Suman and Aditya jumped over the compound...

They walked towards the judiciary block  which was behind the main building ... Aditya switched his mobile's flashlight to view the path...

  Neeraj waved his hands at Suman... seeing Neeraj was a kind of relief for Aditya. He thought to clarify all his doubts with him...

  As they approached Neeraj, Aditya saluted him... Accepting his respect with a nod, he moved forward with Suman...

They went inside a room...

Aditya held his breath seeing the honourable judge on the chair..

The room was actually a mini court room which would be functional during any  emergency situations to discuss and to take important decision.

Suman forwarded and saluted at the judge and tried to convey her apologies..

" I regret that I had disturbed your sleep... please accept my apologies for the same your honour..."

Hon. Judge on the chair shook his head...

" Ms. Suman Tiwari...I am used with which I took as my job..  the public prosecutor is here...and where's your lawyer...?"

He adjusted his spectacles before looking the formalities he had to sign with...

  He looked up at Neeraj as he didn't reply...

   Neeraj coughed subtle and said...

" My Lord... Ms. Suman will defend her client..."

  The judge shifted his eyes at Suman...

  She stepped forward...

" Yes my Lord...I will be a defender for my client Mr. Shravan Malhotra...and I request you to approve the same..."

She said politely and handed over the documents that may require for the judge to allow her to argue on behalf of Shravan...

Aditya wasn't surprised much as it had happened once or twice in the past...

While the judge was going through the papers , the public prosecutor flipped through the case history... He shut the papers and mumbled...

   " Don't know where are they from?!?!! Making a simple accident case  to be a complicated one is always their job..That too ,  taking the role of an advocate is annoying... simply this is just a overreaction of age and excitement...uhuhu"

He clucked audibly ,  unaware of the entire case...

The judge threw a crucial look at the PP...

" Mr. PP...I think your sleep deprivation made you to talk like this.. remember... she's not just one of the police officials... she's equal to your qualifications and experience...who knows..may be more than that...so, be cautious when you talk about others..."

  The PP bowed his head to apologise and threw a sullen look at Suman...

She didn't mind anything and was instructing Aditya to help her with the  papers whenever she needed them...

   As seconds grew into minutes,  The judge officially approved the review as an emergency bench and gestured to start the process of attempted justification...

The PP got up and adjusted his long coat and pulled his pants up to his ingrown belly..... He was at his fortys with premature  grey hair that probably because of his experiences... He was good and kind hearted man ..At present, he didn't mind about his character as his ego  was deeply hurted  infront of a young woman ... As of now, he wanted the woman at the other side to learn a lesson never to mess up with an advocate...so, he decided to give a tough opposition...

" My Lord... This is not even a case that needs an emergency bench review...I don't know why Ms.tiwari needs all this...I mean..., It's just a case...not the most important case that's going to change the fate of the country.. discussing anything related to this case is just a waste of time and energy ..."

He threw the most unlikely look at the three of them...

Aditya stood at attention, but his mind thought the same as the PP said...

Neeraj,on the other hand was so tensed even though he knew suman well... What she's facing extra was the PP who's determined himself to be the toughest...

  The judge leaned against the chair comfortable...

" Ms.Tiwari...your stand?!"

He pointed Suman...

She bowed at him reverentially...

" My Lord... Let me brief the case... ".

Saying so, she narrated the the day when the accident had happened... And, how Shravan was depicted as a suspected terrorist...  She didn't say about the bomb and ISRO vehicle...She produced the newspapers to show the incident...

" Your honour... We didn't get any of the IDs and we admitted him in the prisoners medical facility.. now, we found his identity cards at airport... He is an IIT aspirant who got a job offer from ISRO....how can he be a terrorist?!"

While she was continuing, the PP interrupted...

" Objection My Lord...!!! I think Ms.tiwari hadn't heard stories of technologically intelligent terrorists...for this silly reason, are we going to consider him to be an innocent? What if he's really a terrorist? "

  The judge nodded...

" Ms.tiwari...he has a point?!"

Suman sighed...

" Yes My Lord... I produce this video infront of the court... The CCTV footage from airport shows that he was threatened to go with the terrorist...and , this is the planned trap for him..."

The PP laughed...

" Ms. Tiwari.....what if he had gone with the terrorist by himself..Let us assume as you say..."

He came close to suman and looked into her eyes directly and said...

" He is a techie... going to work for ISRO...an orphan... Why wouldn't he be connected with the terrorists silently?"

She glared at him and said in a clear tone..

" In that case, why  he had to drive the bike fastly to meet with an accident ...? That means he didn't want the other terrorist to be alive..."

The PP clapped his hands...

" Exactly Ms.tiwari...he didn't want the other man alive to prove himself to be a terrorist...so, he killed him..."

Suman looked Neeraj thoughtfully... she gulped hard and faced the judge...

" My Lord...the PP is diverting the arguments somewhere...I need him to be an innocent so that I could transfer him to the normal civilian hospital where he would get all  necessary treatments...he should gain  his consciousness soon to reveal what happened with him on the day"

   She was literally pleading...

The PP was happy to see her despair...

" Ms.tiwari. ...I heard that you are equally qualified and experienced...now what...!!!I won't let you to win... try your best..."

An evil smirk rose on his lips
..

Suman huffed...she nodded and pressed her lips in discomfort...and , stepped towards the judge determined...

" My Lord...we will keep all the assumptions aside...now, I am going to present the real case on one condition that the details should not go out of this room"

She said calmly...

" Now ...what story are you going to recite?"

The PP 's tone was loaded with sarcasm...

Suman turned to him in a wink..

