Murderer has a right to life, says Delhi High Court.

A few days back the Delhi High Court found Sajjan Kumar guilty of inciting mobs to kill Sikhs in 1984 after the murder of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October 1984 by her two Sikh bodyguards. A witness saw Sajjan Kumar telling a mob, "Sikhs killed our mother, kill them." Why has it taken 34 years to convict him? Because he was a member of the Congress Party which put him up as candidate for the Lok Sabha in 1991 and 2004, both of which he won with large majorities. After his conviction he resigned from the Congress Party. Having convicted and sentenced him to life imprisonment the Court gave him until 31 December to surrender. Why? Why has he not been arrested and taken to prison in handcuffs? To make a mockery of the judgement Kumar asked for an extension of 30 days to settle family affairs and to spend some time with his dear ones. 34 years were not enough time it seems, when you are a politician. It maybe because the Supreme Court is closed from 17 December to 1 January after which he can apply for a stay on the High Court order and be out on bail. Cases take decades to resolve, 34 years in Kumar's case, so he will probably die of old age by the time the final decision is handed down. HKL Bhagat, another accused, died in 2005, but Jagdish Tytler is still enjoying life. While Kumar is spending  quality time with his family, former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma was released from prison by the Delhi High Court after serving 23 years for murdering his wife, dismembering her body and trying to burn the pieces in a tandoor. Sharma did everything to disrupt his conviction by complaining of chest pain and pretending to faint in court. The Court had upheld a death sentence awarded to Sharma by a trial court in 2003 but this was commuted to life in prison by the Supreme Court in 2013. In commuting the death sentence the Supreme Court said that life sentence must mean life but the High Court used the same judgement to release Sharma. The court found that Sharma is now ready to rejoin society. The release of Sharma has set other killers salivating at the prospect of early release for everybody. Manu Sharma, murderer of Jessica Lal is son of Congress leader Venod Sharma. Santosh Kumar Singh raped and murdered Priyadarshini Mattoo. At his trial the judge found that his father, Inspector General JP Singh transferred himself over to Delhi to interfere with the investigation. At least public pressure forced our justice system to convict these murderers but Sunanda Pushkar's murder has not been solved, and probably never will be. All politicians in India are James Bond. They have license to kill.