"On 25th December, 1978, a body.." "..was found in a well near Gundachi village." "The body was that of a married tribal woman.." "..by the name of Laagi Lohanya." "There is curd and ghee outside." "Inside it is food grains." "I can t bear the pain." ""The darkness of the night has passed." "The sun rise has smiled" "The aroma has called." "The waves are singing" "'Why should not the heart sing?" ""l can t tolerate the pain." "O kanha!" "I can t bear the pain." "Come on, get up!" "Greetings, constable." "How are you?" " Fine." "Are you fine?" "Hey, wait." "No, sir." " Take it, pal." "Case number 612!" "612. 1979." "Lohanya Bhikhu!" "Lohanya Bhikhu!" "Keep the child outside." "Outside!" "Keep your stick outside!" "Lohanya Bhikhu.." "..the following charges have been made against you." "On the night of 24th." "December, 1978.." "..between 9 pm at night and 5 am in the morning.." "..near the village of Gundachiwadi you had deliberately.." ".. strangled your wife Laagi Lohanya to death." "As this is an offence under the Indian Penal Code no. 302.." "..which is in respect to the sessions court for this crime.." "..there will be a hearing against you in this court." "Do you plead guilty or not guilty?" "Tell me." "Do you plead guilty or not guilty?" "At least tell the court.." "..do you plead guilty or not guilty?" "Say yes or no!" "Your Honour, he is not answering the question." "Mr. Bhesania, how long would it take from your end?" "My list of witnesses is ready." "It will take us three weeks to call them." "I request the court to grant me that time." "This case will be heard from 15th April." "Bhaskar, the latest edition of the document is with me." "You also read it." " Sure." "Come home tomorrow or the next day?" "You have not come for a while." "And have you setteled for your room yet?" "Yeah. I 've given him the advance.." "..the rest of the stuff he will deliver at home." "Thank you." "Come on." "Come on." "Come." "Come, sit down." "Come, sit down." "Sit down." "The court has appointed me for your help." "The lawyer against you is another one." "I am your lawyer." "So please tell me the truth!" "Do not hide anything from me." "Tell me, is this your first murder?" "Okay, your first crime?" "Have you come here before?" "Can you understand what I am saying?" "Have you been arrested before.." "..for any crime?" "Why did you kill your wife?" "Was she immoral.. with others.." "And that child of yours.." "..did you had any doubts about it?" "How did you kill her?" "See, do not try to hide anything.." "..that occurred at that time!" "Tell me without any hesitation." "I am here to help you." "And you will not have to pay me.." "..the government is paying me." "Fine, think it over properly.." "..remember everything.." "and then tell me." "On my next visit, tell me every single incident of that day.." "..in order, as it happened." "Do not leave out the smallest bit of information." "If you do not tell me, I will not be able to.." "..help you, even if I want to." "Understood?" "I will come again." "Anyone can think of running away." "Yes, but there should be some base, sir." "He does not say anything.." "..not a single sound!" "And even if he does, what difference will it make?" "These tribal people are like that only!" "They will drink and cause mayhem." "And then keep quiet as if they were born dumb!" "But this case.." "Has nothing. lt is totally watertight!" "Type the other application also." "I will send them both together." "Every weak case is an experience." "And experience makes your career." "Yes, I know." "But this is my start, sir!" "I cannot do it by losing the case." "You are so scared of losing a case?" "I lost so many cases in the beginning." "But your father never let me lose courage." "You know what he did for me.." "..but he moved heaven and earth for others, too." "Tell me?" "Your affidavit?" "It is ready." "Collect it day after tomorrow.. at 1 1 .30 pm." "He lost interest in his work after the death of your mother." "He was disheartened." "Or else you wouldn't had to pick your hands to have food." "But sir, to argue opposite you.." "In the battlefield, even Arjun lifts his weapons.." "..to fight against Dronacharya!" "That is fine.. but I still feel as if I should let this case go." "If that tribal gets hanged.." "So what?" "It is not a prestigious case, that people would.." "..doubt your capabilities." "It is not that, sir.." "Are you scared that people will say that the.." "..lawyer was a Brahmin, and hence.." "..ruined the case of a tribal." "No sir, it is not that." "But, if tomorrow.." "you win the case.." "..of course it is a different fact that I will not let you win.." "..people could blame me that I made a weak case.." "..just to let a person of my caste win!" "Should I stop practicing law because of that?" "It is a duty towards business." "A lawyer has one duty.." "practicing law!" "This is too much!" "This is one down.." "and this is two down!" "You are strange, Doctor!" " Why?" "What happened?" "When you did not have the