Seems that the Supreme Court has upheld the guilty verdict on Manu Sharma for the murder of Jessica Lall as also his life imprisonment. He is the son of a politician and was acquitted by the trial court because all witnesses had been threatened into withdrawing their testimony in court and the police had deliberately messed up the investigation. It was the untiring effort by Jessica's sister and a huge public outcry following the acquittals that the Delhi police appealed to the High Court which found Sharma guilty and sentenced him to life in prison. Naturally he appealed and now th Supreme Court has upheld the judgement of the High Court. However the Delhi government has tried its best to make his life comfortable by allowing him to attend his sick mother who was seen partying and his grandmother who was already dead. Sharma was seen drinking at a night club while out on parole. Politicians and uncivil servants in India are all criminals, whether directly committing theft, rape or murder or covering up for each other if caught. For every Manu Sharma convicted hundreds maybe thousands are getting away. The fellow who killed his secretary is Chief Minister even now, the sons of the stinking old man is a minister although he got his thugs to murder three journalists and Biti Mohanty, the son of Orissa's Chief of Police is still free although guilty of rape. Mohanty was initially suspended for not helping in the capture of his son but has been reinstated and is drawing full salary with full pensions to come. The politicians are very glib with talk about democracy but if the people do not have the basic right to life then what rubbish democracy is it.