For the past 33 years, Surajnath Yadav, a farmer in the Indian state of Bihar, has been going to the local court as an accused in a case involving the theft of a pair of oxen in his village.
Forty-six-year-old Yadav is the only survivor of five villagers accused of stealing a pair of oxen from a house in Nawada Ben village on 19 June 1973.
He was 13 years old then. Today, he is the father of four children.
Every three months, Surajnath Yadav treks 20km from his village to the district headquarters spending 50-100 rupees($1.11 to $2) on travel and lawyer's fees.
The other accused - Ramdeo Yadav, Suresh Yadav, Sabha Yadav and Gopal Singh- are all dead.
So are the oxen.
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