required cards.." "..then why did you give your support to my bid?" "When you give the bid.. do you not require support for it?" "But you should have the required cards at least!" "In this posotion we had two downs." "Atleast this shouldn't have happened." " See.." "With three tricks present you shouldn't have made the three calls." "D.S.P., you?" "And even if the bid had been made, Dr. Patil.." "..you should not have supported it." "You sit here, D.S.P. sir." "Your way of playing is well matched." "No, no!" "No, I have to go to the Civil Hospital for rounds." "You sit down." "Tell me, Mr. Ganpatrao.." "when did you come back?" "Day before yesterday.. the assembly session got over.." "..thought I would meet my people." "It seems there were a lot of fireworks this time!" "It was the no-confidence motion." "There was a lot of chaos." "It is good the Collector gave us full support.." "..otherwise this coalition.." "..it was very difficult to survive!" "So D.S.P. sir, what is the position here?" "Everything is fine!" "DSP sir!" "Try this.." "it is imported." "Sir, the Naxalite troubles that have started in our locality.." "Naxalites even comes in his dreams." "I'm not joking." "There is one who has come to our jungle." "He is inciting our tribal people too." "Everyone has the right to express his own views." "But he believes in the gun!" "Brother!" "Revolution is born from the barrel of a gun!" "The answer will also be given by a gun." "You safeguard your gun!" "Bhonsale, is your gun safe?" "Do you grease it well?" "Who is playing this mischief?" "Many calls are coming in to me." "Which number are you calling from?" "Sorry, sir, I did not recognize your voice." "It s all right." "Where are the calls coming from?" "I did not notice." "Someone had asked for your number 3 or 4 times.." "..I connected and gave it to them." "The next time it comes, I will inform you." "Whom do you want?" "The government lawyer." "Who is speaking?" "Call the lawyer!" "Who are you?" "Stop wasting time!" "Just call him!" "I am speaking." "Rascal!" "Wretch!" "Would I not recognize your voice?" "Wretch!" "You build your house on other s misery!" "You are proud of your dishonesty!" "Low caste!" "Correct yourself!" "Otherwise we will tear you to pieces!" "Understood?" "Whose phone was it?" "17." "Number of the Zilla Parishad office." "Connect me!" "Rascals!" "They cannot bear to see my progress!" "They have snakes on their hearts!" "The bell is ringing!" "There is no reply!" "It is usually closed at this time!" "Then how did a call come from there?" "I do not know!" "It has been said that there is no split in the Janata Party." "This news is being spread to defame the party." "This news is being brought to you through Akashwani." "Acharya Vinoba Bhave, today, has said.." "Where is the editor?" "Are you the editor?" "You are.." "I was junior to Sir Dusane?" " What do you want?" "I want to ask you something." "About what?" "This article.." " What is it?" "About this article on the front page, I.." "Can I speak to you privately?" "Wait!" "Who has sent you here?" "No one has sent me.." "I have come here on my own!" "Don't try to act smart!" "Who has sent you?" "No!" "I am telling you the truth!" "No one has sent me!" "I have come here to meet you on my own." "I just want to know one thing." " What?" "About the body of this tribal woman found in the well.." "It could be anybody's." "How do you know that this is a particular woman?" "No I do not know, that I want to ask you?" "Then read it in the next article!" "I want to know the address." "Who has sent you?" "No one.." "Dr. Patil?" "No one has sent me." "I'm telling the truth." "I 'm here on my own." " Why?" "There is a case." "The court has appointed me as the defense lawyer." "A defense lawyer, I know." "Next?" "The charged Lahanya Bikhu.." " A tribal." "Next?" "The way you have printed this news.." "Yes, I have printed it!" "Next!" "It feels like it is related to this case." "What is the proof?" "The search for the proof has brought me to you.." "Go somewhere else." "See, I.." "Who has sent you?" "I am telling you.." "no one has sent me!" "Why do you not believe me?" "You will not get any information for free!" "My client is a very poor tribal." "He has no money." "My fees are also being paid by the government." "If you know anything in this context.." "I cannot tell you anything!" "You cannot tell me.. or you do not want to tell me?" "Understand whatever you want!" "Thank you. - l have not told you anything!" "Okay!" "For that, thank you." "Greetings, sir." "How is everything?" "Everything is fine." "Why have you called this old man here?" "I did not call him.." "he came on his own!" "If he does not work." "What will he eat?" "By four o clock, load everything on truck.." "..and see that it reaches the mill!" "Yes, sir!" "I have filled part of it." "Anyone else came here?" "No, sir!" "I heard that Dadiyal spends a lot of time around here?" "Who?" "The one who roams around with his satchel!" "The son of that Lohanya.." "and his