Deviprasad

"He has been studying in a Veda school for seven years and practising it. He is living a life according to the Sanatana Dharma, just like how a person should live with discipline. I have known him for many years. Suddenly one day, he was standing at our doorstep with tears in his eyes, along with a friend. I couldn't understand why he looked so dejected. I invited them in. I said, "I am a lawyer, so you shouldn't hide anything like visiting a doctor. Speak freely. Whatever you need, it's okay, speak without hesitation." Then the friend who was working at the TVS said, "He has been convicted in a case, and has been sentenced to 18 months." I couldn't understand. A person who lives according to Sanatana Dharma, as far as I know, can't have done anything wrong. I couldn't understand how this could have happened to him. What happened was, his sister is in America. She wanted to go to temples. So, in the car, everyone took his sister and sister's child to the temple. Since his sister is in America, she can drive the car. While driving, suddenly at one point, she lost control, I don't know what happened. The car hit a person. The accident happened near a tea shop. That person died. Immediately what happened was, his sister had to go back to America the next week. So, this friend of ours who is studying Vedas, what did he do? He went straight to the police station. Both she and him have licenses to drive the car. He said, “I drove the car carelessly. I caused this accident”. Taking the blame on himself, he surrendered at the police station. An FIR was registered against him. They filed a charge sheet. The case happened. In that case, the judge saw his appearance and attire of a vedic practitioner and got prejudiced. Usually for this kind of case, they would give six months sentence. They gave him 18 months sentence. Then I said, "Don't worry at all. I see you as a hero. In order for your sister to not face any problems, you took the blame on yourself. You are the real man. What's the need to be sad? I would have thought highly of you. What happened, happened. Let's go and take a look. Let's go for an appeal." I said. I brought and read the whole case paper. There are six witnesses. I read each one. Not even one witness identified the brother and sister, that they were the ones who were driving. Everyone said, "We were standing at the tea shop. A Maruti car came from there, it drove recklessly, it hit him, he died." That's how it is. But in not one witness statement, no one said whether he was driving or his sister was driving. No one said who drove the car. In court also, no one identified him. If you look at it that way, there were no witnesses at all. We took only one point and we appealed. Fortunately, what happened was, the judge sitting in the appeal court was my classmate. There were no witnesses. And he acquitted my friend. That day I realized that if we protect the Vedas, the Vedas will protect us. Until then, I didn't think of it as a big thing. But this event, the event that happened to him, it saved him. Think about it." - Translation of the vidoe quoted.