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After an eight-month-long wait,

the Bikram Chandra murder trial has begun.

Recently, it was discovered that Anuradha Chandra's newborn baby

is not Bikram Chandra's

but is her psychiatrist Moksh Singhvi's.

Before she gets off the van,

Anu should be handcuffed.

Without orders?

The media needs to see that she's a criminal. Understand?

This way, please.

-Hello? -Bring Anu Chandra in handcuffs.

But she's co-operating.

It's an order, not a request.

And no black cloth either.

What do you think?

Will Mummy get punished?

I wish...

I had an answer for that.

The prime witness of this case

who's going to give her testimony in court today

is Anuradha Chandra's 12-year-old daughter, Rhea Chandra.

Good morning, Rhea.

Sorry, ma'am. You cannot meet Rhea.

I have known Rhea since she was a child.

In a few moments from now, she will be standing in open court

in front of a whole lot of strangers and will have to speak about her parents.

It's not going to be easy for her. I just need five minutes with her.

-She's not in a position-- -You can send her to Dr. Singhvi's house

who's a possible conspirator in her father's murder.

But you can't let me speak to her for five minutes?

Alone. Please.

Thank you.

How are you, Rhea?

Why was she handcuffed?

Orders from above.

Anu, what is this?

What?

Make-up?

Ishani did it.

Remove your earrings, quickly.

Remove them.

Why would you put make-up right now?

Show me your face.

Listen, Anu.

I hate to be the one breaking this to you.

But if you look so confident and intelligent in court,

then nobody will believe what you've been through.

You have to look like a victim.

Come on.

You know, everybody knew your father in this court,

and they were really impressed with him.

If you could've seen him in court, Rhea...

He was like a lion. Fearless.

The way he would ask questions,

the way he would answer.

Very impressive.

Today, when you'll be standing in court,

everybody's eyes will be on you.

On Bikram Chandra's daughter, Rhea.

So, just like your dad, be completely fearless.

Look them in the eyes when you answer their questions.

For?

-My father. -Yes.

We have to make your dad...

proud of you.

Case number 173.

State versus Anuradha Chandra.

Prosecution proceed.

Thank you, Your Honour.

Your Honour...

29th November...

in the morning...

at Bombay High Court...

Bikram Chandra

appeared for the last time in the ruthless murder case of Nandu Bagul.

After that appearance,

he went home...

to his wife

and daughter.

Your Honour,

along with being an excellent lawyer,

Bikram Chandra was a great husband and a father.

But...

he was completely unaware of the fact that his wife, Anu Chandra,

had fallen in love with someone else.

That night,

Anu Chandra

waited for Bikram Chandra to fall asleep.

And then quietly tiptoed

down the stairs

to the kitchen.

And there she picked up a knife.

The biggest knife.

She took this knife in her hand

and silently climbed up the stairs again

and reached her room

where Bikram was sleeping.

For a while, Anu watched him.

And then...

without any provocation

she took this knife

and thrust it deep into

Bikram's belly.

But what she did after that was even more cruel.

After she left her suffering, dying husband alone

with her 12-year-old daughter in the house,

Anu Chandra...

then went out for a stroll!

Your Honour, that is why we appeal

that Anu Chandra be punished under section 302 for committing murder

and be given the death sentence.

This woman has not just murdered a renowned lawyer,

she has also destroyed her own family.

It is written in our Manusmriti,

"Where women are worshipped,

"God shows his presence."

A house where women are worshipped,

where they are valued and kept with love,

God embodies their spirit in that house.

Bikram Chandra was a great husband.

He did everything he could for his wife.

But what did Anu give him?

Death.

When a woman herself, violates her duties

and, in the process, destroys a happy, fulfilling family,

then she should be given the harshest punishment

so that an example is set forth for the world, that any criminal,

Anu Chandra or whoever...

never dares to kill a noble man.

Dharma is the thread

that binds the pages of our constitution.

We need to protect our dharma.

Protect the Constitution.

Thank you, Your Honour.

Defence counsel?

Your Honour,

I would like to remind my colleague Prabhuji...

that our justice system

doesn't believe in any religion or ancient texts

because our constitution is secular.

And our law doesn't differentiate between men and women

or the rich and poor.

Noted, Mr. Mishra.

This court not only knows the Constitution

-but understands it as well. -Your Honour.

Please continue.

So, Your Honour, I will prove

that our client Anuji did not intentionally kill her husband.

At the time, she was extremely scared.

And she was not in her senses when she attacked her husband.