sister." "Get some biscuits for the child." "The mother is not there." "Biscuit?" " Get it from the jeep." "Listen child, if you need any help, come to me." "Sir, that man also visits their area often." "And you just watch?" "Keep a watch. I do not find his actions okay!" "Understood?" " Yes." "Take a biscuit." "Take it." "The owner is very happy with you." "Take it." "Good!" "I am not your enemy." "I am trying to help you!" "Have faith." "I will not betray you." "Tell the truth.." "..did you commit the murder or not?" "Whatever you say will remain with me only!" "If you have not done it, say so!" "If you sit quiet like this.." "I will not be able to do anything for you!" "I know something else is also a part of this." "If you do not give me the full information.." "..I cannot do anything!" "Tell me!" "Why do you not understand that I.." "..am not a police informer?" "You are my client." "I'm doing this all for you." "If you do not say anything.." "..you will be sentenced and hanged!" "You do not understand this!" "What will I fight the case with?" "If you need anything, inform the officer here." "I will try to arrange it." "If you want to tell me anything.." "..tell the jailor. I will come." "Do not hesitate." "Let's go." "Where did you go.." "to make your face black?" "Again." "You find every place black." "The overseer said the owner is very happy with you.." "..just go by the bungalow." "How could I refuse?" "I went!" "So what happened if I went?" "The owner is not like the overseer." "He made me sit on a chair.." "..gave me a biscuit.." "and gave me new clothes." "Said the old clothes.." "You are dying for biscuits and clothes?" "Blind woman!" "Wretch!" "Can you not see that one day through all this.." "..he will touch your body?" "Let me go!" "Listen carefully!" " Let go." "I will strangle you.." "..and tear him to pieces too!" "You are Lohanya s father?" "I have seen you in court." "I am his lawyer." "Greetings!" "I am Bhaskar Kulkarni." "You must have seen me in court." "I want to ask you something about this case." "There is no money." "You go!" " No, I do not want money." "The government is paying me." "I just wanted to ask.." "There is no money." "You go!" "No, I do not want money." "Forgive me, now leave." "I am his lawyer." "I want to help him." "Please listen to me. I have not come to ask money!" "The government has named me as a lawyer to save him." "I am telling you.." "I do not know anything!" "You go!" "I am not your enemy." "I have come to help Lohanya." "I am trying to save your son." "That is why I had to come here." "I can ask you people only about this." "He is accused of killing his wife." "That is what the police say." "I just want to know the truth from you all.." "..do you know anything about this?" "Go away!" "You please keep quiet and let me ask these people." "You are not saying anything let them speak at least!" "Brothers, can you tell me?" "Do you know if he killed his wife?" "Why?" "You should know why?" "I do not know anything!" "Go!" "I am trying to save your son.." "..and you are not helping me!" "If you do not tell me anything.. what can I.." "Go!" "Go!" "Fine.." "I am going!" "If any of you want to meet me.." "..you can meet me in court." "You can find me where all the lawyers sit." "You are Lohanya s lawyer?" "You seem scared." "Do not be." "They are not dangerous." "You?" "I am also not an enemy." "What is your opinion about this case?" "You have not told me who you are?" "I am working in the midst of these tribal people." "Social worker?" "Nothing so great!" "I am just trying to get them to stand together." "Do you know Lohanya?" "No, I came here after his arrest." "Do you know details about it?" "I have spoken to Lohanya, too." "But he does not answer any question of mine." "Nor does his father or sister say anything." "And these villagers act very strange." "If you can help me with any information.." "..about this case, I will be very grateful!" "My name is Bhaskar.." "Bhaskar Kulkarni." "You can find me any day in the District Sessions Court." "Fine." "Take this card." "Thank you, DSP." "Give me 2 or 3 duplicates like this.. and I will win." "You threw the joker!" "You look very depressed." "Must have received the summons!" "What do you say, Doctor?" "Yes.. thanks to you!" "Unnecessarily in trouble!" "Doctor.. there will be problems in doing your duty!" "It is not some simple case." "You have done the post-mortem." "Come to the witness stand.." "..this Bhaskar Kulkkarni will do a post-mortem on you!" "Take this!" "The government wishes to give the tribal people, land!" "But, giving them land will only fill.." "..the coffers of money lenders!" "These illiterate people put their thumbprints anywhere!" "So that in the end, everything goes to the moneylenders!" "They do not understand the idea of co-operatives!" "So it is no use giving them land." "Please explain to the Government!" "Form the cooperatives.. not only will the country benefit.." "..but the tribal people will also earn from it." "They take