Take the case of farmers' murder accused Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of state (Home Affairs) Union minister of state Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’. Ashish Mishra is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that led to the death of eight people on October 3.
There is a petulant phrase,"law will take its own course" but this course is manipulated and stage-managed by " ruling mafia".
Despite UP police filing a murder case against Ashish Mishra, he was never arrested and was allowed to address media time and again. He kept on skipping the summons. Not only this, a top functionary of UP Police (DIG) waited three hours for Ashish Mishra to show up on Thursday but he didn't turn up. And police could hardly dare to arrest an murder accused son of a VVIP.
And on Friday he arrived at the Lakhimpur police station in style, He reached half an before the scheduled time and enjoyed the hospitality of the police.
The FIR against Ashish Mishra says that he drove into the gathering of slogan-shouting farmers amid a peaceful black flag protest. Eight people, including four farmers, died in the incident.
In ordinary circumstances, a murder accused is arrested soon after he is named in the FIR but this procedure wasn't followed in Ashish Mishra case even in Yogi-turned Chef Minister ruled state.
Ruling out any action in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident under any pressure, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had just asserted that his government will "not arrest anyone on the basis of allegations".
Its only after the Supreme Court reminded the Uttar Pradesh government over the Lakhimpur violence thst " law must take its course against "whoever is involved". Even country;s top court Chief Justice NV Ramana had to say, "it appears to be only words and not actions", in a sharp rebuke to Yogi government.
The most unfortunate part of so called "good" governance in India is that ,"law never takes its own course". It has to be made to take its course and that too not by the govt of the day but by our pro-active judiciary.
The law almost never takes its own course in India. In fact, the state is always up to mischief against vocal citizens and even the judiciary usually does not resist it.
Culprits are arrested in India after determining their clout. Those who are powerful escapes arrest instantaneously and those who are not are put behind the jail even without warrants.
As a matter of rule, innocent people not arrested and in any civilized democracy and culprits should never be spared from immediate arrest. Civilized democracies have functioning judiciaries that protect the rights of citizens.
Is India a civilized democracy? I am afraid not. Had it been, murder accused like Ashish Mishra would have been arrested immediately after FIR. He could have been released on bail by a court of law. Sadly, "law hasn't followed its normal course in Ashish Mishra case just because he happens to be a minister's son.
(Chander Sharma)
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