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Three major convictions in one day. All the three involving the rich and the powerful v/s ordinary Indian citizens. I can’t decide which one of the 3 was the most detestable. The first one represents the criminal politician, the second one the ruthless policeman and the third one terrorists.
1.Former state minister of Uttar Pradesh Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani were convicted in the controversial murder of poet Madhumita Shukla on Wednesday. Amarmani is a sitting MLA of the Samajwadi Party from the Luxmipur constituency. Although it took a four year long battle to pronounce the verdict, this conviction has increased the public’s faith on courts. Madumita’s family requested the shifting of the case outside UP because they suspected biased judgement. Finally their hard work paid off. Amarmani has represented nearly all the major political parties of UP(Congress, BJP, BSP) at sometime or the other.
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2.Former Delhi Police ACP SS Rathi is in trouble. On March 31, 1997, the Delhi Police gunned down the occupants of a car in broad daylight, claiming that one of the passengers was a notorious gangster. They portrayed it as a case of provocation saying that the police had only fired in defence.There was gunfire from inside the car. The truth came out later when the case was transferred to the CBI. Rathi and nine other policemen were found guilty of killing the two businessmen in an encounter. CBI on Wednesday sought death penalty for the suspended ACP and two other policemen. Rathi gets life term as the result of conviction.
3.A special court on Wednesday announced the quantum of punishment in the 1998 Coimbatore blasts case. The blasts targeting senior BJP leader L K Advani’s election rally in 1998 killed 58 people and left over 250 injured. Special Court Judge K Uthirapathi, pronounced sentences for the first 10 convicts.
Thanks to the high level of public and media interest in it, these cases present a good opportunity to focus attention on the frequency with which innocent lives continue to be lost throughout the country. Such murders take place because of the loopholes in the judicial and political system that allow hard-core criminals and mass-murderers to walk away scot-free(Mulayam Singh still says his party is firmly behind Amarmani). These convictions will hopefully set a good precedent. A zero-tolerance policy is the only way to prevent the continued abuse of the most fundamental of all rights: that of life.
from Vishesh :)
from Reema :)
8 Comments
October 24, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Not being in India since the last few days, this is welcome news to me.
October 24, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Its good that justice was well done, but its sad to say that all this happens under media pressure….. Jessica Lal case was one example…
October 25, 2007 at 8:47 am
So the ordinary man in India finally getting the justice he desserves. Thats a great news, though your movies do portray corrupt policemen and politicians a lot
its good to see that for justice they don’t need an angry young man full of revenge to save the poor anymore 
October 25, 2007 at 11:10 am
The media is playing the role of the angry young man(mostly for their own commercial gains) Lubz. It feels good to see scoundrels behing bars. The ordinary citizen feels a bit secure, just a bit although but it is the beginning.
You are right Oemar, but as long as the results are good doesn’t matter.
October 25, 2007 at 11:14 am
Rambodoc, as many as 60 life terms in a day including 10 cops. 31 for Coimbatore blasts and15 sentenced for rioting in Kanpur. Good news for all Indians.
October 25, 2007 at 1:14 pm
@ lubz
Most people are not like those in the movies… not a good reference :p. A lot of movies, esp. from Hollywood, on the contrary, try to create new worlds which do not exist or are very unknown and are twisted in exageration create stronger emotion; No wonder you think a lot of bad things about other countries…
October 25, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Prerna,
These are indeed good news for us but the coimbatore verdict might be refuted as the accused can now take their case to a higher court. So its really not the final verdict as yet.
Although this is a positive step in the right direction.
October 26, 2007 at 7:12 am
Madhuri, infact all the convicted guys mentioned above can appeal in the higher courts.