Saturday, June 13, 2015

For good health we need to get rid of disease.

A high priced lawyer, Janhavi Gadkar ploughed into a taxi late at night, killing 2 men. She was driving with an alcohol level of 200 ml per 100 ml of blood, the legal limit being 30 ml per 100 ml of blood. According to the police she had paid a bill for 6 shots of whiskey at an hotel and 3 shots at a pub, before driving at 120 mph along the wrong side of the road. A bill does not mean that she consumed all the alcohol herself but if she did drink around 240 ml of whiskey, which is one-third a bottle, and did not throw up, she must be a habitual drinker. Her lawyer claims that she is also a victim. Perhaps she is. Her friends should have prevented her from driving and insisted on calling a taxi. But, would a taxi be safe, especially for a drunk woman late at night? She has admitted drink driving and causing the accident. The police have samples of her blood proving her guilt so why are they insisting on keeping her in custody? However, it is good in one way. In police custody she cannot be harassed by the media and the delay allows anger to cool. The case will drag on for years which will give her a chance to pay off any witnesses. Witnesses get fed up of being called to court repeatedly only for the case to be postponed after they have wasted entire days. She can benefit from a precedent. Sanjeev Nanda killed 6, including 3 policemen, but was sentenced to a paltry 2 years in prison so, having killed only 2, she can expect a maximum of 8 months, which will be waived because of time already served. If she has to spend any time in prison she can avail of various conveniences such as parole to attend to her sick mother, she maybe released on bail to campaign in elections and she can even get married, if she is still single, while out on furlough. As a lawyer she will be well aware that after the initial attention dies down she can get back to her normal life with the occasional inconvenience that our humorous criminal justice system may cause. What of the police? In his dying declaration a journalist, Jogendra Singh accused a bunch of policemen and thugs for burning him seriously for writing critical articles about the Minister for Dairy Development in UP, Ram Murti Verma. Police are under control of state governments who prevent them from investigating crimes of politicians and use them as private militias to beat up opponents. The great anti-corruption party the AAP has decided to appoint police officers from Bihar to the Anti Corruption Bureau against the orders of the Lieutenant Governor. Not only had the Law Minister of AAP, JS Tomar a fake law degree but an RTI provided as proof was also fake. A fake RTI for a fake minister of AAP, a fake branch of the Congress party. Crime is a disease. Unless that is treated India cannot be healthy.

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