1 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,201 (wedding mantras echoing) 2 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,600 (Baapji) May your love bring you endless joy, 3 00:00:26,799 --> 00:00:31,479 and may your shared journey be filled with love and prosperity. 4 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,159 Go on, now. 5 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,199 It's not auspicious to finish the ceremony after the sun sets. 6 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:04,800 JUSTICE 7 00:01:57,679 --> 00:02:01,560 (melancholic music) 8 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:28,679 -(protestors) Shame on Baapji! -(devotees) Long live Baapji! 9 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,999 (reporters clamouring) 10 00:02:41,870 --> 00:02:43,870 (reporters clamouring continues) 11 00:02:44,679 --> 00:02:46,720 Baapji! Baapji! 12 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,116 (Amitabh) Hey, you! Baapji! 13 00:02:48,199 --> 00:02:50,600 What do you have to say about Asha Thawari's death? 14 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,240 Wasn't rape enough that you had to have her killed too? 15 00:02:55,319 --> 00:02:57,719 -(reporter 1) Answer, Baapji. -(reporter 2) Will the truth win? 16 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,037 (reporter 3) Are you behind this? 17 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,997 Wasn't rape enough? 18 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,916 (overlapping chatter) 19 00:03:03,999 --> 00:03:07,479 (Amitabh) Bloody rapist! Kill me if you have the guts, you coward. 20 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:11,880 In this hour of grief, 21 00:03:13,839 --> 00:03:16,039 I stand with the families of the deceased. 22 00:03:17,159 --> 00:03:21,319 I am praying for the souls of the departed. 23 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:23,720 You should too. 24 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,240 (reporters clamouring) 25 00:03:28,563 --> 00:03:31,757 Calm down. Calm down. 26 00:03:47,839 --> 00:03:49,479 I lost a son, 27 00:03:50,319 --> 00:03:51,760 and you a father. 28 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,240 We are tied together by our grief. 29 00:03:56,519 --> 00:03:57,519 Just... 30 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,240 don't shed tears, beta. 31 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,880 Because grief is that cruel trial, 32 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,118 which tests the very core of your soul. 33 00:04:18,199 --> 00:04:21,317 (Judge Kurien) Mr. Bhalerao, please proceed. 34 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,639 (melancholic music) 35 00:04:36,619 --> 00:04:37,939 Your Honour... 36 00:04:38,710 --> 00:04:40,600 I'd like to call Asha Thawari to the stand. 37 00:04:40,799 --> 00:04:42,679 Objection, Your Honour. 38 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:44,400 What kind of a joke is this? 39 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:50,076 Oh, I am sorry, Your Honour. I forgot she was murdered. 40 00:04:50,159 --> 00:04:51,159 I'm sorry. 41 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,240 Your Honour, I'd like to call Ashwin Srikumar to the stand. 42 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:00,517 -(Ved Prakash) What! -(people murmuring) 43 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,438 Mr. Bhalerao, stop this nonsense. 44 00:05:04,613 --> 00:05:06,173 I'm sorry, Your Honour. 45 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,200 Your Honour, I'd like to call Sharat Sarathi to the stand. 46 00:05:19,503 --> 00:05:21,623 (Ved Prakash) Your Honour, what exactly is going on here? 47 00:05:21,729 --> 00:05:25,110 I think the fear of losing this case has affected his mind. 48 00:05:25,250 --> 00:05:28,523 The outrage I see over calling out their names in court 49 00:05:28,756 --> 00:05:30,716 is far greater than the outrage over their deaths. 50 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,598 Your Honour, it's clear that the death of these witnesses 51 00:05:33,681 --> 00:05:35,878 benefits only one person, and that is Sunil Chakosi. 52 00:05:36,050 --> 00:05:38,121 I object to these malicious claims, Your Honour. 53 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,520 Order in my court. 54 00:05:39,533 --> 00:05:42,317 This man has no regard or respect for this institution. 55 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:43,758 He should be debarred for this-- 56 00:05:43,841 --> 00:05:47,433 For the safety of my client, arrest Sunil Chakosi right away. 57 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:48,681 Order in my court! 58 00:05:48,681 --> 00:05:50,598 He's not just a threat to my client but to society-- 59 00:05:50,681 --> 00:05:52,598 They have no proof of these accusations. 60 00:05:52,681 --> 00:05:55,440 I request the court that Mr. Bhalerao be held in contempt. 61 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,201 Order in my court! 62 00:05:58,961 --> 00:06:01,038 Mr. Bhalerao, you tend to forget 63 00:06:01,121 --> 00:06:03,760 that you're a lawyer and this is a courtroom. 64 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,038 Your Honour, the court tends to forget too. 65 00:06:07,121 --> 00:06:09,400 It has forgotten that it granted bail to a criminal. 66 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,121 I'm holding you in contempt. 67 00:06:15,681 --> 00:06:18,720 You are to pay a fine of ₹50,000 immediately. 68 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:23,280 Where will I get 50,000 from? 69 00:06:23,361 --> 00:06:24,641 (sniggers) 70 00:06:25,565 --> 00:06:26,725 Take it from me. 71 00:06:28,001 --> 00:06:31,046 Your Honour, I request this court 72 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,834 to grant us some more time. 73 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,961 Both of you have disrespected the court, 74 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:38,720 and I will not tolerate this nonsense anymore. 75 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,118 The court grants two weeks to the prosecution. 76 00:06:46,201 --> 00:06:49,001 -But... Your Honour-- -This hearing is adjourned. 77 00:07:22,201 --> 00:07:24,681 Maybe I am not cut out for law. 78 00:07:28,961 --> 00:07:30,641 I should've... 79 00:07:32,121 --> 00:07:34,841 presented those witnesses in court much sooner. 80 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,720 It feels like the case has slipped out of my hands. 81 00:07:47,001 --> 00:07:48,201 So, you've given up? 82 00:07:55,961 --> 00:07:58,361 Maybe I should've given up sooner. 83 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,440 So many lives wouldn't have been lost. 84 00:08:04,521 --> 00:08:07,040 That's why you were so worried in court. 85 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:13,521 I wasn't worried. 86 00:08:18,001 --> 00:08:21,040 That bloody Chakosi was trying to insult me. 87 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,600 Only one person in the world was allowed to insult me. 88 00:08:34,801 --> 00:08:36,001 And he's gone too. 89 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,080 Still looking down on me from up there. 90 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,681 Seems like he was right. 