For over a decade, the family of Shashinath Jha has been fighting for justice. Anger and grief against his murder, allegedly at the behest of former Union Minister Shibu Soren, kept them going.
Today, much of the adrenalin is gone, as the family of the then PA to Soren grapples with the implications of the Delhi High Court judgement yesterday, acquitting Soren of all charges. The former minister had earlier been convicted and sent to life imprisonment by the lower court.
The Jha family lives in a non-descript house in Vijay Enclave on the outskirts of Delhi. The two daughters, Kavita (21) and Preeti (18), have been homebound as each time they step out unidentified men follow them. The family has spent close to Rs 12 lakh on the extended legal battle to get justice. The High Court acquittal for Soren has come as a body blow to them.
Shashinath’s brothers, Vijaynath and Amarnath, while planning to move the Supreme Court against the acquittal, blame the Central Bureau of Investigation for its failure to prove the case in the high court, while the lower court had sentenced Soren to life imprisonment.
“What is the use of the CBI when they are always moulded according to the needs of politicians? In three months, the CBI changed three advocates and they were never ready for the case. We sent many written applications to the CBI to provide protection to my family as we get threats regularly. But they are always busy serving the criminals rather than favouring the victims,” said Vijaynath.
“Hemant Soren, Shibu Soren’s son, said publicly that he paid Rs 50 lakh to save his father. I was shocked when all of a sudden we were called for the hearing as the main list and supplement list of High Court didn’t have our case.”
He added, “The High Court only focused on the skeleton and gave their judgement on its basis. It did not even consider our other evidence. It was not a fair trial. We will move the Supreme Court.”
“When a government official is found guilty he is not allowed to enter the office premises, but here RK Anand was present in every hearing. His junior Ajay Kumar took me to his residence Dharbhanga house, Chatarpur, Satbari road and tried to bribe me. He asked me what would we get by having him hang,” said Amarnath Jha.
Shashinath’s daughter Preeti said, “When I asked Shibu Soren about my father before Diwali in the year 1994, he said “tumhare papa upar chale gaye hai” (your father is no more). We are living under a threat, I secured good marks in the secondary school examination, but now I have to do my further studies through correspondence as unknown men follow me whenever I go out. Even my elder sister Kavita left her job due to insecurity. Our future has been spoilt due to this case.”
“Every one suggested that I should send my grand daughters to the hostel but we are still alive to take care of them. I will not let the killer of my son get away so easily. I have been ill for the last five months, but even then I attended all the hearings,” said Priyamvada (86), mother of Shashinath Jha.
“This judgement of High Court has violated the judgement of Supreme Court. The High Court didn’t consider the statement of Preeti but as per Supreme Court even a statement of a baby should be taken seriously. In Priyadarshini Mattoo case, there was no eyewitness, but even then Santosh Kumar Singh was sentenced. We had 47 witnesses but the High Court didn’t considered any,” said Amarnath.
On one hand, the High Court is saying that the skeleton is not that of Shashinath and on the other, it wants to hand it over to us for performing the last rites. Till now only Mukesh Baba of Jharkhand People Party helped us, even he got many threats from the goons of the minister. By now we have spent more than Rs 12 lakh in this case, we are still hopeful that SC will favour the truth. We want to see whether the poor gets justice. But if we are deprived of the justice then we will finish the matter in our own way,” said Amarnath.
UNANSWERED QUESTION OF JHA FAMILY.
Why skeleton was the main issue behind the verdict
CBI inefficiency in the case
Involvement of RK Anand
HC violation of SC and session court verdict
Why No security is given to us
Today, much of the adrenalin is gone, as the family of the then PA to Soren grapples with the implications of the Delhi High Court judgement yesterday, acquitting Soren of all charges. The former minister had earlier been convicted and sent to life imprisonment by the lower court.
The Jha family lives in a non-descript house in Vijay Enclave on the outskirts of Delhi. The two daughters, Kavita (21) and Preeti (18), have been homebound as each time they step out unidentified men follow them. The family has spent close to Rs 12 lakh on the extended legal battle to get justice. The High Court acquittal for Soren has come as a body blow to them.
Shashinath’s brothers, Vijaynath and Amarnath, while planning to move the Supreme Court against the acquittal, blame the Central Bureau of Investigation for its failure to prove the case in the high court, while the lower court had sentenced Soren to life imprisonment.
“What is the use of the CBI when they are always moulded according to the needs of politicians? In three months, the CBI changed three advocates and they were never ready for the case. We sent many written applications to the CBI to provide protection to my family as we get threats regularly. But they are always busy serving the criminals rather than favouring the victims,” said Vijaynath.
“Hemant Soren, Shibu Soren’s son, said publicly that he paid Rs 50 lakh to save his father. I was shocked when all of a sudden we were called for the hearing as the main list and supplement list of High Court didn’t have our case.”
He added, “The High Court only focused on the skeleton and gave their judgement on its basis. It did not even consider our other evidence. It was not a fair trial. We will move the Supreme Court.”
“When a government official is found guilty he is not allowed to enter the office premises, but here RK Anand was present in every hearing. His junior Ajay Kumar took me to his residence Dharbhanga house, Chatarpur, Satbari road and tried to bribe me. He asked me what would we get by having him hang,” said Amarnath Jha.
Shashinath’s daughter Preeti said, “When I asked Shibu Soren about my father before Diwali in the year 1994, he said “tumhare papa upar chale gaye hai” (your father is no more). We are living under a threat, I secured good marks in the secondary school examination, but now I have to do my further studies through correspondence as unknown men follow me whenever I go out. Even my elder sister Kavita left her job due to insecurity. Our future has been spoilt due to this case.”
“Every one suggested that I should send my grand daughters to the hostel but we are still alive to take care of them. I will not let the killer of my son get away so easily. I have been ill for the last five months, but even then I attended all the hearings,” said Priyamvada (86), mother of Shashinath Jha.
“This judgement of High Court has violated the judgement of Supreme Court. The High Court didn’t consider the statement of Preeti but as per Supreme Court even a statement of a baby should be taken seriously. In Priyadarshini Mattoo case, there was no eyewitness, but even then Santosh Kumar Singh was sentenced. We had 47 witnesses but the High Court didn’t considered any,” said Amarnath.
On one hand, the High Court is saying that the skeleton is not that of Shashinath and on the other, it wants to hand it over to us for performing the last rites. Till now only Mukesh Baba of Jharkhand People Party helped us, even he got many threats from the goons of the minister. By now we have spent more than Rs 12 lakh in this case, we are still hopeful that SC will favour the truth. We want to see whether the poor gets justice. But if we are deprived of the justice then we will finish the matter in our own way,” said Amarnath.
UNANSWERED QUESTION OF JHA FAMILY.
Why skeleton was the main issue behind the verdict
CBI inefficiency in the case
Involvement of RK Anand
HC violation of SC and session court verdict
Why No security is given to us
1 comment:
Hi Shashank,
The whole India knows that Soren got his secretary killed. The lower court convicted him for murder.
Yet, see the tragedy, he has become the saviour of Sonia-Manmohan's Govt. and negotiating and pressurising them for Jharkhand CM post
AND
Mr. Jha's family is living a miserable life with uncertain future of her daughters....
Shame to us and our democratic set up and inefficient & corrupt judiciary.
Anand
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