Friday 31 July 2015

Death Sentences should be abolished in India

In India, if anyone commits murder and if the person’s case is found to be rarest of rare case, then that person is given death sentence. On what basis the case is said to be rarest of rare case is ambiguous. On the basis of supplied evidences the judges decide the case to be rarest of rare.

Doesn’t humanity, our constitution and our conscience considers all humans equal? It is absurd if anyone kills other person in rarest of rare manner and rarest of rare circumstances then that person deserves death, implies, if anyone kills another person in normal manner under normal circumstances the accused will get only life sentence, are we trying to say that life taken under normal manner under normal circumstances are not so grievous as those taken under rare manner and circumstances?

Even after death sentence, there is provision for mercy plea, curative plea etc, wherein even after death being pronounced on two persons for killing in rarest of rare manner, one can get life and other will get death, this is absurd! A murderer’s health and old age comes as barrier to death sentence being carried out, implies if only a young person kills in rare manner that person deserves death while those who also kill in rare manner in old age don’t deserve death. Does being killed by women is less a loss than being killed by men? It is absurd that our law considers all such things.

In mercy petition too, when mercy petition is sole prerogative of just and just President, the president takes advises from ruling government, which is definitely a political party with a vote bank politics, it will definitely ask death for its opponents of anyone guilty, why do we involve political party in death sentences’ mercy plea, I know its government but that is very much made up of political party?

India, with its political scenario should abolish death sentence. Many countries with abolished death sentences have lesser murder rates. In India many a time people kill because of injustice been done to them, as manipulating evidences is quiet easy and widespread in India, justice is very slow. Also, deterrent theory is a folly, it is making a scapegoat of someone to prevent others from crime this theory is archaic.

We should rather lubricate our judicial procedure, takes steps against bribery, stop communalism by political parties, improve judicial systems; safeguard religious, cultural identities of one and all, stop imposition of particular religion, culture and language of non ardent, makes filing of FIRs and Cases easier; and abolish death sentence and uphold life imprisonment.

Political parties and media in India has become sadist they enjoy death sentences they publish how painful is death, what is weight of hanging ropes, how a hangman pulls the lever and so on to either consolidate vote bank or get cheap TRPs. 


In Hindi: Bharat me mrityudand ko khatm kiya jaaye  


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