RE:Saffron terrorism
by Nanchil on Jun 17, 2008 04:44 PM Permalink
But the government declined, in its order of December, to give permission to prosecute the accused under these sections. However, Masih’s lawyer Ajay Kumar Jain did not hear about the order until recently. “They never inform us about such developments,” he said. The Sodala police, upon receiving the order, proceeded to drop the sections concerned from its charge-sheet. “This happened because the persons involved are VHP people,” said Ajay Kumar Jain. He said the government advocate hardly opposed the bail plea of the accused in the Rajasthan High Court. The police examined 44 witnesses; 14 of them were found to be directly involved in the incident, including the district unit general secretary of the VHP, Virendra Singh Ravana.
RE:RE:Saffron terrorism
by Nanchil on Jun 17, 2008 04:47 PM Permalink
In January 2004, after a lower court rejected all charges against prominent persons – which included a former Minister of the BJP, the president of the Rajput Sabha, the nephew of former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat – for glorifying Sati, the government refused to appeal against the order. Since 2004, women’s organisations have repeatedly requested the government to appeal against the order.
Masih was attacked in his home in Sodala, in front of his wife and young daughter, just after he had concluded a prayer meeting. The identity of the attackers became public later as they had brought with them a camera crew to record the proceedings. One of them even bragged in front of the camera that he had done the right thing.
Masih said that he was worried about his family. He said the government order was a setback for them. “I am still not able to hold my foot straight after the beating I received last year. I had hoped that a lot of support would pour in on this issue and that we would get justice. But I have no complaints,” he said.
T.S. David of the Evangelical Christian Fellowship said the incident was not a surprise. “From the very inception, this government has been biased against minorities. Most of these attacks are well organised,” he said.
RE:RE:RE:Saffron terrorism
by Flamingo on Jun 18, 2008 12:41 AM Permalink
This just a Beginning. NOw Hindu Extermism is growing Now we will not let any Muslim or chritian enjoy benefits and live prosperously here.
RE:RE:Saffron terrorism
by Nanchil on Jun 17, 2008 04:46 PM Permalink
“The government’s permission is required to prevent misuse of these sections by the police, but in this case, there was enough evidence, including video footage,” said Ajay Kumar Jain. He said that the Supreme Court had in several cases held that the power to sanction prosecution rested with the government so that it could forestall the misuse and unnecessary harassment of individuals. In two judgments delivered in 1955 and 1988, the court had pointed out that “the object of sanction under the sub-section is to ensure prosecution only after due consideration, the appropriate sanctioning authority is satisfied that there is a proper case to put the party on trial and also to save the time of the criminal court being wasted by needless prosecution without conviction” (AIR 1955, Manipur 9(12): 1955 Cri LJ 184).
