Himmat at least tries to do his job, but what about this judge?
Her nameplate assigns her to Civil Court, so why is she hearing a criminal case? Attempted rape is a crime for prosecution, not a civil matter for litigation. The accused is in police custody, today's business is bail ... why isn't a Criminal Court judge hearing the case? Why isn't there a prosecutor, instead of a lawyer hired by the complaining witness?
A bail hearing shouldn't take very long. It is not an occasion to argue the alleged crime. The Court only has to determine whether the accused is a danger to the community in general, or to the complaining witness in particular. If he is not a danger, and there is no obvious risk of flight, and someone is willing to post the bond and keep an eye on him, he should receive bail.
As soon as Abhilasha's lawyer asked to speak, the judge should have asked her, "Who are you? The accused's lawyer will be recognized to speak first. If he petitions for bail, then the matter is before the Court, and the prosecutor may concur or rebut at that time. You are neither a defense lawyer nor a prosecutor, so sit down!"
Even a prosecutor should have been cut off for off-topic rabble-rousing about sex-selective abortion, kitchen work versus watching TV, statistics etc. A bail hearing is not even an occasion to establish the alleged victim's credibility or the accused's moral character. This incompetent judge not only allowed the lawyer to ramble, she sat quietly while everyone in the audience spoke up. Even after Jayashri uttered the curse words, "Ṭavaḷī melī!" the judge didn't warn her, and only said, "Order! Order!" It had no effect. Everyone continued to talk without being recognized by the judge. And then, when Latika had requested permission to speak and the judge had nodded, Abhilasha's lawyer repeatedly assumed judicial authority to deny permission!
Aren't rape-related cases always judged by female judges in India? Yet Himmat and Abhilasha and her lawyer called the judge "Milord" or "My Lord," and she didn't take offense at the misgendering or simply correct them: "Milady" or "My Lady" is the feminized colonial term, and "Your Honour" or "Madam" is fine too. Maybe the regular actors' dialogues were shot with a male judge in the scene, and the shots of a female judge were inserted after someone realized the mistake.
By the way, who made that Vaṭa-Paurṇimā video? Assuming that Abhilasha's lawyer got it from Abhilasha, who got it from Daulat, why didn't Daulat ever use this juicy video against Abhimanyu before?
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