"The State Vs. Sankalp Charan"

"ABHIMAAN'S POV"

"Sir, ma'am haven't arrived yet" Mr. Solly spoke and I looked at my watch.

"Where are you Vrinda" I muttered as I was standing in front of the court dialling her seventh time.

Hey it's Vrinda. Leave a message.

"Elliot where is Vrinda" I asked with my next call to Elliot.

"Ma'am is on the way sir. We're in the radius. Ma'am is about to reach court in next five minutes" He informed

"Okay" I replied as I stood there still waiting for her.

Four days. It's been four days since everything has happened and it all runs on loop in my mind thinking that in what ways I could've avoided it.

"Trouble in paradise" A voice came and I looked behind to see.. Rehaan and Zara.

And my blood boiled in anger.

How the fuck is he out of jail.

"Don't worry. It's more complicated then you think" He smirked

"Indeed it is. Well, how's the case going on" I asked knowing the nerve.

And as expected he clenched his jaws.

"Don't pay heed to him Rehaan. His own wife is ditching him" Zara mocked

"What the fuck" I snapped

"Oh, next time close the door of the apartment as soon as you enter. Not after two minutes of colorful words with your wife" She smirked

"It is my personal business. Don't poke your nose in between or I swear, I'll even forget that you're a woman" I warned when Rehaan spoke.

"Personal matter? Why? Is Vrinda's family hitting past nerves" He spoke

"You bast.. " I was about to punch when I heard the voice.

"Abhimaan" Vrinda spoke and I looked behind to find her walking towards us.

"You'll create more problem if you raise a hand here. Don't do that" She muttered

"Don't get into this Vrinda. Go inside, fight the case" I said

"I'm already into it Abhimaan" She replied

"And as of these two.." She added looking at the tragic couple infront of us.

"Kutton ka kya hai. Bhaukenge hi. Bhaukne do. Hum insaano ke pas to jaruri kaam hote hai. (What about dogs. They'll bark. Let them bark. We humans have important works to do.) " She sassily spoke

"Oh, wait shit. Kutte to vafaadar hote hai. Inhe kutta bolna to kutton ki bezzati ho jaayegi. Ye jo jhund mai milte hai, vo to geedad hote hai. (Dogs are loyal. So saying them dogs will be insulting dogs. These who are found in groups are jackals.) " She roasted

And I wasn't impressed will be an understatement.

"More insult guys? " I asked raising a brow and Rehaan was about to say something when Zara held his hand.

"Not now. Time will come" She spoke hatred clear in her voice

"Oh, by the way Zara. I hope you have revised the points thoroughly. I mean, now since Rehaan's license have been banned, you're fighting the case and as much as I remember, I knocked out your boy friend in last hearing" Vrinda mocked

"I wish I would've cut this ton.. " Before Rehaan could say, my punch landed directly on his face.

"Rehaaan" Zara screeched

"Complete that and I won't mind, going to even jail for killing you right here,right now" I warned as I was about to punch him once more just to be held by Vrinda.

"Sush, stop" She whispered in my ears.

"What do you both want to show huh? You're getting seperated. I saw you at County's office. The marriage was just a fake show wasn't it" Zara screamed gaining people's attention

I looked at Vrinda, her eyes looking at me, still the hurt ones. Yet she looked at her.

"Whatever it is. It is between me and him. You are no one, no one to even utter a word about our relationship, him or me or us. And beware Zara Malik. The man you're trusting so much, is the same man, who was with me and you at the same time. So who knows, you and anyone else at this time" Vrinda spoke directly glaring her and without waiting entered the court.

I looked at Rehaan who was wiping the blood coming from his nose.

"I swear if she won't have stopped me, I would've snapped your neck without a second thought" I deadly spoke and left from there.

As I sat in the court room, I saw the judges bench coming and everyone stood up wishing him. Their eyes drifted to mine and they looked at me a bit surprised.

"It is the second hearing of the State Vs Sankalp Charan.The lawyers may start the court proceedings" One of the judge ordered and Vrinda nodded.

"Your Honor, in the previous hearing, I already told that there are odd timings of Mr. Charan of coming to his country and visiting other countries. I provided with the similar pattern of gaps he had in visiting some certain countries including United States. " She said

"Objection your honor. That doesn't justify anything" Zara spoke

"Objection overruled. Let Mrs. Kapoor complete what she was saying" judge told and I looked back at Vrinda.

