One really wonders whose diktat really prevails in our nation's hinterlands; the courts who are the sole arbiters in all cases committed against the laws of the land or self styled khap panchayats who have become a law unto themselves.......
In the latest instance of dispensation of "bizarre"; convoluted; convulsed; and insane justice a Madhya Pradesh based khap panchayat ordered an inebriated father to atone for the heinous and incestuous crime of sexually assaulting and abusing his 14 year old in a drunken stupor by asking his wife to paint his face black; whack him a hundred times each with a chappal and broom in random order; make a trip to Haridwar and take a dip in the holy Ganges and last but not the least perform a "havan" and feed 21 priests with a minimum of seven delicacies as that was punishment enough to condone the ghastly and unpardonable crime committed by the condemned rapist in the khap's "enlightened and "Divinely" view......
According to the lone dissenting voice; the doughty and indomitable woman sarpanch whose voice was heard resoundingly condemning and deploring the outlandish justice dispensed by the khap panchayat comprising of so called elders from twelve neighbouring villages the sordid crime occurred on the fateful night of May 10; 2016 when the accused returned home in an inebriated state; took undue advantage of his wife's absence from her home and hearth and forced himself on his unsuspecting and disbelieving daughter as he was of the "informed" opinion that performing this vile act was his divinely ordained right........
This demonic crime only came to light a couple of days later when the utterly devastated and traumatised 14 year old summoned up to narrate the minute details of the hellish fate inflicted on her by none other than her very own father in both the disbelieving and flabbergasted woman sarpanch as well as her mother who were shocked beyond words by the father's deviant sexual proclivities...........
Word or then information about the above mentioned crime spread like wildfire amongst the now infamous village situated in the state's Tikamgarh district as well as adjoining villages which led to the calling of the khap panchayat which dispensed it's very own calibrated brand of justice as if the same was it's god given right.......
As the allegedly condemned father had met with all the conditions laid down by the self styled and anointed khap by May 15; 2016; he was granted an "unconditional pardon" by the very same and asked to give an undertaking pertaining to his desisting from such dastardly activities in the future........
Utterly flabbergasted and consternated with the callous and dictatorial manner in which the accused gent had been let off by the khap; the unflinching woman sarpanch decided to take matters in her own hands and reported the crime to the local police personnel through her husband who stood by her like the Rock of Gibraltar.......
Swinging into action with remarkable alacrity; the officer in charge
of the local police station despatched a team comprising of a sub inspector and six constables to carry out a thorough; painstaking; impartial and non partisan probe into the infamous incident but the said team failed to make any headway as the villagers belonging to the village where the reported crime was allegedly committed simply refused to admit to the fact that such a crime was ever committed in their village to begin with and instead vilified their sarpanch for bringing infamy and distress on the village by taking this matter to the proper authorities......
One only hopes and prays that the 14 year old rape survivor gets justice in accordance with the laid down law of the land in this regard and also that the accused father gets his just desserts as the writ and fear of reprisal by the "almighty" khap runs large and therefore condones every crime committed under it's domain.......
In the latest instance of dispensation of "bizarre"; convoluted; convulsed; and insane justice a Madhya Pradesh based khap panchayat ordered an inebriated father to atone for the heinous and incestuous crime of sexually assaulting and abusing his 14 year old in a drunken stupor by asking his wife to paint his face black; whack him a hundred times each with a chappal and broom in random order; make a trip to Haridwar and take a dip in the holy Ganges and last but not the least perform a "havan" and feed 21 priests with a minimum of seven delicacies as that was punishment enough to condone the ghastly and unpardonable crime committed by the condemned rapist in the khap's "enlightened and "Divinely" view......
According to the lone dissenting voice; the doughty and indomitable woman sarpanch whose voice was heard resoundingly condemning and deploring the outlandish justice dispensed by the khap panchayat comprising of so called elders from twelve neighbouring villages the sordid crime occurred on the fateful night of May 10; 2016 when the accused returned home in an inebriated state; took undue advantage of his wife's absence from her home and hearth and forced himself on his unsuspecting and disbelieving daughter as he was of the "informed" opinion that performing this vile act was his divinely ordained right........
This demonic crime only came to light a couple of days later when the utterly devastated and traumatised 14 year old summoned up to narrate the minute details of the hellish fate inflicted on her by none other than her very own father in both the disbelieving and flabbergasted woman sarpanch as well as her mother who were shocked beyond words by the father's deviant sexual proclivities...........
Word or then information about the above mentioned crime spread like wildfire amongst the now infamous village situated in the state's Tikamgarh district as well as adjoining villages which led to the calling of the khap panchayat which dispensed it's very own calibrated brand of justice as if the same was it's god given right.......
As the allegedly condemned father had met with all the conditions laid down by the self styled and anointed khap by May 15; 2016; he was granted an "unconditional pardon" by the very same and asked to give an undertaking pertaining to his desisting from such dastardly activities in the future........
Utterly flabbergasted and consternated with the callous and dictatorial manner in which the accused gent had been let off by the khap; the unflinching woman sarpanch decided to take matters in her own hands and reported the crime to the local police personnel through her husband who stood by her like the Rock of Gibraltar.......
Swinging into action with remarkable alacrity; the officer in charge
of the local police station despatched a team comprising of a sub inspector and six constables to carry out a thorough; painstaking; impartial and non partisan probe into the infamous incident but the said team failed to make any headway as the villagers belonging to the village where the reported crime was allegedly committed simply refused to admit to the fact that such a crime was ever committed in their village to begin with and instead vilified their sarpanch for bringing infamy and distress on the village by taking this matter to the proper authorities......
One only hopes and prays that the 14 year old rape survivor gets justice in accordance with the laid down law of the land in this regard and also that the accused father gets his just desserts as the writ and fear of reprisal by the "almighty" khap runs large and therefore condones every crime committed under it's domain.......
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