In fact, for a few years now, she has been suffering from depression and anxiety.

And, Your Honour, I will also prove

that Anu has been mentally and physically harassed and exploited.

In fact, she's a victim of domestic abuse.

Thank you, Mr. Mishra.

Mr. Prabhu, your first witness?

Thank you.

I...

would like to call Bikram Chandra's mother,

Mrs. Vijji Chandra.

Mrs. Chandra.

How long have you known Anu?

Bikram introduced her to me a few months before their marriage.

What were your thoughts on Bikram and Anu's relationship?

She's a very manipulative person.

But Bikram loved her very much and would agree to anything she said.

But she wanted him all to herself.

That's why...

she would pretend to be sick or helpless.

And slowly she separated Bikram from me and Dhruv.

Dhruv is her other son.

He suffers from Down Syndrome.

Bikram took so much care of her.

He gave her so much love.

And she betrayed him instead.

She had an affair, and then she murdered him.

Thank God...

my son isn't alive to know that the child is not his.

Mrs. Chandra, I know this is a very difficult time for you.

Thank you.

Defence counsel?

Mrs. Chandra, you...

When you met Anu for the first time,

what were your thoughts? How did you feel?

Just that she wasn't right for Bikram.

Is that so?

What exactly did she do that made you feel so sure

that she's not right for Bikram?

Everything that I just told you.

Her... antics.

All right fine. But tell me, during the times

when she was unwell, did you ever go to meet her?

No.

So, whatever you knew about her and her illness

-was told to you by Bikram Chandra. -Yes.

You were quite close to Bikram, your son, and his family, right?

He was my son.

How often did you visit his house?

Does one count the number of times they meet their son?

No, no, what I meant is...

did you go to his house?

He used to come to my house to meet me.

But why didn't you go to his house?

Because Anu was there? Was that the reason?

She didn't allow visitors.

Whenever she used to get sick, no one was allowed to visit.

Your Honour, I don't understand that when someone in the family is sick

and desperately want to be left alone...

despite that, nobody from the family goes to help them.

Will you go to help a liar?

So, Mrs. Chandra.

Whatever knowledge or information you got about Anu,

you got it through your son, Bikram Chandra?

Objection, Your Honour. He's just repeating himself.

Mr. Mishra--

Your Honour, I just want to say that, with regard to Anu,

whatever opinion Mrs. Chandra possesses are one-sided.

She knows only as much about her son's marital life

as her son, Bikram Chandra, has told her.

That's all, Your Honour.

Thank you, Mrs. Chandra.

Please call the next witness.

Rhea, if you prefer, you can still give your statement privately to me

in my chambers.

I'm fine, ma'am.

Proceed, Mr. Prabhu.

Rhea.

Can you tell me what was happening in your parents' room that night?

It was really dark.

I couldn't see clearly.

They were...

making funny noises.

Funny noises? Meaning what kind of noises?

Was anyone talking inside the room?

Yes.

Whose voice was that?

Dad's.

Okay.

And your dad...

what was he saying?

He said...

"I love you."

The last words the child heard her father say were "I love you."

And after that your mom... left the house, right?

Then what did you do, dear?

Then I went inside.

Inside the bedroom.

And I saw Dad.

I made a mistake.

No, dear.

Rhea, you showed such bravery!

If I hadn't taken the knife out of dad's stomach,

then he would've been alive today.

No, no, no, Rhea.

Your daddy didn't die because you took the knife out of his stomach.

Your daddy died because

someone stabbed him with a knife in his stomach.

Okay, tell me. How were Mom and Dad with each other?

Dad took care of Mom.

Okay.

Did he ever get angry with her?

No.

Did he ever yell at her or scold her?

Never.

Did it ever happen

that he raised his hand on her or threatened to hit her?

Dad was always cajoling her.

When Mom used to get angry?

When she used to get upset.

Thank you, Rhea.

Domestic abuse.

The court will take a short recess before the cross-examination.

Is Rhea lying?

You had told us that Bikram forced you that night.

Then why is Rhea saying that, that night, she heard Bikram say

"I love you" to you?

What's going on, Anu?

Maybe she thinks that she's telling the truth.

That's why she said she saw you stab him.

And Riddhi told us about this herself.

Raghu sir. Raghu sir.

What Prabhuji was claiming earlier that she went out for a stroll,

is there any footage or anything of that? CCTV?

There's nothing in that. We've already checked it all.

Sir, check it once again. Please.

She was just wandering on the streets.

And then later she came to the hospital, didn't she?

