Just as I was rejoicing that Santosh Kumar Singh had been awarded a just death penalty by the city’s High Court, another piece of news reached my ears, and shook my wobbly faith in our country’s judicial system.
One of our country’s foremost liars, oops lawyers, in the glare of publicity for defending a certain former minister’s errant son, who is alleged to have shot dead a model at a watering hole for refusing him intoxicating liquid, has come up with a startling claim.
According to him, a Sikh shot dead the model that fateful night at a "designer" watering hole, and not the ex-politico’s son. He states that he would be revealing the identity of this Sikh.
With this revelation, this 7-year long case, with its hostile and/or tight-lipped witnesses, just got another twist.
The octogenarian lawyer, considered a role model by many lawyers, was in the line of fire when he first stated his intentions of becoming the defense counsel for the accused. Now he is right in the middle of a flaming controversy.
Let’s wait and watch what other lies crop up in this long disputed case.
Or is it going to be another well-heeled cold-blooded murderer giggling his way out.
I hope not.
I also want to see what the President decides as Mohammad Afzal’s fate.
Will it be amnesty or a noose?
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