here is one of story which i personally seen and one can get an idea about our judicial system, police and socitey.
one of my cousin only son and child of widowed mother was murdered and it was really kind of hell for us to lodge a proper FIR with police normally what state does victims had to do.
after consultation with relevant people whole night my bro went to the police and they werent co-operative we had to call distant cousin of ours who is high ranking police official to intervene and it was lodged.
then came the stories from inside police somehting is cooking up again had to put pressure on them not to do such thing.
then came the courts for three years no visible progress was made although there had been numerous court sessions and my younger bro who was pursuing the case on behalf of family was getting tired and frustrated but he sticked on.
then came usual thing one threat call although was properly addressed and appropriate message sent to the murderers family in reply and they stopped but i dont think normal citizen can go through it.
after exhausting everything victims family came in and started begging for the pardon and for paying compensation money went on for years.
considering murderer was a father of two infants and a hepatitus patient my aunt (victims mother) gave in (without accepting compensation) and asked us to pardon them and take the case back but we refused.
then many visits by their family and on insistence of victims mother we all gave in considering it was not pre planned and happened on spot due to a dispute and one of the killer lost nerve.
had the courts been efficient and sentences them in two/ three years that they have we may have pardoned them still but atleast would have been consoled they got the punishment atleast on paper.