Saturday, February 25, 2006

Jessica Lal Murder Case- Should we only blame Courts???


80 odd people celebrating in a party late night around 2:00 AM, 2 more added later but they were miscreants and in a drunkard state. They asked for more, which was refused politely. Soon, booze overrided their senses and they opened fire on an innocent woman.... And she died on the spot.

Soon, police came, took samples, recorded evidences and filed the case. Law took over from there and after 7 long years came out with the verdict that led all of us think atleast once that “Is Justice really blind???”

We all know that inncocent woman was Jessica Lal. We all know that accused Manu Sharma is acquitted by the Court and probably will kill somebody else next time without any hesitation because he knows law cannot chain him; instead he chained law with his powerful hands...
It is human tendency to blame others for all problems and sufferings. We don’t hesitate to point our finger to blame bureaucrat driven police and politically influenced court verdicts. But question is that should we only blame courts??? Can't we evaluate ourseleves and find out where are we standing wrong???
There were 80 odd people in the party but nobody forward to record their statement. And those who did turned hostile later. The verdict might go the other way if ‘Shayan Munshi’ hadn’t hostile at the last moment.

Courts and law are made by us and for our good. Court cannot put anyone behind the bars forever until and unless there are substantial evidences against him. Law is just a system of keeping things in right order. Eventually, it is us who need to empower this system. It is high time that we all should wake up. Rather than living life of coward, we must take the responsibility and ensure that crime is controlled and those who did wrong deeds must land behind bars.

Friends… I said what I thought was right in my perspective. Now its time for YOUR SAY on such incidents and how we can ensure that crime can be curbed and law becomes a fear factor for criminals....

Mayank, Delhi, India

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