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crime & punishment (share)

Every morning I open the newspaper there is this write up of the bomb blast trial and the accused being awarded sentences. For the disruption and devastation caused in the lives of those innocent unwary,unsuspecting victims near and dear ones , for whom the loss of a life meant a loss of livelihood, for others who suffered a loss of a limb means  not living a quality life but a painful way of going through the  grinds of day to day existance, wishing why God spared me to suffer in this way with thoughts of Wish I had died than to suffer in this manner,for others the constant struggle of trying to come to terms with the  mental trauma every time they enter or see a train. The list is  not exhaustive but indicative  of what the victims survivors have gone and are constantly going through their lives, most importantly for no fault  of theirs. These incidents highlight the facts that our  gathering of intelligence to prempt this  or such incidents is sadly lacking or maybe  there was no political will to act in a timely manner. Whatever the reasons justice finally prevailed,some were awarded the death sentence,others varying degrees of imprisonment. I am personally against the death penalty as it is an easy way out for the perpetrator,he should be awarded the maximum  punishment with hard labour, so he lives his entire  life trying to make amends for his crimes against mankind, but again money can and does buy a lot of things and as long as  a  person  is alive   and has the money and backing he will not leave any stone unturned to obtain relief in every possible way,from trying to  reduce his sentence to getting of scot free with a presidential pardon or if not convert the barracks into a five star resort where every  need  is taken care off and the criminal can lead a life of comfort. In such a scenario I feel that the death penalty is the best as it gets rid of the perpetrator and his ability to influence others to his way of life and also sends a  strong message to the terrorists as to what can be expected from India.

 Some  years ago an MLC walked into a heavily guarded government building to prove his point that he can bypass security with ease, secondly it was to show that guns are freely and easily available in Mumbai. It was no big deal as it is a well known fact that if you have the money you can buy any and every thing under the sun,only in this case the gun being unlicensed procuring it would not be an easy task for a comman man even if he was filthy rich, he would need to have the right contacts.Now a guy like Sanjay Dutt could do it with ease as he had the money and the contacts and that is precisely what he did. Instead of asking for police protection or a licensed gun for his personal safety he went about contacting his underworld friends for weapons ,unfortunately the timing was wrong, it was during the riots where hundreds of innocent people lost their lives ,because of such people Sunjay was in contact with. Instead of trying to destroy evidence  , If Sanjay had  exercised the option to go to the Police maybe further carnage could be saved what a selfish attitude to think only about himself  and his sisters while Mumbai was burning. A role model to the youth of today.His  family was not made accessory to the fact by trying to ascertain whether they also had  prior knowledge about what  had transpired in the house,In the circumstances he should have gone the TADA way with a life sentence but the law was merciful for convicting him under the arms act and sentencing him for  only six years was an act of mercy which he and his colleagues in the film Industry fails to appretiate. Today the Film Industry is backing him not because of any special love for him but more because of the crores of rupees invested in the movies starring Sanjay and yet to be released.

Instead of  involving the poor subordinate staff  who wouldnt care  to go to an extent of protesting if an actor is in jail  or retires,  because they always get the left overs while the actors take the cream , as long as they get their daily bread they are happy.  so instead of supporting him with a signature campaign the better way would be for his sister to accept moral responsibility by  resigning  from her position  and along with his  close family and so called   very close friends  who have invested in him to petition the court to allow  each one of them to share one year minimum of his prison term so that they can give him support by being really there with him in experiencing the rigours of prison and sharing the trauma he is justly going through and getting to know and become aware of what his actions has done to fellow human beings ,society and the country.

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