[영화 대본] ‘Court - State vs. A Nobody(법정 - 주 대 하찮은 사람,2025)‘결말 부분 *인도 영화 8/10

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Dude! Dude!

Mrs. Seetha Ratnam!

Mr. Muthyalaiah! Come here!

- Where are we going?

- You'll find out.

Hey! Where are you off to?

- I was getting the shawl.

- Not needed!

Come now.

Watch this.

Who's that? Jaabili

- Who's that guy?

- His name is Chandrasekhar.

He lives in this house.

What are you staring at?

Trying to locate the house?

You know the shed we provide

for our watchmen?

That's what his house looks like.

Our Jaabili is there with him right now.

If she's there, why are we still here?

- Let's go inside.

- Wait!

Wait for some time. They're coming.

Who are coming?

Let's go in now.

Please make sure this doesn't get out,

Son-in-law.

As per my father-in-law's request,

I kept this video hidden until now.

But there's no other choice now.

Shall I leave now?

Okay, let's go.

What happened in today's hearing?

- Nothing much.

- Why do you sound downcast?

What happened?

Nothing. I'm going home.

I'll talk to you later.

Going home? Why now?

Hello?

You should have told us before you

submitted that video, Son-in-law.

And if I had?

Would you have protected

this family's honor? Huh?

You should've thought about

my daughter too.

Do not talk about her!

I have nothing good to say!

Until yesterday,

this was your family's issue.

But from today, it's my issue.

If we lose this case,

what will people say?

Will they say Jaabili lost?

Or that Seetha Ratnam's daughter lost?

Or that Muthyalaiah's granddaughter lost?

They'll say Mangapathi lost!

I intentionally revealed the video.

If we win the case,

we restore our family's honor.

We can say, "He's a fraud.

He manipulated our daughter.

Our daughter is innocent.

She's an angel."

We can even say,

"she's as pure as Goddess Sita!"

Instead of worrying

about me exposing the video,

you should be worrying about

why she was with him in that room.

Hey! What's wrong? Why the sudden visit?

- I felt like stopping by.

- Did Mohan Rao say something?

No, Mom. Nothing like that.

I just thought I'd stay

for a few days, that's all.

If you keep questioning me,

I'll leave today.

What an attitude! Just eat.

Get me a cup of tea.

Look.

Try all you want,

but you can't win this case.

You don't realize

the power of the POCSO Act.

Poor boy. He looks young.

I can tell you one thing.

Go meet that girl's family,

and try to convince them

to withdraw the case.

If you can't get them

to compromise and drop the case,

there's no chance

of your boy being released.

With the way things are,

you don't have any other options.

Can we go visit them

in the middle of the case?

You're not picking a fight with them.

You're trying to reach a compromise.

It's fine. You can go.

Hey!

What are you doing here? Who let you in?

Don't even dream about a compromise,

or the case being withdrawn!

What, Father-in-law?

Are they relatives now?

I was wondering if you also

ordered a feast for them.

What are you staring at? Get inside!

Get back to work!

Hey. Get out.

- Sir

- Sir! Sir

Please save him, sir.

I'll ensure he never messes with you.

If he comes near your house again,

I'll break his legs.

Sir, we'll fall at your feet.

Please don't ruin his life.

Show some mercy, please.

You'll never see us ever again.

We promise you, sir!

Sir, please let him go.

- I plead with you, please.

- Sir, I beg you.

We are mere laborers.

We can't compete with your status.

Status!

You realize your status now,

when you're begging at my feet?

You should've realized it when your son

dared to hold our girl's hand!

- He made a mistake.

- I'm not dropping the case, come what may!

- Leave!

- Sir! Please...

Sir

Get up, Mom.

O little bird 

Calm down 

Hold on to the pain 

Bear with it 

A line drawn in unseen light 

A crime to cross, or just a fight? 

Did no justice come to you

When you called 

Did you want to raise questions? 

In time's book, as it unfolds 

This is all our story holds 

For lessons school never taught 

Time becomes the teacher 

O little bird

Calm down 

Hold on to your pain 

Bear with it 

O little bird

Calm down 

What happened?

A boy at school

dashed into me on purpose.

When I told him to watch it,

he said, "You're okay with your brother

taking a girl into a room

but can't I just bump into you?"