" Anyway, how does it matter to you Mr. PP...I don't want any interruptions ... that's it"

The PP was shocked to see her attitude... Suman didn't mind him and turned to the judge...

" Ms. Tiwari...I assure you...go ahead..."

Suman took a file from  Neeraj...

What's that?!?!

Aditya saw that file for the first time and thought that he was going to learn more about the case...

The PP sat down and took a note pad with pen...

Suman  took a paper and gave it to the judge...

" This is the original  FIR of the accident... I , myself signed it as I was on spot investigation officer... When I reached the spot, Mr. Malhothra was close to be dead... The other one was alive and transported to the hospital..."

" We found that the bike had a bomb which was ticking alive...we diffused it with the help of the squad..the reports are attached"

She continued...

" Added, They hit with a truck that had a stuff belonged to ISRO..."

  The PP was taking notes and he stood up..

" So ... it's clear..they are terrorists..."

Suman faced him with her red eye...

" Mr. PP ...please be patient...and for God sake, don't interrupt..."

" Ms. Suman.. it's not fair...I warn you on behalf of the court house... He will not talk in-between...carry on..."

The judge  gestured the PP to sit down...

Suman apologized and continued...

" My Lord..yes.... it's clear.. but...the case is not that simple"

" We restricted the news to be a simple accident as ISRO truck was involved...but, later we came to know that ISRO didn't send any truck like that...infact, they're constructing the same stuff in Bangalore..."

The judge sat straight...

" Then...?!" He asked in a shock...

" Still it's a mystery... My client has to say about that"

She replied...

" I know Ms. Tiwari... The case is clear... he's one of the terrorists...no way we could conclude him to be an innocent..."

The PP said in a firm tone...

Aditya was wondering why suman wasn't producing Shravan's mobile as a evidence.. he stepped close to her and remainded about the mobile...

Suman eyed him with angry...she whispered to him..

" Aditya..I Know what I am doing...stay out of this"

He was shocked again and thought to be silent ...

Suman saw Neeraj and he nodded yes to her ,  as though he was saying her to go ahead...

Suman's fists curled up in fury to know the PP's pointless doubts...she thought to bring everything out...

...she rose her tone and faced the judge one to one...

"... Listen even more... Mr. Shravan Malhotra was working for ISRO unofficially... ISRO had some problems and  they can't make it officially...so, they have hired mr.shravan to find the solution...now, they are backtracking as he was caught up in undesirable situation. And , Mr. Neeraj is the proof for this.."

" First, we don't know what shravan was working with for ISRO.... next, the truck...!?! We do  not know what it is until now....  And only shravan can answer for this questions..."

Her voice rose time to time and she spoke without  breath...

" Think.... what if Shravan was really working on a serious issue of ISRO...and only he could do that work... what if the truck was connected to ISRO issue or it may be any explosives....?!?! "

" in either way... Our country's security and reputation is involved... What if any tragedy happens because of our single negligence... what if the problem broke out into war even .... other side, think of that poor soul... He trusted the ISRO officials and kept his life at risk...as you said , he is an orphan but intelligent and innocent..... otherwise, ISRO wouldn't choose him for the job...  He worked out of danger trusting us..the law and judiciary system..."

" If he dies with a name of a terrorist  or if something happens to our country's security and reputation worldwide, we are responsible.... Including you..."

Suman pressed the word you and pointed her finger at the judge as like accusing him...

  There was a spell of silence over the room... The PP was silent and he was sitting like elf struck...

Aditya was surprised to know the details of the case and he was left with only one doubt that why  suman was tied close with the case...

It took some time for the judge to come out of the things he heard from Suman...

He took his pen immediately and wrote his orders... He didn't give even a chance to the PP to defend his side... Then , he read it loudly...

" I acknowledge Mr.shravan Malhotra to be an innocent considering the need of his service to the country.. I here by order Ms. Tiwari to take full charge of this case to any extreme...I grant her permission to enquire the ISRO officials if need be.. best wishes and I am proud of you Ms. Tiwari..."

  Suman's eyes filled with tears involuntarily ... Though she tried to control , the tear ran down her cheeks...

Shravan...you are no  more a suspected terrorist...!! you are purely a scientist now...

Satisfactory smile crept over her lips...she  hugged Neeraj ..

" Thank you Papa..."

She knew well how much he would have troubled the judge to be at  the seat on early morning...

    She came out of the court house and looked up the sky.. it was the dawn and  the sun was shining brightly...

Aditya followed her and congratulated her for winning the first step...

She smiled and she  walked to the car...

Neeraj was following her....

" Suman beta...I will come in my car... you are going to the  hospital right?"

  Suman said yes to him and got inside her car...

Aditya was about to sit...just then, Neeraj's phone rang...

Neeraj took the call...and his face lit up...

" Yes...we are on the way"

He hung the call and asked Suman to get down...

  Suman did so , looking Neeraj...

" Suman... Shravan got his consciousness back...he is awake now..."

His voice was chocked... Suman stood lost ...whereas, her eyes continued to shed happy tears...

" Papa ..he is going to talk with me...he will smile at me...I feel to see him now itself"

Excited, she was about to got into the driver's seat...

" Suman...let Aditya drive..."

He stopped her and gestured Aditya to drive...

Aditya was full on confusions from the beginning and it was double folded now...

Without queries, he was ready to drive the car... Suman sat at the passenger 's side.. and , Neeraj followed them in his car...

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Hello all...I think this chapter is quite long may be monotony too because of the trial scene... If you like this, then I am so happy..I thought this was necessary for the story... that's why!!!

And ...

Now... our hero is wake up...and get ready for some more adventure...

Then...

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