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| Man fined Rs 12 (29 cents) for grandpa's 100-yr-old crime |
| 2008-03-24 |
| Ghaziabad, India: Following the age-old tribal culture, a 100-year-old litigation was decided at a village panchayat in a queer fashion. A person was convicted for a 'crime' committed by his grandfather, who had died of his old age. After 100 years of trial, 50 hearing dates and 40-hour marathon session, the judgement was pronounced in a village panchayat on Monday last week in which the grandson of the accused was asked to pay Rs 12 for the crime his grandfather had committed 100 years ago. According to sources, on March 17, a village panchayat was held at Kaili village under Kharkhauda police station of Meerut. A 100-year-old listed case was heard by the panchayat. It was chaired by Mohd Yamin, who is also the national president of the Nut clan. About 50 community members attended the panchayat. One Naushada, the grandson of Kalloo, the accused, was summoned before the panchayat. After 40-hour session, the panchayat ordered Naushada to put his hands in boiling oil kept in a pan. He pleaded the community elders to reduce the quantum of the punishment, which was considered sympathetically. Finally, Naushada was asked to pay only Rs 12, which he accepted without any protest. Kalloo's 'crime' was that he alleged his father-in-law, a resident of Kaili village, had an illicit relation with a woman of the same village. In the subsequent trial, the allegations were proved false. For making false allegations against the old man, the panchayat held Kalloo guilty of misleading the community and deliberately defaming an innocent person. Naushada was summoned from Nidori village under Pilkhuwa police station of Ghaziabad to present his case. He was asked to pay for his grandfather's 'crime'. District Magistrate of Meerut Kamini Ratan Chauhan said to solve the petty matters at the panchayat level is good but no one is above the Constitution of India. On the issue of asking someone to put his hands in boiling oil, the Kharkhauda police would be asked to investigate the matter and file a report, the DM said. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #2 And $50 million in lawyers fees. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-24 09:11 |
| #1 The Nut Clan. You can say that again. |
| Posted by: Huputer the Obscure2933 2008-03-24 07:54 |