Court

''Butterfly

On the creepers, the flowers It laughs gently, the butterfly

Tiny, colorful wings It sways and swings, the butterfly

Her small eyes, shimmer and shine Like rounded gems, the butterfly

I try to catch her, alas She flutters away, the butterfly”

All right.

Jagruti, fill in the blanks.

“Dash” is the largest state in India.

Rajasthan.

“Dash” is the largest continent in the world.

Asia.

“Dash” is the longest river in India.

Narmada.

Wrong, Brahmaputra.

Sorry, Brahmaputra.

“Dash” is the oldest mountain range in India.

Don't forget to do your homework.

Yes, I'm coming. Arriving in five minutes.

WADGAON MASSACRE CULTURAL PROTEST MEET

Thank you, Miratai.

And now coming to perform for us is the people's poet, Narayan Kamble.

Listen, brother!

Oh, brother

My dear brother

Pandemonium is here Time to rise and revolt

Time to know your enemy

Time to know your enemy

Tough times are here We're uprooted from our soil

This era of blindness Has gouged our eyes

A gent appears a crook An owl resembles a peacock

A giant becomes babyish A baby turns into a giant

- The good ones are forgotten - The good-for-nothings praised

The enemy...

The enemy is all-destructive Yet we sing his praise

Time to know your enemy

Time to know your enemy

Satan is black-and-white Your life trapped in his vice

Color is his weapon of choice As death raises its voice

Colors play a game of dice The rules are divisive

Humanity is in its cage It burns, it disintegrates

Colors that multicolor Colors that discolor

The color, it breaks Now it looks fake

You are stupefied How much will you forsake?

These dense jungles These rusty jungles

Religious jungles Casteist jungles

Racist jungles Nationalist jungles

- On this deathly night - We lose all our senses

Hands bruised and burnt

Hands bruised and burnt Get a gift of boiling wax

Time to know your enemy

Time to know your enemy

The delusion of illusion Money, it reigns supreme

Has turned man into a mongrel This mongrel has 17 breeds

The blood is infested with hunger Will this hunger be content, ever?

The search for happiness is on But all directions are blurred

- This razzle dazzle - Yes, brother

- This razzmatazz - Yes, brother

- This scam sham - Yes, brother

- These fancy malls - Yes, brother

- Free for all - Yes, brother

- This great fall - Yes, brother

Scam sham, huge malls Great Fall, Great Fall

Malady and gluttony Gluttony and malady

What's going on? Stop this!

Where do I find Pradeep Shelke?

There, in that room.

- Pradeep Shelke? - There.

One minute, please.

Can you fill the rest of the form outside?

Okay, sir. But please look into it.

I will.

- Hello, sir. - Hello.

Have a seat.

Tell me.

I wanted to speak to you about Narayan Kamble's arrest.

Are you his relative?

No. His lawyer.

- What is your name? - Vinay Vora. Can we meet him?

No, we've sent him to Jogeshwari. We don't have a holding cell here.

- You are the investigating officer, right? - Yes.

On what charges was he arrested?

Didn't you tell him? He was right there.

What did you tell us? You didn't tell us anything.

No, I told him. I had gone with the warrant.

- Can I see the warrant? - Sure. One minute.

Here.

Abetment of suicide?

Who committed suicide?

A man from the Sitladevi slums.

Who?

A sewer worker called Vasudev.

Oh?

Just last week, Narayan Kamble and his boys

had performed in that very slum.

- Am I right? - Yes.

In one of his songs,

Kamble incited all sewer workers to commit suicide.

No, he didn't say anything of that sort.

That's what you're saying.

But we've received complaints, we've got orders for his arrest.

Okay. Then?

Then what? Two days later, that man went down the sewer and died.

But it could be an accident.

No, it's a clear case of suicide.

We don't make arrests without proof.

What proof? Show it to us.

There's no point arguing here. We'll talk about this later.

Exactly. Tomorrow you can ask the judge.

Okay, sir. Here.

Okay.

- How about some tea? - No, sir.

Okay.

Thank you.

Everyone clear the way.

Move along.

Good morning, ma'am. What do you need?

Notary, stamp duty, affidavit? I'll do it all.

Your next date is September 5th.

Sir, I have to go to my hometown in September.

In that case, take a date in October.

- October 13th, okay? - Okay.

Thank you, sir.

Case number 133, Radhanagar Police Station, Bankim Shah.

Stolen watch reported.

The plaintiff claims that the watch has been stolen by his neighbor.

Proceed.

- Sir, I want to cross-examine him. - Okay.

- State your name. - Bankim Shah.

When did you realize that your watch has been stolen?

Our family had gone out of town.

When we came back, we realized someone had cut the window grill.

Why didn't you inform the police about that?

I did, ask him.

- Had he mentioned it? - Yes, he had.

He had gone out for a week, and when he came back,

he saw the grill was cut, and the watch was stolen.

Forget the “he informed the police” bit, that's not necessary.

Proceed.

Why do you think Rakesh Shukla stole your watch?

Two weeks after the robbery,

someone in the neighborhood saw him wearing the same watch.

But can't he own a similar watch?

How do you know it's your watch?

The watch is not from here. A relative had gifted it to me.

He got it from America.

Someone from their neighborhood saw Rakesh Shukla wearing the same watch,

and the watch was a gift from America.

Proceed.

But my client can also buy a watch from America, right?

Please read the report carefully.

He has submitted the bill, the serial number of the watch.

Yes, but can't he also buy a watch?

Yes, but how can he buy a watch with the same serial number?

It says here that the serial number is matching with that of the recovered watch.

How does it matter?

The serial number can be of the product itself.

What are you saying? How can the serial number match?

How can there be just one serial number?

We need to look into that, sir.

We need to find out more details of the product.

You do one thing, take a date for the next month.

November 12th.

Till then, investigate all you want.

That's exactly what I was saying, sir. Thank you.

“Case number 134, Sitladevi Police Station, Narayan Kamble.”

How can I assign bail?

These are all non-bailable offenses.

Sir, I request you to use your discretion and grant conditional bail to my client.

No, no, I can't do it.

Sir, if you wish, you can put restrictions on his further performances.

No, no. This is a Sessions Court case.

Twelve days judicial custody for the accused.

Case number 135...

One minute, one minute. What about these people?

They were traveling in the handicapped compartment of a train.

- Do you all plead guilty? - Yes, we do.

Okay, fine them 500 rupees each and let them go.

Don't do this again.

Move. Move.

Come on.

MUMBAI PRESS ASSOCIATION

So I will conclude by saying that

if our constitution believes in the right to life,

then it is the single most violated right.

Because the conditions being created today are not suitable for survival.

There is another word for such conditions, but I will not use that word.

Otherwise, I will be arrested for sedition.

Thank you, thank you very much.

Satyajit, thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us.

That was very insightful and also very disturbing.

Next, we have advocate Vinay Vora.

He is a practicing criminal lawyer,

who specializes in criminal justice and human rights.

He is also one of the founding members of a legal center called Nidaan.

- Ninaad. - Ninaad, I am sorry.

Good evening, everyone.

Today, I would like to talk to you about the Mohsin Parvez case,

or rather multiple cases in which I have been defending him

for the last five years.

Mohsin was first arrested in June 2007,