Everyone at school is laughing at me, Mom.

Have you seen colors in falling rain? 

Felt the strike of lightning's pain? 

Hasn't Teja returned yet?

No, sir.

Embraced the flames that won't obey? 

The call of a mother 

Tears unshed, sorrow widespread 

The star fell, separated from the sky 

The moon carries what hearts conceal 

Love shows no mercy 

O little bird

Calm down 

Hold on to your pain 

- Let's withdraw...

- Withdraw the case and?

Will you get him released

and get your daughter married to him?

Sympathy is acceptable.

But you also need to know who deserves it.

Please give me a kilo of wheat flour.

Is your boy Chandu still in jail?

He is not imprisoned. He is in remand.

He'll be in remand

until the court decides he's guilty.

He is remanded in jail, is he not?

- Hello?

- Hello, Mr. Mohan Rao?

Greetings, sir.

- What's the matter, Mr. Murthy?

- Nothing, sir.

You sent your junior to Vizag

for a case recently, didn't you?

Please tell us

if there's something like that again.

- We are in Vizag, right?

- My junior?

Which case is he handling in Vizag?

Okay, Mr. Murthy. Thank you.

Sir! If there are any cases in Vizag,

give them to me.

Sure.

What's wrong, Teja?

Why didn't you come to the office?

Why do you seem so dull?

It's all right, tell me.

I know everything.

Tell me what's bothering you.

I tricked you and took over the case, sir.

And, I got tricked over there.

What's your problem now?

That you fooled me,

or that you got fooled?

I'm unfit to be a lawyer, sir.

I'm not right for this job.

This is your problem, Teja.

You make instant decisions.

You take quick decisions

without diving deeper into the problem.

Just because that one case

turned out like that,

you got heartbroken and came home

saying you're unfit for the job.

It's one of the reasons

I never assigned any cases to you.

Let's take that 304A case.

I got blasted by people when I defended

the driver in that accident case.

Everyone kept blaming the driver

for killing a person,

but why did no one question

why the victim was even there

at that time, Teja?

Yes.

That wasn't an accident, Teja.

It was a suicide.

If we had proven to the court

that it was a suicide,

his family wouldn't have been eligible

for third-party insurance.

The driver who purchased

that truck on a loan

couldn't afford to pay any compensation.

That's why I had to take the case to court

without reaching a settlement.

When I found out you had already guessed

the questions I asked in that case,

I felt proud.

You're intelligent, Teja.

It's dangerous for intelligent people

to make quick decisions.

This is exactly what happened

when I quizzed you on the trolley problem.

You kept altering your answers

as I kept presenting new reasons.

You talked about killing

either the one person or the other five.

But you never questioned

why that one guy or those five men

were even at the railway track.

I wasn't looking for an answer, Teja.

I was expecting a question.

The black coat is always

about questioning.

In the legal profession,

before determining right and wrong,

we must first understand

why we are in a situation

that requires such a decision.

Not with these instant decisions.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't think about it too much.

- Get back to work!

- Okay, sir.

- See you.

- Yeah, see you.

Greetings, sir.

Sir.

Proceed.

Your Honor,

the charge sheet has been rewritten

and the sections have been altered.

The newly added sections are

IPC Section 376 subsection 2,

rape of a girl,

and Section 6 of POCSO Act

as the girl is a minor.

Defense?

My Lord, I plead for an adjournment

and I also request the Honorable Court

to recall all the witnesses.

21/08.

Thank you, My Lord.

My Lord, page number eight.

Tell me, CI Ramesh Reddy.

- You filed this charge sheet, right?

- Yes.

It has IPC section 376,

subsection 2 for the rape of a girl

and section 6 of the POCSO Act.

Why did you file these charges

against the accused?

The accused had sex with a minor.

According to the Indian Penal Code,

sex with a minor girl

is considered as rape.

That's why we filed a case against him.

How did you conclude that they had sex?

What do you mean?

Everybody saw the video footage, right?

What is in that footage?

The girl and the boy go into a room,

close the door,

and come out after 16 minutes.

So, are you implying that he had sex

with her in those 16 minutes?

- Yes!

- How did that happen?

- What do you mean?

- I mean

Who initiated it?

What happened after that?