91 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,920 While he was alive, all I ever did was fight with him. 92 00:09:04,481 --> 00:09:06,869 Even if it was to fight, 93 00:09:07,316 --> 00:09:09,876 at least he was there. 94 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,681 I didn't even get a chance to fight. 95 00:09:18,321 --> 00:09:19,841 What happened to him? 96 00:09:22,001 --> 00:09:26,161 "Whether my head falls or my life fades away... 97 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,161 (shrieks echo) 98 00:09:28,801 --> 00:09:30,841 "...my country is my identity, come what may." 99 00:09:40,521 --> 00:09:43,001 When those people came to kill Daman, 100 00:09:46,841 --> 00:09:48,670 my father did what any father 101 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,080 would've done for his child. 102 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,197 -(mob jeering) -(sword slashes) 103 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:55,760 (screams echo) 104 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:03,481 I pray to God that no child 105 00:10:04,321 --> 00:10:05,640 has to ever look 106 00:10:06,790 --> 00:10:08,577 at their father in that condition. 107 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,760 (young Jasleen sobbing) 108 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:20,760 (inhales) 109 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,880 To our fathers. 110 00:10:31,521 --> 00:10:32,521 (glasses clink) 111 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,400 (exhales) 112 00:10:45,001 --> 00:10:47,749 (Bhalerao) Your Honour, in all this 113 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,588 legal manoeuvring, we often forget 114 00:10:51,481 --> 00:10:55,600 that our arguments are confined within these walls. 115 00:10:57,201 --> 00:11:00,481 While outside, there is blood on the streets. 116 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,600 I wish to make an unusual request to this court. 117 00:11:06,521 --> 00:11:10,317 I request that the testimonies of these brave witnesses 118 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:11,438 be read out in the court. 119 00:11:11,521 --> 00:11:12,880 Objection, Your Honour! 120 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:14,641 What is this nonsense? 121 00:11:15,001 --> 00:11:17,351 Witnesses who can't be cross-examined 122 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,343 are not admissible in court-- 123 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,312 These testimonies shed light on a machinery at play, 124 00:11:22,361 --> 00:11:24,118 which has only one objective... 125 00:11:24,201 --> 00:11:27,758 to continue running Saburi as an Industrial Rape Complex. 126 00:11:27,841 --> 00:11:29,080 (Ved Prakash scoffs) 127 00:11:30,001 --> 00:11:33,238 It's pretty clear, Your Honour, that the prosecution 128 00:11:33,321 --> 00:11:35,870 is trying to falsely link 129 00:11:36,143 --> 00:11:38,773 these deaths to Baapji's case. 130 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,200 I agree with the defence. 131 00:11:43,481 --> 00:11:46,186 These witnesses and their testimonies 132 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,480 cannot be taken into official record. 133 00:11:48,607 --> 00:11:50,247 (Ved Prakash) Thank you, Your Honour. 134 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,240 (softly) Common sense prevails. 135 00:11:54,061 --> 00:11:55,300 (Judge Kurien) But... 136 00:11:55,521 --> 00:11:59,361 given the questionable circumstances of these people's deaths, 137 00:12:00,841 --> 00:12:04,278 we should definitely hear them out. 138 00:12:04,361 --> 00:12:05,477 (dramatic music) 139 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:09,560 -What! But, Your Honour, how-- -Sit down, Ved Prakash-ji. 140 00:12:17,121 --> 00:12:18,321 Thank you. 141 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,280 "We were taught in Saburi 142 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,600 "that we should always follow our Guru's commands." 143 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:35,720 We should never question his intentions or his ways. 144 00:12:37,121 --> 00:12:39,161 We shed our identities. 145 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:40,878 Forget going back home, 146 00:12:40,961 --> 00:12:43,238 even talking to our parents 147 00:12:43,321 --> 00:12:44,600 was a crime. 148 00:12:47,481 --> 00:12:51,161 This ritual was called the Gift of Strength. 149 00:12:53,161 --> 00:12:55,038 A transfer of energy 150 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,640 from Baapji's soul to ours. 151 00:13:01,201 --> 00:13:03,878 "We were made to listen to the same CD for hours, until..." 152 00:13:03,961 --> 00:13:09,920 We became incapable of thinking about anything else. 153 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:16,040 (Asha) And after that, all we could think about was Baapji. 154 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,001 (Bhalerao) "Not just them..." 155 00:13:20,481 --> 00:13:23,161 We would control their thoughts too. 156 00:13:23,361 --> 00:13:26,240 We only listened to what we were made to listen. 157 00:13:26,641 --> 00:13:29,278 Only understood what we were made to understand. 158 00:13:29,361 --> 00:13:30,841 And only did 159 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:33,800 what we were made to do. 160 00:13:38,201 --> 00:13:39,720 (Jyoti) And then it began. 161 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:53,923 A spiritual person becomes 162 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,240 detached from the material world. 163 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,837 (Jyoti) When he touches his students... 164 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:02,280 It is a touch of parental love. 165 00:14:02,641 --> 00:14:03,517 (Jyoti) It's not wrong. 166 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:04,758 (Usha) It is not abuse. 167 00:14:04,841 --> 00:14:06,440 (Jyoti) Just a transfer of energy. 168 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,400 (Ashwin) In the name of the Gift of Strength, 169 00:14:13,681 --> 00:14:16,600 they were destroying their ability to think and comprehend, 170 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,201 robbing them of their agency. 171 00:14:28,961 --> 00:14:31,121 What really is this Gift of Strength? 172 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,078 (Asha) From body to body... 173 00:14:35,161 --> 00:14:36,880 (Meenu) Atom to the universe wide... 174 00:14:37,201 --> 00:14:39,280 (Asha) Let power flow, far and wide... 175 00:14:39,961 --> 00:14:41,957 (Jyoti) Guru is devotion, Guru is grace. 176 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,121 May Guru... fill the entire space. 177 00:15:06,481 --> 00:15:07,361 (knocks) 178 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,681 -Namaste, sir. -Namaste. 179 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:17,321 (Santosh) Um... 180 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,361 I wanted to... have a word with you. 181 00:15:21,521 --> 00:15:22,440 Yes? 182 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:26,280 May I come in? 183 00:15:27,201 --> 00:15:28,081 Come. 184 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:30,760 What happened, tell me? 185 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:32,720 What is it? 186 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:35,361 Say something. What happened? 