17 months & one week ago :
The trial begins …… I dont’ want to see a ritual sacrifice where the judiciary gives the public a sacrificial bali ka bakra……. I would like to see due process leading to justice being done. the victims deserve at least that…. And, we as citizens deserve at least that….
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Santosh Singh
Sanjay Dutt
Sadhu Yadav
Sibu Soren
Navjot Singh Sidhu
if i was the type that believed in astrology or numerology or alphebetology (does it exist) - i would postulate that the remaining three ‘celeb’ accused seriously consider changing their names. There seems to be something abou the dominant ’s’ that ensures a prison sentance - Vikas Yadav, Salman Khan, Manu Sharma better watch out - there are prominant "s’ in their names.
But jokes and faux astrological mumbo jumbo aside - its been a good couple of months for justice - wehre being famous is not enough to get off. I hope that this is the begining of the change, where the criminal justice system delivers what it is supposed to deliver!
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Posted by: gargi in India
The Jessica Lal Case is yet one more where the accused have been given more ‘importance’ than the victim. An excellent panel of defence lawyers managed to get continuance after continuance - and in the 7 odd year that passed memories faded, witnesses recanted, police fudged procedure and the accused walked. Today after almost 2 weeks of public protest and outrage, the Delhi Police has filed an FIR against unnamed persons under:
Section 120 of the Indian Penal Code for criminal conspiracy, for destruction of evidence and tempering with the evidence
My very basic knowledge of law tells me that once a court has aquitted an accused of a particular crime they cannot be arrested for the same crime. If there are any lawyers who know their IPC inside out - do correct me if I wrong. So i guess the ’system’ has decided to charge them with a ‘lesser’ crime. A few days ago? i was talking to a friend? civil vigilantiism? - where ordinary citizens seeing the system stack up against them - take the law into their own hands. A couple of years ago, I had blogged about the Akku Yadav case - where this man who raped & terrorised women was lyched by a mob of victims. How long before some one takes a gun and shoots the guilty dead. And worse, how much longer before someone takes a gun and shoots the wrong person. When the system doens’t deliver this is the Pandora’s box that we open up.
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