In a country where the Kalmadis and
Yeddys are roaming free even after
being charged with swindling
hundreds of crores
of public money, a
Delhi court recently
sentenced a 35-
year old man to
seven years in jail
for robbing a man of
900. The additional
sessions judge also
imposed a fine of
5,000
on the convict. The court
took into account various factors
including the manner in which the
accused committed the crime by
chasing his victim with a weapon in
his hand and attacking him to rob
him. No wonder criminals nowadays
are joining politics as they can loot
crores of rupees without using a knife
or any other weapon!
It reminds one of Jonathan Swift's
famous statement "Laws are like
cobwebs, which may catch small
flies, but let wasps and hornets
break through."