Thursday, 30 July 2020


SUSHANT CASE
JURISDICTION-A  MAJOR BOTTLENECK !
Territorial Jurisdiction may prove a major bottleneck in the just registered criminal  case in the mysterious death of Sushant Singh Rajput.
Actor  Sushant Singh Rajput Case got a new twist the other day, following institution of a new criminal case, against Actress Rhia Chakravarti, founded on a First Information Report lodged with the Rajiv Nagar P.S ,a Patna based police station , by Actor's  bereaved father.
The police has not only instituted a case against the said named accused under Sections 341, 342, 380, 406, 420, 306, 506 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code., but has also despatched it's inquiring officers to Mumbai for investigation. 
The case had hitherto hovered around a hunt against the Bollywood Mafia, leaving the  media, besides ordinary onlookers, in an anxious wait for the day when the Bollywood Mafia veil might be lifted ,to the full public view.
This new case has come as a fireworks, turning popular public attention from one half baked narrative to altogether a new script, which may have the effect of washing out all that stood built in the public estimation, against the alleged Mafia angle. The supposed Mafia may thus stand acquitted clean without having to go for a trial even in people's  court, not to speak of the law court. 
Territirial Jurisdiction
When an offence has been committed at a particular place, usually the court in whose jurisdiction the crime has been committed has the jurisdiction to inquire into and try that case.
It is worth taking a bird's eye view on the Jurisdiction of the Criminal Courts as provided in the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C).
Section 177 – Only the Court under whose territorial jurisdiction the offence has been committed  has the jurisdiction  to inquire into and try the case.
Section 178 - Where the offence has been committed in more than one place or  the p.o (place occurance) is uncertain , having been committed in several places, partly  in one local area and the rest in another area, comprising  of several acts, committed in different local areas, then such offence may be inquired into or tried by a Court having jurisdiction over any of such local area. This particular section possibly holds the clue for the Patna Police to have taken up the cudgel in the matter . But on which factual score? That is a million dollar question which is bound to accost higher echelons.
Further noteworthy is Section 179. An act is an offence because of anything which has been done and as a consequence which has ensued, the said offence may be inquired into or tried by a court of competent jurisdiction.  Even this provision jokes promise in favour of Patna jurisdiction.
Additionally ,Section 180 deals with the place of trial when the act committed is an offence because it is related to some other offence. According to it the offence which has been committed first has to be inquired into or tried, when two acts are done in connection with each other and both are offences, by the court under whose jurisdiction either of the act has been committed. In all such provisions, the emphasis is always on the place where the offence has been committed, to find the jurisdiction.
One more section 181 also is there which outlines  conditions in case of certain offences. According to section 181(1), the trial can also be commenced where the accused is found, besides the place where the offence was committed. Section 181(1) talks about the offences, when not committed in a single place. It deals with the following cases.
Thug, or murder committed while performing the act of thug, dacoity, or dacoity with murder etc- where the offence is committed or where the accused is found.
Kidnapping or abduction of a person- the place from where the person was kidnapped/ abducted or where the person was concealed or conveyed or detained.  
Theft, extortion or robbery – the Court where the offence has been committed or where the stolen property is possessed, received or delivered, has the jurisdiction to try such a case.
Criminal misappropriation or criminal breach of trust- where the offence has been committed or where any part of the property which is the subject matter of the offence has been received or retained, required to be returned or accounted for, by the accused.
But the above section deals with offences when the offender is travelling, as evident from the nature of the offences as specified under this section.
Section 182 deals with offences committed by letters etc. Under this section, if any offence includes cheating, if the victim has been deceived by means of letters or telecommunication messages, it shall be looked into by the Court under whose local jurisdiction such letters or messages have been sent or received; and under the  local jurisdiction of the Court in which the property has been delivered by the person deceived or has been received by the accused person.
Sushant Case.
In the instant case it has been alleged that the accused had designedly  committed acts which caused Sushant's getting cut off from his Patna based family. With intent to gaining full control over Sushant , the main accused in concert with her family, practised drug abuse on the victim and completely impoverished him through illegal fund transfers of 15-17 Crores , from Sushant's bank accounts.
As of now, only a hairline thread has been conjured up to address the jurisdiction issue. It is a factual assertion  that, the whole criminal act was founded on the illegal restraint applied on  Sushant's person which could not have been made possible without attaining his distancing from his Patna based near and dear ones. It is this very component of alleged offence which has been conceived in the whole frame of the new prosecution narrative which may or may not sustain the jurisdiction issue.



