Originally posted by: N Sinha
at the risk of being the odd one out, i think what happened with salman is unfair, there were others who were there, they did not get convicted.... i really understand and feel for the vegetarian people who r upset by the killing, but I as a non-vegetarian would be a hypocrite if i said he should be jailed for killing an innocent animal, because we too kill animals for food, just because we think chickens are for eating that doesn't make them any less in the eyes of god. we might not directly go and kill the animal but by buying the meat we contribute to the problem.... so i would play the devil's advocate and say that what happened with salman is unfair
Dear Seema
It is not because Salman killed an animal he is getting punished.
He has killed Blackbug (2) & Chinkara (2), both of them are protected animals are Forest protection act 1980 because they are endangered species. It invites a rigorous punishment of 3-7 years.
He is also guilty of hiding facts & trying to subvert the court.
He also has been charged with illegitimate possession of firearms, tell me what would have happened to a common if he had done the same. yes sinhaji, i get your point, but who is making these rules? us men? we r telling ourselves and our own species, ok this animal is important lets not kill it, and the rest r free game.... i kno they r endangered species, but even in animals we r discriminating. i kno that a common man would be punished the same, but if there were other members involved with the common man, then i would say they shld be punished too.... guilt thru association is and shld be a crime.... tell me truly, is the method of letting the court decide who is guilty and who isn't a very reliable method. if he was the only one involved it would be plain as day, and there would be no problem with his conviction.... as for him hiding facts, it is punishable by law, but i think if i was in his place, and my freedom was at stake, then i might have tied to hide things to protect myself... ofcourse he shld be punished for hiding the facts, but that is something that anyone in his situation would do