"Thankyou sir. So yes as I was saying, this doesn't justify anything if it is without proofs. Here the details of assets owned by Charans" Vrinda spoke as her junior submitted the file to court.

"What does that even prove" Zara scoffed

"If you'll let me speak then you'll know. Otherwise you can keep talking cuz that's all what you know" Vrinda mocked back.

"Your honor, I have certain questions to ask to Mr. Shantanu Charan ,father of the alleged" She said

What is she doing.

"Granted " Judge permitted to which Shantanu Charan nodded looking at her from witness stand.

"Where were you born Mr. Charan" She asked

"Such a lame question" He scoffed

"You were born is surely a lame question" Vrinda raised a brow when I smirked as I heard a gush of laughter.

"Dariyaganj India" He replied this time, not before glaring her while I clenched my fist just to feel a tap on my shoulder.

It was Neil.

"I hope you haven't entered inside with gun" He muttered

"Shut up Neil" I said and looked ahead again.

"Your occupation" Vrinda asked

"Politician" Charan replied

"Which post" She further demanded

"I'm am the ex finance minister of India. Right now a member of legislative Assembly" He replied

"Whooh. Nice money" She said

"I serve the country because I love my country. Not because I love money" He spoke and I scoffed.

Serve my country. I can bloody rip his heart out for saying this and not meaning even a cent of it.

"Really? Your properties says otherwise" Vrinda said

"Your honor, the man has hefty amounts of properties all over the world including the luxury life his son lives. Where does the money come from? " She asked

Vrinda asking the questions whose answers she already knows.

And I know why!

"I've an export business too. That my son runs. Who made you a lawyer when you don't come with full information" He retorted

"Heard of Law School? They made me a lawyer. Rather then the University which gave your son a degree of MBA without even seeing his face once in lifetime. Now, you wouldn't want me to disclose that all. Would you? " She sassily spoke and then continued without waiting for Charan to retort.

She's so damn good at this.

"Okay. So import export business. What do you export" She asked

"Spices" He replied

"From when" She asked

"Two years" He again answered

"Running good from how many years? " She smirked

"What do you mean" He glared her .

"Your honor, last year this man was abruptly made finance minister of India and after which this business of exports just went above in graphs. His son, Mr. Sankalp Charan, who was barely seen in India before, was seen more then usual in that one year. Question again arises why? And more then everything, can a failed export business suddenly take such heights that it crosses dollar 500 billion annually. You must be so lucky in business right" She scoffed

"Shut your mouth" That bastard spoke

"In your limits Mr. Charan" The jury judge warned

"My mouth won't be shut Shantanu Charan. I'm getting payed for speaking. The Truth. Your honor, I've submitted the copies of the charts of his business. The export quantity in lbs is more then what a normal businessman is granted as per Indian over shipment rules. Who knows, the weight was more just because, he was exporting humans rather then Spices" She spat angrily

"Objection your honor. The public prosecutor is talking in air without a proof of this. This is a clear indication of her talks rather then proofs" This time Zara spoke

"Objection sustains" The jury said and Vrinda passed a glare to Zara.

"Your honor, business is such a thing. If it rises, it rise in a night. Same happened with my client's father. Say it good luck or whatever but the public prosecutor is here forgetting that this business was established just five years back. And since then my client's father and he himself have been working day and night for this. Here the reports of government authorized permissions for extra weight. The papers have legal seals. You may crosscheck" Zara told as she submitted the reports.

The jury looked into the papers and then back at both the lawyers.

"The papers state the permission Mrs. Kapoor. What you say goes baseless" One of the jury spoke

"He was the finance minister your honor. It was what, a work with a snap of finger for him" Vrinda retorted

"Then your husband's father too must have had these benefits" Zara spoke and I clenched my fists.

"Objection Your honor. The woman is going personal to my family " Vrinda warned her eyes raging.

"Man, you chose a right woman" Neil said and I looked at the love of my life, choosing the family above everything.

