In Chamber of Secrets, Harry sees that Hagrid was accused of opening the Chamber through the memory stored in Voldemort’s diary. Hagrid is expelled from school, but Dumbledore allows him to stay on the grounds as Gamekeeper.
In later years, when everybody (surely Dumbledore) finds out that Tom Riddle become Voldemort and that he must have opened the Chamber, not Hagrid, was Hagrid acquitted of his alleged crimes?
Answer
Yes, Hagrid was acquitted of the suspicions and charges against him:
It was a delicious feast; the Hall echoed with talk, laughter and the clatter of knives and forks. Harry, Ron and Hermione, however, were eager for it to finish so that they could talk to Hagrid. They knew how much being made a teacher would mean to him. Hagrid wasn’t a fully qualified wizard; he had been expelled from Hogwarts in his third year, for a crime he had not committed. It had been Harry, Ron and Hermione who had cleared Hagrid’s name last year.
Prisoner of Azkaban - page 72 - Bloomsbury - chapter five, The Dementor
Short and simple: Yes, Hagrid was acquitted.
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