Criminal Appeal of Baba's servant

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Appeal of Baba's servant

Baba's servant Raghu

and five others were convicted of outraging the modesty of a Marwadi woman and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Raghu cried in jail. Baba in dream assured him he would be

released the next day. Before that, the case papers were seen by leading

lawyers who thought that success in appeal was hopeless.

Tatya Patel : Baba, these are papers for the appeal,

Baba.'. Take them to Bhav (i.e., Rao Bahadur S. Dhumal, (SBD) Pleader of Nasik).

The papers were so taken. S.B.D. took the judgment

and an appeal memo to the District Magistrate's bungalow, at Ahmednagar.

Dt. Magistrate : What have you come for?

S.B.D.: For filing a criminal

appeal on behalf of Raghu, a servant of Sai Baba and

five others.

Dt. Magistrate : What are the facts?

S.B.D. stated the facts

briefly.

Dt. Magistrate : It looks like a strong case. What! Six eye witnesses!

What do you think?

S.B.D.: Why six! In a

faction-ridden village like Shirdi you can get 60 eye-witness!

Dt.

Magistrate: Do you think so?

S.B.D.: Think! Why, I am more

than sure of it.

Dt.

Magistrate: Alright. I acquit all your clients. Give me the appeal memo

The Dt

Magistrate without reading the judgment or other papers, without sending for

the records or other papers or issuing notice, wrote out the facts and

positions, relied upon by the appellants and acquitted them.

Dt. Magistrate : Is your Sai Baba a Hindu or a Moslem?

S.B.D.

: Neither. He is

above both.

Dt.

Magistrate: What does he teach?

S.B.D.: To learn that, you must

go to him yourself.

While the appellants were going from Ahmednagar to Shirdi that same day:

Baba.: (to some villagers):

Come here. You will see a Chamatkar i.e., a wonder.

Shortly thereafter, S.B.D. and the

appellants finally acquitted in the above remarkable way,

came to Shirdi. That was the Chamatkar.

Baba's words and the Dt.

Magistrate's words showed that Baba had gripped the Magistrate's mind to mete

out summary justice without heeding the usual forms of procedure, getting

records & hearing the other side.

(Source Sai Baba Charters and

Sayings)

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