DIVINE GRACE - Baba helped His devotees who were convicted and imprisoned

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BABA RELEASED HIS DEVOTEES

WHO WERE CONVICTED AND IMPRISONED

 

Baba's servant Reghu and five others were convicted and imprisoned on

a charge of outraging the modesty of a Marwadi woman and Raghu was

crying out in jail at Ahmednagar. Baba appeared to him and said. `I

will see you freed'. Next day Tatya Patil brought the appeal papers

to Baba after shown having them to some senior lawyers, who found

that the conviction was based upon six eye witnesses. They considered

it hopeless. Tatya took the papers to Bhav, Bhav means S.B. Dhumal at

Nasik. When Tatya brought papers, Dhumal looked them up and told him,

"there are so many seniors above me. Why don't you take to

Ahmednagar'. But Tatya replied, `Baba said that you should present

the appeal', and that settled the course. At once Dhumal drew up an

appeal memo and went to the District Magistrate of Ahmednagar at his

bungalow. The District Magistrate asked him, `What is it about?' Then

Dhumal mentioned that it was a conviction for outraging a Marwadi

woman's modesty on the testimony of six eye witnesses. The Magistrate

remarked, `It seems a very strong case'. At once Baba's modus

operandi was seen. Dhumal said, `Why six eye witnesses, Your Honour?

You can get sixty eye witnesses in a fraction ridden village like

Shirdi'. the Magistrate said, `Do you think so?' Dhumal replied,

`Think! Why, I am more than sure of it.' When the words were being

uttered through the mouth of Dhumal, the mind of Magistrate was being

operated upon, and so he said, `If so, I acquit all your appellants'.

The Magistrate had not called for the papers from the lower court,

nor read the judgement nor appeal memo, but simply said, `Hand over

the appeal memo to me and tell me the facts you are relying upon'.

Dhumal practically dictated the appellate court judgement. The

magistrate, a senior European officer simply wrote it out, and at

once acquitted the appellants. The Magistrate then asked Dhumal, `Is

Sai Baba of yours a Hindu or Muslim?', showing that all the while it

was Sai Baba who was operating on his mind. Dhumal answered, `Neither

the one nor the other. He is above both'. What does he teach was the

next question of the Magistrate. Dhumal was up to the occasion. He

said, `You must go to him yourself to know that'. `Can I go?' asked

the Magistrate. Dhumal replied, `Yes, you can certainly go'. The

Magistrate had an idea of going to Shirdi some time later, but

subsequently dropped the matter. So it was only for the nonce he felt

interested in Shirdi. Meanwhile, Dhumal without any surety was taken

Raghu and other five with him to Shirdi. that was the time when poor

Dixit's daughter died there and people were going to attend the

cremation. Baba called some of them and said, `Don't go, I will show

you some chamatkar'. Shortly thereafter the appellants arrived. Then

the people learnt how the senior District Magistrate acquitted the

appellants straightway without hearing the other side or without

sending for the papers and realised that this was the chamatkar. This

is Manasthambam. Baba had gripped the mind of District Magistrate and

made him deal out summary justice for the weired and great saint's

servants.