Ronie (a very intelligent lawyer) and his Dad (a retired Judge of Supreme Court) are talking at Dinner. Ronie is very busy these days. A case of “throwing acid on a woman” is registered against his client ‘Mr.ZYLO’ who has been arrested and is behind bar. Police is giving him good treatment in Jail and Ronie is aware of this. Mr.ZYLO's relatives are pressing hard for his bail and in this connection, they also met Ronie's Dad.
Dad : How is your client’s case progressing ?
Ronie : Who…… Mr.ZYLO’s ?
Dad : Yes.
Ronie : It’s not as easy as it looks Dad.
Dad : Why, what is the hitch, arranging bail in such cases should not be a problem.
Ronie : I know Dad, but Judge is not ready to grant bail so easily, some technical snag.
Dad : Can I see case file tonight…….do you have them here ?
Ronie hands over the file to his Dad after Dinner. Next morning, at breakfast:-
Ronie : Morning Dad.
Dad : Morning……I studied Mr.ZYLO’s case last night and found that though the case is easy but you have not represented it properly which has led to non-granting of bail to your client. Due to your foolishness your client is still in Police Custody.
(Dad advises few steps to be taken so that bail is arranged quickly, Ronie says nothing but he is reluctant…….result…….. the bail application is rejected. Now ‘Mr.ZYLO’ would remain behind bar for atleast two months as the Court is closed for two months for vacations. They talk again about the case at Dinner).
Dad (angrily) : You did not incorporate my suggestions and purposely left loopholes in your case, with the result, the bail application of your client was rejected, ‘Mr.ZYLO’ will have to spend two months in Jail, do you know that ?
Ronie (smiles) : I wanted this to happen.
Dad : WHAT ?
Ronie : Yea Dad, when I met him in Jail, I asked him to tell me everything clearly and correctly swearing God about the case.
Dad : So……..?
Ronie : He told me that he actually threw acid on a woman who objected to his advances.
Dad : So……?
Ronie : Then and there, I decided to delay his bail application and took every steps to get his bail plea rejected.
Dad : What nonsense, he was your client.
Ronie : So what…….. on one hand, we expect state of law to prevail and on the other, we don’t allow criminals to undergo sufferings of Jail because he is our respectable client.
Dad : Shut up Idiot, you are talking to retired Judge of Supreme Court.
Ronie : I know Dad, I requested ‘Mr.ZYLO’ to tell me without fear everything and also told him to have faith on me. I assured him that I would do everything in my capacity to bail him out. Upon this assurance, he confirmed that he has actually committed the crime. As a Defense Counsel I am the first person to learn that crime was actually committed whereas Judge would have been the last person to know this fact based on documents, evidence etc. etc. As crime is increasing in our society day by day, my conscious did not allow me to arrange bail for him so easily and therefore, I wanted him to stay in Jail for atleast one month, thank God he is booked for two……..Ha Ha Ha.
Dad : Shut up, it is immoral from the point of view of Lawyer’s profession, you cheated your client.
Ronie : I did not cheat or pressurize him, he accepted his fault that he committed crime that’s all.
Dad : You are not a Lawyer, but a liar.
Ronie : I am a lawyer as I have studied various Law Books and Constitution, I am not a Bar Dancer who would dance to the tune of a criminal for the sake of money. I know that ‘Mr.ZYLO’ has committed a crime – a crime, which should not have been committed by anyone. He, by committing a crime has in fact, pissed on the book of Law which I consider sacrosanct and worship daily. This holy book is in my home and is kept at Altar alongwith other religious books. By leaving loopholes in my arguments/papers I delayed the process and bail plea was rejected. I did not want quick relief to a criminal. By this act of mine, I prevented atleast one criminal roam freely on the street. I have done my job perfectly.
DAD IS AGHAST WITH HIS SON’S ARGUEMENTS.
Disclaimer : This is purely an imagination.
Dad : How is your client’s case progressing ?
Ronie : Who…… Mr.ZYLO’s ?
Dad : Yes.
Ronie : It’s not as easy as it looks Dad.
Dad : Why, what is the hitch, arranging bail in such cases should not be a problem.
Ronie : I know Dad, but Judge is not ready to grant bail so easily, some technical snag.
Dad : Can I see case file tonight…….do you have them here ?
Ronie hands over the file to his Dad after Dinner. Next morning, at breakfast:-
Ronie : Morning Dad.
