'I have a feeling. Actually, I'm quite sure'
'that God wrote my destiny on a Sunday, after a heavy lunch.'
'He was not concentrating at all.'
'First, He got me to fight with people.'
'And then, He sent me amidst the same people.'
'In the office, there's Akshay. In the court, there's my stepbrother.'
'And if you think that this is a big mess, you're wrong. This is just the beginning.'
'The post-Sunday lunch destiny had many more surprises.'
It was just to send a message to the people.
It wasn't done for scaring Niharika.
Where are you getting all these method-acting people, Randeep?
She is shivering badly.
I don't understand why you had to interfere.
Did you not see what was happening to her?
Why do you have so much empathy? Do you think she's like you?
JJ is just using her.
It's high time you realise that we don't have time for social services.
And this guy in the red shirt... We had used him for the Indore case too, right?
No, sir. These are all new people. Those people left a long time ago.
Don't worry.
JJ is a virus. It's extremely important to eliminate this deadly virus.
So, don't think about emotions and attachments.
If you want to think, think of ways to humiliate and manipulate him.
Hit him where it would hurt him badly.
Randeep, who are you scared of?
I'm scared of weakness. - Right. I'm scared of the weak.
Weakness turns a person into an asshole.
Puneet was there in the court, right?
As far as Niharika is concerned,
she is a weapon. She is the means.
She's a pawn. Don't be emotional...
Puneet. Puneet!
What's the matter? You received me yourself...
I'm your husband. I can do this once in a while.
You've invoked your husband position. So, I'm sure something big is up.
What would have happened
if we hadn't got married?
India's economy was dependant on us. The stock market would have collapsed.
We saved the country. - And, like Batman, we can't tell anyone what we did.
Niharika. - Yes?
I have to tell you something.
Your dad was here last night.
I know. - You know?
Sue, I was thinking I need a new pair of stilettos.
You're changing the topic again. - Why talk about that topic?
I don't want to talk to him. He can't talk to me. That's that.
Do you want to go high heels shopping with me?
One moment. I don't understand your obsession with heels or vice-versa.
Wearing heels isn't going to make you bigger than your problems.
Forget it. I've got to go. Bye.
Bye.
Why do you look so happy?
Have you come here for a party?
Would you like to have some 'biryani'?
I like how you have braided your hair.
You have oiled it too. You were looking forward to meeting me, weren't you?
So, don't pretend to be angry, Meher. I'll come over there and talk.
Abid made this.
Maybe he didn't remember his mother's face.
He wants to keep you in his heart. So, he wrote your name.
It's beautiful. It has sprung from the child's imagination.
If he sees me like this, he will be heartbroken.
Meher, you've been in jail for 15 years.
I'm sure many lawyers came here before me, and they must have said many things...
I've told them several times that I don't want mercy.
District judge, High Court, Supreme Court, the President...
What did they all say? That I'll be hanged till death.
So, why don't they hang me? Just get it done with!
Abid is 14 years old.
Have you met him? - They don't let me meet him.
That's for the better.
It's better that he stays amidst good people.
I don't meet people for months.
They keep me in a cell. I don't even know if it's day or night.
Bilal's ghost talks to me. That's it.
Bilal? - Abid's father.
The one for whom I killed my entire family.
Since when have they kept you in this cell, Meher?
Prisoners on a death row are kept in custodial segregation.
There's a difference between custodial segregation and solitary confinement.
You know that damn well.
Custodial segregation is when they are separated from other prisoners.
Solitary confinement is when they're locked up in a room alone.
This is the problem. Do you know what she did?
She was violent to my guards. She beat them up.
And she uses extremely foul language.
You're letting a person rot away in a 2x2 feet cell.
You even took her clothes away... - So, do you want me to cuddle her?
We had given her a sari. She tried to hang herself using that.
If she gets hold of a fork, she tries to cut her wrist.
It's not a case of death row. She is under suicide watch.
She uses everything to her advantage.
Mr Jaitley, I want to talk to you about the party funding. - Yes. Please sit.
