Besides being tained by corruption charges involving the top most courts, which is a recent development, the legal system in India is notoriously slow which makes alleged criminals enjoy freedom long after a crime, and, as this case shows, considerate to the convicted criminals.
From a social point of view, one does feel compelled to question the propreity in having a convicted criminal attending one's marriage. How would the guests feel sharing the stage with a murderer?
Legally as well, it is only logical that a person convicted of murder, especially someone as powerful as this convict who did use his power to delay and divert the progress of the investigation for many years before being finally pinned, be denied rights that are not available to the person killed. It is that simple. If the deceased wanted to attend a social fuction, how would it be possible?
The laws need to be more stricted. As PM I intend to make prisoners source of labour for public works. Especially those convicted of serious offences will be denied any freedom.
There is another angle to this issue, the judge who allowed the convict to have a whale of a time. What are the odds that there was some "compensation" involved for this show of leniency? Ironically, the only way someone, like a relative of the deceased, could stop this show of leniency is by appealing to another judge!
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