Today morning while reading the news paper
I came across very disturbing news.
“On 28th January 2015, the High Court bench
headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P K S Baghel commuted the
death sentence of Surender Koli to life imprisonment on the ground of
"inordinate delay" in deciding his mercy petition.”
How is it that the delay in execution of
this person gives him the right to live? He committed heinous crime against the
humanity where out of the total 19 people he killed only one was an adult (20
yr girl) and rest all were children, below the age of 10 Years.
As a child I heard a story that some
children were playing and one of them would sit on a high platform and deliver
justice in case the children fought over some thing. When that platform was dug,
the throne of king Vikramaditya was discovered.
This story left a lasting impression in my
mind that when you sit on the seat of justice, you tend to deliver justice.
I am not going into the technicalities of
the recent judgment. I am more concerned about the justice.
Sequence of events
On 3 September 2014 Court issued death
warrant.
On evening 6:30 of 4 September 2014
Surender Koli was transferred to Meerut Jail, to be hanged on September 12,
2014.
On 29th October 2014, the Supreme Court
bench headed by the Chief Justice of India H L Dattu rejected the death
sentence review petition stating that the court had not committed any error in
the judgment.
On 28th January 2015, the High Court bench commuted
the death sentence of Surender Koli to life imprisonment on the ground of
"inordinate delay" in deciding his mercy petition.
High Court should consider that Surender
Koli KILLED 19 INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Has
the justice been delivered in this case.
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