Originally posted by: Heisenberg17_
So they bribed the police, CBI, prosecution, judges.... and... they still went to jail?
Not implying who they bribed, if they bribed or never bribed. My point is, it is an easy possibility in India as money speaks. And them going to jail for a while does not equate to their inability to bribe. A lot of talks about, if the parents wanted to admit to their crime, and if they do - the rate of the bribe offered and the negotiations around that, can be discussed from behind the bars as well. They get to deal with the police and the investigation officers from behind the bars as well. Infact the only people having access to the parents from behind the bars are the police and the investigating authorities.
If they sorted out such a settlement with the police or a few of the top investigating authorities assigned to their team - they needn't have paid the judges at all. There won't be any incriminating evidence preserved against them, to be presented before the judge. That would be dealt with, right when any underhanded bribe settlements were agreed upon between the police, or the investigating officers (or both) with the parents.
Another point to note is that, the bribe is not necessarily to prevent them from being thrown into a lockup - but to prevent them from being convicted as guilty in the case (which could have furthered their sentence longer or given them a harsher sentence, since this was a double murder case) had they been really guilty.
The investigations in western countries are mostly fair and very legal in every sense. Sadly, that's not the same lens, we can use to look at things in India. That's not to take away from the fact, that there are a lot of fair and hardworking members of the law and order community in India - but the truth is, money speaks in India and corruption is very common.
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