Chetan Mashru and Divya Gowda sentenced to jail in February 2017 over 66 charges for organising 16 sham marriages have found some relief.
The couple’s court appeal ruling released on Friday states that the conviction pertaining to sham marriages be set aside, with both acquitted, and a re-trial is ordered on just one of the charges, AAP reported.
In February 2017, in jail and his wife Divya for 18 months behind bars before being released on a three-year good behavior bond.
The court had heard they hooked Indian men desperate to stay in Australia, with Australian women between March 2011 and March 2012.
