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Is this written up in India?
I'm afraid I cannot see why such a penalty would be unjust or excessive, if the blinding of the other person was indeed intentional. Obviously I don't trust the Saudi courts to make such a decision.
It is little known that the Bible's "eye for an eye" punishment was a reduction of penalties from previous codes where the punishment was often more severe than the damage inflicted by the crime. An example of this was Draco's law code in Athens, in which the penalty for almost all crimes was death.
Working in Saudi Arabia is dangerous to your health.
Any Saudi can do anything he likes to you, and basically you have no recourse. This goes for maids from the Phillipines who are made into sex slaves, and contract workers from India. It even applies to British, Canadian, and American citizens, who have sometimes been jailed or tortured with no protests from their governments.
It's a little safer if you work for a whole contracting company among people from your own country, but not completely safe if someone important takes a dislike to you.
The Saudis pay well, but going to work there is much the same as volunteering to become a slave. Keep your mouth shut, jump when you're told to get out of the way, and don't wander around too much.
Such uncivillized and barbaric acts should be stopped at any cost.i would like to share an additional information that the Saudi national did not loose his eye but just got it injured.