Can you explain to the court

how the process unfolded after that?

How would I know all that?

- I was not in that room, was I?

- So, who saw it then?

Nobody saw it.

If no one saw it, how can you say

that they had sex inside?

On what basis did you file

a rape charge against him?

When a boy takes a girl to a room,

his intentions are obvious.

Everybody knows that!

Even a child could tell you.

Sir, your assumptions

or general perceptions don't matter.

The court requires evidence.

We need to know exactly what took place

in that room that night.

Even if a child witnessed it,

bring them here to testify.

My Lord, as you've heard,

CI Ramesh Reddy is speaking about

a generalized public perception.

We all function within an assumed reality

or a widely accepted belief

about what happens when a boy

and a girl go into a room together.

It may not be wrong, My Lord.

But, it might not always be

right either, Your Honor.

Even the statement "90 out of 100

people may have done it"

acknowledges that there is a possibility

that ten may not have.

Especially in this case,

whether the accused had sex

with the victim that night

remains mere speculation.

And we can't draw conclusions

based on speculations.

If we had received the information

within 48 hours of the incident,

we would have had time

to conduct the necessary tests.

However, since we learned about

the incident several days later,

we couldn't conduct any tests.

- So

- You confirmed it yourselves?

Mrs. Seetha Ratnam,

after watching the video,

what did you ask your daughter,

and how did she respond?

Do you mean to say she didn't tell you,

or that you never asked her?

- I didn't ask.

- What?

I didn't ask.

- You didn't question your daughter?

- No.

My Lord!

Even after seeing the video,

no one questioned the victim Jaabili.

People jumped to conclusions

just by watching the video.

I object, Your Honor.

Even if we ask her,

what could she possibly say?

She's mentally disturbed!

So, her answers will not be reliable.

My Lord, I will discuss the issue

of her mental illness later.

Only two people know

what happened that night.

The accused, Chandrasekhar,

and the victim, Jaabili.

We never questioned Jaabili.

Let's at least ask Chandrasekhar.

I request the Honorable Court

to kindly grant permission

for in-camera proceedings

to record the statement

of the accused, Chandrasekhar.

This court is ordering everyone

in this court hall to leave this place

except the accused, the defense lawyer,

the prosecutor, and the stenographer.

The rest may leave

until you're called inside.

In-camera proceedings!

In-camera proceedings!

Thank you, My Lord.

Chandrasekhar, tell the judge

what happened that night in the room

when you were with Jaabili.

Since Chandrasekhar's arrest until now,

neither he nor his friends or family

have met Jaabili, the victim.

Therefore, the victim, Jaabili,

has had no opportunity

to know whatever

the accused has just stated.

We have only one option

to verify his version of events.

That is Jaabili.

She won't appear in court because

She's mentally disturbed,

as the prosecution claims.

Hence, I request the Honorable Court

to call upon

Doctor Prabhakar.

Doctor Prabhakar,

can you explain what happened to Jaabili?

It is called bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder? What is that, sir?

Can you please explain it to me

and to the people in this courtroom?

See. It's a very abnormal behavior.

Just by looking at her, it's clear

that something is wrong with her.

Oh! Something is wrong with her?

- So, you're treating her?

- Yes.

So, have you admitted her

to your hospital?

No, no. They bring her to me twice a week.

- Who brings her?

- Her mother.

Her mother. So

How long does it take for you

to examine the victim?

Yeah, actually it takes

five to ten minutes.

If a counseling session is required,

it may take between 20 to 25 minutes.

Oh, so when she comes with her mother,

you'll just examine her briefly

and send her home?

Look, it's a government hospital.

Many people from the neighboring

villages come there.

We can't examine them immediately.

- It takes time.

- How long does it take?

It might take an hour or two

depending on the rush, right?

- Okay. Depending on the rush.

- Yeah!

Do you know him?

Yes, he is Sambamurthy. My attendant.

Thank you for confirm‎ing.

My Lord, the man in the video

is Sambamurthy.

He works at

a government psychiatric hospital.

To be precise,

he's an attendant

in Doctor Prabakar's office.

A lot of people come

to consult the doctor.

The doctor confirmed

that many people wait for hours.

Sambamurthy is the one who spends more

time with the patients than the doctor.

