Judicial system of a country matters a lot as it is responsible for delivering the justice to masses. If judicial system of a country provides free, fair, and fast justice to the citizens then the confidence of citizens on institutions increases. On the other hand there is a famous saying that justice delayed is justice denied which means that if a judicial system fails in providing the fast justice to people then it is basically equivalent to no justice.
Usually it happens that judicial system’s pace becomes hurdle on the way of fast justice. Judicial system of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is famous for its free, fair, and fast justice. This system set another example by providing justice to a minor girl who was raped and murdered in Dadyal. The Additional Sessions Court Dadayal, Mirpur District, Tuesday gave three-time death sentence to culprit Moeen Bashir Allias Sahiboo of Jaranawala Tehsil of Faisalabad District in the abduction, rape and murder of 12-year Kanwal Matloob of Dadayal town. The court comprising Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Idrees Bhati and Additional District Qazi Dadyal Muhammad Sarfraz Abbasi also imposed fine of Rs 5 million on the culprit, who would also have to pay Rs one million to the heirs of the victim girl as compensation. In case of failure of the payment of the compensatory amount to the heirs of the assassinated girl, the amount would be recovered through the property of the culprit under Land Revenue Act, the court ordered. The capital punishment would be implemented after approval by the Shariat Appellant Bench of the High Court of Azad Jammu Kashmir, the verdict said.
The minor has served with justice just after few months. According to the prosecution, culprit Moeen Bashir had abducted Kanwal Matloob on November 08, 2021 while she was on way to bazaar. He took the girl to the forest of Peel Kathaar in Dadayal where he strangulated her to death after raping. The Mirpur Police probed the case through the latest means of geo-fencing and arrested the culprit from outside of the AJK territory. The victim’s body and weapons of offense were recovered on the identification of the accused.
The remarkable decision of court on this issue has enhanced the confidence of masses over the judicial system. The minor soul has been delivered with justice. At this moment police department and government of AJK also deserve rich tribute. When this sad incident took place, then Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Abudl Qayyum Niazi took the prompt notice and ordered the relevant authorities for probing the matter. Police took smart steps and arrested the culprit soon. When the case reached to judiciary government and all the other department supported the courts for reaching the final decision on time.
Justice has been delivered. The culprit has been announced the death sentence. All the institutions have proved themselves. Judiciary has maintained the norm of providing free, fair, and fast justice. However, the need of the hour is to work on root causes of such sad incidents. Society needs a bath which can wash out all such negativities. Steps should be taken to stop such incidents from happening.