This was a 15 12 months outdated boy…. He was caught stealing from a retailer. On attempting to flee from the maintain of the guard, a shelf of the shop was additionally damaged.
*The choose heard the crime and requested the boy, “Did you really steal something, a packet of bread and cheese?”*
The boy responded by trying down.;- “Yes.”
Judge: – “Why?”
Boy: – “I needed.”
Judge: – “Could have bought.”
Boy: – “There was no money.”
Judge: – “Take it from the family.”
Boy: – “There is only mother in the house. Sick and unemployed, Bread and Cheese were also stolen for the same.”
Boy: – “Used to wash a car. When I took a day off to take care of my mother, I was fired.”
Judge: – “Don’t you ask someone for help?”
Boy: – “Had left the house since morning, went to about fifty people, took this step at the very end.”
*When the arguments ended, the choose started to pronounce the decision; “the theft and especially the theft of Bread is a very shameful crime and we are all responsible for this crime.*
*Every person in the court, including me, is a perpetrator, so every person present here is fined ten dollars. No one can get out of here without giving ten dollars.”*
Saying this, the choose took ten {dollars} out of his pocket after which picked up the pen and began writing: – ‘In addition, I fine the store a thousand dollars for handing over a hungry child to the police.’
‘If the penalty is not deposited within 24 hours, the court will order to seal the store.’
By giving the complete quantity of high quality to this boy, the court docket asks for forgiveness from that boy.
After listening to the decision, tears have been pouring from the eyes of the individuals current within the court docket, that boy’s hiccups have been additionally tied. The boy was watching the choose repeatedly, who got here out hiding his tears.
*Are our society, methods and courts prepared for such a call?*