187 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,560 -Master-ji... -Spit it out. What happened? 188 00:15:42,641 --> 00:15:44,118 The DNA test results are here. 189 00:15:44,201 --> 00:15:45,837 I don't... I don't want to hear anything. 190 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:47,118 Leave. Get out of here. 191 00:15:47,201 --> 00:15:49,681 -DNA test has confirmed-- -No DNA test has been done. 192 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,560 -The results confirm-- -Shut your mouth! 193 00:15:54,121 --> 00:15:55,880 You were talking about hope! 194 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,000 Please forgive me-- 195 00:15:57,001 --> 00:15:59,423 How can I forgive you? I don't want to forgive you. 196 00:15:59,543 --> 00:16:01,143 -Get lost. -Master-ji, please listen to me. 197 00:16:01,161 --> 00:16:03,118 Nothing happened. I don't want to hear anything. 198 00:16:03,201 --> 00:16:04,438 (slaps) You're lying! 199 00:16:04,521 --> 00:16:05,801 Get out of here! 200 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:07,641 Why did you come here? 201 00:16:07,961 --> 00:16:11,440 Leave! Get out of my house right now! 202 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,361 This is Anand's... 203 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,560 This is Anand's flute. 204 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:20,920 I found it at the location. 205 00:16:23,001 --> 00:16:24,880 Please forgive me, Master-ji. 206 00:16:25,801 --> 00:16:27,481 I couldn't save Anand. 207 00:16:30,001 --> 00:16:31,681 I failed, Master-ji... 208 00:16:32,961 --> 00:16:37,598 I deeply regret what happened to Anand. 209 00:16:37,681 --> 00:16:39,961 (shrieks in despair) Anand! 210 00:16:41,001 --> 00:16:42,681 Please forgive me, Master-ji. 211 00:16:57,121 --> 00:17:00,961 When I look at a poor person, 212 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:03,760 I wonder... 213 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,321 Why did God make them poor? 214 00:17:11,161 --> 00:17:14,600 Why do the wicked always prosper? 215 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,760 And why do good souls suffer so much? 216 00:17:19,961 --> 00:17:22,040 (children's laughter echoing) 217 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,641 Is this not injustice? 218 00:17:29,801 --> 00:17:31,040 There was once... 219 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,760 a thorny tree in the jungle. 220 00:17:36,801 --> 00:17:39,881 And its thorns would prick anyone 221 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:42,280 who passed by the tree. 222 00:17:44,641 --> 00:17:46,240 Tired of being pricked, 223 00:17:47,161 --> 00:17:49,720 a man had the tree chopped off. 224 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,641 But the tree was so huge that it couldn't be completely chopped. 225 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:58,920 A stump still remained. 226 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,240 One day, a passing cow... 227 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,628 stopped to scratch its back 228 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,640 against the stump 229 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,440 and ruptured its intestines. 230 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:14,961 (gun clicks) 231 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,321 People cursed the stump a lot. 232 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,038 But were surprised to find 233 00:18:24,121 --> 00:18:26,969 that, after the rains, 234 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,408 new branches sprouted out of the stump. 235 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:31,201 (children's laughter echoing) 236 00:18:31,321 --> 00:18:33,669 (through speakers) People started questioning 237 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,108 the presence of justice, 238 00:18:36,801 --> 00:18:38,560 in this act of God. 239 00:18:40,201 --> 00:18:42,440 But a few days after the rains, 240 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,760 a massive blizzard uprooted the stump 241 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,180 along with its roots. 242 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,321 The new branches 243 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:56,758 helped the winds 244 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,179 rip out the stump and all its roots. 245 00:19:03,201 --> 00:19:05,600 This is divine justice. 246 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,681 Your Honour, I must accept... 247 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:24,201 My friend, Bhalerao-ji, is a very good storyteller. 248 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:26,121 I really enjoyed it. 249 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,080 But this is a story, 250 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,200 not the reality. That is important. 251 00:19:33,201 --> 00:19:37,841 He believes that Saburi is not an ashram but... 252 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,880 a factory where rapes happen 253 00:19:40,959 --> 00:19:43,201 at an industrial scale. 254 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,357 Well, this so-called factory's conveyor belt... 255 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:51,681 No, no, what is it called? 256 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,706 The production line of this factory 257 00:19:55,179 --> 00:19:57,880 has produced only one victim so far. 258 00:19:58,841 --> 00:20:01,201 Which is also not confirmed, Your Honour. 259 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:03,560 But nonetheless, 260 00:20:04,841 --> 00:20:06,641 he's a great storyteller. 261 00:20:09,801 --> 00:20:12,400 Your Honour, I would like to call my next witness. 262 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,400 She was a student at Mahasherni School, 263 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,321 and she'll tell us what the Gift of Strength actually means. 264 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,201 (sombre music) 265 00:20:38,161 --> 00:20:40,400 Darkness fades when Guru prevails. 266 00:20:47,841 --> 00:20:48,961 Amrita-ji... 267 00:20:50,201 --> 00:20:52,920 You were a student at Mr. Chakosi's school? 268 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,201 I was a student at Baapji's school. 269 00:20:56,961 --> 00:20:59,040 Please address my guru with respect. 270 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,600 And we don't use surnames. 271 00:21:03,521 --> 00:21:06,440 Because we have no religion or caste. 272 00:21:08,201 --> 00:21:09,321 I beg your pardon. 273 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,321 Please tell the court what the Gift of Strength is. 274 00:21:20,641 --> 00:21:22,280 From body to body, 275 00:21:22,841 --> 00:21:24,357 atom to the universe wide. 276 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,361 Let power flow, far and wide. 277 00:21:26,681 --> 00:21:29,269 Guru is devotion, Guru is grace. 