Before that, I want you to meet someone. I've heard that you know each other well.
Who? - Come with me.
Mr Shekhavat. How are you?
Greetings. - Oh!
You know him, right? - Of course. Who doesn't know him?
By the way, he is defending my son in a case.
Greetings, Mr Shekhavat. - Greetings.
He is one of the biggest funders of our party. - I see.
And he will be our candidate from the Meerut seat.
Wow, that's great news!
If he is your candidate, you can rest assured that you'll win that seat.
Thank you for your kind words.
It's a call from the PMO. Please sit. I'll be right back.
Yes. - Please sit.
I'm glad I met you here. I was planning to visit your office.
Any special reason? - Actually, Mr Jaitley,
your work and my work are quite similar.
Lawyers and buildings.
The higher they are from the ground, the deeper is their foundation.
I don't understand what you're trying to imply.
Leaking the rape victim's name in the media...
Getting Neeraj beaten up...
And... What's that girl's name? Niharika.
Smearing black ink on her face...
I know that it was all done by you.
I'm sorry, but you're mistaken.
I fight my cases inside the court, not outside.
Mr Jaitley, the boys you hired to get these things done...
I've hired them for similar jobs before.
As they say,
at a public bath, everyone is naked.
If something like this happens again,
I'll pull you out of the public bath
and parade you naked on the streets.
Do you understand?
Had you not been fighting his case,
it would have been fast-tracked and got over a long time ago.
And his rapist son would have been sentenced to at least 7 years in jail.
I say, leave his case.
No, Randeep.
If I wanted, I could have given him a fitting reply then and there.
But I kept quiet because there was something in his eyes.
He was somehow very emotional.
I don't understand. - Randeep,
beneath his anger, there was extreme pain.
It wasn't there when his son was arrested.
This is something new.
So, you want us to just be quiet?
He threatens us and we get scared? - We're not getting scared.
All I'm thinking is
that if he knew about the attacks on Neeraj and Niharika,
why did he stay quiet over the Neeraj one but get angry over the Niharika incident?
It's something I don't understand.
Randeep, try to find out. - Yes. I'll see.
Thanks.
Okay. I'm off to the office. I'll catch you.
One moment, Akshay.
So, Niharika is back in your life.
No... I wouldn't say that... Not the way you're putting it, at least.
She joined our firm, and you didn't even tell me.
What could I have told you? Dad hired her. I didn't.
I had no idea that she was joining my firm... I mean, our firm.
And she didn't know that I work there. It was a coincidence.
Really? - Yes.
Out of all the lawyers in the world, Niharika joins our firm.
And you want me to believe that it's a coincidence?
Whether you believe it or not, it is the truth.
It was a coincidence whether you like to believe it or not.
And, honestly, I didn't tell you because I didn't think it was important.
I mean, she's like any other colleague.
She is anything but any other colleague.
You married me, but...
Devika, you're blowing this out of proportion. You realise that, right?
I'm just telling you what it is. - Fuck my life.
Hi. - Hi.
Are you not well?
No, I'm completely fine. Why?
You never come to the office this late.
Devika is here. I went to the airport to receive her.
Oh. Devika is back.
Yes.
Okay. I've got to go.
Akshay.
Thank you.
For what?
Yesterday...
Thank you for everything.
I didn't do anything.
I just broke the rules and entered the ladies' room. That's all.
You did way more than you think you did.
It felt like I found a close connection in a place full of strangers.
I'm always there.
Thanks.
Niharika.
It's Neeraj's first hearing today, right?
Yes.
You're going to be great.
Thank you.
I've got to go. - See you.
Ms Singh.
Your Honour, the defence requests your permission to withdraw from this case.
Criminal law in the whole world is based on Blackstone's formulation.
It's better that 10 guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.
In other words, innocent until proven guilty.
But apparently, the prosecution doesn't believe in that.
Because the crowd standing outside the court has already given the verdict
that Neeraj Shekhavat is a rapist.
