The Talwar couple, who have been acquitted in the 2008 murder case of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, are likely to be released from Dasna Jail on Monday. The Talwars have been lodged in Dasna jail since November 2013 in connection with the twin murders. Dasna Jail Superintendent Dadhiram Maurya said, “we have not received the court order as yet. We will release them once we get it.” [caption id=“attachment_4136171” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
File image of Aarushi Talwar’s father Rajesh Talwar. PTI[/caption] He said there were two methods to complete the process of releasing a prisoner from jail. “Either the Allahabad High Court sends its order copy directly to jail authorities or it is sent through the CBI court concerned which awarded them life sentence,” he said. “In 99 percent cases we get order copy through post. If we are handed over the hard copy of the order we will release them,” Maurya added. The Allahabad High Court had on Thursday acquitted the Talwars in the case, saying neither the circumstances nor the evidence was enough to hold them guilty. The verdict ends, at least for now, the nine-year ordeal of the Noida couple who were sentenced to life by a Ghaziabad CBI court on 28 November, 2013 for the double murders that not only transfixed but also shook the nation with its element of filicide. With the acquittal, the central question in the bizarre mystery resurfaces — who killed the 14-year-old girl and the 45-year-old man.
Aarushi-Hemraj murder case as it happened: Our aim is to clear Aarushi's name, says Rajesh Talwar's brother Dinesh
The Talwars have been lodged in Dasna jail since November 2013 in connection with the twin murders.
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Rajesh, Nupur Talwar walk out of jail sombre before heading home
Just for a moment, the Talwars stood still.
Then they quietly walked out of Ghaziabad’s Dasna jail, where they had spent four years over the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, both dentists, looked sombre as they stepped out of the main inner gate of the jail towards a car that was waiting for them outside at 4.55 pm. Read more here.
Our aim is to clear Aarushi’s name, says Dinesh Talwar, Rajesh’s brother
Hours after the Talwar’s release, Dinesh Talwar, Rajesh’s brother says Aarushi was a good girl and Hemraj wasn’t a bad man. “Rajesh wants Aarushi’s name to be cleared. That is our aim now,” he says.
Dasna prison jailor says Rajesh and Nupur will continue to treat inmates
Watch Rajesh and Nupur Talwar return home
Please restore my clients’ dignity to them, says Talwar lawyer
“My clients were sold over and over again and it was a herculean task for us to fight not only against the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) but against a very strong public perception (of guilt),” Talwars’ advocate Tanveer Ahmed Mir told NDTV.
“They have been honourably exonerated. We have also been able to restore honour and dignity to the family, the slain girl and the domestic help.
“It is my humble request to everybody in the media that what was snatched from my clients, please restore that dignity to them. Please let them live in peace,” he added. –IANS
Hope clean acquittal helps them rebuild their lives, says sister-in-law Vandana Talwar
“I really hope the clean acquittal helps them rebuild their lives. Media has no idea what they have gone through in jail and I hope the media respect their privacy hereafter. It has been a long wait for us,” said Vandana Talwar, sister-in-law of Rajesh.
Talwars’ brother and lawyers take the couple home
Rajesh Talwar’s brother Dinesh Talwar and their lawyers Manoj Sisodia and Tanveer Ahmed Mir received the couple at Dasna Jail. According to Section 437 (a) of the CrPC, the Talwars, even after their acquittal, will have to furnish a surety that they will be present in the court in case the state files an appeal in a higher court. –News 18
Police escort Talwar couple to Nupur’s parents’ home
Police escorted the couple to Nupur’s parents’ house in Noida’s Jalvayu Vihar, the same locality where they stayed when their daughter and their domestic help were murdered in 2008.
There was mayhem on the road outside the jail with mediapersons scrambling to capture the Talwar couple walking out.
“A conspiracy had been hatched to implicate our clients,” said the couple’s lawyer Tanveer Ahmed Mir after their release, which comes just two days ahead of Diwali. – PTI
‘We have waited for this for 10 years’
“Nothing can make us happier. Media sells misery and pain. We have waited for this for 10 years,” says Talwar lawyer, says Tanveer Ahmed Mir. We are glad to have overturned the verdict and fought against CBI and media perceptions, Mir added.
