A court room"Your honor, my client doesnt deny anything, yes they had sex but that was with the full consent of this servant girl" Public prosecutor "Objection your honor, the defence is trying to curb my clients will power and confidence and also her reputation."
Judge "objection sustained" Mr Defence lawyer please keep the questions to maintain the deceny of the court's decorum" "
"Yes my Lord, I will keep that in mind but I want to point out the fact that this girl willingly had sex with my client and when my client said he cannot marry her, she started blackmailing him for money, the fact that sex was consensus is crucial here, when you willingly give yourself to a man its not a rape and she being a major over 18 years of age, it no where implies that it is a rape committed by my client. and my client has adequate proof for the fact that this girl did all this for money. I want to present my witness Mr Akram who is running a PCO near this girls house and the girl has identified him too and who had often heard her blackmailing my client for money. And if it was a rape attempt by my client, then why did she continue her job in my client house, all these facts just point out one thing, this girl seduced my client and hooked him up for money and eventually when my client refused to budge she converted it into a rape case and is now hellbent on ruining my clients name and reputation.The defence now rests."
Judge "by taking into account the evidences and the proofs that were laid before this court, the Court decides that the alleged rape is not proved and hence the convict is freed of all charges and the court further orders a compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs to be given to the woman invovled in this case for her further expenses and for a smooth living. The court is now adjourned"
Everybody gets up and congratulate " Mr Asad Ahmed Khan today you have proved that you are still the top lawyers in Bhopal. Way to go, I never thought this case will be so easily decided."
Asad "thank you so much, but what I did was my duty only nothing more nothing less" Mr. Beg, please accompany to my chamber" Mr Beg was looking here and there and walked like a lost puppy behind him. Beg's servant who was with him "sir, aap tho gaye kaam se, yeh janab tho ek appearance ke liye 2 crore fees charge karte hain, lekin ab apka tho kuch pata nahin hai, yeh ab kitna appearance ho chuka hai" Mr Beg swallowed and silently went inside after Asad
"Have your seat Mr Beg" Beg just sank into the chair. Asad was looking into a file and glanced on him and asked "Why Mr Beg I dont see any happiness in your face of winning this dirty case, what happened, is it becoz you wont be able to see that girl again in your house" Beg's eyes went open wide "No no I have stopped everything from now I will lead a pious and religious life" Asad laughed "ok then, bequeath all your wealth to me for appearing for you in this case and go for Haj, that wil be better option for you Mr Beg" Beg replied "what i meant was, see , I know its becoz of you we won this case, had it not been you as the defence lawyer I wud have lost it, but still I know you are very kind at your heart when it comes to the matter of emotions..." Asad cut him off "Cut the crap Mr Beg and give my cheque and leave immediately, I m not interested in your sugary talks and hope I dont see your disgusting face ever again, I hope I m clear" Beg "sir how much is your fees?" Asad looked at him questioningly "as if you dont know, I had already cleared that... right" Beg "hmm... I thought you might relax something for me" Asad "thats not in my policy... at least not for rapists" and he looked again in the file. Mr Beg waited for sometime and seeing that Asad called the tea boy "
"Come here ... serve me a hot tea" while the boy was making tea... "by the way you know who is this person?" he was the accused in that Bhopal's 420 house rape case." the boy looked at Beg with scornful eyes. Beg asked "Mr Asad why are you saying all this to this little boy, he may not even know the meaning of rape" Asad smiled "you think todays generation dont know anything, they are way smarter than you Mr Beg, by the way his tea is so famous here, he only serves tea for the public prosecutor too" and then turned towards the tea boy " if that PCO man's witness wasnt there, he would have counting the bars now..." Mr Beg didnt think anything he just took out a cheque and signed it and gave him and said "Mr Asad you can fill in the amount" He got up and exited and Asad put his both arms back and rest at the neck and eased back in the chair. Beg stopped at the door and called the tea boy and gave him a 1000 rs ruppe note and said "tumhara kharcha pani ke liye rakh lo." he expected a thanks and asked "Cant you say a thanks to me at least?" The boy showed that he was deaf and dumb. Beg 's mouth was wide open and he looked at Asad and he just showed him the door with his hand towards the exit direction with a smirk.
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
Mangal Lakshmi
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