New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Former IPS officer Amod Kumar Kanth has said that the campaign for justice after the trial court acquitted all the accused in the Jessica Lal murder case "was a good thing" and noted that the media, which scrutinized and covered every bit of trial and investigation, has a role to play.

The High Court, which reversed the trial court's verdict in December 2006, awarded life imprisonment to Manu Sharma, which was later upheld by the Supreme Court.

Lall was shot dead in April 1999 by Manu Sharma after she refused to serve a drink to him at a late-night party at a restaurant at Qutub Colonnade in south Delhi's Mehrauli.

Following the trial court's order in February 2006, newspapers carried headlines 'no one killed Jess...