278 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:32,000 May Guru fill the entire space. 279 00:21:35,130 --> 00:21:37,790 When a guru instils his strength 280 00:21:37,856 --> 00:21:40,000 in the lives of his students, 281 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,560 it is called the Gift of Strength. 282 00:21:42,841 --> 00:21:46,321 All right. And what is the purpose of this Gift of Strength? 283 00:21:47,801 --> 00:21:49,885 True devotion towards Baapji 284 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,120 is only possible after the Gift of Strength. 285 00:21:53,681 --> 00:21:57,880 Only those who wish to be true devotees are blessed with it. 286 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,201 And what's the... procedure of the Gift of Strength? 287 00:22:02,961 --> 00:22:05,760 Baapji first cleanses our body and mind, 288 00:22:06,121 --> 00:22:08,880 and then gives us a mantra to gain strength. 289 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,280 Anything except that? 290 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,280 (Ved Prakash) Okay. 291 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,190 While you were at Saburi, 292 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,480 did Baapji ever touch you? 293 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,521 Only once. 294 00:22:35,841 --> 00:22:38,641 When he kept his hand on my head to give his blessings. 295 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,361 Did he ever touch you inappropriately? 296 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:47,080 No. 297 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,560 When someone exploits you, they take away your strength. 298 00:22:52,361 --> 00:22:53,880 Not give you a Gift of Strength. 299 00:22:58,361 --> 00:22:59,373 Thank you. 300 00:23:00,161 --> 00:23:01,481 That'll be all, Your Honour. 301 00:23:03,321 --> 00:23:05,880 Mr. Bhalerao, your witness? 302 00:23:10,321 --> 00:23:14,321 Only one question comes to mind... 303 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,532 this programme of the Gift of Strength, 304 00:23:17,613 --> 00:23:20,604 and the cleanliness drive that follows it, 305 00:23:21,460 --> 00:23:23,701 how come boys are never a part of it? 306 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,440 Because a woman is the embodiment of strength. 307 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:28,681 Not a man. 308 00:23:30,641 --> 00:23:32,886 Also, what is so wrong 309 00:23:33,993 --> 00:23:35,233 in a father bathing his child? 310 00:23:35,361 --> 00:23:37,161 (spectators murmur) 311 00:23:40,521 --> 00:23:41,761 Thank you. 312 00:24:04,521 --> 00:24:06,121 Forget about Amrita. 313 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:11,961 With all that has happened... 314 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,240 she should've spoken the truth today. 315 00:24:16,321 --> 00:24:17,801 This is her truth. 316 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,560 -It's not her fault. -Whose fault is it then? 317 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,841 I should've kept quiet too. 318 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,040 "Never apologise for being correct. 319 00:24:31,801 --> 00:24:33,760 "If you are right and you know it, 320 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,641 "speak your mind." 321 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,400 "Even if you are a minority of one. 322 00:24:41,641 --> 00:24:43,841 "The truth is still the truth." 323 00:24:46,641 --> 00:24:48,080 You know who said this? 324 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:53,440 How would you know? 325 00:24:54,321 --> 00:24:57,280 We stopped reading and teaching about him a long time ago. 326 00:25:30,001 --> 00:25:33,801 (tense music) 327 00:26:17,201 --> 00:26:19,042 (Bhalerao) On the day of the crime, 328 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,400 who else visited Sunil Chakosi's chambers? 329 00:26:21,481 --> 00:26:25,281 (Jasleen) A few lawyers and a real estate agent, Naren Katyal. 330 00:26:25,321 --> 00:26:26,200 FUNERAL NAREN KATYAL, PROPERTY DEALER 331 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,240 Your Honour... 332 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,481 The problem with falsehood is that you have to keep repeating it. 333 00:26:49,481 --> 00:26:51,880 While the truth needs only to be uttered once. 334 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,144 Which is why my job today is much easier 335 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,873 compared to Ved Prakash-ji. 336 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,718 Because building a house of cards is hard. 337 00:27:01,801 --> 00:27:04,400 While all it takes is one blow to bring it down. 338 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,440 The prosecution would like to call Mr. Sunil Chakosi to the stand. 339 00:27:11,481 --> 00:27:12,481 Granted. 340 00:27:42,801 --> 00:27:44,361 (exhales) 341 00:27:46,001 --> 00:27:47,161 What should I call you? 342 00:27:48,361 --> 00:27:50,560 Baapji or Sunil Chakosi? 343 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,196 People treat name, religion and caste 344 00:27:58,296 --> 00:28:00,356 as a badge of honour. 345 00:28:01,841 --> 00:28:05,080 For me, it's a way to corrupt the soul. 346 00:28:05,321 --> 00:28:06,400 Just answer the question. 347 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,240 There's no need to start a sermon every time. 348 00:28:10,961 --> 00:28:11,961 Anyway... 349 00:28:12,641 --> 00:28:15,000 When the police interrogated you 350 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,217 the first time, you had said 351 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,641 that during the time of the crime, you were meditating. 352 00:28:22,521 --> 00:28:23,720 In seclusion. 353 00:28:28,321 --> 00:28:29,361 It was a lie, right? 354 00:28:31,641 --> 00:28:35,238 When you have all the answers, why are you asking questions-- 355 00:28:35,321 --> 00:28:37,161 Was it a lie or not? 356 00:28:39,481 --> 00:28:43,240 A lie told to protect someone is not a lie. 357 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,001 You lied to protect yourself. 358 00:28:47,121 --> 00:28:50,361 The godman who preaches honesty to the world 359 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,001 had to lie to save his own life. 360 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,841 And when your lie about being in seclusion was caught, 361 00:28:59,161 --> 00:29:01,440 you invented another lie. 362 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,600 That during the time of the crime, 363 00:29:05,961 --> 00:29:09,120 you were presiding over the wedding of an illegal immigrant 364 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,201 and were present there the whole time. 365 00:29:13,361 --> 00:29:14,361 A wedding. 366 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,880 Which means a procession... 367 00:29:19,001 --> 00:29:20,040 full of witnesses. 368 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:24,920 The perfect alibi. 369 00:29:27,121 --> 00:29:28,746 But this claim of yours is also a lie. 370 00:29:28,846 --> 00:29:30,080 Objection, Your Honour. 