ABOVE THE LAW
By Aires Rodrigues
How wonderful! Our compassionate justice has released Mickky Pacheco on probation trusting him to behave well and reform himself despite it being known that he is no novice to Crime.
Though convicted for having assaulted Electricity department Junior Engineer Kapil Natekar on July 15, 2006, his public promise on 12.12.12 that he will never repeat his past mistakes may have been heard while giving him the benefit of the Probation of Offenders Act.
The judgment releasing Mickky Pacheco on probation does not seem to be in accordance with law. It would have to be tested before the High Court to see whether the Law infact took its own course.
It would be a very sad day for Goa’s Judiciary if the High Court holds that it was a grey if not a very black day for the Justice delivery system. Will this be a signal of confirmation of the feeling that the high and mighty can commit crime and get away with it, with a flea-bite sentence, if not, be released on probation, being forgiven like a school kid?
With Mickky Pacheco eagerly longing for that red beacon it would now have to be also seen whether Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar bestows on him that Cabinet status also on Probation.
