Editorial
Setting the course of law in place
Revival of dropped cases is good augury
The fact that the government has owned up to the mistake it had made by recommending withdrawal of murder charges against five accused on the ground that framing of the case was politically motivated is a commendable move. It is further to be appreciated that the realisation has come on the morrow of having done the wrong thereby allowing the course of justice to flow unhindered by any political interference.
As it stands, the plaintiff lodged the case against the five accused, who murdered the husband and daughter of the appellant and robbed valuables from their house in 2005, when Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 4-party alliance government was in office. But after assuming power, the incumbent Awami League-led government recommended acquittal of the accused. But while righting the wrong by directing retrial of the case, the state minister for law Quamrul Islam have further admitted to recommending similar dropping of 50 other cases out of political miscalculation.
We honestly hope that the laudable process that has been undertaken to sift through the cases would be extended further.
In the present instance, by admitting its mistake the government has helped to restore some of its image before the public in the matter of dismissing what it deems to be politically motivated cases. For a democratic government's acid test lies in its upholding of the rule of law seeing to it that no criminal of whatever political hue can escape the grip of law.
Having said that, it we would now hope that after the case in question has again been revived, the accused would be brought to justice and the family of the victim duly redressed. Similarly, as admitted by the state minister for law, the other cases that were dropped under similar circumstances, would be reviewed, if and where appropriate, restored and put again on trial.
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