371 00:29:30,481 --> 00:29:31,801 Where's the lie in this? 372 00:29:32,814 --> 00:29:34,294 Hear it for yourself. 373 00:29:34,447 --> 00:29:35,447 Play it. 374 00:29:39,961 --> 00:29:42,400 That day, at that time, 375 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,521 I was with my father. 376 00:29:48,841 --> 00:29:50,880 I am a witness to the fact-- 377 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:52,681 (Bhalerao) Pause. 378 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:54,521 Rewind it. 379 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:55,683 Stop, stop. 380 00:29:57,001 --> 00:29:58,121 Ved Prakash-ji. 381 00:29:59,801 --> 00:30:00,681 Play it. 382 00:30:00,841 --> 00:30:02,961 (Kashyap) That day, at that time, 383 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,280 I was with my father. 384 00:30:07,481 --> 00:30:08,516 Pause. 385 00:30:09,161 --> 00:30:10,050 Thank you. 386 00:30:10,321 --> 00:30:11,240 Your Honour... 387 00:30:11,481 --> 00:30:14,680 When Kashyap Chakosi was shown Ketan's photo, 388 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,251 he couldn't recognise him. 389 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,681 Which means that he wasn't present at the wedding. 390 00:30:25,001 --> 00:30:27,957 So, as per Kashyap Chakosi... 391 00:30:28,149 --> 00:30:32,280 you were present at the wedding, but after that, you were with him. 392 00:30:33,681 --> 00:30:35,869 While you claim that you were 393 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,148 at the wedding the whole time. 394 00:30:40,961 --> 00:30:44,841 Are you sure that you were at the wedding the whole time? 395 00:30:49,121 --> 00:30:51,201 In honour of my late son, 396 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,050 I refuse to answer this question. 397 00:30:54,176 --> 00:30:56,560 Were you at the wedding the whole time? 398 00:30:58,161 --> 00:30:59,841 Answer the question, Mr. Chakosi. 399 00:31:05,161 --> 00:31:08,641 Tell us who is lying. You or Kashyap? 400 00:31:15,521 --> 00:31:17,121 Kashyap lied. 401 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,560 The son who sacrificed his life to save yours, 402 00:31:29,841 --> 00:31:33,045 now he labels the same son a liar 403 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,240 to save his own life. 404 00:31:39,841 --> 00:31:41,841 Perhaps you need the Gift of Strength. 405 00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:43,880 (Ved Prakash) Objection, Your Honour. 406 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,080 He's intimidating my client. 407 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,641 He's supposed to ask questions, not taunt him. 408 00:31:49,361 --> 00:31:52,677 Ved Prakash-ji, he is all-powerful while I am just an ordinary man. 409 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,280 -How can I intimidate him? -Objection, Your Honour! 410 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,400 Careful, Mr. Bhalerao. 411 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,961 (dramatic music) 412 00:32:08,641 --> 00:32:10,521 Is this your signature? 413 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,961 Why do I have to repeat every question 2-3 times, Mr. Chakosi? 414 00:32:19,201 --> 00:32:21,080 Is this your signature or not? 415 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,040 Okay, I'll answer that. 416 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:28,440 Your Honour... 417 00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:31,880 After examining the reports, we have found 418 00:32:32,161 --> 00:32:35,400 that Kashyap was, in fact, telling the truth. 419 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,600 Every villain has a weak link in their defence. 420 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,321 That is divine justice. 421 00:32:52,481 --> 00:32:55,801 His weak link turned out to be his son, Kashyap. 422 00:32:58,001 --> 00:33:02,240 That evening, he had signed a land deal. 423 00:33:02,641 --> 00:33:04,558 Two more people were present there. 424 00:33:04,641 --> 00:33:06,477 One was his son, Kashyap Chakosi. 425 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:07,878 And the other was 426 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,179 a real estate agent, Naren Katyal. 427 00:33:16,161 --> 00:33:18,020 Saburi's visitors' record also prove 428 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,073 that Naren Katyal was there that evening. 429 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,759 Objection, Your Honour. What's the relevance here? 430 00:33:23,321 --> 00:33:25,240 What is the connection, Mr. Bhalerao? 431 00:33:25,961 --> 00:33:29,801 Your Honour, that day, between 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., 432 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,480 if Baapji was only at the wedding, 433 00:33:33,903 --> 00:33:36,001 how could he have signed these papers? 434 00:33:37,321 --> 00:33:40,001 And if he did sign these papers, 435 00:33:40,841 --> 00:33:43,920 why wasn't it mentioned in any of his statements until now? 436 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:51,121 Naren Katyal was one of those six witnesses who were murdered. 437 00:33:53,641 --> 00:33:56,880 Had he not been killed, I would've never known about him. 438 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,321 How ironic, isn't it? 439 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,970 That his absence is speaking louder 440 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:06,966 than his presence today 441 00:34:07,321 --> 00:34:08,438 to reveal the truth. 442 00:34:08,521 --> 00:34:09,681 Your Honour... 443 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,480 None of this proves that Baapji 444 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,087 was with Meenu in his chamber. 445 00:34:15,121 --> 00:34:16,957 But it does prove 446 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,080 that between 4:15 p.m. and 7:03 p.m. that evening, 447 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,400 Baapji and Kashyap met each other. 448 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,001 Shall we agree on this? 449 00:34:27,961 --> 00:34:32,078 Your Honour, the defence has built their entire case on the argument 450 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,071 that Baapji couldn't have raped Meenu 451 00:34:35,201 --> 00:34:38,280 because he was at Murshida Suraiya's wedding at the time. 452 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,637 Your Honour, we have decisively proven 453 00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:44,598 that this is the third time Sunil Chakosi has lied to the court. 454 00:34:44,681 --> 00:34:46,558 (shrieks) Shut the hell up! 455 00:34:46,641 --> 00:34:48,560 (spectators murmur) 456 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:02,321 What do you want to prove with this absurd nonsense? 457 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,001 That I have Aladdin's lamp? 458 00:35:06,681 --> 00:35:09,521 That I could just rub and reach her chambers? 459 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,161 Without anyone seeing me? Huh? 460 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,040 These Aladdin's lamps are what you godmen peddle to the world. 