the payment, but where do they do a full job?" "They are born lazy!" "If you try to make them do more work.." "..then you get a bad name." "And these Naxalites also come in and incite them!" "Mr. Ganpatrao, if we do not take steps now.." "..we will regret it later on." "I say that the government should do something." "Take, sir." "What is going on, DSP?" "Please come." "We were waiting for you." " Please sit, Ganpatrao." "No, play as per our convention." "Namdeo, bring a chair." "Mr. Ganpatrao, your whole speech has been published." "There is some sensational news also published.." "..regarding the nation." "Deal the cards." "There is very little time!" "Lohanya, there are just 3 or 4 days left till the case!" "Tell me what happened at that time!" "Tell me, Lohanya, tell me!" "This silence will be very costly for you!" "You people do not want to do anything for yourselves.." "..so do you expect others to break their heads over you!" "is it over, sir?" "Yes." "Sir, someone has come outside." "Who?" "Someone is there." "Should I send him in?" "No, I will come out!" "Where is he?" "I do not know?" "He was standing here itself!" "Who was it?" "I will check and come." "He must be here somewhere!" "I told you from the begining." "No body can do anything to him." "Who will dare touch him?" " Yes." "The lawyer was excellent." "Whatever you say, but this called judgement." "What happened?" " Take." "Eat, sir." "What are you thinking?" "What is the matter?" "There was a charge of murder!" "It was a matter of being hanged." "But, luckily the witnesses changed their testimony.." "..and he is instead eating sweets!" "Eat!" "See this woman?" "Her husband was murdered!" "I could not find him. I could not find the man." "I had told him to wait here." "Okay." "Who was it?" "Was it a tribal?" "No, not a tribal." "Someone from here itself." "Take this." "Dr. Patil?" "I am Bhaskar Kulkarni." "I had met you once at Mr. Bhesania s." "You were.." " Yes. I was working with him. I was junior to him." "You have started your own practice?" "Yes. I have just started." "What is it?" "My health is fine." "Actually, I wanted to talk to you." "Meaning.. the problem is of the law!" "If you wish.." "I can come later.. in the afternoon!" "Or some other time in the day?" "I am on duty in the Civil Hospital in the day." "Or, if it is no problem.." "may I come in the evening?" "Evening.." "I can come at night, too." "Fine." "You come at 9 pm, after the clinic has shut." "Come in." "Listen.." "Listen!" "I have come to talk to you about Lohanya!" "It is very urgent!" "If you keep quiet, your son.." "Sir.. your investigations are not done yet?" "No one is saying anything?" "I came to meet the father, and he is lying in a drunken stupor!" "You feel pity?" "Why do they not realize.." "..till they themselves speak.." "no one can help them!" "Till then you will not allow them to breathe" "Whatever you say your system..." "Yes, I know that!" "You Marxist.. - want labour rule." "I am surprised by this attitude of yours!" "Why become angry at this, instead of pitying them?" "Because it has become a habit." "You feel sorry for them.." "..and then do not see any need to do anything further!" "What else can be done?" "Forget revolution.." "even the thought of.." "..changing this situation does not arise!" "This is an everyday occurrence!" "Everybody keep quite after seeing" "What has happened to us, that it does not bother us?" "We are not getting angry also." "I do agree with what you are saying.." "..but I do not have so much power!" "I can only help Lohanya!" "By helping him, do you think the problems.. will be sorted out?" "Till this problem is uprooted from the roots.." "..nothing will really happen!" "But, if I can help even one poor Adivasi.." "..if I can get him justice.." "..it will make some difference, at least!" "Do you feel that you can get him justice in your society?" "It is our duty to try to give him justice." "You are an idealist!" "You want to label me?" "Anyway.. if you get any information about this case.." "..even the smallest bit.." "please tell me!" "Come on." "What is the matter?" "is the doctor there?" "No, he is not there." "But he had given me an appointment!" "He has gone out!" "Has he left any message?" "No message." "Listen.." "..where does he live?" "He stays above." "Above.. here?" " Yes." "I had told you.. that the doctor is not there!" "Come tomorrow morning." "'What a man!" "'Whom are you talking about?" "'Hard like ice.'" "'What have you decided'" "'Just look at my hot wax." "'lt will melt my youth!" "'l was changing my sari." "'You came.. and I got scared." "'My sari slipped." "'You shut your eyes and stood..'" "..with your face like this." "'Chanting the Hanuman Chalisa prayer." "'l got stuck in the middle.." "..my bones turned to water !" "'Just look at my hot wax." "'lt will melt your youth!" "She dances well." "The girl is also good." "What is she doing after the dance?" "That will be known after she goes with me!" "With you.. or with me?" "Sir.. with