Coup On Law And Justice – 09 [Appropriate punishment]

I narrate another story with the same back ground.

అనగా అనగా …… ……….

One day, when Veerata Raja was in the court, the soldiers brought two convicts. Among them, one was a scholar, and the other was illiterate men. Both had done same mistake i.e. fraud. The king Veerata Raja asked Kanku Battu to give judgment.

After enquiring in to the matter kanku Battu, i.e. Dharama Raja delivered his judgment as “Maha Raja! Order the soldiers to give 10 lashes to this ill-literate man and 100 lashes to this scholar.

The king done so and the soldiers implemented the punishments on the both culprits.

The king Veerata Raja asked, “Kanku Bhattu! Why you have given different punishments to them though they done same mistake?”

With a gentle smile, Kanku Bhattu replied “Maharaja! The ill-literate man does not know properly regarding rules and laws of the society. He may not know which is correct and which is wrong to do. But the scholar knew very well regarding it, being literate. If we do any mistake without knowing it as a mistake, it can be excusable to some extent. But by knowing it as a mistake, if anybody does it, it should not be excused.”

Every body in the court appreciated the judgment.

That’s the entire story.

With respective to such parameters, what is the position of present society? By treachery against country. We read about employees who gave fake passports to terrorists, we watched people who helped to kill the innocent public crowd by keeping bombs in public place by taking money. We can’t believe that they don’t know, as bombs will kill the people; and such activities are crime.

What I want to say is 99% of the people who are doing fraud are known that what they are doing. They have 100% consciousness about their wrong activities and more over they are arguing, “Everybody is doing the same. So that if we do it what is wrong in it?