Police officer : Miss Shehnaaz ....?

Shehnaaz : Yeah..... ( she answered with a confused look on her face)

Police officer : YOU ARE UNDER ARREST ......!

Hearing the words that came out of the Police Officer's mouth made her once again feel like a small part of her heart was getting destroyed.....

Well it wasn't the first time , this process started to occur day before yesterday ....... Realising that she was about to be taken to the police station , the small smile that was resting on her face all this while vanished .......

Her mind reminded her that the police had really worked fast getting the warrant for her...... She lifted her head and looked straight at the officer before saying .......

Sana : I beg you sir ..... please give me a minute ......

As soon as the police officer nodded his head , she rushed inside while the door remained open for just incase ....... Picking up her dupatta she went back to the main entrance before locking the door to her apartment shut ......

She walked towards Neetu Di's place and rang the door bell ....... Shehnaaz could hear the footsteps approaching on the other side just before the door was opened ......

Sana : Here's the key to the apartment  ......

Abhinav : What happened  ?

Sana : Nothing ..... it's just that I'm sorry .....

She lowered her head and without waiting for the other person to reply , she hurried towards the group of people waiting just for her ......

Standing infront of the officer she lifted her hands and showed her wrist towards them ......

Sana : That's it ......

Police officer : Officer Deol handcuff her ......

Officer Deol : Yes sir ......

The female officer moved towards her and cuffed her hands before escorting her towards the elevator .......

Reaching the police station they took her inside while she was still walking with the cuffs on her hand ......  They took her inside the station and started to pat her down ......

The female officer finished taking the notes of her physical appearance and made her sit down on one of the chairs before the higher authority arrived ......

Police officer : Well madam can you tell us the jist of the whole story ......

Hearing the dominant male voice she was reminded that just few months ago she had learned to never speak anything infront of the police when you are detained ...... They can actually use your own words against you in the court .......

Deciding that she'll follow those words,  Shehnaaz took a deep breath and looked straight into the eyes of the officer .......

Sana : Sir ...... I don't know what you are talking about .... ( she said very slowly in a soft tone )

Police officer  : Are you sure that you don't know about the murder you have committed  ?

Sana : No sir ...... I don't think I'm personally aware of such things.......

Police officer  : I think you are nothing but a stubborn person  ......

Sana : I don't know sir ...... but what I know is I'm not speaking further with you ......

Police Officer : Uh.....

Sana : Sir kindly let me finish my words ......

The middle aged man sitting opposite to her nodded his head ......

Sana  : So as I was saying you can talk to my lawyer for any information you might require after this ......

Sana : Also ...... I think ..... I get to have one phone Call?

Police officer : Yes you do.....

Sana : I would like to have that now ......

They directed her towards a telephone and moved out of the room they were originally sitting in.......

She wrecked her brains for a minute or two before calling Nikita ......

Phone Call 📲

Sana : Hello ..... Nikita Di it's Shehnaaz .....

Nikita : What happened girl ...... why are you calling me from a telephone .....?

Sana : Di .... I don't have much time so just listen to me .....

Nikita : Oh .... okay .....

Sana : I was arrested around 10:30 in the morning and brought to the police station ....... Please inform about this to the lawyer if you have got any for me .......

Nikita : I'm so sorry darling......

Sana : Don't worry Di ..... I'm fine here ......

Nikita : Don't say like that .....

Sana : Please help me if you can ......

Nikita : I will ......

Shehnaaz ended the call and moved towards the door before knocking on it ..... Leaving the room she was brought back to the middle of the police station where she could actually hear the whishperes of the other's......

Person 1 : Isn't she the singer who was accused of killing a teen girl ?

Person 2 : I think that she was also the secret wife of the famous actor Sidharth Shukla ......

Person 1 : What a life right ....... ?

Person 2 : The man has the capability of attracting only dangerous woman ......

Person 3 : That's true though  ...... He's actually innocent  ........

Shehnaaz shook her head hearing the people pointing at her and whispering amongst themselves before turning her head towards the female officers ......

Officer Deol took her took her towards the cell ......

The constable opened the lock while both the woman entered inside through the metal gate ...... The female officer released her hand from the cuffs and came out of the cell before asking the man to lock the door ......

Shehnaaz ran her eyes all around the room she would be living in for the next few days or may be weeks ....... There was nothing inside the cell except a wooden bench and an earthen pot containing water along with a glass ........

