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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
“Hey Ram” – these are the last eternal words from the dying Mahatma Gandhiji at 17.17 hrs on Friday, the 30th January 1948 in the Birla House, Delhi. “Akhand Bharat... Amar Rahe” ... these are the dying cries from Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan D. Apte from the gallows of Ambala Gaol on at 8.00 hrs on Tuesday, the 15th November 1949. In Mahatma Gandhi Assassination case, 9 persons were arrested and put on trial at the Red Fort Trial, New Delhi. Later the appellate case was tried by the Full Bench of High Court of Judicature for the Province of East Punjab at Simpla under Criminal Appeal No.66 of 1949. Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan D Apte were hanged; V.R. Karkare, Madhanlal Pawa, and Gopal Vinjayak Godse underwent life-imprisonment for a term of 14 years; Dr. Parchure and Shankar Kistayya were acquitted in appeal; V.D. Savarkar was honourably acquitted by the Trial Court itself; and Digambar Ramachandra Badge was tendered General pardon for being an honest approver. Remaining three accused ie Gangadhar Dandwati, Gangadhar Jadhav and Suryadevo Sharma - all from Gwalior – remained as absconders till date. This is the book of Judgment delivered by the Punjab High Court on 21st June 1949. This is an authentic source of information on the sad event of Murder of Mahatma Gandhiji, for those who want to go back into the saddest part of our past.
S. Padmavathi & D.G. Hariprasath
Authors S. Padmavathi and D.G. Hariprasath are practising Advocates. The first author is Mrs. S. Padmavathi, born on 14 November 1969. She belongs to a Tamil-speaking Brahmin family and hails from Mahadhanapuram, Karur, Tamil Nadu. She studied law at Bangalore University and Annamalai University. The second author, Mr. D. G. Hari Prasath, graduated from School of Law, SASTRA. He is an advocate at Madras High Court. These series of judgments are being published in digitised version for documentation of important judgments connected to High Profile Assassination.