"Objection sustained. Ms. Malik, stick to the case. This time if you go personal over the families, I'll have to fine you" Jury warned

"Sorry your honor but it's all about politics. There is no proof that proves my client guilty. The public prosecutor here is just toying around. I request you to shut this case and hand it over to Indian Court" Zara said

"Your honor, the man had been caught in States. So why Indian Court? And as soon as this man returns to India, I'm sure the same human trafficking would take place" Vrinda stated

"Proofs Vrinda Proofs. You're again, just talking " Zara scoffed

"Your honor, I would like to ask some questions to Mr. Sankalp Charan" She said

"Granted" The jury permitted and she looked at Sankalp Charan

"Yes so Mr. Charan, which is your favorite country. Is it Iraq" She asked

"What the hell" He muttered

"Objection your honor. She's again distracting the case" Zara spoke

"Your Honor, she even objects on me speaking a word. Next time I'll say 'Your honor' and she'll have objection in that too" Vrinda rolled her eyes and a chuckle left everyone's mouth.

"Silence every one. Mrs. Kapoor continue" Judge said

"NY is my favorite country these days" Sankalp spoke a smirk clear on his face & I was about to retort when Neil stopped me.

"She'll handle. Stop being so possessive. Shut up & sit here" He muttered

"Really? The bunglow in Iraq, office at Iraq, a monthly visit to Iraq and exports to Iraq, Instagram posts to Iraq, says different story" Vrinda said

"Iraq is a nice country Your honor. I like that place. Is it written somewhere that one shouldn't go to one place more then once" He asked

"Your honor, more then once and once every month is very different" Vrinda spoke

"Your honor, my cilent has business there. He's expanding it more. And hence it needs frequent visits. You may crosscheck with land deal he has done to put a factory in Al- Shamiya" Zara defended

"Seems like your client forgot to talk with government officials there" Vrinda scoffed

"Your honor, the land deal they're talking about dates back before an year
The government of Iraq cancelled it. There is no factory permit. And why it was cancelled is because of a fake passport Mr. Charan has" Vrinda spoke and her junior submitted it to bench.

"One person with two nationalities. It can be either possible if government provide it or else fake. Seems like this one was fake. Unapproved by Indian Government as well as Iraq Government. Wasn't this the reason Mr. Charan that you were detained from Iraq last year almost around January " Vrinda demanded

"You think you can prove anything by it" He asked

"I asked a question and I need answer of that Sankalp Charan. Not anything else" Vrinda raised her voice

"Mrs. Kapoor" The jury warned you which she muttered a quick sorry.

"Objection Your honor. My client wasn't detained. My client was just trapped into a check-in fraud. He even filed a complaint of that in India. Here the copy of the report he filed" Zara presented

"And how does showing a police report help" Vrinda asked

"The police reports are proofs that my client was trapped in a fraud at check-in" Zara said and Vrinda chuckled.

I smirked knowing what was coming next.

"This woman, surely knows how to drag out anything from someone's mouth" I said

"What" Neil asked and I just smirked.

"Seems like you got mad" Zara mocked.

"Seems like I'm going to win this so easily. Your honor, as the opposition Lawyer told, police reports to be considered as a proof. I would like to present in front of the court, some FIRs, the first information reports from some villages in India" Vrinda shrugged

"The FIRs, filed by women specially, against Sankalp Charan, for heinous crimes like assualt and rape and even murder." Vrinda declared

"What the hell is she saying" The Junior Charan raged

"Objection your honor. The public prosecutor is blaming my client for some very massive crimes with our any proofs." Zara interjected

"Mrs. Kapoor, any proofs" The madam jury asked

"I don't play bluff unlike the opposition ma'am" Vrinda said and signaled her junior for the same.

She submitted the file and jury engaged in that.

"Your honor, the court, I've one very simple question? What is necessary when a passport is made? No criminal records. Being a powerful man in India, the cases have been suppressed way long back. But so much power in other countries isn't that easy. The man here is already detained once from Bulgaria because he was caught with heroin. You may crosscheck that too. Two things hence proves by this Your honor. First, the man isn't as innocent as he makes himself. He has been detained from Iraq last year. The reason, there is no visit to Iraq in past one year. Sticking to the country he wasn't seen much before which is India. Secondly, the FIRs. Three FIRs confirm that three women from a village mentioned in the files in front of you, never reached back home. And it happened last year. Honorable Jury , the export increased at the same time when these complaints were filed. Now we aren't dumb enough to know, what was being exported. And what is the reason this man got detained from Iraq. The country he loves so much that he has a tattoo of it's flag on his hand" She revealed and I looked at her.

Proudly.