She sat down on the bench and stared at the old white washed walls........ Shehnaaz didn't even realised how long she had been sitting in there for before she heard the screeching of a metal plate on the floor .......

Officer : Finish the food ........ You'll be called for interrogation within an hour .......

Shehnaaz wasn't aware of her does and don't's inside a police station , she nodded her head looking towards the police officer before turning her eyes towards the content of the plate ......

Although being a doctor and previously a medical student she was quite accustomed to food that both looked and tasted bad but this was of another level ......

She moved towards the plate of food and picked it up........ Looking at the potato curry and chapatis on the plate she was reminded how even just a few days ago she thew tantrums when people would ask her to have come potato curry ......

With a sad smile on her face she kept the plate on the bench and moved towards the earthen pot and took some water out of it ..... Washing her hands with just a little water,  she came back and sat down on the bench........

Tearing a peice of the chapati she picked up a very small amount of the potato curry and put it inside her mouth  ...... Although looking at the deep red colour of the curry she was well aware that it's going to be spicy but was she really ready for this .......?

While silent tears fell from  her eyes she kept on feeding herself the food untill she realised that she couldn't do it anymore ......... She had lost the ability to even talk due to the spice , keeping the plate aside she stayed there thinking about various topics that was rising in her mind .......

Her mind revolved around the fact that not only her loved one's got to know that she was accused of being a murderer but also they think that she had cheated on her most beloved person ......

How pathetic could her life actually be that the person who thought of harming her was able to destroy her to the roots and she couldn't even try to stop it .........?

She was once again reminded that no one , not even her beloved would be worried if she was actually jailed for something she never had controll on ...... Shehnaaz hated her father for what he had done to the life of his kids..... She cursed her father in her mind while once again a round of tears had streamed down her face thinking how much pain did her brother actually go through after he had lost his lover ....... He was just a kid back then and had to understand that he was meant to live alone for the rest of his life while others have their own personal bubble to hide .........

Shehnaaz was just thinking about her bothers pain when once again she was brought back to her sense by the voice of a police officer standing just infront of her cell .......

They opened the metal door and once again led her towards the special sound proof room to do their inquiry........

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While , on one side Shehnaaz was going through a series of nightmares in her life , Sidharth and his family were trying to get the super active , energetic yet injured little guy to have his meal ......

Akshat : Bring Mami ....

Thats the two word he had been muttering from the time he woke up from his sleep ...... Although Sidharth had tried his level best all the time telling him that his Mami was really busy and would meet him later the young guy refused to listen .....

Thinking of taking the last chance,  he took the bowl of Kichidi from Preeti Di's hand and sat beside the little one before looking at his face .....

Sid : Akshu my baby ..... please have your food while I call your Mami to come fast ......

Hearing that his uncle would actually call his beloved Mami to come and meet him got his attention....... He turned his head and looked at his uncle as if he was assessing the older guy before saying ......

Akshat : Really ?

Knowing that he had won over his beloved little guy Sidharth nodded his head with a smile on his face before picking up a spoon full of his meal from the bowl .......

Sid : Here have this while I call her ......

Akshat took the spoon full of Kichdi from him and started to chew it while his eyes eagerly stared at him to dial the number ........

Sidharth , like a well versed person dialled Shehnaaz's phone number and waited for the phone to ring although he was already aware that the later was detained by the police just this morning ........

Leaving a sigh he looked towards the little guy when the call ended after ringing for several minutes  .......

Sid: She's not picking up the phone baby ......

Akshat : Oh ......

Sid : Don't worry I'll try again .....

Akshat : Okay .......

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On one hand the injured small child was craving for the prominent mother figure of his life , Shehnaaz sat  inside the inquiry room for hours........ She could actually understand that they were just trying to frustrate her by making her wait but what could she even do .......

She had already made up her mind that she wouldn't utter a single word about the incidents she was actually aware of instead of the murder...... She placed her elbows on the table just infront of her and rested her head on it ......

Although she was good at keeping patience  , but the musky smell of the locked room was actually making her feel nauseous ......  She closed her eyes to rest while her ears could actually catch the sound of footsteps of the people walking past the room........

One hour turned into two , then three , four , five and finally after six hours of waiting inside the room she was finally blessed with the presence of a police officer ......

Police Officer : So are you ready to talk now?

Sana : Talk about what sir ?

