Lets have a look at the sorry state of the Indian law and justice…
Salman Khan, one of the most distinguished tycoons of Bollywood has been given five-year prison term in the blackbuck poaching case. On the other hand, an equally renowned figure from the field of films, Sanjay Dutt, was given six years punishment for illegal possession of weapons in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.
Now what irritates me is the fact that the time period of the punishment for the two diametrically opposite acts, or rather crimes is almost same! While one’s guilt is an act of pure pleasure (though killing of innocent animals just for fun is also a heinous crime), the other is a part of a very conscious crime resulting in disastrous deaths of thousands of faultless people. If killing of three cinkaras and playing a role, though only a minor one, in the gruesome Mumbai mishap put you behind the bars for almost the same time period, what kind of a justice do you call it?
Neither I have a fascination for Salman, nor a dislike for Sanjay, both are very famous and fabulous actors of Indian cinema. My intention here is not to harm the reputation of either of them, but my sole motive is to shed some light on the Indian judicial system and also to put forth the disturbing ideas that cajoled me up to exhibit them.
Rubina Memon, wife of Tiger Memon’s brother Suleiman Memon, was found guilty of allowing her Maruti van for transporting weapons and arms and has been given life term.
Now another question that pops up in my mind is that whether actual possession of illegal weapons or someone else using your Maruti van, which one is a more dangerous crime? Giving six years imprisonment to a happening hero of Bollywood and life term to a burkha clad woman, how do you justify it?
And look what the Judge Pramod Kode of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) Court says, ‘The sentencing has nothing to do with the relationship of the convicts with the prime accused absconding Tiger Memon. But for the acts they have committed.’
The blind-folded lady, the epitome of justice, whether it has the magical power of imparting justice even without opening its eyes, or is it doing justice blindly…??