Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High court Bar Association on Tuesday strongly denounces the strike Call given by the Jammu Bar Association and described it as an act of targeting the Muslim religious community of Jammu province and trying to deny the victim family of a fair and free trial of the case registered against those savage persons who have kidnapped, raped and murdered eight year old girl in a beastly manner.
“Bar Association feels that those people who believe in justice and fair play should have supported the investigation and trial of the case on fast track basis so that those who have committed this heinous crime are dealt with under law,” the lawyers’ body said. “It is however, unfortunate that some of the Bar members of the Jammu Bar Association, who apparently believe rule of law and are everyday pleading the cases of those who are denied justice by the State have joined their hands today and have raised an unreasonable and irrational demand of handing over the case to the CBI, which organization has already exposed itself while investigating the sex scandal and Shopian rape and murder cases.”
Instead of brining the culprits to book, they have left no stone unturned to hush up the two cases, the KHCBA said .
“The Bar Association also feels that Rohingya Muslims are in Jammu only because they have been driven out of their home and hearth by brute State forces and once the conditions for their return would be conducive, they shall return to their home place. Their stay in Jammu is a temporary phase which should not be politicized at this stage.”
Moreover, the lawyers body said the Indian Supreme Court has also stayed their deportation and the matter being sub-judice, the demand raised by the Jammu Bar Association for their deportation is also unjustified and unwarranted.
The Bar Association requests all the members of Jammu Civil Society and other saner elements both inside and outside the Bar, to defeat the nefarious designs of communal elements and not to extend any kind of support to them as it will polarize the two communities beyond repairs. The lawyers’ body supported the elements which will support the rule of law in the State and will provide any assistance to victims wherever and whenever needed.