Wednesday, 20 May 2020


Self awareness is not a small idea of mundane value.
How easy is it to pronounce, translate and cite its equivalent nomenclature, 'infinity'? Infinity can not either be perceived or conceived within a finite frame of mind.
Likewise, the term 'awareness' in its ordinary usage has finite connotation. But if one introspects for a while, its unending streams may become apparent.
Why not test it for yourself , as seeing is believing. Try it.
Speak to yourself . Honestly. Without an element of self deception. Answer for yourself , what is precisely elicited hereafter.
Right now, are you aware?
You may shoot back, but aware of what?
Answer is, aware of what 'is' , as 'is', where 'is' .
Absurd . Isn't it? Seems absurd?
That is so, which is proof that you are not aware.
Arn't you aware of your age? name ? residence ? and like things which matter and which can't escape your ready reckoning . Why? Because these data accompany you like your shadow, during conscious state . Isn't it?
Now state , what is proof that you are conscious and alive. Your simple assertion to that effect is subjective. What is not verifiable is subjective.
Pat would come your answer, no, no, the fact that I am conscious and alive is very much verifiable by even a lay man.
You would readily show what? Your respiration , your beating heart and your power of cognition to receive and outpour sensory data.
Now, state frankly, whether you are involuntarily aware and conscious of these.
Does your awareness normally and naturally focus these material involuntary functions that never cease until life survives ? And the cessation of which proclaims abatement of life?
That explains the tip of that iceberg which we humans foolishly think of being in command, though the position is just the other way around. One which commands is the awareness and the one which is commanded is we humans.
Once understood, this scheme of command may enable one to size up that infinite reality which we call by different names, God being one.

Monday, 23 March 2020

OMKAR

It is not a scientific approach to cite Vedas or Puranas while interpreting any objective observations that hint at resolution of any mystery. However it not an unscientific approach either to avoid connecting available inputs with those which the revered mythological texts complement or supplement or contradict. This is a legal theory which is called 'relevancy' in the law of evidence.
As a TV Channel broadcast said, NASA has recorded the sound that the Solar holocaust has been constantly producing at a wave length which scientists found impossible to  capture by or for recording. It took long effort to devise such recording which ,once done, amazed the scientists, in that the sound is a subtle Om chanting which forms substratum of the Indian spiritual system .
Leave aside the Tantrik or Yogic literatures that value Omkar as the unstruck sound recognised as the fundamental constituent of creation. Simply conceive the primary character of sound. It is an energy. It must be an effect of something struck. Try to locate any sound that your senses may pick up. Can you certify it to be unstruck, caused by no collision or friction or whatever? Clapping, for instance, is the result of  your palms coming together. Dont allow the palms to join, and then try to produce the sound you generate by clapping. Can you? No? That is to say that sound we hear has to be struck, by whatever means.
Now let us do some observation, leaving aside any belief or faith systems which an honest scientific observation would prohibit.
Simply collect and consolidate your attention and focus it on your natural breath, ensuring simply that you dont interfere with its natural rhythm. Do it for a minute or two. There is an ongoing natural friction that the natural breath is generating. Dont presume it, just observe and find out. Dont import any external definitions, just observe and find out whether the friction occasioned by your involuntary inhalation and exhalation is soundless. If you really find it is soundless, you have to further explore whether your hearing sense has been over powered by the external noise or may be you have to sharpen your sense of hearing so that the sound emerging from the closest arena does not escape reception.
Once you begin to pick it up, do nothing save and except picking it up in its existing form, without giving it a name, colour , meaning or definition. Let the mind define it by reflection. Give it a free hand.
Once you succeed, the exercise would lead to a discovery that would let you exclaim in wonder - Great!



