Miscarriage of Justice over 92 cents

G'day to you! I hope this will be an enlightening one for you. Good to see you! Help yourself to a virtual mug of coffee and Indian chapatti, why don't'cha? Y'know, miscarriage of justice happens all over but here's a case carried to the ridiculous.

Postal worker Umakant Mishra, of Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh, India, was freed by a criminal court in December - 29 years after he was charged when a money-order account turned up 92 cents short. 

Mishra was called to judicial hearings 348 times over the years, but it was not until recently that the government admitted it had no witnesses for the court to hear against him. 

A December BBC News dispatch reported, citing "official" figures, that more than 30 million cases are pending in Indian courts. [BBC News, 12-3-2013] 

Wow! Spending 29 years behind bars over a paltry 92 cents with no witnesses that he was responsible in the first place. Sure hope I never get stuck in an Indian jail!

See ya, eh!

Bob 

PS: I'm still waiting for pictures of ugly Christmas sweaters...