Police officer : The murder you were a part of years ago ........

Sana : Well sir ..... I'm sorry to inform you that even after you ask me this same question for the millionth time my answer will never change ..
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Sana : I have no idea of what you are talking about sir ......

Police officer  : So you are a damn stubborn bítch huh ......

Sana : You can call me anything sir but that'll never change my answer ......

She sat there for another half an hour while the officer tried to get a reaction out of her with every mean but she stayed strong ...... The only thing that she could actually think about was that she didn't defy death just to die over here .....

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The next morning Raghav along with Sidharth went and finalized the discharge proceedings of Akshat while the little boy happily talked with his grandmother ..... They took him back to Sidharth's apartment and settled down before Sidharth bid his farewell and left for a month long work trip to Kuwait .........

While , on one side Shukla family was happy with Akshats arrival , Sidharth excieted about his new shooting location and visiting a place he had never gone earlier , Shehnaaz was brought out of the Police station with handcuffs and lead towards the police van ......

She was just about to enter the dark blue colored van written Maharashtra Police on it , when suddenly she heard the voice ....

Turning her head towards the person she found it to be Nikita who was running towards her ......

Nikita : I'm sorry Sana ..... we are trying ..... Our lawyer is still taking to the police officers but this is a non-bailable offence .......

Sana : That's okay ......

She gave her a small smile before entering inside the van .......

They travelled for hours,  just stopping for some time in the middle for food and bathroom breaks .......

For the next 25 hours sitting there inside the van Shehnaaz had ample amount of time to replay all the events that had occurred in her life but the nauseous feeling she had faced just the day before was once again back the moment she inhaled the car fumes........

Looking at the greenery outside the window made her once again think what if she was actually a bird ...... She could fly high in the sky without caring about the others , may be she would have a lovely family with her loved one and a few bunch of kids .......

Thinking about kids made her feel sad not knowing how was Akshat holding up after he got back his consciousness the other day ...... She wanted to know how her little baby was doing .....

Tears spilled from her eyes when she was minded of about the days she had cradled the little child in her arms to make him fall asleep ..... She was reminded of the day when she got to know that how that little baby stayed away from his mother just because she wasn't ready to take their responsibilities.......

A scoff left her mouth the moment she thought that how Preeti Di had faught with her telling her that she wasn't the mother when suddenly Akshat called her Ma instead of Mami by mistake ......

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Soon it was the day of the first Trial...... Shehnaaz woke up from her slumber while sitting on the bench inside the cell quite early in the morning ....... She felt the pain in her neck was increasing each moment ......

Washing away the sleep from her eyes long ago she waited for the police officers to come and get her . .......

It was just after the lunch hours when she was brought inside the court room and asked to sit on the bench...... Sitting there they waited for the judge to arrive ......

The moment the judge entered , all the people present inside the Court room to show him some respect ......

Judge : We are here for the first Trial of the murder case that took place in the month of June of 2014 ......

Judge : We want to hear from both the sides ad then take the final decision  .......

Judge : Lawyers please introduce yourself and tell us the side you are representing ......

Mr Kumar : My lord may I get the permission of introducing myself to the court ?

Judge : You may ....

Mr Kumar : Your honour I'm representing the side of the victim . I'm from the side of the Ananya Singh's parents .

Judge : Okay.....

Judge: Other lawyer please take your turn .....

Mr Khan : My lord I'm representing the side of Ms Shehnaaz who is one of the accused .

Judge : Okay but what do you mean by only one accused where is the other person ?

Police Officer : My lord the other person , the man who is actually Ms Shehnaaz's father Mr Santokh Gill has fled away the day the news came to lime light . We are trying our level best to catch him .

Judge : Okay......

The court proceedings continued for hours where the Judge heard the victims side and learnt about the whole backstory ...... Shehnaaz stood there on the accused podium present inside the court room for the whole time with her head lowered and her mind racing miles per second ......

The conversation inside the court turned to heated arguments once in a while but the moment Shehnaaz's lawyer was about to put his opinion infront of the court the Judge asked him to stop .......

The day of the whole court session  ended with the judge saying .....

Judge : The accused Ms Shehnaaz is to be detained untill the next Court proceedings that is after 15 days . Within these fifteen days the police officers are asked to gather all the proof and submit to the court . The court will hear from the other petitioners lawyer on the next court date .....

Judge : The court is dismissed for the day .......

