With the awarding of 10 years imprisonment to former navy officer Emile Jerome and his girlfriend Maria Susairaj, who is a Kannada actress, to three years in the Neeraj Grover murder case, legal eagles have once again raised doubt over the way our prosecution agency is working.
With the awarding of 10 years’ imprisonment to former navy officer Emile Jerome and his girlfriend Maria Susairaj, who is a Kannada actress, to three years in the Neeraj Grover murder case, legal eagles have once again raised doubt over the way our prosecution agency is working.
Criminal lawyer KTS Tulsi said, “This case is no less than infamous Tandoor case, where Sushil Sharma, the main accused in the case, was sentenced to death for brutally killing his wife and then dousing her body in Tandoor. The case of Neeraj Grover was also on the same lines.”
“I don’t understand why the court has taken a different view on this issue. Another reason of court taking this stand is lack of supporting evidence. Prima facie it seems that the prosecution failed to establish the missing links in the story and this is where lacunae by the court were found,” Tulsi said.
In the Tandoor murder case, Naina Sahni was killed by her husband Sushil Sharma, a Congress MLA. Naina was also a Congress party worker.
Three years after Neeraj Grover was killed and his body hacked into pieces and disposed of in a forest in Thane, the court had absolved Maria and Jerome of murder charges after holding them guilty of lesser offences.
Criminal lawyer Ramesh Gupta said, “Any amount of good investigation would not result in success unless the institution of prosecution has officers who are of merit. This part has been weak and somewhat neglected. Its recruitment, training and professionalism need special attention so as to make it synergetic with other institutions and effective in delivering good results.”
“In this case for lesser punishment, it is the prosecution who is responsible. Had the weaving of facts been correct, the court would not have given this punishment,” Gupta added. Even the government has earlier mooted the idea of independent directorate of prosecution so that cases don’t fall flat.
Former CBI chief Joginder Singh said, “Until and unless our prosecution is strong we will not able to achieve high rate of conviction in such cases. This trend will lead us nowhere. Criminals will continue to be let off easily.”
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