Why are you asking me all this now?

Tell you what, give it to me and I'll check it. Please.

-Madhav? -Yes?

You handle your defence.

-Let us do our job, understand? -Okay.

Gauri, check the CCTV footage once again.

Sir, Pradhan's report states there was nothing in it.

Still, once again. Just to be sure.

It's going to be difficult to break Rhea's testimony.

Anuji is saying that the girl never lies.

But Rhea isn't telling the truth either.

I think there's only one way.

To prove Rhea's testimony false,

we will need to question every single thing that Rhea has said.

You do the cross-examination.

Me? Why?

You know...

the judge can see that the child has gone through a lot.

Look, she's getting emotional also.

It's better if a woman does it.

The defence may proceed.

Hello, Rhea.

You loved your dad very much.

Yes.

And you trusted him completely.

He was my dad.

Of course.

Rhea, have you ever been afraid of your mom?

Ever?

No.

Has your mom ever yelled at you or got angry with you?

No.

Ever hit you?

No.

Has she ever threatened to hit you?

I know what you're doing.

What am I doing?

Imitating him.

Rhea, has your mom ever,

at any point in time, threatened your dad in any way?

No.

But Dad had said that Mom could turn violent at any time.

Your dad said that?

Dad knew about violent people because of his job.

He said that, if Mom does anything that she's not supposed to do,

I should tell him.

Really?

What was your mom not supposed to do?

You don't know how she was.

She broke things.

She would forget everything.

She wasn't okay.

We used to help her.

By "we" you mean you and your dad?

Yes.

Can you tell us, Rhea, how you used to help your dad

in taking care of your mom?

Who she used to call, when she went out, everything.

Rhea, these days, you're meeting with a counsellor in your school, right?

And as per my understanding, the counsellor has asked you

to think of your happy memories. Happy memories of your dad.

-Yes. -What kind of memories?

I don't want to tell you that.

Why?

Because they're my memories.

Okay.

But as far as I understand, you are told to recall happy memories so that

you are able to forget the frightening memories of that night.

Right?

Yes.

Is it working?

I think so.

Rhea, I will have to ask you some difficult questions.

I feel, Rhea...

that you've been through a very serious trauma.

And what you think happened that night

is perhaps very different from reality.

-No. -I'm sorry, Rhea,

but I don't believe you heard your dad say "I love you" that night.

I did hear that! I'm not lying to you!

Dear, I'm not saying that you're lying.

What I'm trying to say is that you think it's true

and that it really happened, because you wish that it had happened.

Objection, Your Honour.

Ms. Hussain is misleading the witness!

-Get to the point, Ms. Hussain. -Yes, Your Honour.

Rhea, did you tell your best friend, Riddhi...

did you tell her that you saw

Anu, your mom, stab your father?

Yes.

I told her.

Is that true?

I saw her with my own eyes.

Okay.

Can you read this?

This is the statement that you had given to the police.

Rhea, whatever you remembered from that night,

did you tell the police everything?

Yes.

And was everything you said true?

Yes.

Is it written anywhere in this statement

that you saw your mom stab your father that night?

Yes?

It's not written there, right?

So...

is what you told the police that night the truth?

Or is what you're saying today in court the truth?

Rhea, tell me.

Do you see "I love you" written here anywhere?

He loved her. I know he did.

You want this to be true. You want it from the heart.

And that's why this has been imprinted in your thoughts and memories!

Rhea, I'm speaking the truth, aren't I?

-Where is this heading? -Do you understand?

-Your Honour! -Ms. Hussain!

-Mamma... -Rhea...

-Ma... -Rhea...

Rhea, I...

Your Honour, this has to stop.

-Please stop. Please stop. -Mr. Prabhu!

Please understand it is imperative that you tell the truth here.

-Mrs. Chandra, please. -Please stop, Nikhat!

Your father never said "I love you" to your mother.

Silence in the court!

Nikhat, you said you'd be gentle.

The thing is, Anuji,

in a murder case, the minimum punishment

is life imprisonment.

If you don't want to lose your children,

then we have to get you off the murder charges.

And, for that, you need to break your silence.

Rhea reached out to you.

But everyone saw my daughter...

being proved a liar.

I'm sorry, she's not a liar.

She's just a child.

I'm sorry, Anu.

But there's no one to speak in your defence.

I was alone at home.

I didn't lack anything. Everything was good.

Whenever somebody came home they'd say,

"Wow, what a beautiful house.

"So tidy. Spotless."

Bikram would laugh and say,

"It's all the wife's doing."

