In 2002 a gruesome incident took place. The film star Salman Khan came out of the Marriot Hotel in Juhu and took the wheel. he was drunk and rammed his car in a bakery after running over some sleeping poor people on the pavement. One man died and 4 were seriously injured. Worse the actor ran away from the scene of crime. Which is itself an admission of guilt
the sessions Court convicted Salman Khan of culpable Homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced him to 5 years in Jail. It was a punishment that he deserved, yet many felt it was inadequate. The wheel has now turned full circle. The case ina review petition has been set aside by the Bombay High Court. To say the least it is a bizarre verdict and one wonders how the high court judge acquitted him, when the entire India knew that Salman was at the wheel of the vehicle.
The Indian judiciary has a lot to answer in such and similar cases. It is so easy to find a technical fault, but to punish a rich man is not easy. that is the lesson of this case. Salman is now acquitted, but I am sure in his heart he knows he is a guilty criminal. I hope the Maharashtra government goes in appeal for such a verdict cannot be accepted. One cant have one law for the rich and another for the poor.
the sessions Court convicted Salman Khan of culpable Homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced him to 5 years in Jail. It was a punishment that he deserved, yet many felt it was inadequate. The wheel has now turned full circle. The case ina review petition has been set aside by the Bombay High Court. To say the least it is a bizarre verdict and one wonders how the high court judge acquitted him, when the entire India knew that Salman was at the wheel of the vehicle.
The Indian judiciary has a lot to answer in such and similar cases. It is so easy to find a technical fault, but to punish a rich man is not easy. that is the lesson of this case. Salman is now acquitted, but I am sure in his heart he knows he is a guilty criminal. I hope the Maharashtra government goes in appeal for such a verdict cannot be accepted. One cant have one law for the rich and another for the poor.
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