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Former space scientist K Chandrasekhar slipped into coma hours before the Supreme Court delivered its judgement on Friday, dismissing the espionage case as a frame-up. It was a verdict he had been longing for with anguish after nearly two and half decades of wait in the ISRO espionage case. In its verdict, the apex court held that former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist Nambi Narayanan was "arrested unnecessarily, harassed and subjected to mental cruelty" in a 1994 espionage case. He was anxiously waiting for the verdict from early hours of Friday," said Chandrasekhar's wife KJ Vijayamma as tears welled up inher eyes. Vijayamma recalled the final hours of the scientist who underwent untold agony and misery in the false case that shattered him and his family..