It is a matter of great relief but not rejoicing yet that Kulbhushan Jadhav has been saved from the noose. It is a relief but not an occasion to be joyful because the final verdict is yet to come. It is hoped that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will eventually not uphold the Pakistani military court’s verdict to execute the Indian national. Senior lawyer Harish Salve, who is arguing for India, Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, and the Prime Minister of course, must be congratulated for working to have a fresh lease of life, now granted by the ICJ, to an innocent citizen who was the object of torture for Pakistan. Pakistan's anger is directed more at India than at Jadhav. Its very intention is to hurt India in all possible ways. It is common knowledge that in any police station, people caught for even petty offences are coerced to confess.
That is why the law says that a confession made at the police station is not admissible in court. When the polices use coercive measures to elicit confession from petty offenders, it requires no proof to say that with India, being a bête noire of Pakistan, the latter has extracted a confession from Jadhav under duress. In the case of India, Pakistan will always jettison all national and international norms to wind. What happened to Sarabjit Singh is well known.