Visuals of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar walking out of Dasna jail
This is what Rajesh and Nupur Talwar deserved, says couple’s lawyer
“Allahabad HC’s decision is a stamp on Rajesh, Nupur Talwar’s innocence. This is what they deserved,” says Tanveer Ahmed Mir, Talwar’s lawyer
Glimpses from Ghaziabad following Rajesh and Nupur Talwar ’s release
Talwar couple tastes freedom after four long years
Talwars walk free after four years
Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on Monday evening walked out of Dasna jail here after the Allahabad High Court order acquitting them of the murder of their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj reached the CBI court.
The two, carrying bags, were escorted by a posse of policemen as they emerged out of jail, and stood for a while as the waiting photographers clicked them. – IANS
Talwars’ release papers reach Dasna Jail
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar’s release papers have reached Ghaziabad’s Dasna Jail. The dentist couple is expected to walk out of the jail at 5 pm amid heavy security.
Formalities in court over, focus on Dasna Jail
The CBI court in Ghaziabad issued the order after lawyer Satyaketu Singh submitted the certified copy of the Allahabad High Court judgment to CBI judge Rajesh Chaudhary.
The documents were verified by the court and the release order was issued at 3.30 pm. –IANS
‘We submitted copy of acquittal in court and presented witnesses’
It will take 45 minutes to one hour for formalities to be completed after release of order, says Talwar lawyer
Talwar couple’s release order issued at Ghaziabad court
Why was the Talwar couple’s release delayed?
The delay in the Talwar couple’s release, even after their acquittal, was attributed to court holidays and the fact that the certified copy of the Allahabad High Court order acquitting them failed to reach the prison authorities on Friday.
The jail authorities can only release a person after they receive the certified copy of the court’s order directing their release. The copy of the judgement is usually sent by post to the prison authorities, or the person’s lawyer can submit it in person.
In the Talwar couple’s case, their lawyers received the copy of the judgement only late on Friday evening. Read more here.
Rajesh, Nupur to go to Nupur’s father’s home after release
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are likely to go to Nupur’s father’s home in Noida’s Jalvay Vihar, the complex they lived in when their daughter Aarush was murdered, after their release from Dasna jail on Monday.
B G Chitnis, Nupur’s father and a former group captain in the Indian Air Force, owns a flat in the same society. “After their release from jail, Rajesh and Nupur Talwa will go to Noida Sector 25 Jalvayu Vihar where the house is owned by me,” Chitnis. PTI
Rajesh, Nupur Talwar’s release could be delayed due to protests at Ghaziabad court
Want a life away from media attention: Nupur Talwar’s father BG Chitnis
CBI skipped ‘crucial test’ because it was ’expensive’
According to a report in Deccan Chronicle, CBI, which was flayed by the Allahabad High Court for ‘misreably failing’ to prove that the Talwars had destroyed material evidence, did not undertake a crucial forensic test despite the fact that the crime scene was contaminated badly.
The premium investigation agency, reportedly cited the unusualy high cost as the reason behind its decision to skip the Touch-DNA test, for which samples had to be sent to UK.
Talwar couple to visit Sai temple after release
According to CNN-News18, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar will visit the Shirdi Sai temple in Noida Sector 16, soon after their release.
Rajesh, Nupur Talwar to be released after 3 pm
Talwars’ to continue to visit prison for treatment of inmates
The dentist couple had helped revive the near “defunct” dental department at the prison hospital and they will continue to visit the prison every 15 days to help with the treatment of inmates, a jail official said
Tyagi said besides prisoners, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have also been treating jail staff, police officials and their children. Sources in the jail said Rajesh Talwar’s brother Dinesh Talwar, who is an ophthalmologist, would also visit the prison every 15 days along with his team to see patients.
‘Talwars could have earned 49,000 in jail for treating inmates’: Dasna jail authorities laud dentist couple for free service
Talwar family to visit Dasna prison to welcome Rajesh, Nupur
Nupur Talwar’s father and some other members of the family are likely to visit the Dasna prison today ahead of the dentist couple’s release today. The family will leave for Ghaziabad court around noon from their Noida residence.
Nupur and Rajesh Talwar to be released today
A certified copy of the Allahabad High Court verdict was handed over to the Talwars’ lawyers late in Friday evening, which will today be submitted in the Ghaziabad CBI court, which will direct jail authorities to begin formalities for Rajesh and Nupur Talwar’s release. The Talwar couple is likely to be released later in the afernoon.
CBI concocted murder theories, claims former Talwar lawyer Rebecca John
Calling it a long and emotional fight, the Talwars’ ex-lawyer Rebecca John told _CNN-News18, “_CBI didn’t look at facts. It went out of its way to establish it’s own theory.”