Illegal - Justice, Out of Order (2020): Season 1, Episode 5 - Courting Trouble - full transcript

Courting Trouble

Have you ever solved
a big jigsaw puzzle?

The one with 1000-2000 pieces.

I used to love it as a kid.

Now, I know why.

I think all people are part
of God's jigsaw puzzle.

Everyone needs someone.

And if you bring everyone together,
you will have a clear picture.

'Unfortunately the puzzle
I was a part of

consisted of incomplete people.

Myself, Akshay, Devika,



Puneet, Vartika,

Meher and Neeraj,

all of us are incomplete parts
of an incomplete picture.

Your Honour, the prosecution has included
CCTV footage in the evidence list.

And we'd like to present it to the court.

What's the date mentioned on it?

August 6.

And if I am not wrong, that's...
- That's me.

Whose room is that?

It's Neeraj's room.

So, as per CCTV footage, you rang
the bell at 10:13:07 pm.

And you entered Neeraj's room
at 10:13:24 pm. Am I correct?

Yes.
- Okay.

Let's fast-forward 55 minutes
and check the footage.



Let's see what happened at 11:07 pm.

Your Honour, it's the footage
of August 6, not August 8.

This is wrong. This was not the case.

This is wrong.
This didn't happen on August 06.

You said you didn't enter
Neeraj's room on August 6.

But, ma'am... - And after 55 minutes,
you came out of his room on August 6.

On August 6... - Vartika, what were you
doing in Neeraj's room for 55 minutes?

Vartika, what were you doing
in Neeraj's room for 55 minutes?

He raped me on August 6.

He raped you on August 8, right?

Vartika, make up your mind.
Was it August 6 or August 8?

Why don't you tell us the truth, Vartika?

You were having an affair
with my client, Neeraj.

I object, Your Honour

And you knew it very well that semen
stays in the body for 72 hours.

Objection, Your Honour.
- That's why you

falsely accused him of
raping you on August 8.

Your Honour, is Ms Singh trying to argue

that if they had consensual sex
on August 6,

he wouldn't rape her on August 8?

Your Honour, please note

that according to the prosecution,
on August 6, the sex was consensual.

That is not what I meant.
- Puneet.

Control yourself.

You know you should never lie
to two people.

One is a doctor...
- And the other is a lawyer.

Wow! She knows everything. How clever!

Sir, I was following your instructions.

You asked me not to change the narrative
in the court.

Yes, the narrative that I know.

Do you have any bloody idea about
the mistake you made?

Mistake! It's an understatement.

This is called a blunder. Epic blunder.

I don't want anymore bullshit.
Is there anything else that I don't know?

I want every single detail.

I want the entire story. Now, sit.

Sit!!

Now, start.

Mr Shekhavat, please come.

I went to your office.
- Okay.

They told me
that you are waiting here for me.

Actually, the owner of this restaurant
is an old friend. Please sit.

The owner of this restaurant
is an old friend.

He keeps it closed once a week.

And he makes breakfast only for me
on that day.

Do you want me to order something for you?

No, thank you.
I had breakfast before I left home.

You said you had an important
thing to discuss with me.

Well, it's something

that would weaken your son's case
if people find out about it.

What is it?
- The fact

that Niharika is your daughter
and Neeraj's step-sister.

Mr Shekhavat, I am shocked

that you hid such an important detail
from your lawyer.

This is not right.

Whether Niharika is my daughter or not

has got nothing to do with Neeraj's case.

How can you say that?

If the media finds out
that Niharika is Neeraj's sister,

then the reason why I selected her
will lose its ground.

The dynamics of the entire case
will go haywire in no time.

Does Neeraj know that Niharika
is his sister? - No.

Nobody knows anything about it.
- Great.

You have to keep it that way.

You said something the other day.

Lawyers and buildings.

'The higher they are from the ground,
the deeper is their foundation.

Let me tell you that you were wrong.