"Your honor, she thinks she's fighting a case in India. She's more concerned about what's happening in India rather then of States" Zara scoffed

"It all started from there Your Honor. And I don't think that helping a country by getting one of this type of man behind bars would be considered a crime in the eyes of Laws. Moreover, seems like you aren't happy with the bond United States and India share. Are we anti..." Vrinda smirked

"Public prosecutor is crossing the limits Your honor" Zara warned

"I haven't even come to my limits yet. Let alone crossing them. The day I cross them, you'll have to file a complaint against me" She retorted her eyes challenging Zara.

"No arguments both of you. Ms. Malik, anything in defense of your cilent" the jury asked

"She talks all about what happened here and there. We're here to ask that on what basis the NYPD arrested my cilent when he was just here on vacation. Did he break any rule? No. Was he caught with anything? No. Was he here for any other purpose? No. Then on what basis NYPD arrested my cilent? Just on the basis of an assumption that he was here to human traffick two women. Insane. Totally insane. Where are the women. Vrinda? Where? In India, Iraq, NY? We didn't see them. We didn't find them" Zara asked

"Your honor, the bills, the tickets, the pictures everything which favors that my cilent was on a solo holiday here. " Zara submitted some papers to jury.

"The case seems to tilt more towards the question that what was Mr. Charan doing in NY. He has a legal passport, visa, documents. Do you have any proof, any witness which can confirm it" The court asked Vrinda and she sighed.

And then she looked at her watch and at the same time the bell struck.

"The court will be adjourned after break" The judge announced standing up, followed by everyone.

As Vrinda bowed her head little, she turned and her eyes met mine.

I blinked them and she looked at me for a second but then turned away but I took my steps towards her.

"What you gonna get by this? You'll regret it badly Vrinda" It was Shantanu Charan who spoke

"Let's see who regrets what" She fiercely replied

"You.. I'll make sure to make your life living he.." He was saying before which I spoke.

"The devil is here and you talk about hell without him" I asked with a devilish smirk

"I asked you to help my son Abhimaan. You gonna get it harder way I guess" He threatened when I took a step near him.

"Threatening me now? Are we? That too in NY? Sure you got guts. Bluffing guts" I mocked

"I'll make sure to ruin you both if something happens to my son" He warned

"I'm waiting" I said

"And Vrinda, tell your father, I said hello" He spoke this time with a smirk and colour from Vrinda's face started draining.

It's when I held her hand in mine and she looked at me.

Unknowingly to herself her hold on my palm tightening.

"Oh don't be afraid. Just a hello" He added

"Fuck off Charan. Or else I'll make sure, your son rots like rats" I warned

"I'm not afraid of you Shantanu Charan. Neither your son. I'll surely say my dad to say you a hello. After all, goodbyes follows hellos. You need to say goodbye to a lot of things. Starting from your son today. Bet on me, your son is going to jail today. " Vrinda angrily spat

"You bi.. " He was about to say when I held his hand tightly in a grasp such that it wasn't visible to anyone yet I heard his shriek.

"I won't mind being in Jail with your son, shredding him into pieces after I chop you off if you say a word about Vrinda" I warned

"Come Vrinda" I spoke and turned, knowing Vrinda followed.

"And Oh, Charans" Vrinda spoke and then looked at time.

The ten minutes break was getting over in two minutes.

"Some hellos and goodbyes from Turkey too" Vrinda smirked her eyes right at the third bench on the two women.

I looked at Charans, color draining from their faces.

"The court proceeds" as the announcement was made, Charans looked at us shocked.

I smirked , Vrinda smirked too while Shantanu Charan glared me.

"Don't do this. I'm ready to give you anything you want. Any information you ask. Don't do this" He begged

And I smirked knowing that right at this moment, I can make him do anything. Anything including him confessing about dad.

Now the question which was raised is, Will I stake the life of thousands of women, children for that one truth?

Will I stake the hard work of the woman standing right beside me go all in vain?

Or Will I stake it all for something which I've been working for five years. And something which will make me get my hands on the culprits of my dad?

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Hey readers.

Well, I got this! The last update of year 2024.

Vrinda as a lawyer is a proof why she got the higher position in AK firms.

Vrinda as a lawyer proofs how she's damn good at her profession.

What do you think about the case?

What's gonna happen?

Is this the climax?

Let's see! Do vote, like, share and reviews are always welcomed.

Until next...

Hugs & A Very Happy New Year❤

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