After 10 yrs, 93-year-old gets justice

JAISALMER: 93-year-old Haji Amin remembers a 27 year old fight, after which he had to face the consequences. Year after the fight, Amin and 17 others like him, have been awarded three years imprisonment by Balotra Fast Track Court of Badmer district. The case would have gone on for a long if it had not been transferred to a fast track court in 2005. In May 2005, CJM Badmer transferred the case to fast track court and two days back, additional session judge Gajanand Sharma, passed his judgement on the case. Two accused Sika and Janu died during the trial. According to police report filed on August 6, 1981, Kamaal of Selau village in Badmer district had charged 27 people of same village for attemptting murder on him. Kamaal said, "These people barged into my agricultural fields, when I opposed, they manhandled me and my friends and later blew strokes with lathis, iron rods and sharp-edged weapon on us". Following the incident, Karamsar police registered case under section 307 (attempt to murder) and various other sections of IPC against 27 people. During the hearing at Balotra session court in August 1984, seven persons including Dosu, Imam, Hakam, Amar, Gulab, Ameer and Abdullah were held guilty, while 20 others were given clean chit in the case. The people, who have been sentenced to imprisonment, includes Toga (85), Sepal (63), Arbab (48), Idris (43), Wali (68), Gula (55), Haji Amin (93), Haji (73), Ala Bachaya (73), Sachu (68), Kamaal (46), Salim (63), Nabha (41), Muhib (53), Gumana (68), Amar (58), Sharif (63) and Arbu (48). Complainant Kamaal, told TOI "Though justice has been delayed but I am satisfied with the punishment awarded to guilty persons". How-ever, he accepted that if the decision would have come at that same time, the satisfaction among his family and relatives would have been more. Now, jail administration is in a fix over putting 18 people in lockup at the time when most of them have crossed 60 years of age and are suffering from age related problems. Not only this, policemen are facing tough time in helping them in boarding the police vehicle after the court ordered to send them to jail.
1 Jun 2008, 0558 hrs IST, Vimal Bhatia,TNN
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