On TV when story broke out that Amitabh Bachhan has to spend 25 years with stigma because someone tried to plant his name in a scam, the whole nation stood up and everyone began to fold up his sleeves.
I am apologize for using name of Amitabh Bachhan, to drive a point once again that 40% poor people languishing in Jail are INNOCENT people. They are victims of PLANTED evidence. And yet, nobody cares for them. Their appeals(SLPs) have been dismissed by Supreme Court, and there is no hope for them.
No one is speaking about setting up of any permanent panel or commission headed by three retired Supreme Court Judges to inquire and recommend appropriate relief to such poor. (This does not mean rehearing of cases. It only means that, if something has gone wrong somewhere, outside legal frame work, there is some Human Forum who is there to listen.)
1. You must have recently read in newspapers that three person were undergoing life imprisonment since 10 years for a murder they never committed. The "Murdered Man" was found alive after 10 years and as soon as this story came to notice of Supreme Court, these three were released on bail.
2. Amitabh Bachhan starring film MAJBOOR, was entirely on how evidence can be planted and how a man can be sentenced to death for crime he may never committed. Majboori, is the name of real culprit.
3. A crime may have been committed by one person, but if complainant is rich and has influential, police implicates and finds evidence against all the family members of accused. The Court, relying on "Lie Telling Complainant and planted evidence convicts these innocent persons also.
Lawyers and retired judges can tell you a hundred such true stories.
4. A client of mine is very poor. Almost a pauper. He has been ordered to pay of Rs.6,00,000 fine in addition imprisionment. Since he can't pay, he will have to undergo further imprisonment. Since when poverty has become a crime in India?
5. I do not want to take up your further time. If you are more interested, you can check other posts on this blog titled (a)Business of Filing False Civil and Criminal Cases in India (6 March,2012), (b) How innocent person can be sent to jail by Police (22 Feb,2012), where I have tried to elaborate these issues which no one wants to answer.
I once again apologize for using name of Amitabh Bachhan to attract your attention to plight of innocent persons languishing in jail.
Haresh Raichura
27/4/2012
PS. If anyone has objection to my using name of Shri Amitabh Bachhan, in this article, please let me know, I will remove this post immediately.
I am apologize for using name of Amitabh Bachhan, to drive a point once again that 40% poor people languishing in Jail are INNOCENT people. They are victims of PLANTED evidence. And yet, nobody cares for them. Their appeals(SLPs) have been dismissed by Supreme Court, and there is no hope for them.
No one is speaking about setting up of any permanent panel or commission headed by three retired Supreme Court Judges to inquire and recommend appropriate relief to such poor. (This does not mean rehearing of cases. It only means that, if something has gone wrong somewhere, outside legal frame work, there is some Human Forum who is there to listen.)
EVIDENCE ? What is the evidence that 40% innocent people are in jail?
1. You must have recently read in newspapers that three person were undergoing life imprisonment since 10 years for a murder they never committed. The "Murdered Man" was found alive after 10 years and as soon as this story came to notice of Supreme Court, these three were released on bail.
2. Amitabh Bachhan starring film MAJBOOR, was entirely on how evidence can be planted and how a man can be sentenced to death for crime he may never committed. Majboori, is the name of real culprit.
3. A crime may have been committed by one person, but if complainant is rich and has influential, police implicates and finds evidence against all the family members of accused. The Court, relying on "Lie Telling Complainant and planted evidence convicts these innocent persons also.
Lawyers and retired judges can tell you a hundred such true stories.
4. A client of mine is very poor. Almost a pauper. He has been ordered to pay of Rs.6,00,000 fine in addition imprisionment. Since he can't pay, he will have to undergo further imprisonment. Since when poverty has become a crime in India?
5. I do not want to take up your further time. If you are more interested, you can check other posts on this blog titled (a)Business of Filing False Civil and Criminal Cases in India (6 March,2012), (b) How innocent person can be sent to jail by Police (22 Feb,2012), where I have tried to elaborate these issues which no one wants to answer.
I once again apologize for using name of Amitabh Bachhan to attract your attention to plight of innocent persons languishing in jail.
Haresh Raichura
27/4/2012
PS. If anyone has objection to my using name of Shri Amitabh Bachhan, in this article, please let me know, I will remove this post immediately.
