Dehradun, Jan. 16 -- The Police Force is damned if it does, and damned if it doesn't. Nothing illustrates this more than its vigourous response to the Jamia Millia Islamia violence in Delhi, for which it was roundly condemned. It 'exercised restraint' in the JNU case and had to face flak once again. For some reason, there is this belief that universities are 'sanctuaries' of the kind that existed in the olden days, where no one could enter without the permission of the presiding Rishi or Abbot. It is, indeed, a convention that academic institutions exercise autonomy in disciplinary matters but, once the line of criminality is crossed, all these considerations fly out the window. The famous response of a police officer to 'legal expert' Jave...