[Reader-list] TIME FOR TOUGH STAND

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear Bipin,

I think Kasab, Lt. Colonel Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya, the recently  
detained RSS functionaries arrested for their connections to the  
blasts in Hyderabad and Ajmer, and all others accused in terrorism  
cases should all be able to exercise their rights as accused as per  
the law. This includes the right to appeal to a higher court against  
the sentences that may be awarded to them. This is a right given in  
the Indian constitution to anyone accused in a court of law. Do you  
want this right to be changed, so that Kasab and Lt. Colonel Purohit  
both be sent to be hanged without the right of a proper defence?

I hope that no one agrees with you, as that would amount to a gross  
compromise with the standards of fairness and decency which all human  
beings, regardless of their politics, need.

best

Shuddha

On 04-May-10, at 4:38 PM, Bipin Trivedi wrote:

> Though terrorist's Kasav case was crystal clear, but still we have  
> gone for
> about 17 months fair trial and proved that how transparent our  
> judicial
> system is unlike Pakistan. But, after this trial and judgment, he  
> should not
> allow to appeal in the higher court and should be hanged in public
> immediately. India should show the world that country cannot  
> compromise in
> integrity and take hard action if required like open public death  
> sentence.
>
>
>
> Even betrayed Madhuri Gupta, who spied for Pakistan, should also  
> punished
> death sentence without going to court of law since she admitted her
> allegation and proved guilty.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Bipin
>
>
>
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Shuddhabrata Sengupta
The Sarai Programme at CSDS
Raqs Media Collective
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