So, obviously,

hoping that Sambamurthy might

recognize the victim, Jaabili,

we showed him her picture.

You can see his response

in this video, Your Honor.

Sir, have you seen this girl before?

- No, I've never seen her.

- Try to remember, sir.

Hey, I've never seen her.

I would have told you if I knew her.

My Lord, how can Sambamurthy,

who saw the victim Jaabili twice a week,

suddenly fail to recognize her?

- Prosecutor Damu has to tell us.

- He won't recognize her, Your Honor!

Of course he won't!

Had he seen the victim Jaabili's photo,

he would have surely recognized her.

We are looking at her real picture here.

But

How can we be sure that he showed

the same picture to Sambamurthy?

He could have used a different picture

to confuse Sambamurthy,

recorded a video,

and later morphed it to look like Jaabili

through computer graphics.

Our defense lawyer is quite capable

of showing us a fake video!

That's all, Your Honor.

My Lord, the only person

who can confirm‎

whether I showed him

the picture of victim Jaabili is...

Sambamurthy.

I hereby propose

attendant Sambamurthy

as a new witness in this case

and I humbly request the Honorable Court

to immediately summon him to the court.

The Court orders the Bheemunipatnam police

to bring in Sambamurthy

and present him in the court by 2 p.m.

Thank you, My Lord.

- Can I leave?

- Wait a second.

- Can she leave?

- Yes, she can.

You can leave.

- Mr. Sambamurthy?

- Sir.

I showed you this picture

the other day, didn't I?

No, sir.

Have a closer look.

It was the same picture.

No, sir.

You didn't show me this picture.

It was some other girl.

I know this girl very well.

She comes to our hospital often.

If you had shown me this picture,

- I'd have recognized her right away.

- There it is, My Lord!

These are the defense lawyer's

desperate tactics to win the case.

That's all, Your Honor.

August 30th.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Sir! Mr. Damu!

The judge is calling you.

- He's calling me?

- Yes. Come with me.

We have extended

the defense's cross-examination.

- Please cooperate.

- Sure, Your Honor.

- Mr. Sambamurthy.

- Sir.

Can you identify Jaabili's mom

from these two pictures?

Doctor, please wait.

I'll call you if necessary.

Tell me.

Your doctor says

that her mother brings her

to the hospital twice a week.

- Yes, sir.

- So tell me.

If you can easily recognize Jaabili,

you should be able to recognize

her mother as well!

- Yes, sir.

- Tell me who the girl's mother is.

- It's her, sir.

- This lady?

She is her mother!

- This is

- Yes, her mother!

- Yeah? Okay.

- Yes, sir.

Your Honor, the lady in that picture

is the accused Chandrasekhar's mother.

Why is Chandu's mother, Nagalakshmi,

accompanying the victim, Jaabili,

to the hospital twice a week?

Only the respected prosecutor

can answer this.

- Sir, sir!

- Yes?

- I got confused.

- Really?

That's not the right picture.

- Then?

- You are holding the right one.

- The lady in this picture?

- She's her mother!

Yes! She's her mother.

- You sure?

- Sure, sir.

My Lord, the lady in the picture

is my mother.

I don't have Jaabili's mother's picture,

Your Honor.

I intended to add Sambamurthy

to the case's witness list

right from the start.

But I waited until now

because I was worried

he could be influenced or bribed.

But today, Your Honor

They bribed him right outside the court!

My Lord, the statement about her mother

taking her to the hospital is a lie.

The claim that Doctor Prabhakar

is treating her is a lie.

Mr. Prosecutor's statement

that the girl is mentally ill

is a complete lie!

I clearly believe

that Jaabili is mentally fit and fine

to depose her statement.

They have obstructed justice

by keeping her away from the court

all these days, Your Honor!

To overcome this obstruction,

I request the Honorable Court

to bring her forward

and have her statement recorded,

Your Honor.

The Court directs

the Bheemunipatnam police

to ensure that Jaabili, along with

her parents or guardians,

is presented before the court

at any cost, on the 30th of this month.

Thank you so much, My Lord.

Manga, now we have only two options.

One is to bring her to the court

and get her to speak in our favor.

No matter what that defense lawyer

has done till now,

the girl coming to court and giving

a statement against the boy

will ensure his punishment.