But it wasn't like that.

It was him. It was all him.

Every single thing at home

was arranged just how he liked it.

He was in every corner of the house.

Even when he wasn't there, he was there.

He knew everything.

Where I was,

what I was doing.

It felt like there were no walls in the house.

He knew everything about me.

I'm sorry.

No, Anu.

Whatever is pent up in your heart, let it out.

Don't stop yourself.

Just let it out.

Just let it out.

I hated it.

I just hated it. I felt suffocated.

-I'm sorry. -It's okay.

-I'm sorry. -It's okay.

I'm sorry.

Anu showed so much courage today.

If she speaks up like that in court in front of the judge,

what do you think? Will she be able to speak up?

Madhavji.

A woman's existence has been brutally suppressed for years.

So much so that she has forgotten who she is.

And we're talking about courage.

We all expect Anu

to suddenly come out of her situation

and openly tell the judge and the world

everything that has happened to her.

How is that going to happen?

Why are you looking at me like that?

I think you should lead this case.

-Is this another one of your games? -No, no, no, this is not a game.

Look...

you will lead this case just the right way.

I don't have that much capability.

Actually, the ability and depth needed for this case...

you have that.

And you?

You will play, and I will be fielding by your side.

What was your relationship with Anu Chandra?

I was her psychiatrist and...

we were also family friends.

A psychiatrist.

A psychiatrist having a physical relationship with his patient

must be a pretty ordinary thing, right?

No.

I made a mistake and...

I regret it deeply.

Good, so you've accepted this mistake.

On the day of the incident, did you meet Anu Chandra?

And you hid this fact from the police.

Why?

I...

I was afraid that...

people will come to know about us.

Moksh, what was lacking in your love story

that you had to meet even on that day?

Anu came over

to tell me about her pregnancy.

And on the same day, the plan to kill Bikram Chandra was also made.

Objection, Your Honour.

Mr. Prabhu is perhaps forgetting that we're in a court,

not in front of the media

and that proof is required here.

Mr. Prabhu?

There is proof, Your Honour.

Anu Chandra and Moksh Singhvi's

illegitimate child is proof of all this.

Anu Chandra learned that she was pregnant that day,

and she got scared.

Legitimately.

Because the child was illegitimate.

What does she do? She goes straight to her lover.

Perhaps she goes and tells him

that you're going to be a father.

Both decide that the world shouldn't learn about this.

But Anu knew

that Bikram would eventually find out. So, just a few hours later,

she attacks Bikram with a knife.

On the one hand, that attack, and, on the other hand, this meeting.

In this meeting, they decided to eliminate Bikram from their path.

Objection, Your Honour.

Mr. Prabhu is making up stories once again.

Where is the proof for all this?

Relax. Let me make my point.

-Get to the point, Mr. Prabhu. -Of course, ma'am.

So, Anu Chandra stabs him that day.

And after she stabs him, she calls emergency services herself.

Why would anyone do that, Your Honour?

Because she was not in her senses.

She didn't know what to do. She had gone crazy!

Isn't that right?

That was your plan, wasn't it? To fool the world?

After that, Anu Chandra gets arrested.

And, as soon as she gets arrested,

according to the plan, she confesses...

because her lover, this psychiatrist,

was ready to give his testimony

that she was in turmoil, that she was being harassed,

that she was depressed, and, in a moment of madness,

she stabbed Bikram Chandra with a knife!

This is not true, Your Honour!

And here we are today. On one side, stands this...

this cold-blooded killer.

And who is in front of her? Her lover,

psychiatrist and her accomplice in this crime!

Objection, Your Honour!

Objection for what?

It was you who said that Anu Chandra is not well.

We have never claimed that she stabbed him in a moment of madness.

We believe that, for years,

Anu Chandra has been a victim of abuse

and she stabbed him in self-defence.

Sorry, what did you say?

-Did you say self-defence? -Yes.

Self-defence?

From whom?

From a sleeping man...

who was unarmed? What self-defence do you need from him?

And about this matter of domestic abuse, which I'm hearing repeatedly.

Your Honour, have you found any proof for this, because I haven't.

I have proof of only one thing.

And that is the proof of murder!

And we've got that proof

from the confession of this cold-blooded killer.

Any objection?

Are you finished, Mr. Prabhu?

Defence?

Your Honour, the story Prabhuji was telling us

made me feel like we're not in a courtroom

but in a multiplex with a movie playing,

and a Hollywood movie to boot.

He has taken some parts of this case, then broken and twisted them

to make up a whole new movie.