me!" "Do not fight.. flip a coin!" "Forget it.. you keep the head.." "I will keep the rest!" "Bhaskar.. what happened?" "Take me away!" "Your Honour.." "last night, at 1 1 pm, while I was.." "..returning home.." "I was attacked with a knife!" "I request the court to give an order for police protection." "Because I am certain that this attack is.." "..related to this case.." "and the man.." "What is the objection in the defendants.." "..lawyer getting police protection?" "Objection is not to the police protection.." "..but to the linking of the attack to the case." "He has no evidence to link this attack to the case." "This is an attempt to mislead the court.." "..to save a murderer!" "The court has the responsibility .." "..that the accused gets justice!" "And it is the duty of the court to prevent.." "..anything coming in the way of justice for the accused.." "..by protection even against an unsubstantiated doubt!" "The law has always considered.." "..this an important responsibility." "The court orders full police protection for him!" "How is your hand?" "Fine." "Whatever you say.." "but your junior.." "..played his moves well in court today." "What do you think?" "He will be a good player." "These new lawyers learn all the tricks of the trade quickly." "What happened in court today?" "He managed to convince the court that the knife attack.." "..was related to this case, not to a robbery." "Mr. Bhesania objected.. but, by then he had convinced the judge." "It is a question of his livelihood!" "But, this is dishonest.." "to make a mountain.." "..of a molehill." "You do not wear slippers to a temple.." "..and you do not chatter while playing bridge!" "Sir." "Close the door. I am sleeping outside." "Okay." "Do not open the door without calling me." "Fine." "I will get up at the slightest sound." "If you feel any doubt.. call me." "Sir.. do you have a cigarette?" "I do not smoke." "No problem." "Good night, sir." "Listen.." "Listen.." "..open the door." "Open the door." "Who is it?" "Open the door quickly." "Open quickly!" "Who is it?" "I want to talk to you." "It is very important." "Make ie quick." "Who are you?" "Open the door quickly.." "or someone will see!" "Who?" "Quick.." "Quick.." "What is the matter?" "What happened, sir?" "Nothing." "Just like that." "Okay." "The prosecution will prove, by means of witnesses.." "..how the police became aware of the crime.." "..the relationship between the criminal and the victim.." "..the circumstances of the crimes.." "..that it was the accused who murdered his wife.." "..and the motive behind the murder will also be proved." "Also the nature of the accused." "It will be proved that the accused.." "..was a drunkard and an irresponsible person!" "How he tried to sell the honour of his wife.." "..to obtain money for his drinking." "She was a hard-working, good woman.." "..who was against the dissolute.." "..life led by her husband." "And when he was unsuccessful, in a fit of.." "..revenge.. he strangled his wife, so that.." "..he could get another wife to finance his drinking!" "My first witness is Pande." "You said that when you passed by the well.." "..you saw him looking in the well?" "Yes, Sir.. he was panting.." "..and ran away on seeing me." "He was stumbling.. as if drunk!" "Then it must have been very easy to catch him?" "Yes.. but I did not think of it like that, at that time." "I wanted to see what he was looking at, in the well!" "Then what did you do?" "I looked in the well." "There was a woman in the well." "How much water was there in the well?" "It is dry.. only very little water." "When you recognized him at the police station.." "..was he alone or was someone else there with him?" "No.. he was alone." "The moment they brought him in.." "I recognized him!" "What are you doing here?" "Go from here." "What do you want?" "Tell me" "Someone is.. following me!" "Those people are following me!" "What do you mean by that?" "Who is following you?" "I do not know!" "Do you know where you are?" "This is someone s private house." "I know.. but they are after my life!" "Please.." "I am telling the truth!" "I cannot see anyone!" "I am sorry.. but I am telling the truth!" "Who is it?" "I cannot say anything more!" "Report it to the police immediately!" "Report it to the police immediately!" "Go away from here!" "You are talking like a child, Bhaskar!" "Why should anyone want to kill you?" "I am telling you the truth, sir!" "Ever since this case has started, something.." "..or the other keeps happening to me!" "Do not think this is a ploy to win the case." "It is not!" "First I ran to the judge s house.." "..he tells me to go and report it to the police!" "I did not tell him the actual facts.." "..but I am telling you the same." "I feel that the Lohanya case is related to this." "I have not harmed anyone.." "why should anyone want to kill me?" "But there is a policeman for your protection." "Yes, that is what I thought.." "..or else I must have mistaken someone else for him." "It is my fault." "There