Thousands of people have already declared Neeraj to be guilty
on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms.
What's the need for due process of law?
What's the need for the prosecution,
who are not fighting this case in the court, anyway? - Your Honour.
Don't you think that Ms Singh is taking this rape case very lightly?
Throwing childish tantrums, threatening to withdraw... What's going on?
Neeraj Shekhavat has been accused of rape. We're not taking it lightly.
But the prosecution is focusing on mob justice.
Your Honour, how can anyone undergo the due process of law
in the environment that the prosecution has created?
The prosecution is fighting this case in the media.
If mobocracy is the new rule of the land, please declare Neeraj to be guilty.
Please declare Neeraj to be guilty, Your Honour!
What are you saying, Ms Singh? If you want, the court can instruct the police
to give security to you and Neeraj Shekhavat.
Is that alright? - Thank you, Your Honour.
Puneet, you underestimated her.
Tandon, I issue an order.
From now on, the prosecution will not talk to the media.
I've seen the report. If it happens again, you'll be charged with contempt.
The prosecution is not interested in a media trial or mob justice.
And to be very honest, sir, we don't have the budget for it.
Now, let's come back to the evidence,
which is, at the moment, stacked against her client.
Now, the prosecution will present the evidence.
So, the prosecution calls its first witness, Vartika Tripathi, to the stand.
'Don't touch it.'
'Sorry, sir.'
'There's a very simple equation in mathematics. Two plus two equals four.'
'Our case is like a mathematical equation.'
'On the left side, we have our evidence. On the right side, we have our story.'
'In order to win the case, our evidence must equal our story.'
'Do you understand? - Yes.'
'Let's start.'
'It was around 10 pm on the night of August 8.'
'My shift had just started. Bobby Singh came there.'
'He told me that Mr Rastogi wanted to see me in Mr Shekhavat's room.'
Who is Mr Rastogi? - The HR head.
Then? - I asked him the reason for calling me so late in the night.
He said, 'I don't know.' I had a strange feeling about it.
But I thought Mr Rastogi would be there, so I went.
When I got there, Mr Shekhavat asked me to sit.
He said Mr Rastogi was on his way.
Mr Shekhavat was drunk.
Don't say he was drunk. Say that actually, he was very drunk. Okay?
Actually, he was very drunk.
He's a daily drinker. Anyone can confirm that.
I waited there for 8-10 minutes, but Mr Rastogi didn't come.
Meanwhile, Mr Shekhavat made himself another drink.
I asked him if I could go. He offered me a drink.
When I refused, he tried to forcibly make me drink it.
I shoved him away and tried to run from there.
He caught hold of me from behind and pushed me onto his bed.
I tried very hard to resist,
but he's so much stronger than I am. I couldn't do anything.
When he was done with everything, he threw a pack of cigarettes at my face.
Light it.
I don't smoke. - Did I ask you?
I love seeing girls smoke after having sex.
Light it.
He was staring at me.
Then he walked towards me.
He held my hand.
At that moment, the burning cigarette was between my fingers.
He held my hand
and started giving me cigarette burns on my body.
I screamed loudly.
It's okay. Relax.
But he kept giving me cigarette burns on my body.
She's lying!
Now, you'll have to answer the defence's nonsensical questions. - Objection, sir!
Withdrawn. Your witness.
Vartika, I understand that this is very difficult for you.
But I have a few questions.
If you can, please answer them honestly.
Yes.
Had you ever been in Neeraj Shekhavat's room before August 8?
Yes. A couple of months before that, he had a special guest over.
So, he had asked me to serve drinks to them there.
Just for our clarity,
in the month of August, before the 8th, you didn't go to Neeraj's room.
No. - The defence will try to confuse you.
But you can't change your story in court.
Yes. - There's absolutely no scope for confusion.
Let's talk about the cigarette burns.
Why do you think that my client, Neeraj, gave you those burns?
I don't know.
He's a beast. - Objection, Your Honour.
Vartika, please just answer what you have been asked.
