Justice, sluggish however sure: On Rajasthan ex-royal murder case

It is rarely that police officers involved in shooting individuals dead and looking for to cover up the occurrence as an armed encounter are founded guilty for murder The decision of the Sessions Court in Mathura sentencing 11 police workers, including a DSP, to life for murdering Raja Man Singh, the head of the baronial state of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, and 2 of his associates, in 1985, is one such uncommon circumstances. While welcoming this rare blow for responsibility and justice, it is inescapable that one must lament the tardiness of the criminal justice system. Even accounting for the typical or anticipated delay in prosecuting cops personnel, the 35 years that it considered the case to finish the trial phase is further evidence that justice moves in slow movement in this country. There are a number of long-delayed trials that spanned generations. The trial of the males who assassinated Train Minister L.N. Mishra in January 1975 ended in conviction in 2014, a good 39 years later on. The Hashimpura case, in which nearly 40 Muslim