461 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,361 The only difference is 462 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,801 it's the public that rubs it, but it's your wishes that come true. 463 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:36,376 Meet me outside. I'll make your wishes come true. 464 00:35:48,161 --> 00:35:49,521 No more questions. 465 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,197 I know you don't even want to look at my face... 466 00:36:07,453 --> 00:36:10,134 -Daman-- -Let me finish what I'm saying. 467 00:36:14,161 --> 00:36:17,201 I was shattered after what had happened. 468 00:36:17,321 --> 00:36:20,040 And I know you were shattered too. 469 00:36:20,841 --> 00:36:21,761 It's enough, Daman. 470 00:36:21,801 --> 00:36:23,157 I was foolish. 471 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:25,548 I had no idea that my stupidity 472 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,948 would cost our father's life. 473 00:36:32,641 --> 00:36:36,321 How can I ask you to forgive me when I haven't forgiven myself? 474 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,040 I realise my mistake. 475 00:36:45,001 --> 00:36:47,438 But it took me some time to realise 476 00:36:47,743 --> 00:36:51,361 that I must face the consequences of my mistakes. 477 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:58,840 Staying away from you is no less than death penalty for me. 478 00:37:02,841 --> 00:37:04,920 I will never meet you after today. 479 00:37:05,321 --> 00:37:07,001 I won't even call you. 480 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:10,361 But remember one thing. 481 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:15,080 Your brother's heart only holds love for you. 482 00:37:16,481 --> 00:37:17,521 Love. 483 00:37:43,201 --> 00:37:44,321 Your Honour... 484 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,400 A 17-year-old girl held up a mirror to us all. 485 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:52,060 She showed us how common and cheap 486 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,636 injustice is in our country 487 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:59,321 and how difficult and expensive justice is. 488 00:38:01,001 --> 00:38:02,521 Babasaheb used to say, 489 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,920 "Political democracy cannot last 490 00:38:08,001 --> 00:38:11,240 "unless there lies, at the base of it, social democracy. 491 00:38:15,121 --> 00:38:17,918 "Only equality and justice can dismantle 492 00:38:18,001 --> 00:38:21,559 "the feudal, patriarchal and misogynist structures 493 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,258 "of our society." 494 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,480 Your Honour, Meenu's testimony 495 00:38:28,555 --> 00:38:30,400 has not wavered even once. 496 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,806 The defence has failed to find 497 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:38,040 a single loophole in Meenu's statement. 498 00:38:40,321 --> 00:38:43,641 It's now time for the court to hear the truth. 499 00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:57,797 You lying whore! 500 00:38:57,880 --> 00:38:59,878 -How much were you paid? -(Judge Kurien) Order! 501 00:38:59,961 --> 00:39:02,357 -Order! -Say, how much money? 502 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:03,600 Order in my court! 503 00:39:04,321 --> 00:39:06,127 Slut! Take him out! 504 00:39:06,201 --> 00:39:08,720 -Meet me outside. I'll thrash you! -Out! 505 00:39:25,521 --> 00:39:28,197 Your Honour, for the record, 506 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,186 this is the 11th time 507 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,560 that Meenu will officially recall her horror. 508 00:39:42,801 --> 00:39:45,961 (sombre music) 509 00:39:54,801 --> 00:39:56,521 My name is Meenu Rawat. 510 00:39:57,121 --> 00:40:00,920 I was a student of Mahasherni School at Baapji's Saburi Fort. 511 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,600 And I also stayed at the school hostel. 512 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:13,121 That morning, I felt a bit sick. 513 00:40:13,841 --> 00:40:16,240 I felt very dizzy and then fainted. 514 00:40:19,681 --> 00:40:22,361 When I woke up, I was in a room in the clinic. 515 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,641 I was feeling better after taking the medicine, 516 00:40:27,481 --> 00:40:31,920 but I wasn't fully conscious. It felt like I was in a dream. 517 00:40:34,001 --> 00:40:35,841 The door of the room was shut. 518 00:40:38,481 --> 00:40:40,880 Suddenly, Baapji came in. 519 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,201 When I saw him, I felt, as if, everything's going to be all right. 520 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:51,320 But... 521 00:40:52,801 --> 00:40:56,400 -(water dripping) -He came close to me and... 522 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:00,760 (water dripping) 523 00:41:04,841 --> 00:41:06,920 he stripped off my clothes. 524 00:41:09,961 --> 00:41:11,201 (water dripping) 525 00:41:11,801 --> 00:41:14,841 Then he... 526 00:41:18,361 --> 00:41:19,361 bent down... 527 00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,321 -(cries echoing) -(water dripping) 528 00:41:22,841 --> 00:41:24,321 and... 529 00:41:26,641 --> 00:41:29,361 (crying intensifies) 530 00:41:29,961 --> 00:41:30,961 he put his... 531 00:41:33,161 --> 00:41:34,361 finger... 532 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:40,321 inside me... for 15 minutes. 533 00:41:40,361 --> 00:41:41,561 (Baapji chanting) 534 00:41:46,121 --> 00:41:47,920 After he was done, 535 00:41:48,681 --> 00:41:50,440 he bathed me 536 00:41:52,521 --> 00:41:55,280 and told me that he has granted me the Gift of Strength. 537 00:42:00,121 --> 00:42:01,961 (water dripping) 538 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,238 He then gave me a mantra 539 00:42:04,321 --> 00:42:08,280 and said that I'll find strength if I chant it over and over. 540 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:10,758 From body to body, 541 00:42:10,841 --> 00:42:12,841 atom to the universe wide, 542 00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:15,001 let power flow, far and wide. 543 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,197 Guru is devotion, Guru is grace. 544 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,880 May Guru fill the entire space. 545 00:42:33,641 --> 00:42:35,440 Mr. Ved Prakash. 546 00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:46,961 I've said it 11 times already. 547 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,481 Still nobody is listening. 548 00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:00,201 Ten years, I worshipped this man like he is God. 549 00:43:00,521 --> 00:43:02,797 My parents worshipped him like he is God. 550 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,600 We thought he would fix all our life's troubles. 551 00:43:08,841 --> 00:43:10,600 But what did he do instead? 552 00:43:11,961 --> 00:43:13,841 (emotional music) 553 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,681 He believes he gave me a Gift of Strength. 554 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,280 I was 17 years old. 555 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:31,801 Seventeen. 