The Supreme Court has ordered an inquiry into the case of a man who spent three years in jail for a murder that never happened, a court official said on Tuesday. The woman Malik Taj Mohammad was convicted of kidnapping and killing was arrested for theft two years ago and is serving a jail sentence in Gujarat. "This woman was presented in court and the chief justice has ordered a lower court judge to conduct an investigation, fix responsibility and provide compensation to Taj," said court official Nisar Ahmed. The woman, Malkani Bibi, was said to have been murdered during a property dispute between relatives, although Taj had maintained that his accusers had performed a mock burial. "On details provided by him, the police located Malkani in jail and produced her before the court," Ahmed said.