Never mind.
So, on the night of August 8, you went to Neeraj's room.
Mr Rastogi didn't come.
You were raped, and Neeraj gave you cigarette burns. Right?
You went to the room, you were raped, the cigarette was lit... Right?
Objection, Your Honour.
Ms Singh, come to the point.
When he had already got what he wanted, why did he play the cigarette game?
I don't know. And it wasn't a game.
When all of this was happening,
was he standing in front of you, or behind you?
I don't remember. Maybe he was behind me.
You don't remember. - Maybe in front of me.
'Maybe'.
So, did he grab you like this? - Objection, Your Honour?
Sorry, Your Honour. My bad.
Vartika, I don't understand one thing. When he was walking towards you,
you just sat there.
Vartika, you were raped!
Did you not think for even once that you should run away from there?
I'm so sorry, ma'am. I made a mistake.
As soon as I was raped, I should have run away.
My brain should have worked at that very moment.
I should have known that after raping me, he'd give me cigarette burns.
When he gave me cigarette burns on the front part of my body,
I should have waited
for him to light another cigarette and leave marks on my back too.
Ma'am, you're a woman too. So, why is it
that as long as a woman's intestines are not found lying on the street,
nobody takes her seriously.
A woman's story never adds up!
Had I died, and if you had found my dead body somewhere,
would you still ask me
why I only have cigarette burns on the front side of my body
but not on the back?
Would you still conclude that I wasn't raped?
Tell me. Would you still ask me such irrational questions?
Sir.
You were right about Mr Shekhavat.
There really is pain beneath his anger.
What did you find out?
Mr Shekhavat has been married twice. His first wife lives in Bangalore.
His child from the first marriage is none other than Niharika, sir.
Wow! Amazing!
O God, creator of the world, what were You thinking?
Why did You create the world this way?
Well done, Randeep. - Thank you, sir.
Neeraj, one must never lie to a doctor and a lawyer.
As per the forensic report,
it's rape, man.
What have you done, bro?
Bro, trust me. On August 8, I didn't even touch Vartika.
On the 8th, I came home early. I was drunk.
Why do you keep mentioning August 8 repeatedly?
Is there some exception to it? Did something happen on some other day?
Actually,
it was on the 6th.
But, bro, she came to my room of her own accord.
Neeraj, dude, why did you not tell us before?
What happened on the 6th? - Obviously, we had sex.
But it was consensual. - Wow!
You had sex with Vartika on the 6th, and you're telling me this now!
Yes, but nothing happened between us on the 8th.
So, that means that what the rape kit indicates is a lie.
This is idiotic.
Don't you know that semen stays in a woman's body for 72 hours?
I... Bro, I didn't know. How would I know?
Are you an idiot? He's an idiot!
I've been telling you since the beginning to tell me the fucking truth!
At least, be honest with your own lawyer!
You say that I should tell you the truth.
If I had told you that I had sex with Vartika on the 6th,
and that she was yelling 'Rape! Rape!' on the 8th, would you believe me?
'She started yelling, 'Rape! Rape!' Are you even listening to him?
Neeraj, you need to chill the fuck out.
We're hearing about this for the first time.
Okay, bro. I'm sorry. I'm sorry!
She wasn't yelling 'Rape! Rape!' She was saying 'Rape! Rape!'
But that does not mean that I'm a rapist.
You say that you're my defence lawyer.
Half the time, I'm defending myself from you.
Trust me! Bro, at least, you trust me! You know me!
I didn't do anything!
Neither did I rape her, nor did I give her cigarette burns.
Ma'am,
see this.
This is the footage from August 6.
Vartika can be seen leaving Mr Shekhavat's room.
Looking at her body language, it doesn't look like she was raped.
'The footage from August 6'
'looked like Vartika had consensual sex with Neeraj.'
'That would mean that Vartika was lying and that Neeraj was telling the truth.'
'Everything is becoming so confusing.'
'Who do I trust?'
'Vartika or Neeraj?'