What's the other option?

Withdrawing the case.

We'll have to take Jaabili

to court on Friday.

We tried our best.

But, it is inevitable.

Bring her for a day.

Where is she?

Jaabili.

Is she in the room?

Jaabili!

Jaabili?

Now

You must testify in court

that he misbehaved with you.

Or we'll lose the case

and our honor will be lost.

Got it?

Your family's honor rests in your hands.

You must protect it.

Think it over. Okay?

Proceed.

Your Honor, as per the orders

of the Honorable Court,

Jaabili must be presented

before the court today.

But unfortunately

Jaabili has gone missing.

This is the missing complaint

filed in the police station.

- Jaabili, come on. We're running late.

- I'm coming, Mom.

The judge is on leave today.

The court constable told me.

We don't have to go today.

We can go when they call us

on the next adjournment date.

The police are investigating

her disappearance, Your Honor.

Once we find Jaabili,

we can present her to the court.

So, we request the Court to put

the proceedings of this case on hold.

The Court orders to speed up

the investigation to find the girl

and present her in the court

as soon as possible.

Sure, Your Honor!

- Hello!

- Raju.

- Do we have the court today?

- Of course we do.

Actually, I heard the judge

is on leave today.

You got the wrong information.

The judge is already here.

My Lord!

The victim, Jaabili, is here.

And before calling her

into the witness box,

I would like to cross-examine

one more person, Your Honor.

- Who's that?

- Mangapathi.

Mangapathi! Mangapathi! Mangapathi!

Mr. Mangapathi.

What do you do for a living?

- I have a rice mill.

- Is that it? Anything else?

- I'm also involved in politics.

- Anything else?

Did you go to the police station

on the day the case was filed?

I was there the whole day.

The entire day?

From the time we saw the video

in the morning

until the FIR was filed in the evening.

You didn't do anything else?

How could I work when a girl

from my family is in trouble?

- We were worried the whole day.

- I mean

Did you do something like paying

workers' salaries or helping someone?

No.

I don't remember.

The thing is,

even in that worried situation,

you used the ATM opposite

the police station

to withdraw 25,000 rupees each

from your Andhra Bank and SBI accounts.

Just wondering

what you did with that money.

How is this case to the relevant...

I mean...

This is absolutely irrelevant

to the case, Your Honor!

Mr. Damu!

Him and the people at the police station

know the relevance of this.

Please be seated.

He'll explain the relevance.

Go on, Mr. Mangapathi.

What did you do with the money?

I know what you want, sir.

The other day, you showed two photos

and declared they were both false.

Today, you're talking about ATMs,

banks, withdrawals and statements

and manipulating the situation.

What do you want, sir?

Look, our girl has suffered an injustice.

We came to court to ask for justice.

Please help us if you can.

Okay, Mr. Mangapathi!

Your girl will get her justice.

You may stand down.

My Lord,

now I request the Honorable Court

to conduct in-camera proceedings

to record the statement

of the victim, Jaabili.

In-camera proceedings!

In-camera proceedings!

Jaabili.

On the night of May 4th

from 10:52 p.m. to 11:08 p.m.,

which is almost 16 minutes,

were you inside room number 106

of Sitara Function Hall?

Yes, sir.

Was Chandrasekhar with you?

Yes, sir.

Please tell the Court

what happened during those 16 minutes.

The auspicious time to tie the knot

will begin shortly.

Let's sit here like bride and groom.

We'll do as the priest says downstairs.

How's that possible? We don't have

the auspicious thread and other stuff.

Let's imagine we have all those things.

We'll do a wedding rehearsal.

Beat the drums loudly!

I'm mentally married to you.

Okay, let's go.

My folks will worry

if they don't see me.

Come on. Let's go.

What happened in the room that day?

Did anything wrong happen?

Oh, no!

My Lord, considering Chandu's statement

during the last hearing,

and the girl's statement in this hearing

it is now clearly established

before the Honorable Court

that this is all that has happened.

And this is the ultimate truth,

Your Honor.

And there is no case of rape

of a minor girl, Your Honor.

Chandu blackmailing her is a lie.

Him kidnapping Jaabili

and taking her home is a lie.

It is a lie

that they had sexual intercourse!

