{"id":34649,"date":"2014-08-09T11:26:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T05:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=34649"},"modified":"2014-08-09T11:26:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T05:56:39","slug":"phoolans-murdercourt-convicts-rana-frees-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/phoolans-murdercourt-convicts-rana-frees-10","title":{"rendered":"Phoolan&#8221;s murder:Court convicts Rana, frees 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/court-grants-bail-five-arrested-political-clash\/justice-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33261\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-grants-bail-five-arrested-political-clash\/justice-4\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/justice.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"justice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/justice.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/justice.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-33261\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/justice-150x112.jpg?resize=178%2C133&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"justice\" width=\"178\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/justice.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/justice.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>A Delhi court today convicted key accused Sher Singh Rana in the 13-year-old sensational murder of bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi, who was then a Lok Sabha member, in front of her Ashoka Road residence here.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Sessions Judge Bharat Parashar, however, acquitted 10 other accused in the case due to lack of evidence against them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Except Sher Singh Rana, I am acquitting all the accused.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court today convicted key accused Sher Singh Rana in the 13-year-old sensational murder of bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi, who was then a Lok Sabha member, in front of her Ashoka Road residence here. 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