were 2 men, sir." "Maybe more were hidden." "I saved my life by running away." "They followed me for some distance." "DSP, sir." "Yes, Bhesania speaking." "Yes, I am fine." "Bhaskar Kulkarni has come here." "I see." "Speak to him." "Speak to the DSP." "Yes, sir.." "I.." "What?" "Matches, nothing.." "..I am convinced he was going to attack me!" "If you do not cooperate with us.." "..how can we help you?" "Fine." "Okay, thank you." "What did he say?" "As per the plain-clothes man.. someone came.." "..towards me to ask me for matches.." "..and I thought.. he was going to attack me." "And when I started to run.." "the cop turned to me.." "..to ask what was the matter.." "..and I looked at him, too and ran away!" "The cop has brought the other man to the police station." "Bhaskar, have some brandy.." "and relax." "Sleep here tonight." "Thank you, sir." "Whom do you want?" "Bhesania lawyer." "He is asleep." "Anything important?" "Call him!" "Your name?" "I told you to call him!" "Give it to me." "For you." "Who is it?" "Wretch!" "Do you think you will raise your caste.." "..by keeping that Brahmin lawyer in your house?" "Even if you get your whole community hanged.." "..you will stay there only." "Low caste.. pig.." "..stay within your limits, dog." "Or we will break your legs!" "Go to sleep." "Sir, I have a small cloth shop." "I do some money lending too." "There is no one at home." "My son works in Bombay." "Lohanya always borrows from me." "One day, when I asked for collateral.." "..he told me that as I was staying alone.." "..should he send a woman to press my feet?" "My tiredness would be gone." "That day he took 5 rupees more." "I have a general store." "Lohanya owed me 13 and half rupees." "So I asked for it one day." "He told me I would get the money.." "..or something else!" "When I asked him the meaning of something else.." "..he said his wife would come and explain it to me." "When he said this, I was very angry with him." "It was midnight when my eyes opened." "The neighbour, Lohanya s, wife was shrieking and crying!" "He was abusing her." "I ran and saw that he was drunk.." "..and beating up his wife." "I pushed him away.." "..and brought his wife outside the hut." "When I asked her, she said that Lohanya.." "..was asking her to spend the night with the store keeper." "Who are you?" "Open the door." "You!" "Close the door!" "What is the matter?" "You want information?" "I may not be able to meet you again." "And you also do not try to meet me." "The risk is increasing." "Lohanya did not murder his wife." "Leader Bhonsle, his contractor, Dr. Patil.." "..and a police friend of his.." "..these four have murdered her." "And they have also raped her." "Surprised?" "You cannot believe it?" "You mean a false accusation has been made on Lohanya." "But why?" "Why should someone trap him?" "He does not tolerate injustice.. his blood boils!" "This was his greatest fault." "To teach him a lesson.." "these people raped his wife!" "This is a plot to kill off his self-respect!" "They want to stop his opposition." "But.." "..these people.." "You get scared to take their name, too." "What is the proof?" "What proof?" "Do you have any proof against these four?" "What would be the problem if there was proof?" "But nothing can be done with just knowledge of the crime." "The law required proof." "I do not have any proof." "I have told you the truth." "There should be some witness.. or.." "You will not get any witness." "Those who have the buying power get witnesses." "I am going." "Wait." "At least you can give testimony." "No." "Why not?" "I have told you the true facts." "It is your job to find the proof." "I have done what I could to help you." "Because until now you haven't left the case" "..our ways of giving justice are different." "You have really borne a lot!" "But why do you bear it?" "You are silent to save your child and your sister, right?" "You think, that if you open your mouth.." "..who knows what might happen to them!" "But your silence is helping those very people.." "..who have done this to you and your wife." "See, I have come to know the truth." "Now you tell me what exactly happened and how?" "You will not tell me anything." "But think, Lohanya.." "..if you get hanged, do you think your sister will be saved?" "Do you think your old father will be able to protect her?" "What happened to your wife can happen to her too." "It is some time since you examined that body." "Try to remember clearly.. did you find any signs that the.." "..woman had sexual intercourse before.." "..her death, either with or without her consent?" "If there was something like that.." "..I would have mentioned it in my report." "Please, doctor.." "try and remember." "When the report is in front, what.." "..is the need for remembering?" "What is the harm?" "No.. no signs." "is it possible.. that you never examined them.." "..thinking that the examination of private parts.." "..is not necessary?" "Never." "If the deceased is a woman.." "..this examination has to be