Recently we have heard from an Indian fugitive that if he goes back to India (where TWO WARRANTS of arrest have been issued against him) then he will not be treated fairly.
And all the kaum DNA bahalol just believed what he said.
Well here is a very high profile case in India which shows that the Indian Judiciary has acted very professionally and upholds justice.
The prosecution, the defense and the judges are all Hindus (from their names).
The 11 accused are also all Hindus.
Only the victim is a Muslim girl.
The case involves 11 Hindus attacking, raping and murdering Muslims.
In 2002 there were some serious Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat. In this case a whole group of 17 people (14 of whom were from one family) was almost completely wiped out. Three people survived, including a girl Bilkis Banu who was gang raped, beaten and left for dead.
11 attackers who were held responsible were arrested and charged in 2003.
The first guilty convictions were handed down in 2008.
The 11 convicts appealed their conviction.
Yesterday the Bombay High Court upheld the conviction.
The 11 perpetrators have been sent off to life imprisonment.
6 other people, prejudiced Police and hospital doctors who had tampered with evidence were also convicted.
Here is the news :
Bilkis Bano gangrape case: Bombay High Court upholds conviction of 11
17 people, including Bilkis Bano, attacked in Gujarat on March 3, 2002
in aftermath of Godhra train carnage
Bombay high court also set aside acquittal of 6 others for tampering evidence
Bombay high court upheld life sentences for 11 for gangraping Bilkis Bano
during 2002 anti-Muslim violence
convicted 6 people for tampering evidence
one of India’s most high-profile riot cases
court rejected Central Bureau of Investigation’s appeal to put 3 to death
Justices VK Tahilramani, Mridula Bhatkar dismissed defence argument
that Bilkis’ testimony was “bogus” and “full of contradictions”
Bikis one of 17 people attacked by mob on March 3, 2002 in Dahod district
height of violence in Gujarat
8 were killed, 6 missing and only 3 — Bilkis and 2 family — survived
Bilkis, then 19, was raped and left for dead by miscreants
case grabbed national headlines in 2003
Supreme Court ordered CBI probe
Jan 2008, special court convicted 11 men — Jaswant Nai, Govind Nai, Shailesh Bhatt, Radhyesham Shah, Bipin Chandra Joshi, Kesarbhai Vohania, Pradeep Mordhiya, Bakabhai Vohania, Rajubhai Soni, Mitesh Bhatt, and Ramesh Chandana — for the gang rape of Bilkis and murder of her family members.
11 challenged conviction in Bombay High Court
CBI also challenged acquittal of Gujarat police officers, state hospital doctors on charges of evidence tampering
CBI wanted death penalty for Jaswantbai Nai, Govindbhai Nai, Radhesham Shah
the 3 played significant role in “pre-planning and executing” the entire incident.all 3 of them raped Bilkis, her sister and mother and had been identified by her
court reserved judgment on the appeal in Nov 2016
conducted daily hearings for five months
Defence counsel Harshad Ponda, argued Bilkis’ testimony “bogus”
CBI backed her by “fabricating evidence”
Ponda for convicts, raised doubts on three points
chronology of events as narrated by Bilkis
FIR registered in the case by Gujarat Police
photos of dead bodies and other evidence collected
Ponda argued the entire ‘story’ was “fictitious.”
disputed veracity of photographs of bodies that CBI exhumed
for CBI, advocate Hiten Venegaonkar denied defence’s charges
sought death penalty, arguing case was “mass murder”
14 members of family, including a child three days old, had been killed
the riots had caused an “exodus”
while Bilkis and her family on the run, they were raped and murdered
the case warranted maximum punishment,” he said.
My comments : To say that the Indian penal system will be unfair on account of religion (Hindu versus Muslim) is therefore not true. That is an unfair and wicked thing to say. That will be a fitnah.
It is also to be noted that the Indian High Court has upheld the conviction of a crime committed in 2002 when the Governor of Gujarat was Narendra Modi, who is now the Prime Minister of India. Modi's "administration has been considered complicit in the 2002 Gujarat riots, or otherwise criticised for its handling of it, although a court found no evidence to prosecute Modi."
It is to be noted that these 11 criminals have been under detention since 2003. And now they will remain in jail for life.
In Malaysia the Attorney General can get fired in 24 hours just for doing his job of wanting to prosecute a case. Criminals seem to like Malaysia. They feel protected.
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