This week, DG Vanzara, the Gujarat police officer who has spent eight years in jail for his alleged involvement in multiple encounters, walked out on bail. With Mr Vanzara's exit, virtually every one of Gujarat's police officers accused of a series of extrajudicial killings between 2004-2006, allegedly at the behest of their political master, will be outside the walls of prison. Some of them have even been promoted to senior positions in the police force. This has sparked accusations of quid pro quo, and has raised serious questions about what happens to the fight for justice when accused cops , not yet acquitted, are back in charge.
