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| Yakub Is Dead – Long live Memon | | 
By B L Saraf
30th July hanging of Yakub Memon was flashed by the national and international media organizations as per their preferred political and ideological inclinations . BBC had the line “ India has carried out execution of Yakub Memon the man convicted of financing the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings .” Courts ,though , tell us that he had done more than mere financing the nefarious act . Mark the words “ financing ….. . ” They are used intentionally . Intent is to show Memon a lesser offender getting ‘ disproportionate’ penalty . That is the tragedy with the Europeans and Americans that they simplify terror acts committed somewhere else . But then in this case, probably , blame largely lies with us to make them think so .
Hanging of Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon and what preceded immediately thereto , had inundated the media with the shrill cries of ‘ five star activists ‘ and the ‘ rage boys’ in a synthetic sympathy for the deceased . Words of common sense were drowned in the ‘ pearls of wisdom ‘ poured out by ‘ bleeding hearts ‘ ; who per convenience always lie low- when they should be active and surface only after everything is settled by the due process of law and jump to express ‘ feigned rage ‘ on the act . They seem to be the followers of Bentham’s theory of Dog’s law . ( Act after the event has happened ) Their misplaced wailing became sufficient for the foreign media to take a cue and slant the news of death of terrorists like Memon in a patently mischievous manner , as to portray them side actors in the sordid drama, not fit to receive the ‘main award’ – death in this case . He is shown victim rather than a perpetrator and the news is relayed more to mock the Indian judicial system than to show to the world real character of the offender . That is the curse with Westerners and the Americans . To secure their people and shores they would find no compunction in propping up Mujahidin , Talibs and establishing Guantanamo bays , do Falkland to every state not conforming to their taste and justify everything under the infamous cliché of War on Terror and Clash Of Civilizations . But when a third world country tries to shore up the defence of state their mischievous pontification comes out . Mercifully , the goose is coming home to roost . Scandivian countries which have no death penalty are on the verge of bringing it on the statute book as terrorism has started showing its ugly face there . Latest studies reveal that nearly 40% of the people in those countries want so .
We don’t have dearth of the mischief mongers . An orchestrated chorus is on to bring the nefarious act of the convict within the ambit of “ Action –Reaction ” theory . His “ mourners “ try to justify the act of Memon on this rule an say that it should be seen in the background of what happened in Mumbai in 1993 riots and the destruction of a structure in Ayodhya , in 1992 . Some , however , showed ‘grace‘ in not exonerating him but only claimed leniency . Communal angle is thus brought in and a non- existent majoritarian tilt is spotted in the justice delivery system of the country .
. Even judiciary is not spared . Courts are accused of “ pandering to the muscle- flexing majority .” Remember, they are the persons who castigated those who held so in case of Gujarat riots of 2002 , when some independent observers tried to explain the tragedy on what had happened to the Kar savaks who were , previously , burnt alive in a train at the Godhera station . For these ‘ bleeding hearts’ Godhra burning didn’t happen at all – and if it did there was no connection with the subsequent events that followed in Gujarat in 2002 . See the irony ! What didn’t matter in 2002 is advocated with force in 2015 to claim mercy for a proven criminal . Over- enthusiastic ‘ activist ‘, driven by colorable motivation ,are still baying for the blood of PM Narandra Modi ( then CM of Gujarat ) despite he having been cleared of all the charges by the highest investigating agencies . Invoking “ cause – effect “ theory to justify communal riots , in any circumstance , is most detestable . It ought to be avoided at all costs .
Death makes no one proud , unless of course it is of a martyr to an honorable cause . So , normally no one should meet with it as a penalty .But, then, in India we hardly had normal times to live in : mostly due to the past history and partly due to geography . Therefore , an argument to retain death penalty on the statute book or obliterate it there from has to be founded on the fact that , per force , India , is made to live , perpetually, in a war mode . Nonetheless, with regard to the issue , much can be said on both sides . We leave this discussion to the other day. . Is an accomplice / accessory to the crime as much liable as the main actor is ? Let legal experts tell us . Till then, so for as Yakub Memon’s case is concerned, every law abiding citizen must respect the verdict confirmed by the Apex Court .
Yakub Memon is dead . Allow him to rest in peace in his grave . It makes no sense to keep him alive just to suit the colorable convenience of an eternal rage boy or of a compromised activist. They must wait for some other synthetic cause to wail and cry .
The Author is Former Principal District & Sessions Judge)
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