The judicial system is in a mess. A clever lawyer like Jethmalani can get a chronic crook out of the net. Innocents get crucified. The Police is under pressure to show results, especially in sensitive cases. Hence confessions are extracted under torture. Many times these confessions do not stand judicial scrutiny. Confessions are also retracted when a sympathetic party is in power. Those from the minority and marginalised communities are more likely to get tortured since they do not enjoy political patronage and protection. The police have forgotten the art of investigation with easy money coming in through corruption. All- in- all a sad situation. Police reforms have been kept in cold storage for ages. What gets reported in the media is only the tip of the iceberg. At the grassroots one constantly hears of horror stories. The Prison Ministry is working silently to help the downtrodden.
Regards, Marshall *On the subject of police torture, some honest and introspecting top police officers have been saying for many years that police are not trained to do their job according to the law and therefore resort to torture to substitute for their lack of skill in interrogation.Judges know about this but they tend to ignore it because it's "one of those things in a generally bad legal system" that a civilized country must eventually rectify.* *Roland Francis*