[Reader-list] TIME FOR TOUGH STAND

[anupam chakravartty]

it is really to comfortable for one to sit back and watch a few news
channels, read a few headlines and call for a death sentence of a 22 year
old Pakistani who was found guilty of waging war against india by 160-odd
persons. initially he was labelled as a fidayeen -- a form of suicide
bombings practiced in kashmir. incidentally, the 22 year old youth was
caught alive on camera while killing every single person, who he thought was
an indian. later, like a maneater from the corbett tales, he was caught
alive in flesh and blood. now as he was found guilty, a news channel
announced that state spent Rs 2 lakhs for everyday as a upkeep of this man
called ajmal kasab in the prison. it is clear that the indian state doesnt
want this man alive nor does any of the victim's families. vengeance is very
much in the air these days. however, vengeance, even in case of personal
cases is considered a legible device to justify an action in the court of
law. perhaps bipin hasnt heard of the term called jurisprudence.
Like other cases of retributive justice as opposed to reformative justice, a
death sentence has never ever being able to make examples for the society.
if by fear of being caught, one doesnt commit a crime, then one needs to
just wait for the persisting conditions of the fear to be removed and
immediately few killings would take place. therefore, by suggesting death
sentence you are not curing the society, be it at your home or otherwise,
you are throwing the society into deep abyss of neo-barbarism, where
civility is replaced by fear of an authority. such forms of justice could
only exist in the societies which have not evolved. and even in these
societies where punishments for crimes are severe, annually a large of
persons are executed, their hands chopped off. the executions have infact
increased over the times in such societies.



On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Bipin Trivedi <aliens at dataone.in> wrote:

> That's what I have written that case is still going on Pawan and comparison
> irrelevant. Thanks for your input
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pawan Durani [mailto:pawan.durani at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:02 AM
> To: Shuddhabrata Sengupta
> Cc: Bipin Trivedi; sarai-list
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] TIME FOR TOUGH STAND
>
>  Has Col Puroshit been convicted by any of the court ? Or is it Shuddha
> trying to be mischievous ?
>
> Pawan
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net>
> wrote:
> > 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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