdoing, let go, let off, not guilty, proved innocent, vindicated

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All these years, I had kept waiting for justice hoping the accused persons will be served harsh punishment; instead they have been acquitted.

Villagers shocked as court acquits all 23 defendants of Shankar Bigha massacre

Last year, Glazier avoided a possible life sentence after being acquitted of attempted murder stemming from a 2004 fire at the home of Alfred Artsvelyan and his family, who lived next door.

NEW INDICTMENT IN ARSON CASE

The court acquitted the woman by noticing loopholes in the investigation.

Six convicts acquitted on weak probe

On the acquittal of the accused DG ANF would say that court acquitted him.

ANF provides facility to accused persons for their acquittal from courts : SC

However, his accomplices Adnan, Shan Ali, Haq Nawaz and Zafar Iqbal were acquitted by giving them benefit of doubt.

Two murderers awarded death

ADSJ Memon had acquitted Mr Sheikh and others in the fake degrees case on Oct 31, 2016.

Govt seeks retrial of Axact chief, others in fake degrees case

The appeal said the acquitted accused were part of the mob inside the Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, with the common objective to kill Mashal .

Mashal family moves PHC against acquittal of 26 accused

The rally was scheduled to march from Pakistan Chowk to College Chowk, but concluded earlier at Katlang Chowk after a dua for those acquitted.

Protesters demand release of 31 convicts of Mashal's murder

The suspects who had been in jail for four years, were acquitted on murder charges as investigation

ATC acquits three accused in Mufti Amman murder case

According to details, five women were had acquitted through judicial decisions.

Woman gets seven year imprisonment, 70 acquitted

Two others acquitted by the court, former energy secretary K.

Lavalin case returns to haunt Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 23 ( ANI ): After the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court acquitted all the accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, the Shiv Sena on Saturday sought a reply from the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre on the alleged scam.