RE:NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW
by on Jul 31, 2007 02:56 PM Permalink
You are right but MINISTERS and all people affiliated with politics usually escape punishment for even more serious crimes and are above the LAW.
RE:NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW
by SNJS VIJAYA KUMAR on Jul 31, 2007 03:03 PM Permalink
I FEEL SORRY FOR SUNJAY BUT THERE IS SHOULD NOT BE ANY ONE ABOVE THE LAW. NO MATTER HOW BIG SHOT HE MAY BE. WE NEED NON PROJUDICIAL JUDGMENTS LIKE THIS WITH ALL THE PENDING CASES. HATS UP TO THE COURT AND LAW
We live in a country where people get away with hit and runs, gory murders, religous atrocities, rape, child molestation, drug trafficking, bribes... But we punish a man who possess a heavy duty gun and tried to cover his admitted naivity. While most on trial escape scotfree, atleast this man has undergone 16 months of imprisionment and more than a decade of mental trauma
I find some dumb people posting in these message board's. They dont even know that holding a illegal weapon is like a act of terrorism. Is dutt a 2 year old kid?. Don't he know about AK 47?. Clear up man?. First think and post to a message board.
Dutt accepted his mistake, but still can you bring the people who died on that blast. If one of those innocent people is sister or brother or relative of you. Will you talk like this?
Your point "We live in a country where people get away with hit and runs, gory murders, religous atrocities, rape, child molestation, drug trafficking, bribes" are still happening because there are people like you in the top level of the government.
So, I would suggest to think because there is definitely a "Attitude Problem for you".
It is true that justice has prevailed, but it took 14 years for it, which itself defeats the purpose of awarding a punishment. The judiciary needs overall improvement to speed up disposal of cases, or else the purpose of reforming the criminals will be defeated by the System itself.
Such is the irony of indian judicial system, that when the actual offence is committed the offender is'nt punished, and when over the YEARS he is apparantly transformed and probably no more an offender in the 'present tense', he is being punished. This is just one example.Punishments are given so that the person realizes that what was done by him/her was wrong and should not be repeated; it is also a lesson for others so that they understand the consequences of similar offences. but what is the use of granting punishment if TIME - the great healer- has already done the same.i feel that by passing such a punishment sentence, the indian judiciary is trying to save its face and to show that it spares nobody irrespective of the status.but at the same time it also forces us to think that is it right that decisions should be so much delayed that they lose the true sense of the word.Just imagine a situation in which a criminal is being sentenced many many years after the offence so that by the time the decision is made , the offender is no more in the world.......and the punishment is announced by the court just for the sake of it.....what's the use?
It also forces us to think ...............Should the take home message be " if at all u have to commit a crime in india make sure you get it done by an old aged person because by the time indian judiciary will pass a sentence for punishment in 10 - 15 years or so, the person will be no more!"
RE:Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment
by Srcs Prasad on Jul 31, 2007 02:56 PM Permalink
it may be late, we should appreciate the judgement.
RE:Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment
by anurag rastogi on Jul 31, 2007 03:04 PM Permalink
I agree. But the question is, what to appreciate? 'The judgement', or Its 'Lateness"
If it is the 'judgemnt', then it should have come much earlier,and if it is the 'lateness', then why not wait a few decades more for the judgement.
Anurag(a victim of indian law system.......... as mentioned earlier )
RE:Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment
by ashok pai on Jul 31, 2007 03:00 PM Permalink
thats all fine and dandy. if he's not punished, others will drag the case in the court, they will say im a changed man now. a crime committed still holds, if it were yu and me we'd have been in the locker for longer
RE:RE:Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment
by anurag rastogi on Jul 31, 2007 03:17 PM Permalink
Dear Mr. Ashok,
This is exactly what i am trying to say about the indian law .....it needs to be looked into with a deeper thought.By passing the above statement('..if it were you and me') you have yourself accepted that the indian law is not the same for everyone in india ........which i feel is not right; and if it is , then the indian law and constitution should stop boasting of EQUALITY.
RE:RE:Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment
by anurag rastogi on Jul 31, 2007 03:25 PM Permalink
Dear Mr. Pradeep,
Thank you for your reply.
You may not be knowing that for a person agrieved by indian law and constitution, how pleasant and morally boosting it is to come into contact with people who share like ideas.
RE:Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment
by VISHAL SEHGAL on Jul 31, 2007 03:09 PM Permalink
Sanjay Dutt can not be called as a criminal as his intentions were not of any terrorist act or to destroy any nation .If these were his intentions then he would have run away from this country .He is not like any other who ran away from India .Sanjay baba dont worry India is with u .
If Sanjay Dutt was not guilty of an offence under TADA, then why did the TADA court convict him of an offence under Arms Act? If his offence was a non-TADA offence, he should have been referred to an ordinary court for trial and punishment/acquittal. Does a TADA court have jurisdiction under ordinary laws also? Isn't that a duplication of the jurisdiction of other courts?
Why did the learned judge think that Sanjay Dutt was likely to be dangerous to society? He has been an offender under Arms Act. Having acquired a forbidden firearm, he has not used that firearm, nor has he collaborated with anyone in terrorist or non-terrorist offences.
His offence has been compounded by his effort to destroy an AK-56.
Perhaps the judge was constrained by Arms Act which prescribes RI of 5 to 10 years for an offence under Arms Act. It seems Arms Act allows no discretion to a judge in the matter of sentence - if someone has been convicted under the Act.
The judge says that Sanjay Dutt was not accessory to a terrorist offence. Nor does any one think that he was likely in the future to commit a terrorist offence. In fact no one thinks that he is likely to commit any offence at all.
Laws should be used for better ordering of human affairs and not for blindly applying a law to punish somebody.
The judgement seems to have been within the four corners of the law but it operates in effect to hand out excessive punishment for a rather minor offence.
Although i have sympathy with Sanjay Dutt, but he deserve this sentence, as rightly judge said he was mature enough to understand the consequenses of keeping arms with him.
This verdict will be landmark to all citizens that they should not take law and order in their own hand. I hope Supreme court will accept the verdict and send him in Jail to show solidarity with kin of blast victim.
Sad for Sanjay but still appriciative of our law. No miscreant escapes. Hope this apply for any and every offender. Hopefully Sanjay will not spend all 6 years in Jail but come out on bail