He just forgot to bring any proof.

Okay. Doctor sahib...

You and Anu Chandra together

wanted to kill her husband, Bikram Chandra?

-No. Of course not. -No.

So, did Anu Chandra want to kill her husband, Bikram Chandra, by herself?

I don't think so.

You just told Prabhuji that...

you made a mistake.

Tell me how you ended up making the mistake.

It was...

It was always Bikram who came to get Anu's prescription.

But, that day, Anu had come home to renew her prescription.

She was crying.

She was in a vulnerable state...

and she was emotionally weak.

I was just trying to console her and...

in that one moment of weakness...

I crossed the line.

No more questions, Your Honour.

This was just our tiny episode, that's it.

Dr. Moksh Singhvi.

You have admitted in court

to sexual misconduct with a patient.

This court will inform the Medical Council of India

of this malpractice

and will strongly recommend to revoke your medical licence.

The court is adjourned for the day.

They said it right. Bad things happen to bad people.

He'll remember this. The bastard got what he deserves.

And, Gauri, you didn't tell me

that Raghu sir had put you on the CCTV footage? Why?

It was his order. What's there to tell you?

You guys are not lawyers.

Neither judges nor God.

If you're so convinced

that Anu Chandra is a cold-blooded murderer,

then why are you so afraid

that we'll find something against Bikram?

I'm afraid?

What are you blabbering, Gauri?

I don't understand this.

Why are you so convinced, Harsh?

Don't you want to know

why Anu Chandra did this?

Think. Why would a woman take such a big step

against her husband?

Gauri, if you start thinking about

what people do and why they do it, you'll go crazy.

The photographs he used to take of her. You've seen them. They're bizarre.

-I feel terrified when I see it. -This.

This is what I was saying. We get stuck in these tiny details.

What did they do? Why did they do it? Who did it?

Gauri, Bikram Chandra didn't do anything

that can justify Anu Chandra's crime.

We don't know anything about Bikram Chandra.

We don't even know what he was doing with the drug dealer.

I want to meet Mrs. Chandra.

-Hello. -What is it, Inspector?

Ma'am...

the defence will definitely raise the drugs matter in court.

So?

So, I just want to know if Bikram did drugs.

Inspector Pradhan, don't worry about that.

Nikhat...

You can't go like this. Your father will be very angry.

Nikhat...

Stop this drama, and put your stuff inside quietly.

Mother, now I will only come back

when this house becomes mine again.

When your husband leaves.

-Would you like to have something sweet? -No, no, no...

Tomorrow is a very big day at court.

A witness is going to be brought in. I researching that.

Take me to court also, please.

I want to see Anuji.

Is she a heroine from a TV show that you want to see her?

-So what? -No, no...

Change your clothes, or you'll catch a cold. Go.

My nightie hasn't dried yet, that's why I...

One minute.

Will you tell me something?

-Okay. -Truthfully, swear on your mother?

-Are you gay? -What?

Gay! Homosexual.

You don't like women or what?

I like them. Of course I like them. That's why I married you.

Then what's your problem? Why do you keep running away from me?

Get inside!

I'm sorry, Madhavji. I should've called first--

Oh, no, no, please come inside first. Come, please bring your bags.

Come in.

I'm sorry I'm troubling you.

-No, not at all. -It's so late.

Please sit.

You came at the right time. You saved me.

What do you mean saved you?

No, no, I mean we've saved dinner. Ratna, look who's here.

Coming.

-Hello. -Hi, Ratna.

I'm sorry I should've asked before coming here.

First tell me what happened.

No, everything's fine. It's just...

-my father is at home. -Oh, okay.

-Can I stay here for a few days? -Yes, yes.

-No problem at all. -A few days? You can stay for many days.

You can sleep here. No problem.

No, no, no. It won't be comfortable here.

She can sleep beside you, inside the room.

No, no. Madhavji. What are you saying?

I'll be very comfortable here. I don't want to trouble you further.

No, no. I'll just make a bed for you.

It's nothing. What are you saying?

Very good. Lawyer sahib. You're doing great.

But please remember that there's nothing between us now.

I have some self-respect.

Can we talk after the case?

You know, Lawyer sahib?

All these months, I have been trying to get closer to you

and you keep running away from me.

Who's running away from you?

Okay.

Tell me, how can I make it up to you?

Tell me.

Take me to court? Please?

Okay.

When Anuji comes for the next hearing, I will take you.

Light off. Light off.

Hello, sir?

I've found something in the CCTV footage.