If there's any truth in all of this,

it is that they are both in love.

Just because the girl is a minor,

they fabricated all these charges

against my client Chandrashekar,

Your Honor.

This is a gross misuse of the POCSO Act.

In this whole incident,

Chandu's only crime

was entering that room when the girl

he loved asked him to.

He didn't even know

that would lead to such a big case.

Not just Chandu, Your Honor.

Most young people pursuing

a college degree today

are unaware of the consequences

of falling in love

with a girl who is in 11th or 12th grade.

No one educates them

in schools or colleges.

Not even at home or on TV.

They dismiss law and order as merely

a matter between lawyers and the police.

What's the point of these laws

when they remain ignorant of them?

Before punishing someone

for their mistakes,

shouldn't we tell them

what their mistake was?

The law must be part of

the education system in this country.

I think even an uneducated person

must be aware of the laws!

Your Honour, with your kind permission.

As per the records of Jaabili,

as of today, her age is 17 years,

11 months and 10 days.

My Lord, had this incident happened

after another 20 days,

there wouldn't even be a case.

What is considered wrong

on the 17th year and 364th day

will be deemed right on the first day

of the 18th year.

Your Honor, how can we assume

that youngsters will act maturely

as soon as they turn eighteen?

Maturity isn't something

that can be bought instantly.

It is a very subjective matter.

And our case is between

our constitution and our conscience.

We all know why the POCSO Act

was designed to be so strict.

Because if a six-year-old girl

is raped by a 40-year-old man,

he deserves to be punished severely.

However, applying the same analogy

to a 19-year-old boy

who is in love with a 17-year-old girl

We might have to rethink our approach,

Your Honor.

Someone in our country

who fell in love at 16

reached heights later, Your Honor.

If the POCSO Act had existed back then,

history would have missed

some notable names.

Even in this case, this girl called

Chandrasekhar to the room out of love.

They just playfully

enacted the wedding rituals.

And it's clear that she was fully aware of

what she was doing.

Without knowing what actually

happened in the room

and assuming

their imagination as the truth,

they filed a POCSO case

against my client, Your Honor.

Because of people like Mangapathi

who misuse the law,

innocent lives like Chandrashekar's

are being ruined.

This is all Mangapathi's personal vendetta

against a watchman's son

for loving a girl

from his household, My Lord.

On May 9th, he withdrew money

from the ATM

and gave it to the CI, Your Honor.

That's how he bribed the police,

lawyers, doctors, and even the witnesses!

He twisted justice by purchasing

both truth and lies, Your Honor!

And what's the total amount of money

he spent?

Around two lakh rupees,

including legal fees.

A 19-year-old boy was almost

condemned to 14 years in prison.

And the torture inflicted

on him and his family!

Two lakh rupees, Your Honor.

Two lakhs!

I

I rest my case, Your Honor.

Any closing statement

from the prosecution?

No, Your Honor.

This court is convinced

with the defense lawyer's arguments

and believes that

The accused, Chandrasekhar,

is not found guilty.

Considering this case

as a case of love rather than a crime,

this court declares the accused,

Chandrasekhar, alias Chandu, innocent

and orders his release.

This court commends

Lawyer Chaluvadi Surya Teja

and orders an inquiry against

the Bheemunipatnam Police Station.

And,

the Court rebukes Lawyer Damodar,

and orders an inquiry against Mangapathi

for producing false witnesses

under the Section 8 of

the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The Court orders that Mangapathi be taken

into custody for inquiry.

He is not to leave town

without permission.

Sir!

I thought your honor was my honor.

How dare you turn on me?

Whether it's your kids or mine,

be mindful when speaking about girls.

So you still defend

your daughter's actions.

You all stand by each other!

We'll see. We'll meet again!

It's all right, Dad. I got it.

Give it to my little sister.

I'm enrolling Jaabili

in long-term EAMCET coaching.

Let's go.

Please pass this order

with immediate effect.

- Excuse me, sir!

- Yes?

Judgment copy, sir.

Your assistant Teja has won the case.

Advocate Surya Teja won the case.

You are the reason for this victory, sir.

No one can grant victory to anyone, Teja.

- I'm proud of you.

- Thank you, sir.

Congrats!

Today is my 18th birthday.

THE END