We all respect Sanjay Dutt as a
great actor and as a son of veteran actor Late Sunil Dutt'ji .
I am filled with various thoughts
when Justice Markandey Katju asking for mercy on Sanjay Dutt and writing a
letter to Governor of Maharastra for his mercy. As, Sanjay Dutt is being sentenced 5
years jail, under serious criminal offenses like possessing three AK-56 rifles
and having direct phone call contacts with the key conspirators of Mumbai
serial blast 1993, on the grounds of actually knowing what is going to happen in
Mumbai that time..etc. Once I was filled with a great respect about Justice
Katju, when he asked for justice for two gals on the grounds of "Freedom
Of Expression" on facebook. But this time it gives me a feeling that it is
somewhere bias towards some political party to gain the favor than to be a Justice.
It is inevitable that Bollywood
will come forward asking plea for Sanjay Dutt, as they are co-actor and
actresses and some of them are friends and worked together with Sanjay Dutt's
parents. But the reason "Sanjay has already suffered for long 20 years and
served 18 months in jail" they put forward itself is not viable. As we see
most of the cases in India run for such a long duration it doesn't mean that,
at the end the convicted should be excused or favored. Law is equal for all. If
the decision is altered now, it will simply pass on wrong message to the people
that, if you are actor or businessmen or belong to political party then law
will be different for you.
Be it Markandey Katju or Bollywood stars, It seems they have
forgotten the wounds of ‘93 Mumbai blasts or either they want to veil it for
favor. We agree that there is a ‘mercy factor’ when a criminal is sentenced,
but why this case is drawing so much of our attention, as there are many other
criminals sentenced and might be for life imprisonment, no one talked about
them, Is it only because they are poor? Or not having any political background?
Those cases not even came into limelight.
The question will remain
unanswered if the decision is altered, “it is Mercy or Favor?”
