The High Court pronounced life imprisonment to a highly motivated nationalist teacher who stood against corruption of the administrative machinery & failure of governance. Revolutions aren’t spontaneous, somebody has to stand up and light up the fire which could burn all the differences amongst humanity and to converge at a common platform which could ensure & endure the well being of humanity, but then somebody has to pay the price too. Hari Singh did.
Had he been a hijacker vowing for undue benefits, he would have at least one accomplice for the plan. Had he been an insane individual, the court would get at least some traces of such speculation during 18 long years for which the matter was in court. Contrary to this the court had all the evidences which proved him innocent, but still the judgement was passed on basis of the probability of crime, which is a strong blow to the average Indian who believes in supremacy of the law & looks towards the constitution with great respect. How hollow the ‘Justice for All’ promise has become since we had our own constitution? Justice wasn’t delivered to him on account of his acts of empathy towards his motherland & fellow citizens, still he accepted the punishment awarded and became a prisoner at the Tihar Jail.
Life is never a delight when you are left to live in a place where almost all the individuals you live with are either cold blooded murderers or dreaded rapists. Exceptions are everywhere and Tihar being no exception is a home to many innocents too, Hari Singh joined the league of prisoners with his innocence being awarded a life sentence. The staffs of the prison, the fellow cellmates, & the visitors have seen him evolving into an enduring nationalist with an unshakeable spirit of serving the motherland; he has been a prisoner whom inmates have known as Bhagat Singh of modern times. He has been leading a disciplined life in the prison & even harboured sympathies for being innocent; he has become favourite of everyone around, and people respect him a lot for his strong Gandhian values. He has earned this life for being VOCAL in the times when being SILENT was a crime. A great crime against humanity, and today he is a criminal, judged by the blindfolded law, which overlooked the fact that no crime was committed but maintained that a crime was about to be committed. Ironical but true, a nationalist needs justice for him, a family needs justice for the lone breadwinner, an Indian needs justice for not being a criminal. Justice for Hari Singh.
“I have fallen for the dignity and self-respect of 87 Crore Indians”
-Hari Singh, in his letter to the Chief Justice of India.
Had he been a hijacker vowing for undue benefits, he would have at least one accomplice for the plan. Had he been an insane individual, the court would get at least some traces of such speculation during 18 long years for which the matter was in court. Contrary to this the court had all the evidences which proved him innocent, but still the judgement was passed on basis of the probability of crime, which is a strong blow to the average Indian who believes in supremacy of the law & looks towards the constitution with great respect. How hollow the ‘Justice for All’ promise has become since we had our own constitution? Justice wasn’t delivered to him on account of his acts of empathy towards his motherland & fellow citizens, still he accepted the punishment awarded and became a prisoner at the Tihar Jail.
Life is never a delight when you are left to live in a place where almost all the individuals you live with are either cold blooded murderers or dreaded rapists. Exceptions are everywhere and Tihar being no exception is a home to many innocents too, Hari Singh joined the league of prisoners with his innocence being awarded a life sentence. The staffs of the prison, the fellow cellmates, & the visitors have seen him evolving into an enduring nationalist with an unshakeable spirit of serving the motherland; he has been a prisoner whom inmates have known as Bhagat Singh of modern times. He has been leading a disciplined life in the prison & even harboured sympathies for being innocent; he has become favourite of everyone around, and people respect him a lot for his strong Gandhian values. He has earned this life for being VOCAL in the times when being SILENT was a crime. A great crime against humanity, and today he is a criminal, judged by the blindfolded law, which overlooked the fact that no crime was committed but maintained that a crime was about to be committed. Ironical but true, a nationalist needs justice for him, a family needs justice for the lone breadwinner, an Indian needs justice for not being a criminal. Justice for Hari Singh.
“I have fallen for the dignity and self-respect of 87 Crore Indians”
-Hari Singh, in his letter to the Chief Justice of India.
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