Which sane person can agree that one and sole only Afzal
Guru was the mastermind behind Parliament attack? Even if not that can you agree
that those who were shot down and Afzal Guru could together be taken as
complete set of conspirers? If your answers are ‘No’, then wouldn’t you agree to
it that trial could have a lot of loopholes as co-conspirers are out of trial?
It is really injustice in my opinion to penalize someone and
forget about absconding ones and out of reach conspirers of such an attack. It
is making a scapegoat out of arrested, it is also transferring charges, hatred
and anger for someone to another person just because he is caught and accused.
Just to satisfy our sense of anger and justice we can’t deal in such a way when
we declare we are followers of law and equality.
True Justice is that all accused are trialed and then sent
for conviction, till then ample possibilities of doubts remains because who
knows what lies beneath. In case of Afzal Guru where are other accused, if their
trials are still to be held, convicting Afzal Guru to death and practically
executing him shows our failure in bringing complete justice. Afzal Guru should
have been given life sentence in such a case.
One may reason that co-accused and conspirers are out of
reach, in that case does our law allow us to make scapegoat of someone just to
fulfill our senses of anger, hatred and justice? If our diplomatic procedure is
weak or a failure we have no moral right left with us to make scapegoats. Unless
all accused are trialed and convicted, to condemn a single person is grave injustice
in my personal opinion.
We have no moral right to operate justice when our other
section the diplomacy is a failure and can’t bring co-conspirers back. In such
a case Sanity would declare it as unfair, when it is unfair it is injustice,
when it is injustice we too are criminals, criminals in eyes of God, Humanity
and Sanity.
Secondly, executions are to be for sake of justice and not
to pacify public sentiments most among whose don’t even know A, B and Cs of
law. Executions are not for the sake of silencing a group in Parliament thus to
make sessions go smooth. Those who were disrupting sessions and emphasizing
executions when things were already under legal procedure showed nothing but
sadism. Only cheap political parties can make cheap political stunts.
Afzal Guru was called mastermind of attack on parliament. When
public sentiments are taken by TV channels and most of college goers who’re
just for tonight’s movie, current lover and future jobs or frustrated 9 to 5
racers out of their boss’ scolding that day shift the frustrations on MPs and
declare an opinion on mic and in front of camera that MPs should be gunned or
all are criminals, which mind would you call them, masterminds or something else?
When things of such sort are depicted in movies would you call it as creativity
or something other than mastermind?
I want to say that executing one or incomplete set of
accused and conspirers while letting other roam free citing reasons of
diplomatic failure is not complete justice. We at least should avoid death
sentence unless all accused are either dead or are arrested, because who know
which thing/information can change the course of legal opinion and procedure,
no one knows what lies beneath.
Death by terrorist are grievous on that principle death by
rioters are also equivalent crimes, we have witnessed so many riots and deaths,
when would victims get justice. If in future they will get justice but on which
precise day we don’t know then what picture of our judiciary are we portraying
to world?
Criminals no matter what heinous crime is accused to
deserves human right, the convicted is being dealt for the crime that’s it,
other rights the person deserves if hampered make us sadist for sure. All other
rights except that right which is affected due to crime needs to be dealt with
other rights must be left with criminals.
Afzal Guru was told that he would be hanged today by next 2 or
3 hours, is it sense of humanity or shamelessness? A person may have so many
things to share with close friends and family, was Afzal Guru allowed to
exercise that human right? What our law says about when to inform the convicted
about execution, or shamelessly it is still left ambiguous and to the discretionary
powers of superintendent?
Afzal was told he would be executed in next few hours; for
sure he was sure that he can’t meet his wife, mother or son then what crap are
officials declaring that he was asked about his last wish and he said nothing?
Were officials human and had relatives that they could have understood Afzal
needs to have a last family meet with his mother, wife and son at least.
Officials enjoy air-travel, holidays on public money and
family of person to be executed is told by speed post. What IT revolution do we
talk about does our law prohibits us to inform the family of person to be
executed by at least internet! Security reasons would have sounded correct had
the official arranged for an internet conference or at least had allowed him to
have a last talk with his mother, wife and son on mobile phone. Nothing was done,
do you know butcher practise giving at least water to animals before lawful
slaughters.
Our intellectuals talk about Antim Sanskar, do they know
Afzal Guru and his family also deserved similar rites which Islam talks about,
giving bath to body, anointing, enshrouding, last glimpse, carrying body on
shoulders, funeral prayers by permission of relative, laying body in grave, making
pillow with mud given by relatives and friends, putting mud with one’s hand in
the grave, water the grave, plant some twigs, seeking salvation for him over
his grave by relatives and friends. Was Afzal Guru or his family given the
freedom to execute these human rights? Are Afzal Guru’s mother, wife and son
also criminals that they can’t exercise funeral rights?
If ‘No’, then to declare that he was buried with full religious
rites is just talking slang because all funeral rites are executed by
relatives, friends and neighbors or by their permission. Afzal Guru was
convicted but never unclaimed or heir-less If what he was convicted for was shameless
than what was done before and after his legal execution was more shameful. At
least if little bit of shame is being felt, exhume the body and hand it over to
his family for a family funeral.
One more thing, after witnessing several execution in newspapers, TV and internet our so called divine public with divine ancient
culture and human practices have grown sadist. Seriously just have a look the
way executing procedure are written in newspapers with illustrations and are
shown on TV with graphics, people are growing sadist, enjoying climaxing
procedures of someone’s death. After being used to violence on movies, games we
need more realistic pleasure, this is where sadism comes in our senses.
Criminals even if they are human and their death is although
justice but a loss for their family, shock for emotional attachments and thus
the loss the family goes through must be respected. If someone enjoys climaxing
events of someone death, the person must be referred to psychiatrist. Media avoid
drawing TRPs and sales through sadism.
I am personally against capital punishments. People who have
all possibilities to commit similar crimes in future have no present right and
legal obligation to execute capital punishments on others.
Nothing will change and we would continue to boost our sense
of justice, humanity and morality to the World, but the World is not an idiot!
My deep desire: I want India to be the best country in the world
with the best regulations. Thus I feel we need to reconsider Victorian era rules
and procedures at least after so many years of independence. I am not interested in supporting Afzal Guru's opinions or any Anti-Indian activities, what I am talking about is how Indian laws and procedures should have high morals even when they are applied on it's criminals. Nation of Gandhi should have high morals that's it!