556 00:43:37,720 --> 00:43:39,878 It shouldn't have happened to me. 557 00:43:39,961 --> 00:43:41,961 But it did happen to me. 558 00:43:46,641 --> 00:43:49,238 And I shouldn't have to tell anyone again and again 559 00:43:49,321 --> 00:43:52,681 who touched me where and for how long was I touched. 560 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:54,718 How many fingers was it? One or two? 561 00:43:54,801 --> 00:43:57,398 Was it for 15 minutes? Or 15 minutes and 4 seconds? 562 00:43:57,481 --> 00:43:59,201 Why should I tell anyone? 563 00:44:01,961 --> 00:44:03,878 Every single day, a hundred times, 564 00:44:03,961 --> 00:44:05,481 a thousand times over, 565 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,637 I tell the same people that I was raped. 566 00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:10,598 I was raped. Please listen to me. 567 00:44:10,681 --> 00:44:12,521 But has everyone gone deaf? 568 00:44:18,521 --> 00:44:20,150 Every morning, I wake up 569 00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:22,547 feeling like I've lost some kind of game. 570 00:44:23,961 --> 00:44:25,357 Every day I keep repeating, 571 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,718 "Listen to me. Listen to what I have to say." 572 00:44:28,801 --> 00:44:30,801 Why should I keep repeating this to anyone? 573 00:44:34,481 --> 00:44:37,118 Behind closed doors, he commits a crime, 574 00:44:37,201 --> 00:44:40,040 but I should be the one answering everyone's questions. 575 00:44:46,841 --> 00:44:50,760 I have to cover my face when I step out. I can't go out. 576 00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:56,560 And everyone still calls him God. 577 00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,280 I'm fighting for myself. 578 00:45:04,801 --> 00:45:07,001 Fighting for what happened to me. 579 00:45:09,201 --> 00:45:13,078 God willing, if some other woman who went through all this 580 00:45:13,161 --> 00:45:16,641 wants to come forward and speak up, then it's great. But it's not on me. 581 00:45:17,481 --> 00:45:19,681 It shouldn't be a burden on my heart. 582 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:22,878 The burden of stepping out of the house, 583 00:45:22,961 --> 00:45:26,477 the burden that someone will kill me if I do, 584 00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:27,677 it shouldn't be on me. 585 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,278 Running to the court, again and again, shouldn't be my burden. 586 00:45:30,361 --> 00:45:34,641 My mother cries, my father cries. What do I tell them? 587 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,718 In front of the whole world, I am the one begging for his apology. 588 00:45:42,801 --> 00:45:44,264 When he should be crawling 589 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,589 on his knees, begging for my forgiveness. 590 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:48,201 Why is that not happening? 591 00:46:03,641 --> 00:46:04,760 And now... 592 00:46:05,481 --> 00:46:07,880 I have nothing more to say. I just hope... 593 00:46:08,521 --> 00:46:10,920 that the court will side with justice. That's all. 594 00:46:17,961 --> 00:46:20,001 Mr. Ved Prakash. 595 00:46:55,801 --> 00:46:57,720 I have no questions, Your Honour. 596 00:47:18,321 --> 00:47:22,080 (emotional music rises) 597 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:28,040 (water dripping) 598 00:47:29,521 --> 00:47:31,201 (water dripping incessantly) 599 00:47:44,841 --> 00:47:45,720 (silence) 600 00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:52,201 (triumphant music) 601 00:48:11,801 --> 00:48:13,600 (Meenu) You should go home and rest. 602 00:48:14,641 --> 00:48:15,961 We're all good. 603 00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:18,720 I know. 604 00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:20,641 I just dropped by casually. 605 00:48:32,961 --> 00:48:34,161 What do you think... 606 00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:36,841 will be the verdict tomorrow? 607 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:39,920 I hope that the truth wins. 608 00:48:48,121 --> 00:48:50,841 Honestly, it doesn't matter anymore if I win or lose. 609 00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:57,240 Can I ask you something? 610 00:48:57,801 --> 00:48:58,666 Hmm? 611 00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:00,241 You won't mind? 612 00:49:03,321 --> 00:49:05,560 Why do you never go back home? 613 00:49:14,121 --> 00:49:16,920 Sometimes it feels like even you have been... 614 00:49:17,961 --> 00:49:20,720 running away from something these past three years. 615 00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:26,560 Honestly... 616 00:49:31,001 --> 00:49:32,920 I'm afraid of going back home. 617 00:49:39,201 --> 00:49:41,600 We can't live our whole lives in fear. 618 00:51:25,001 --> 00:51:26,400 Bhalerao... 619 00:51:28,121 --> 00:51:31,121 I had the privilege of meeting your father once. 620 00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:34,201 He would've been very proud of you. 621 00:51:36,521 --> 00:51:38,440 Regardless of whether you win or lose, 622 00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:40,720 you did good. 623 00:52:44,001 --> 00:52:47,201 Will the defence and the prosecution please stand up? 624 00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:02,321 Before I declare the verdict, 625 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:05,549 it is necessary to explain 626 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,307 how I arrived at this verdict. 627 00:53:10,121 --> 00:53:12,309 This matter involves 628 00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:14,588 a public personality. 629 00:53:17,161 --> 00:53:19,846 So, it's natural that the verdict 630 00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:21,970 will affect the public. 631 00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:25,091 Although it's common knowledge, 632 00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:28,005 I would still like to remind the public that, 633 00:53:29,720 --> 00:53:33,841 for other crimes, the principle of law is 634 00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:36,641 "innocent until proven guilty." 635 00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,957 But as per the POCSO Act, 636 00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:44,758 in order to empower the victim, 637 00:53:44,841 --> 00:53:47,420 the responsibility to prove 638 00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:50,400 their innocence lies with the defence. 639 00:53:52,001 --> 00:53:54,161 The court believes 640 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:56,438 that to prove 641 00:53:56,560 --> 00:54:00,818 Mr. Sunil Chakosi's innocence, 642 00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:04,080 the evidence presented by the defence 643 00:54:04,641 --> 00:54:05,920 was not enough. 644 00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:11,785 Neither their conspiracy theories 645 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:13,311 were credible, 646 00:54:14,201 --> 00:54:16,841 nor their alibis. 647 00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:21,093 Mr. Sunil Chakosi 648 00:54:21,586 --> 00:54:23,886 kept changing his statement. 