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Sanjay's Jail Term
by on Jul 31, 2007 02:14 PM

What's interesting about this jail term is the fact that he has been punished under Arms Act for illegal possession of weapons. Posession of weapons for self defence is a fundamental right in USA, emanating from an individual's right to defend himself and his property and thus protect one's sovereignty over oneself. The moot question is that any law which can't guarantee full security to its people and itself makes provisions for self-defence can't disallow people to keep arms for self defence. It's ridiculous to do otherwise. Indian Law is one such stupid law. It's unfair to punish a person for something which, at the first place, is not a crime by natural law and secondly when he has been acquited under TADA (which would actually be a crime, if commited, and whose real offenders are moving freely and running business). This judgement of Indian Government of Indian Law only further shows the impotency of Indian Government and Indian Law, which is never able to bring the real culprits to tethers and gives strictest punishment possible to those who are weak and thus helpless. I fail to understand how come India makes more errors when it develops closer ties with developed countries like USA??? It's ironical!

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Sanjay Dutt gets 6 yrs in jail