Our news channels and the process of justice
Today when I saw the announcement in “Times Now” that “Raggers go Scot free”, I thought that the court had pronounced them innocent. Then came the details – they have been granted bail. The accused are not powerful, influential people by themselves who would obstruct the investigation or the process of justice. As long as there is no law to keep influential parents in custody for crimes committed by their children, there is nothing much to do on this count. The accused students are not a threat to the society if they are let free. Since they will not be allowed back in their college now, they will not have the opportunity to commit similar crimes while on bail, even if they had the inclination. It is unlikely that they will vanish as fugitives from justice. This being the case, I cannot imagine why they should not be granted bail. Why is then the channel so upset on this issue? Did they not know that these students are still ‘the accused’ and it is too early for the ‘punishment