done." "We have to be careful in such matters." "And since she was young.." "..this was all the more necessary." "Was the Civil Surgeon or any other.." "..doctor present during the examination?" "No." "There were quite a few scratches.." "..near the deceased woman s private parts." "Yes." "But they could be due to falling on the ground.." "..or being pulled along the ground." "It is not necessary that any person is responsible for it." "Why do you need to clarify this?" "Bad intent is being forced on an independent doctor." "Mr. Kulkarni, Dr. Patil is an independent witness.." "..that too, from the medical profession." "Take care of his dignity when talking to him." "Were there are wounds or scratches.." "..on the dead woman s shoulders and hands?" "Yes." "On the chest.. and hypo gastric region?" "Yes." "These marks are possible due to a fall.." "..or being dragged along the ground." "I never asked the cause." "It is the right of a witness.." "to clarify his answer." "So you say that all the wounds and scratches are.." "..due to falling or being dragged?" "It is possible." "Did you see the clothes of the deceased?" "No." "They had been removed earlier." "You cannot refute it, if I say that a particular.." "..part of the sari was full of blood, right?" "I can refute." "When there were no wounds on the body.." "..how can there be blood on the clothes?" "There was dried blood only near the nose." "Could it be possible that this blood could.." "..have flowed on the clothes?" "There was so little blood from the nose.." "..that it cannot be possible for it to flow onto the clothes." "Congratulating the witness is also a sign, Your Honour." "Unfortunately, you cannot put what is a lie on record." "I know exactly what the truth is." "Because if you did not see the clothes.." "..how can you be so sure that there were no bloodstains." "Defense should understand the difference between.." "..a doctor and a chemical analyzer." "If there were bloodstains.." "the police would definitely.." ".. have sent the sample to the chemical analyzer." "If that was so, only a small piece would have been sent!" "You can ask the investigation officer this question." "There has not been a proper investigation in this matter." "And I claim that this has been done deliberately!" "To prove this, I have to ask this witness the question too!" "My learned friend does not tire of saying, that if needed.." "..the police would have done this or that." "The question is that the police did not do what had to be done!" "And it is a clear sign that they have done what they shouldn t have!" "Our next witness is overseer Shiva Waghmare." "Where is she?" "At the owner s bungalow to do chores." "The overseer had come to call her." "Let me go!" "I will tell my husband." "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "Save me!" "I am coming!" "Can you tell where you were on the night of.." "..24th December 1978, at about 8pm?" "I was in the Shiva temple, praying." "Was there anyone else there?" "No sir, no one else." "Only the priest." "Do you know that your owner is the.." "..chairman of the committee of this temple?" "Yes, sir." "You said that you had often loaned the defendant money?" "Do you have any receipt with you?" "No, sir." "Was anyone witness when you gave him money?" "I do not remember." "You remember that there was a fight between your owner.." "..Mr. More and Lohanya Bhikhu?" "Yes, sir. 2 or 3 times." "And the owner told him that if he drank too much.." "..and caused a scene.. he would fire him from his job." "And.." "..he had warned him once through the police." "You said that Lohanya, had said he would.." "..send his wife to you for a night to repay the money." "Yes, sir." "Was anyone else present there at that time?" "No." "Do you remember the exact words in which.." "..he had said he would send his wife to you?" "No, I do not remember." "How can I remember that?" "When did this happen?" "About 6 or 8 months ago." "A little before this murder." "There are devotional songs in the Shiv temple between 7 and 9 pm." "Yes." "Only on Wednesday and Sunday." "If I tell you that 24th December, 1978 was a Sunday?" "I do not know?" "It is there in the calendar." "You can have a look." "But when I went there.." "there were no songs going on." "That means you must have gone there some other day.." "..not 24th December, 1978." "Yes, that is possible." "Where are you normally every night at 8 pm?" "I go to the contractor s bungalow.." "..to give him the accounts." "Where is this bungalow?" "Close by.. in the jungle." "If I say that you were there on the night of December 24th.." "..you cannot refuse it, right?" "Yes." "The questions are being asked in a negative way.." "..and the witness is illiterate." "So his answers need to be studied properly." "Something happened there on the night.." "..of 24th December, 1978." "I was not there." "Fine." "Who else was there?" "The witness is giving hearsay evidence." "He is not giving hearsay evidence." "I am at an important point in my cross