Brides are burnt at houses of in laws.
And they also commit suicides.
Now Imagine This:
As you see your daughter in law burning, you rush and try to save her. Your hands get burnt in process. You take her to hospital. The parents of bride are angry. They reach hospital. The bride is still speaking. Her parents talk with her. Her parents also talks with police.
She gives a dying declaration that she is being tortured since last one year. Her mother in law and Father in law were beating her and torturing her.
Today, you, her Father in Law, poured kerosene on her and Mother in-law took out a matchstick from a match box and put her on fire.
Since the incident happen in house, no one saw what actually happened.
When the Judge will read his dying declaration, he too will be very very angry on you.
And they also commit suicides.
Now Imagine This:
As you see your daughter in law burning, you rush and try to save her. Your hands get burnt in process. You take her to hospital. The parents of bride are angry. They reach hospital. The bride is still speaking. Her parents talk with her. Her parents also talks with police.
She gives a dying declaration that she is being tortured since last one year. Her mother in law and Father in law were beating her and torturing her.
Today, you, her Father in Law, poured kerosene on her and Mother in-law took out a matchstick from a match box and put her on fire.
Since the incident happen in house, no one saw what actually happened.
When the Judge will read his dying declaration, he too will be very very angry on you.
Now.. What are your chances to prove your innocence in Court? Nil. Both the Father in Law and Mother in law will go in Jail for Life imprisonment.
Thousands of poor are daily convicted in this way by Courts and the Convictions are confirmed by Supreme Court.
No one will listen about what you have to say. Even police will not try to investigate whether it was a case of Suicide or Bride Burning. (Naturally. He is taken care of by angry relatives of bride).
Here, I am stopping from writing further. Just stop and think.
I am not telling you why Courts will not listen you.
I am not telling you why your lawyers will fail however hard they may try.
I will write some other day. Today I write this to only to say that Thousands of Poor family members are sent to life imprisonment.
Sometimes whole the family present in house are named in Dying Declaration and all are sent to jail. I have cases collecting dust in my office.
I if I write further, I will have to file a Charge-sheet against Judges, their principles and their Compass of Justice.
Imagine that Judiciary is big ship. The Judges are driving the ship with aid of a 16th Century Compass. If this very Compass is showing wrong direction, how will they reach India, that is Bharat?
Please ask every judge in this country to take out his Compass and check whether it is showing right directions.
Haresh Raichura
7th June, 2012