Today is the last hearing of Mr Dev Kulkarni's murder case more of an attempt to murder but it's not where everyone standing outside the court both regular citizens to media have their eyes on.
The thing that brought this much attention to it is that the suspect of the crime is none other than his favourite grand son whom he loves dearly.
Inside the court room well it's quite same too . The room is full of people and everyone is waiting for the final decision.
Someone enters in the room from the side door and every eyes in the room follows him to the witness box where he finally settles down on the chair . Everyone seems to be puzzled by the look on his face , he is so calm and relaxed like he is not a suspect of a attempt to murder case .
Whereas Krish , he doesn't seems to be bothered by the fact that everyone in the room is staring at him like he is an alien . He is too focused on comforting his grandfather.
"Pa , please don't stress. It's not good for your health".
"How" worry is written all over his ageing face " how could I not be worried"
" Pa, I am going to be fine . They arrested me only based on a hypothesis. They don't have any evidences that I was the behind all this "
" I am getting a bad vibe son."
" Don't be like a .....where is Ishan?" He suddenly remembered that he hasn't seen his boyfriend all day .
"He is..." the old man searched for the said man in the whole room but he wasn't there. He continued " must be caught in the traffic".
"Yeah" Krish nodded absentmindedly. It's not like Ishan at all, he should be here even before Krish did. He has been noticing his boyfriend's behaviour for somedays and something seems to be off with him. He is starting to get worried now.
"Silence please" Bailiff announces judge's arrival. He continues " Everyone please stand up".
Case No. 627: State vs Krish Kulkarni
And then the prosecution starts with their arguments. Krish is not really paying attention to it, he is trying but how can he focus when his eyes are fixed on the door .
He is waiting for Ishan and he comes but from the side door of the room opposite from where Krish had came .
He looks at the figure that is standing straight in front of him in the witness box opposite to him. But Krish doesn't understand what is he doing there ? Is he the witness that prosecution filed for ?
He continues to stare at his boyfriend with confusion.
Ishan takes his place on the chair in the witness box. Their eyes meets and Krish saw a flash of pain and ...and a mix of emotions he can't tell.
The prosecutor comes forward and greets Ishan " Hello !Mr Ishan, iam glad you came here on my request. Now I would like to ask some questions.
Ishan ignores his greeting and replies with a "Sure " which sounded more like a whisper.
Prosecutor starts with " So first I would like to know your relationship with the suspect Krish Kulkarni?"
"He is my boyfriend" Ishan answers .
" Do you know where he was on the day of Mr Kulkarni's assassination?"
" He was in Delhi on a business trip."
" If you don't mind,Why were you at his house if he was not there?"
"Mr Kulkarni and I were going to plan a surprise for Ishan's birthday."
"Can you tell everyone what you saw there ?"
" When I reached there I directly went to Mr Kulkarni's room but when I was near the room I heard some noises so I opened the door in hurry and there was a person" .....he paused " that person was holding a knife near Mr Kulkarni's throat but when the door opened I think he panicked. And the knife slightly scratched Mr Kulkarni's chest. I rushed inside but he jumped from the window."
"Did you saw his face ?"
"He was wearing a cap and mask"
"Mr Sharma,I asked if you recognised him?"Have you seen him before?"
"He...I...I....."he glanced at Krish who was already looking at him completely focused.
He didn't said anything and kept looking at Krish with uncertainty.
The prosecutor again asked a bit of annoyed"Who was that Mr Sharma?You are trying to save a criminal here,I hope you are aware of this."
"He....he was..."he again hesitated "Krish".
At this,Krish furrowed his brows with confusion and his eyes widened with shock. He could not understand why in the hell Ishan would say this. He couldn't believe anything that was said after that in that court room.
"SENTENCE OF FIVE YEARS" these words brought him out of his trance . He looked at every one present in there . Everyone except his family looked satisfied like he was really a dangerous criminal.
But ....but his grandfather he was devastated. His uncles Nitesh and Mukesh they looked sad too but he wasn't sure if they were faking it or not .
But the only person who affected him the most wasn't even looking at him. Ofcourse, how could he .
Even when the police was taking krish to the jail he turned his back on him.
Krish was not not sure if he should grieve or scream. The love of his life just betrayed him but why???
At last , everyone who were outside the building finally got the spice they were waiting for.