649 00:54:24,354 --> 00:54:27,191 When he was caught in one lie, 650 00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:30,480 he covered it up with another lie. 651 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:34,240 On the other hand, the prosecution 652 00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:38,801 proved their truth by supporting it with another truth. 653 00:54:40,321 --> 00:54:44,118 Even after repeating it so many times, 654 00:54:44,201 --> 00:54:48,833 the victim didn't change her statement even a little bit. 655 00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:57,080 Throughout the trial, the defence 656 00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:01,506 kept reiterating that Mr. Sunil Chakosi 657 00:55:01,720 --> 00:55:04,390 was present at the wedding that day. 658 00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:09,637 But the prosecution was also able to prove here 659 00:55:09,720 --> 00:55:12,276 that Mr. Chakosi did, in fact, 660 00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,660 leave the wedding that day. 661 00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:20,321 The court believes 662 00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:26,001 that Mr. Sunil Chakosi visited the room that day. 663 00:55:28,321 --> 00:55:30,720 And he did, in fact, rape Meenu. 664 00:55:35,240 --> 00:55:38,479 Afterwards, he bathed her 665 00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:41,018 with his own hands, 666 00:55:43,240 --> 00:55:45,321 destroying all the evidence. 667 00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:52,201 This wasn't the biggest crime committed by Mr. Sunil Chakosi. 668 00:55:54,961 --> 00:55:57,961 The biggest crime was 669 00:55:58,121 --> 00:56:01,161 what he did to Amrita and many other girls. 670 00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:05,601 To manipulate them to an extent 671 00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:08,216 that they were brainwashed to believe 672 00:56:09,121 --> 00:56:12,720 that what is happening with them is completely fine 673 00:56:13,841 --> 00:56:15,641 and there's nothing wrong with it. 674 00:56:21,121 --> 00:56:25,201 To convince someone that sexually assaulting them is okay 675 00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:28,677 is graver than the sexual assault itself. 676 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,720 (music rising) 677 00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:36,246 In the matter of State of Madhya Pradesh 678 00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:38,371 vs. Mr. Sunil Chakosi, 679 00:56:44,841 --> 00:56:48,880 the court finds Mr. Chakosi, on all counts... 680 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:57,560 guilty. 681 00:57:00,521 --> 00:57:03,560 (triumphant music) 682 00:57:19,201 --> 00:57:21,121 -(gavel strikes) -(notification pings) 683 00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:24,961 Guilty... 684 00:57:25,161 --> 00:57:27,078 Guilty! He's guilty! 685 00:57:27,161 --> 00:57:29,161 (crowd erupts in celebration) 686 00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:32,841 Guilty! 687 00:57:35,801 --> 00:57:37,481 (crowd clapping) 688 00:57:45,481 --> 00:57:47,681 (music rising) 689 00:58:14,361 --> 00:58:16,398 Mr. Sunil Chakosi... 690 00:58:16,481 --> 00:58:20,081 under Section 354, Section 376, 691 00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:23,835 and Section 509/34 is held guilty. 692 00:58:25,161 --> 00:58:28,201 The court sentences him to life imprisonment. 693 00:58:29,121 --> 00:58:30,295 He will spend 694 00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:33,722 the rest of his natural life in jail. 695 00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:35,644 Your Honour, may I request the court 696 00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:37,640 to consider my client's age and ill-health. 697 00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:38,600 (gavel strikes) 698 00:58:40,843 --> 00:58:43,278 -(Judge Kurien) Section 376. -(gavel strikes) 699 00:58:43,361 --> 00:58:45,400 -Section 376(2)(f). -(gavel strikes) 700 00:58:45,641 --> 00:58:48,201 And Section 120B of Indian Penal Code. 701 00:58:48,681 --> 00:58:49,760 (gavel strikes) 702 00:58:49,961 --> 00:58:51,278 Under Sections 7 and 8 703 00:58:51,361 --> 00:58:54,440 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 704 00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:59,121 and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 705 00:59:02,121 --> 00:59:05,761 the court sentences Mr. Sunil Chakosi 706 00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:08,426 to a double life sentence. 707 00:59:11,361 --> 00:59:14,280 (Baapji sobs) 708 00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:45,361 (cheers erupt) 709 01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:39,841 (Amitabh) He has the answers to all questions. 710 01:00:40,961 --> 01:00:42,961 He is god amongst men. 711 01:00:43,600 --> 01:00:46,434 Doctor, therapist, scientist... 712 01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:48,880 all rolled into one man. 713 01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:56,080 They teach us how to live. 714 01:00:56,961 --> 01:00:59,841 And how to embrace death. 715 01:01:04,481 --> 01:01:06,681 Our weakness is their strength. 716 01:01:07,240 --> 01:01:09,481 Our fear their courage. 717 01:01:10,040 --> 01:01:12,961 And our insecurities their livelihood. 718 01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:21,720 They teach us how to forgive. 719 01:01:24,161 --> 01:01:26,278 These self-proclaimed nature lovers 720 01:01:26,361 --> 01:01:30,161 don't live under the shade of trees but under the protection of power. 721 01:01:33,001 --> 01:01:34,361 God resides in our hearts, 722 01:01:34,920 --> 01:01:36,121 resides in temples. 723 01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:41,201 He never asks for anything, only gives. 724 01:01:43,001 --> 01:01:45,321 But they demand your everything. 725 01:01:46,481 --> 01:01:48,600 They use your faith as a weapon 726 01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:51,481 to build an army of blind followers. 727 01:01:53,001 --> 01:01:55,720 First, their followers see them as invincible. 728 01:01:56,161 --> 01:01:57,640 Then they begin to see themselves 729 01:01:57,680 --> 01:01:58,880 as immortal and invincible. 730 01:02:00,321 --> 01:02:04,280 But no matter how hard a man tries, he cannot become God. 731 01:02:05,161 --> 01:02:10,161 Eventually, a storm comes and uproots them entirely. 732 01:02:12,760 --> 01:02:14,600 I could be that storm. 733 01:02:16,361 --> 01:02:17,641 You could be that storm. 734 01:02:21,161 --> 01:02:23,681 Or a 17-year-old girl. 735 01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:33,440 In every storm, a small plant often survives 736 01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:37,681 and starts preparing to become a tree. 737 01:02:42,161 --> 01:02:44,560 The wheel of nature starts spinning again. 738 01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:48,440 People again start offering their everything to that plant. 739 01:02:49,001 --> 01:02:51,201 And again, a new storm hits. 740 01:02:52,121 --> 01:02:53,280 (devotees chant and cheer) 741 01:02:54,641 --> 01:02:57,481 This is divine justice.