Lawyers dig deeper than
the foundation to extract details

and turn the case in their favour..

What's the deal?
- You came straight to the point.

I don't want the restaurant
to be opened for others.

Your breakfast will remain incomplete.

You are so concerned about me.

Then do me a favour.

Fund my election campaign, just like
how you fund the Jantantra Party.

In order to keep the secret
about your past safe,

you should pay me something. Right?

You have all the cards
in your hand, Janardhan.

I'll do as you like.

Thank you very much.

You really don't want to have breakfast?
- No, thank you.

I am not a glutton!

I was coming to your office to meet you.

Since I was passing by,

I thought

maybe...

That's fine. Please come in.

Actually,

I came here to tell you...

I met Janardhan Jaitley. He was saying...

Actually, I came here

to ask you about something,
not to tell you something.

Go ahead.

Neeraj goes alone to every court hearing.

I don't want the media

and people to think

that his parents don't support him.

I was just wondering...

Can I just accompany him
in his court hearings?

Things will be
blown out of proportion, Mr Shekhavat.

If you accompany Neeraj to the court,

you will be forced to appear
before the media.

Then the media

will cover Surya Shekhavat.

Your present and your past,
everything will be exposed.

You molested

an employee of your office 20 years ago.

When she complained to the HR,

you fired her.

When she complained to the police,

you bribed people to destroy the files.

This will come out too.

Mr Surya Shekhavat's life
has become normal.

But his wife and daughter
had to leave the city.

I don't know what happened to the victim.

So, I don't think that's a very good idea,
Mr Shekhavat.

Okay.

I won't accompany him.

Thanks for your advice.

I'll take your leave.

Akshay.

I am quite confused.
Can you help me with this one?

This one or this one?

Akshay, can you look this way?

This one or this one?

Anyone.

Anyone!
- Yes.

Akshay, I heard this somewhere.

Wants lead to misery.

Wants force people to give up.
They make them tired.

But sometimes, wants are good.

Have you joined some kind
of spiritual classes or...

Yes, and it's called marriage.

So, we are talking about
our marriage again.

For the last time, Akshay,

I want you to want something
from this marriage.

I want you to have an opinion.

Two people are needed to keep
this relationship healthy.

I am unable to do it alone.

I thought you were talking about
the dresses.

I mean, for such a random thing...
- Right. Random.

Being okay with everything
is not being okay with anything.

If I am in Delhi, you are okay.
If I am not, you are okay.

If we eat together, you are okay.
If not, you are still okay.

Then what do you want?
- Don't be okay.

Just be angry with me sometimes.
Miss me when I am gone.

Get jealous when I talk to somebody.

Hold me when I am alone.
Just be a normal husband.

It's not that complicated.

I get it.
We are not childhood sweethearts,

nor do we have some amazing
love story going on. We're just...

We are married to each other,
and that's our truth.

You decide. We can fix this together,

or let's just pull the plug.

Where are you going?

Now, that's a good start.

Yes, mom.

Mom, why are we meeting outside
in a car, like this?

JJ's detectives follow me everywhere.

I wanted to keep our meeting a secret.
That's why I called you here.

It's your and uncle's photo.
What about it?

Rohan made a phone call to me
a day before he died.

He was very scared.
His phone was being tapped.

Whatever he told me that day,
I understood it after he died.

If something happens to me,

then all my secrets are
with your best friend.

Those were his exact words.

But after he died,
I asked all my friends about it,

but nobody had any clue.

Mom, I don't understand
what you are trying to say.

Do you see the teddy bear?

I used to call it my best friend
when I was a child.

Rohan was talking about it.
I am absolutely sure of it, Akshay! - Mom.

What are you talking about?

Please just do this for me, Akshay.

Go to Rohan's home
and find the teddy bear, please.

Okay. Just relax.

I'll go find it. But you chill, okay?
- Thank you.

Rajesh.
- Yes, sir.