Dad : Morning……I studied Mr.ZYLO’s case last night and found that though the case is easy but you have not represented it properly which has led to non-granting of bail to your client. Due to your foolishness your client is still in Police Custody.
(Dad advises few steps to be taken so that bail is arranged quickly, Ronie says nothing but he is reluctant…….result…….. the bail application is rejected. Now ‘Mr.ZYLO’ would remain behind bar for atleast two months as the Court is closed for two months for vacations. They talk again about the case at Dinner).
Dad (angrily) : You did not incorporate my suggestions and purposely left loopholes in your case, with the result, the bail application of your client was rejected, ‘Mr.ZYLO’ will have to spend two months in Jail, do you know that ?
Ronie (smiles) : I wanted this to happen.
Dad : WHAT ?
Ronie : Yea Dad, when I met him in Jail, I asked him to tell me everything clearly and correctly swearing God about the case.
Dad : So……..?
Ronie : He told me that he actually threw acid on a woman who objected to his advances.
Dad : So……?
Ronie : Then and there, I decided to delay his bail application and took every steps to get his bail plea rejected.
Dad : What nonsense, he was your client.
Ronie : So what…….. on one hand, we expect state of law to prevail and on the other, we don’t allow criminals to undergo sufferings of Jail because he is our respectable client.
Dad : Shut up Idiot, you are talking to retired Judge of Supreme Court.
Ronie : I know Dad, I requested ‘Mr.ZYLO’ to tell me without fear everything and also told him to have faith on me. I assured him that I would do everything in my capacity to bail him out. Upon this assurance, he confirmed that he has actually committed the crime. As a Defense Counsel I am the first person to learn that crime was actually committed whereas Judge would have been the last person to know this fact based on documents, evidence etc. etc. As crime is increasing in our society day by day, my conscious did not allow me to arrange bail for him so easily and therefore, I wanted him to stay in Jail for atleast one month, thank God he is booked for two……..Ha Ha Ha.
Dad : Shut up, it is immoral from the point of view of Lawyer’s profession, you cheated your client.
Ronie : I did not cheat or pressurize him, he accepted his fault that he committed crime that’s all.
Dad : You are not a Lawyer, but a liar.
Ronie : I am a lawyer as I have studied various Law Books and Constitution, I am not a Bar Dancer who would dance to the tune of a criminal for the sake of money. I know that ‘Mr.ZYLO’ has committed a crime – a crime, which should not have been committed by anyone. He, by committing a crime has in fact, pissed on the book of Law which I consider sacrosanct and worship daily. This holy book is in my home and is kept at Altar alongwith other religious books. By leaving loopholes in my arguments/papers I delayed the process and bail plea was rejected. I did not want quick relief to a criminal. By this act of mine, I prevented atleast one criminal roam freely on the street. I have done my job perfectly.
DAD IS AGHAST WITH HIS SON’S ARGUEMENTS.
Disclaimer : This is purely an imagination.
hmm...I wish every lawyer is the same...
ReplyDeleteI loved the post Ronie.
ReplyDeleteAcid-throwing is our problem too..I have seen women who suffer just becouse they refuse to marry some one, or voiced against some unethical, immoral advances, or simply coz of some family grudges....We have so many unregistered cases, a girl's life while burnt with acid is totally finished in our society.....
Thankz God we have some N.G.O's working for it now..they not only provide these women all the legal assistance but bear their Plastic surgery expenses too....the increasing number of such cases is alarming ....
being a student of Law...and a student of Sociology ..I have come up with the conclusion that such terrible offenses can only be curtailed if there is a strong concept of "exemplary punishment"...
If somebody throws acid on a woman ..after being caught , he should be treated in the same way....exemplary punishment of acid-throwing!!
and we will see how people will avoid this hideous crime...
this is the only way that such offense can be trailed ....how come you award a punishment any less then this? imagine how badly the girls life gets ruined after this..is there any other penalty but this?
No!! there cant be.
unfortunately, its not so common to find lawyers like Ronie these days....
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@ Irfanuddin
Thanks for your comments. The idea behind writing above satire was clear : always listen to the voice of your heart and act accordingly. In this case, Ronie went-by this and the result is before us. I pray all Lawyers to listen what their heart says and and then perform their job.
I will be writing about acid-throwing separately in my subsequent writings.
Welcome back Stranger..em too glad to see you back in action again..But your new Posts dont offer Comments section! why is that?:-(
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ReplyDeleteOn certain posts, I don't like comments and therefore I don't allow, that's all, nothing serious. I will be careful in future. Just check "Ajan" and then let me know about it.