Disgraceful act by police
Here is an incident about police
officers who framed scientists in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
spy case. The presence of a Maldivian woman in India became the pretext for a
police to perform this disgraceful
act. They were arrested on the grave
charge of sharing official secrets related to space technology and launch
missions with foreign agents. The
investigation shifted from the Kerala Police to the Central Bureau of
Investigation after a few weeks. The CBI recommended closure of the case,
citing complete lack of evidence and pointing to grave lapses in the police
probe.
Now, one of those
arrested, S. Nambi Narayanan, has been battling for the restoration of his
honour and dignity. Compensation is a remedy for the violation of human rights.
It should be ensured that all investigation into crimes and complaints remains
lawful. While granting ₹50 lakh to Mr. Narayanan, the court has taken note of
his wrongful imprisonment, malicious prosecution and humiliation. But justice is not only about relief and
recompense, and should extend to action against those at fault too. Much of the blame must fall on the Kerala
government.
When such police officers escape
from the so called long hand of law after ruining a person's life and his
dignity in society then it becomes an example for other brazen policeman to
emulate. The justice will only be done if such people pay for their deeds and
languish in jail even if they are retired. When a common man sees such case and
the time it took for our system to restore the dignity of a person then his
belief and confidence in judiciary and the whole system shakes and he will be
reluctant to approach courts for remedies.
Narayanan gets the justice for his
unrelenting struggle for the lost honor, mental cruelty and torture at the
doors of the Apex court. But no amount of compensation can really recompense
for what he had to suffer. The real justice will be brought only when the
concerned police officials along with all other accomplice get in equivalence
of what they rightly deserved for long. The concerned police officials should
be taken to task in such a manner that this kind of heinous crime will not
happen again and will form a guide for the future.
What should be basic function of
judiciary in any democracy? One of those protecting the right of citizen. But
the question here is that what about those cases when the right are violated by
authoritarian organisation? Is judiciary empowered with the right to take
action against authority?
We need to establish the coherent
framework to alleviate the justice delay which is also another form of
violation of human right. Exoneration of prisoner after a long walk is itself a
injustice. Compensation can’t heal the plight completely. The effect is felt
from moral, psychological, social, political, spiritual etc. angles which leads
to disbelief, deficiency in the democracy system in the mind of common man.
After all nation is built by people
not people by nation. If nation will fail to protect people, then the nation
will collapse. We should think in that direction. It is a shame that a person
who had been tirelessly working for the nation's programme was framed by the
reckless police.
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