Where is the forensic report
of the Vartika case?

Here it is.

Have you gone through
Neeraj Shekhavat's DNA report?

Yes, I have.

According to the report, Neeraj's
DNA is not there on the cigarette

that he apparently used to hurt Vartika.
- Correct.

Can we run the DNA test once again
in the Vartika case?

So, the prosecution is going
to try and say...

Yes, because Neeraj's DNA is not
there on the cigarette.

Since Neeraj didn't put the cigarette in
his mouth, bodily fluids didn't transfer.

So, his DNA will not be found
on the cigarette.

Yes! I know the margin of an error
is small but run the test again.

And Puneet Tandon is going to say
that we don't require Neeraj's DNA

because he didn't put the cigarette
in his mouth. He was just holding it.

Your point is Neeraj's DNA
is not there on the cigarette.

But it's possible
that Neeraj was holding the cigarette.

Mr Luthra, since you are
a forensic expert, I just want to know

if is it possible to prove
with the help of a DNA test

that Neeraj was not holding
the cigarette in his hand.

There is a way.

Would you like to comment
on the Neeraj Shekhavat case?

I am not a helpless woman.

Neeraj Shekhavat will be punished
for what he did to me.

Ma'am, please move back.
- I will keep fighting.

Ma'am, please...

All the cigarette burns were found
on the front side of your body.

Why so?

The cigarette bud that was used
to hurt you has no traces of Neeraj's DNA.

It only has your DNA.

Vartika, you should never lie
to two people.

One is your doctor
and the other one is your lawyer.

Do you understand?

Look, if I wanted, I could become
a minister 30 years ago.

I was protesting against the government
during the JP movement in 1975.

I was beaten up.

The Emergency was the result
of power and greed.

In those days, people didn't engage
in activism for the sake of it.

They sincerely wanted
to bring about change.

Arun Jaitley, Nitish Kumar,
George Fernandes

and so on were my colleagues.

Excuse me.

Did they meet today?

Yes, this afternoon.

I understand
why Rohini is behaving like this.

But the way Akshay met Rohini
outside the house...

Rohini's paranoia will put me in trouble.

Randeep.

Yes, don't worry. I'll handle it.

Doctor, what the hell are these marks?

What are these marks?

I think these marks are the result
of dehydration.

You think?

Yes. Sometimes, dehydration
can damage the skin.

And you get bruises too.

These marks are the result of an assault.

It seems she was tied and beaten up.

She has rope marks on her wrist.

There is a blue mark around her neck.

It's not the result of dehydration.

Look, it's tough to come to any conclusion
in her current situation.

But in my expert opinion,
it's a case of dehydration.

Nurse, change the drip.

Hi. Good evening, sir.
- Good evening, Niharika.

What's up?

Did you meet Meher Salam?
- Yes, sir.

Any development?
Did she sign the declaration?

Sir, she was not well today.
She is too stubborn.

I am trying my best,
but she is not changing her position.

She says she will sign it
if we help her get executed.

Not otherwise.

Do one thing, Niharika.
Leave her alone for some days.

I think we are forcing her.

If she stays alone for 3-4 weeks,
she will understand our point of view.

Sir, but...
- At least give it a shot.

Okay, sir.
- Okay.

Greetings, Janardhan.

Greetings, Mr Minister. How are you?
- Tell me. Why did you call me?

Well, you kept our promise
and gave me my seat.

Now, I have kept my promise.

Now, you won't hear about capital
punishment or Meher Salam from anyone.

Wow! That's great news.

I hope to give you more good news
in future.

Okay.
- Thank you. Goodbye.

Hello.
- Sir, Akshay has left the office.

I am following him.

And going by the road he is taking,
I think he is heading to Rohan's house.

Hold on...

Hold on. One second.

Randeep, listen to me.

There is a teddy bear in Rohan's house.

I don't want Akshay to find it
at any cost.

Okay, sir.

I'll hang up now.