Too harsh verdict. I agree with some punishment but the quantum of judgment just reeks of senselessness. It seems since they can not catch hold of real criminals, they are trying to make scapegoat out of Sanjay. Since the case has dragged on for 13 years(punishment already?), and Sanjay has already gone to jail for almost 2 years, he could have been fined heavily and given another year of prison and some more time of community service. Clearly no reasonable person would think Sanjay is a criminal. There is clearly no motive for Sanjay to go out and kill anyone with this gun unless he was using it for self defense. Nor can any reasonable person imagine him using it for extortion/kidnappings etc. And putting Sanjay under TADA which was for terrorist activities prevention act is itself foolish. I think judge went overboard and should have shown some leniency. Judicial/police system should spend more time on real and much more dangerous criminals. I hope SC can put more sense on this. The objective of laws should also be to reform people which is not also the case here.
