ALL-PARTY UP MLA HELD GUILTY OF RAPE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS – LEGISLATURES IF INVOLVED SHOULD GET EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT

Report;Bureau,Odishabarta 

Delhi,16/12/19:Presiding judge Dharmesh Sharma of the special Delhi court set up on orders of Supreme Court for day-to-day hearing of the case involving the influential UP MLA deserves all compliments for his bold decision to hold Kuldeep Singh Sengar guilty of raping a minor girl in the year 2017, further finding too many short-comings in the manner CBI investigated the case. The case has actually turned out to be a case of murder in the manner road-accident planned to kill the rape-victim, caused to be fatal for some others. 

With public-anger presently on sky-high against such incidents across the country, death-penalty if awarded to the powerful politician having been in all political parties of the state with last one being the ruling BJP will send a strong signal and message to all that even the rich, influential and powerful cannot escape death-penalty for such heinous-most crimes like rape-cum-murder. Rather those in legislature should get quick and exemplary punishment for crimes like rape and murder. 

High Court and Supreme Court should also ensure day-to-day hearing in the case to ensure final justice to the victim at the earliest, with review not allowed in case High Court and Supreme Court confirm punishment awarded by the Delhi court. Time-consuming provision of filing mercy-petition with President also needs to be abolished to ensure hanging soon after confirmation of death-sentence by Supreme Court at least in cases when trial-court and High Court might have also confirmed death-sentence. All this will sharply reduce crime-rate especially for rapes and murders.