PROCESS OF JUSTICE, न्याय की प्रकिर्या

 

PPROCESS OF JUSTICE, न्याय की प्रकिर्या 

This incident is shown in a serial -Mahabharata which is very appropriate for Judging the person  and  giving the punishment accordingly.This story  explains the process of justice for a certain crime.Once four people were brought in a King’s court for the judgment of a murder  committed by all of them together. All of them accepted their crime.The King had two sons and he has to choose one of them as his heir. He asked his younger son first that what punishment should be given to them for their crime?

The younger son replied that all of us  know that Death sentence is the punishment for such a crime., so all them should be sentenced to death.”The courtiers clapped for his judgment. Then the king sought his another son to express his opinion.His other son said – “Your Majesty! I cannot decide unless I know te background of criminals.Their Varn and Caste are important to know before passing any judgment on their crime.

One person from the court raised the objection that what justice had to do with Varn and Caste.The son answered — “If this had not been necessary then I would not have raised this question at all.”

The King asked all the four criminals to tell their Varan .One of them told that he was a Shoodra, the other one said that he was a Vaishya, the third one said that he was a Kshatriya and the fourth one said that he was a Brahman. Then the second son said – “According to the laws of justice, the Shoodra should be imprisoned for four years. The Vaishya should be imprisoned for eight years, and the Kshatriya should be imprisoned for sixteen years. But a Brahman cannot be sentenced to death that is why our GuruJi only can decide about his sentence.”

Another person mockingly said – “Ah, what a justice?

Crime one and punishments are four.” Some people sitting in the court laughed too at this justice.

Then the son said – “The crime is not one here,  The crime committed by a Shoodra is the crime

committed by an ignorant that is why his punishment should be the lightest.But the Vaishya is not as ignorant as the Shoodra, so his punishment should be  double the punishment of the Shoodra. And because the Kshatriya is the protector of the society,commits' the murder then his punishment would be double the Vaishya’s punishment for killing.Now a Brahman is a learned person, he teaches to all of us commits the crime  knowingly fully well that what he is doing. His crime is most serious. Only our Guru can deal with that.”

The man who had mocked the second son before spoke again – “But your judgment is based on inequality.” The son said – “But everybody cannot be judged on equal basis as their background  and intellectual levels are different . Same punishment to all in such a case would be an injustice.