Soon the people scurried out of the court room..... Shehnaaz was once again hand cuffed , the Delhi police force escorted her to the van.......

She got inside the car and sat down ...... This time the police car didn't move towards the detention center she was kept the day before but a full fleged jail ...... She followed the female officer inside the womens jail before they once gain took her to get her physical examination done ......

The police officers took a note of the physical examination report they got before giving her a pair of clothes and asking her to change into it ......

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Living inside a full fleged jail was something she had never thought about experiencing  ....... Shehnaaz was in so much pain in the last few days that she even thought that her enemies mustn't face this harsh reality .......

Tears have become particularly a friend of hers in this harsh environment  ...... Getting insulted , picked on by the others are something she was trying to get accustomed to.......

Although she was not proved to be guilty yet but the treatment she had received in the last few days were worse than what she had anticipated the day she was brought in here ......

Occasional fights among the inmates , bullying and beating a person without any reason was something that had terrified her deep down .........

While she sat down near the garden area for her turn to go and have a bath in the communal washroom she was reminded of the second Trial session which took place just a few days prior ......

Flashback

It was early in the morning when she was called by the police officers to go and change out of her clothes ...... Although she was not feeling well since the morning she didn't make any fuss about it ........

Shehnaaz took her clothes and walked towards the washroom to change when she met the other inmates in there ......

Inmate 1 : Oh..... here comes the princess ......( she scoffed )

Inmate 3 : It's the Trial day .......

Inmate 2 : Getting in for a murder of a teen girl huh ..... pathetic.  .......

All the others present inside the washroom area snickered hearing the sentence ...... They continued to talk within their circle while Shehnaaz finished with her feedfull and came out of the hell hole ......

She quickly got inside the police car before the car drove off towards the court house ...... The moment they reached the place they got aware that their case trial was going to take place at first and followed by the rest ......

Shehnaaz was brought inside the court while the others were already sitting there ...... She looked around the whole room and was finally aware of the harsh truth of her life .......

Her brother wad attending the Trial...... He was sitting on the side of the victims family and talking with them ....  She tried to keep her emotions on check but was that really happening ?..... No ......

Shehnaaz felt a slight pain on her left chest and thought that finally her heart was getting the treatment it actually needed huh ........ She didn't know what to do anymore but was well versed that , she couldn't expect her brother to have her back .......

Not only he was angry at her but at the same time was hurting because his lover had died because of his own sister huh ...... She lowered her head and thought of the reason why she must have been getting so much punishment and eventually came to the conclusion that it was her karma of last life ........

With a sad smile adorning her face she looked at the Judge who had just entered the room eventually making the others to stand up from their place .......

As soon as the Trial started the police officers gave all the evidences they were able to collect within the given period of time .......

Going through the submitted papers for once the Judge asked the lawyers to present their side ......

Mr Khan her lawyer had stood up from his seat and started addressing the court .......

Mr Khan : My lord Ms Shehnaaz who is an alleged accused of this whole murder case is actually one of the victims too ......

Mr Khan : Ms Shehnaaz who was accused here was actually in Delhi on that particular day , while the murder took place in Beas , Punjab .....

Judge : Why was she here ?

Mr Khan : On the year of 2014 , Ms Shehnaaz was still a student in a reputed medical college in Delhi ......

The conversation continued but eventually it went no where ...... Although Mr Khan had tried to prove her innocense all this while but it was a proved to be of no use ......

Judge : I have heard all the things that the alleged lawyers wanted to talk and submit ..... I have got the proves from the police department as well ....

Judge : The court would like to go though all the submitted proves and check their authenticity before taking further decision ......

Judge : Ms Shehnaaz who is actually one of the accused in this case haven't been proved to be innocent still today ....... The police officers are asked to keep her in detention till the next court session .....

Judge : The next day of the Trial is on 13 th of December 2019 ......

Flashback

Shehnaaz was just thinking about the court session when one of the police officer came towards her and called her .....

Police Offier : Come out ...... Someone is here to meet you .....

Hearing the words of the police officer she stood up from her place went towards the meeting room .........

She entered the empty sound proof room of the jail and sat there when the other door opened ......

She looked up just to find a beautiful woman entering the room .......

Sana : You ...?

Sana : Do I know you ?

Person : MYSELF SHIVANGI JOSHI....... SIDHARTH'S GIRLFRIEND.........

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