Religions of perpetrators and victims of attacks were not a deciding factor in sentencing, but where’s the proof?

Religions of perpetrators and victims of attacks were not a deciding factor in sentencing, but where’s the proof?

In India, dissent and pursuit of justice are anti-national activities.
![An Indian television journalist reports outside the office of the Ford Foundation in New Delhi [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/654a49499a1146109a7506d76fb355f7_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The government’s banning overdrive has caused India more embarrassment than the film.
![Activists hold placards during a protest demanding urgent death penalty for convicted gang-rapist, in Calcutta, India [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ae45c9e8e5984c8ea10597bd46d5437f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Besides being overtly anti-Christian, the proposed anti-conversion law would negate the constitution’s secular values.
![Threat of 'mass conversions' by Hindu far right groups causes fear among India's religious minorities [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014122713171782734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Section 66A of cyber law is said to be crux of problem as it has been (mis)used to trigger off communal violence.
![Indian right-wing leader Dhananjay Desai was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Pune murder case [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014625132924635734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Caste-blind judiciary fails Dalit victims as number of sex attacks are reported against former untouchables.
![India's courts refuse to acknowledge that sexual violence is perpetrated because of a woman's caste [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014610125724728734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Religious hardliners are having a field day as loopholes in law threaten India’s secular democracy.
![Glorification of Hinduism in the political arena inevitably morphs into vilification of “the other” [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014318102721715734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Unencumbered freedom of expression remains a utopian dream with religious electioneering a sad reality in the country.
![Some groups alleged that Wendy Doniger's book on Hinduism hurt religious sentiments [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201421117627866580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)