There is a common saying in Hindi movies, “Kanoon andha hota hai” (Law is blind), this sentence stands true to every word in reality too. We are all aware of the fact that the ‘high class’, especially in India are capable of getting away with anything…even a Murder.
On 29th April night, seven years ago…a young model Jessica Lal who offered to act as a celebrity bar-tender was shot dead at a party in Tamarind Court (a newly opened bar then, in South Delhi) for refusing to serve drinks to a guest who landed up at 2 am, way after the bar was closed. This unfortunate incident took place in a ‘high class’ gathering were most of the guests were VIPs, businessmen, top industrialists and celebrities who showed up for the party thrown by Delhi socialite Bina Ramani and fashion designer Malini Ramani. More than 100 people were present that night and most likely had witnessed the death of an innocent women.
The reasons cited by the judge behind decision are :
The above reasons basically compelled the judge to let go of the accused and once again putforth the loopholes in our legal justice system. It showed the inefficiency and lack pf credibility in our Police force and also how easy it is for the ‘high class’ people to buy their freedom.
To Jessica’s family, the court’s decision does not come as shock. Sabrina (Jessica’s older sister) become well aware of the power of ‘money’, who lost all faith in the justice system the day Manu Sharma got out on bail. According to her, the case became weaker and weaker after being dragged in Delhi courts for seven years. She believes that the accused had bought over the witnesses and investigators in the case and stated, “At every step, money was working. Witnesses turned hostile. The forensic report messed up the case and the murder weapon could not be recovered”.
Jessica Lal’s case like many other cases will never see justice being served. As always, the media and the public will forget, killers will continue to live their lives as respected citizens… but for the families of such innocent victims, life will be an on-going nightmare. A guilt, that they were not there to protect their loved one when they were alive nor bring them peace after their death.
(picture taken from Indian Express)
Further Updates, please go here.
Verdict at last. Read about it, here.
achieve their ulterior motive. They are most common among are politicians, terrorist groups, rapists, murderers, etc. For example, Netaji Subhas Chadra Bose’s death in a plane crash in 1945 is a fact or was fabricated by the then Congress government orManu Sharma, the prime accused in Jessica Lal’s murder case. Then there are lies which one commits with the intention of damaging someone else’s reputation or image in the society, out of plain jealousy or grudge. Example -
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