The recent bail given to the "Killers of Aman Kachroo" in the high profile case brought out the can of worms that exist in the Criminal Procedure Code of India.
Judge Purinder Vaidya on Saturday granted bail to Ajay Verma, Naveen Verma, Abhinav Verma and Mukul Sharma, who were charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, on bond of Rs 50,000. Thre reason he said, "the statements of the witnesses have been recorded and material evidence taken into account, the accused were given bail".
But the question is if the court has recorded all the evidence and the case is in a fast track court, why did the judge didn't gave the judgement?
The unwritten law process says if the case is delayed beyond 15 months then the judge has to grant bail- a reasonable ploy that is used by defence advocates to get bail for their client.
Aman Kachroo is a first year MBBS student at Rajindra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda (Kangra), was allegedly thrsahed by his seniors and he subsequently died on March 8, 2009. In reaction to it he state government not only ordered a magisterial inquiry into the cause of Aman's death but also passed the Anti Ragging Act, providing for stringent punishment in such cases.
However, what if after 15 months the accused get bail in a simple case of culpable homicide.
Post script- The landmark move was initiated by Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-cheif, Times Now, in Newshour, where he coerced Aman Father to fight the case rather than let the state to do it. In the same show Dusyant Dave, the eminent High Court Lawyer volunteered to fight the case for FREE. A landmark acievement in a country where cases languish in courts for ages.
hi aksah with due respect to ur article i would like to throw light upon some raging incidents
ReplyDeleteMG College,Kerala:-
Girl attempts suicide after being ragged by seniors on regular basis.
GMC, Jammu:-
First year student ragged by senior girls which led to tissue injury.
Uttar Banga Krishi Vidyalaya, Cooch Behar:-
Pallab was ragged and the boys had taken away his mobile phone to
prevent him from speaking to his mother
Government Ayurvedic College, Balangir:-
the second-year student of the college were tortured physically and mentally.
Ramakrishna Shilpa Vidyapith:-
Saroj Kumar Biswas went missing after being ragged by his seniors
Larambha College Baragarh:-
Pratap consumed pesticides when ragged.
GMC Chandigarh:-
The freshers were asked to abuse each other verbally. Girls
were asked to dance in vulgar condition.
MIT Hoogly:-
The student were admitted to hospital with injuries in his head, neck, legs and chest.
40 students of the third and fourth year beat him me up. His father even were not spared.
wht happened to the accused of all these cases??
well neither u nor me have an exact answer. we live in a democracy where law is blind as well as handicapped. we d people of india r very much intrested in so called 'BREAKING NEWS'. we wanna knw wht?,wen?,how?. bt how many of us really interested in following up these incidents??? agreed dere are cases were justice r prevailed.bt wats d percentage of these cases???. i may sound silly, bt these questions must be answered. nt by any1 else, bt by ourself. till then we can have more
Aman Kachroo in "BREAKING NEWS"
I acknowledge your feelings but Vivek there has to be a starting point to get justice. I think Aman's case is that starting point we are looking at.
ReplyDeleteThank You