Monday, 16 March 2020

Quarantine.
This is not a new term but is not in general use in routine life. Hence, it is new to the general masses, not at least to a Raj Yoga practitioner who is conversant with the term,'Pratyahar' which is step -one in the practice of meditation.
In practice, to quarantine the mind for a brief moment is pratyahar, or sense withdrawal which ushers the practitioner into the stage of concentration or Dharna and then into meditation.
The stage preceding pratyahar is pranayama. This term has, of late, gained popularity . It is now widely followed as breathing exercises in its different variants, namely Anulom Velom, kapal bhati , bhramari, etc.
What is essential to be understood is that these practices, in fact, target expansion of the breathing channel whereby the breathing rate slows down and automatic external and internal retentions in between inhalations and exhalations expand. That's called Kewal Kumbhak or involuntary retention of breath.
In the present context, it is this very retention stamina and slow breathing rate which is material. An adept in slow breathing with ability to hold the breath may negotiate with apprehended infective conditions as and when accosted.
It is for you to appreciate it's relevance like I do, wondering whether it is or is not redundant to put on mask even where not needed, such as while taking walk,  and like things. 

Sunday, 15 March 2020




Limbic system-3

(Teach a kid the table of two twos are 5. Let it go down the memory data base. And then say two twos are 4, you will receive a negative nod in response) .

Pinhole camera!
Remember?
If you have not forgotten, we read this in a physics class in the school, depicting how the image of a palm tree is registered inverted on the pin hole camera screen like which we have ratina with eyes like pin hole. Likewise our ratima registers all images in inverted mode but we don't have any inverted perception due to the autocorrect feature that's inbuilt in the human brain.
Our Physics teacher mentioned Limbic System in this regard, though in only lighter vein, telling us humans without ulti khopdi would have been cursed with inverted vision of all that we see straight rather than inverse. In the next breath , he clarified , human brain had been gifted with an exceptional device which inverted the inverted image formed on the ratina. That's why we see every thing  normally. 
However, this exceptional feature respecting the ocular system, was unavailable for the general cognitive  system of the brain. That means, bodies which carried ulti khopdi over their shoulders would be doomed. 
The ulti khopdi angle he connected with the mischief which the Limbic system in humans often played. 
What he said didn't seem relevant until it's relevance surfaced recently via face book posts and comments . 
Isn't it?
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(More to follow)

Saturday, 14 March 2020


Limbic system-2

(Limbic system-1........... ...The limbic system is the portion of the brain that deals with three keyfunctions: emotions, memories and arousal (or stimulation. ... )


In simple words, the limbic system has two important roles to play in the material sense under discussion.
One is to store inputs as data in the memory of human mind. And the other is to compare any incoming data with its existing data base, to yield an involuntary response by way of 'yes', 'no', 'i don't know' or 'is it?' or likes of these.
Your spontaneous nod to anything seen,read or heard, whether in agreement or disagreement or astonishment or whatever, is engineered by the limbic system.
Teach a kid the table of two twos are 5. Let it go down the memory data base. And then say two twos are 4, you will receive a negative nod in response .
This may seem too much of an exaggeration where data corrections are feasible by scientific reasoning or athithmatical logic. Difficulty occurs where logic system gets dwarfed by belief systems.
(More to follow)

Limbic System-1

The brainstem (or brain stem) is the posterior part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord. In the humanbrain the brainstem includes the midbrain, the pons and medulla oblongata of the hindbrain.
The brain stem sits above the spinal cord and has many connections between them. The brain stem, the most primitive part of the brain, is made up of the medulla, pons,cerebellum, midbrain, hypothalamusand thalamus. The cerebral cortex,limbic system and basal ganglia make up the forebrain.
The primary structures within the limbic system include the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, and cingulate gyrus.
The amygdala is the emotion center of the brain,
 while the hippocampus plays an essential role in the formation of new memories about past experiences.
The limbic system is a set of structures in the brain that controls emotion, memories and arousal. It contains regions that detect fear,control bodily functions and perceive sensory information (among other things).
The limbic system is the portion of the brain that deals with three keyfunctions: emotions, memories and arousal (or stimulation). ...
The thalamus is located within the brainstem and is part of the pathway of information into the cerebrum, which is the section of the brain that is responsible for thinking and movement.
(More to follow)