New Delhi: Observing that everyone wants to loot India, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the only way to rid the country of corrupt elements was to hang a few of them in full public view.
"The only way to rid the country of corruption is to hang a few of you on the lamp post. The law does not permit us to do it but otherwise we would prefer to hang people like you to the lamp post," a Bench of Justices S B Sinha and Markandeya Katju was quoted by PTI as saying.
The Bench made the statement while hearing the bail application of Braj Bhushan Prasad, a dismissed employee of Bihar government for his alleged involvement in the Rs 1,000 crore fodder scam.
Courts of late has been hearing many cases that have generated widespread public interest and have evoked the public's outrage including the Jessica Lall murder case, the Nitish Katara case and the Priyadarshini Mattoo rape and murder case.
"Everywhere, we have corruption. Nothing is free from corruption. Everybody wants to loot this country. The only solution for this menace is to hang some people in the public so that it acts as a deterrent on others," Justice Katju was further quoted as saying.
(With inputs from PTI)
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