{"id":42198,"date":"2016-03-30T08:35:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T03:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42198"},"modified":"2016-03-30T08:35:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T03:05:05","slug":"irom-sharmila-acquitted-case-attempt-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/irom-sharmila-acquitted-case-attempt-suicide","title":{"rendered":"Irom Sharmila acquitted in case of attempt to suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39311\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39311\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/afspa-causing-hardship-to-manipurs-people\/irom-sharmila-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1460,913\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;India\\u00e2\\u0080\\u0099s Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for 12 years to protest an Indian law that suspends many human rights protections in areas of conflict, looks during a press conference, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. 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Sharmila who has been force fed through a tube by authorities was charged Monday with attempted suicide in a case likely to bring major attention to her quiet protest in the tiny northeastern state of Manipur against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. (AP Photo\/Tsering Topgyal)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-39311 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=300%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Irom Sharmila acquitted in case of attempt to suicide\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?w=1460&amp;ssl=1 1460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Irom Sharmila acquitted in case of attempt to suicide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A local court in Delhi today acquitted Irom Sharmila in a case of attempt to suicide. The Manipuri rights activist Irom has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh acquitted Sharmila in the case registered in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The court on March 4, 2013 framed charges against Sharmila for attempting to commit suicide in Delhi and put her on trial after she refused to plead guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Sharmila denied attempting suicide while fasting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local court in Delhi today acquitted Irom Sharmila in a case of attempt to suicide. The Manipuri rights activist Irom has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh acquitted Sharmila in the case registered in 2006. 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