examination." "And my learned friend has no right to disturb me." "Tell me, what happened that night?" "Answer him." "You do not have to be frightened in court." "Say the truth waht happenned there." "There was a party at the contractor s bungalow." "And an Adivasi got drunk and created a scene." "Let this be noted that the witness is answering.." "..at the behest of the court." "Who was this Adivasi?" "Do you recognize him?" "Was it Lohanya?" "I do not know." "2 people were discussing it in the market.." "I overheard it." "I was not there." "Till how long is my learned friend planning.." "..to continue his cross examination?" "Till I complete my questions!" "But it is 5 pm." "My learned friend can ask the rest of the questions tomorrow." "I need a little time." "By tomorrow, this witness will be coached and prepared!" "This allegation has no basis." "My friend should think before he smears.." "..the integrity and honesty of a senior public prosecutor!" "Being scared.. will not achieve anything." "For years these people are troubling you.." "..are pecking your flesh." "Till when will you keep quiet?" "You will need to raise your voice if you want to save him." "You will have to shout!" "No one will come from outside to help you." "Understand that you will have to help yourself!" "I heard that you did not talk to the lawyer who visited you!" "This is not right!" "If you are called in court.." "Greetings." "Greetings." "I wanted to talk to you for 2 minutes." "I am Bhonsale, head of the Zilla Parishad." "I know." "There is talk of you all over town." "The doctor was praising your work." "Which doctor?" "Dr. Patil." "He is very impressed with you." "You had some work?" "Yes.. will you have a cigarette?" "No, thanks." "That More.. our forest contractor.." "Yes." "He has a big case in Bombay." "So the question was, as to who should be the lawyer for it." "Dr. Patil has recommended your name very strongly." "I also said that when we have a talented youngster.." "..like you, then fine." "We will need to appoint a small local lawyer for Bombay." "But the real responsibility will be yours." "My thanks to both you and Mr. More.." "..but I am very busy at the moment in another case." "And to divide my attention is difficult." "That friend of yours.." "the one who wanted.." "..to help the Adivasis." "Have you got any news about him?" "Why?" "Just like that." "The contractor s proposal is very good.." "..if you are interested, go to his house." "The rest is as you wish." "I apologize on behalf of Lohanya s sister." "And I believe that the court has become.." "..aware of the incident behind her interruption." "Now, his sister and 1 year old son are alone in his family." "There is no male in his family, other than him." "So I request the court to let him go and perform.." "..the last rites for his father." "What do you want from me?" "Tell me." "Help in getting justice for Lohanya." "I am a government lawyer." "Even after knowing the truth?" "The truth is that Lohanya killed his sister.." "..in front of everyone." "Otherwise his sister would also have been raped!" "And maybe murdered, too!" "This happened with his wife too." "You are also an Adivasi." "Do you not know.." "That injustice is being done to them!" "They are being exploited!" "Trampled between the feet!" "I know all this!" "Should I lift up a gun.." "Grow up." "This always happens with women." "If people like Lohanya do not make a big thing of it.." "..the incident gets buried there." "That woman s death can be an accident, too!" "Such incidents keep happening every other day." "So we negate their truth by putting.." "..a label of accident on it." "The truth is that which can be proved legally.." "..with conclusive proofs." "Self respect,.." "pride.. and human dignity?" "Only words." "Used to save a cold-blooded murderer." "You do not want to see the truth outside.." "..the four walls of the law?" "In spite of knowing that the law is handicapped.." "..and helpless without human help!" "And getting proof is in man s hands.. not the law s." "Find that proof." "That will prove Lohanya s human.." "..dignity and self respect." "In that district, a stranger was working." "He has suddenly gone missing." "He might have been killed." "What is his relation to this case?" "He wanted to help Lohanya." "So?" "I will also fight this other case of Lohanya!" "My life is also in danger." "That stranger has been killed." "Maybe I will also be killed." "That will also be an oft repeated incident for you." "If something happens to me.." "..will you dismiss it as an accident?" "Don't ask me such worst questions." "I want an answer, sir!" "Giving the answers to some questions can mean.." "..the breaking down of personal relationships." "If something happens to me.." "..will you turn your face from the truth of that, too?" "Will that be simply an accident for you?" "If something happens to you, what proof will there be.." "..that it had some relation with the case?" "It will only be an accident for me!" "Only an accident!"