Admitting Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's appeal against his five-year prison sentence today,The Bombay High Court’s order suspending the five-year imprisonment given to the 2002 hit-and-run case convict actor Salman Khan is bound to raise many eyebrows.
It’s an irony that the trial court took 13 long years to nail the culprit and the High Court freed the convicted actor within hours.
"Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done." The HC’s order saving Khan from incarceration appears to go against this age-old principle followed by courts.
While admitting the actor’s appeal, Justice Abhay Thipsay said it would be proper to suspend the sentence during the pendency of the convict’s appeal as it raised “arguable points needing consideration”.
Courts decide cases on the basis of evidence and evidence alone. They don’t go by public perception and they must not do so. What they must take into account is the fact that the rule of law also implies equal treatment before law lest public confidence in the judiciary is undermined.
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