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discovered against bim now? Has there been any trial in which this sentence was passed ? In what court was the trial conducted ? Were the proceedings of the court public ? Was any opportunity given to the accused to defend himself ? If there was no trial, under what law was this order issued ? Was this done by the native State of Jaipur or was it an order of the Government of India ? If the native State has done it, is it not the duty of the Government of India to see that such acts of injustice are not perpetrated under the British suzerainty ? Has the Governinent taken any steps to this end? Does it iutend to take any ?
8. If it is true that there has been no charge framed against him, is it too much to expect from the Government in the name of ordinary coinmonsense, in the name of justice and in the lunanity, that it will at once release him? But if there is the slightest evidence against bin, let him be tried in a court of justice and if he is there found guilty, let bim be punished by all means; and in spite of our respect and adiuiration for Pandit Arjun Lal, we shall be prepared to revise our opinions.
I have advisedly chosen the form of enquiry and avoided any assertion because the Government has been all along very reticent in this matter. I hope the Government will soon throw light upon it, and allay the growing anxiety of a loyal community.
JUSTICE
We would invite the attention of the Governinent of India to a letter written by 'Justice and printed on another page, touching the case of one Mr. Arjunlal Sethi, wbo has been kept in confinement for several months now and since sentenced to a term of imprisonment as we learn. A number of pertinent and important questions are put therein which call for an answer. If Mr. Sethi is and has been proved to be guilty of any offence, it is right and even essential that he should be
punishech But no one should be condemned without a proper Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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