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12: COMPENSATION

RIDDHIMA'S POV;

"Everyone rise" the bailiff announced. After the judge entered and took his place he ordered us to sit down. "Case number 243, Vansh Raisinghania has been arrested as suspect in killing Anand Tiwari", "Prosecution may start with the opening statements." judge asked Mr.Nanda, he stood up and gave me a look. "thank you, your honor, vengeance and revenge. that's what this case is about. Mr. Vansh killed his once best friend and his business rival on 25th night in captain cook's restaurant, am i correct till now? Ms. Riddhima??" he asked looking at me. I didn't answer him back. 

"Ms. Riddhima, you may proceed?" judge asked me. "sure sir, This is definitely not a revenge crime sir, in fact my client has been framed in this murder purposely to defame him" i give the answer. After i complete and sit Mr. Nanda get up from his place and seek permission  "Sir i would like to cross examine Mr. Vansh, before i further move on" the judge permitted, vansh was now in the stand. "Mr. Vansh on 25th night did you go to meet anand?" "Yeah, because he called me to meet him" vansh answered with confidence. "A guy who you have been  dodging since 2 years, suddenly calls you and you went without any hesitation? Sounds weird to me".

"Well it was personal, i was close with his wife despite our differences, she was like a sister to me, anand called me saying that it was about his wife, so without any second thought i went to meet him, but after going there i understood that his wife had been  dead for a while" he answered with certainty because the story till this part was true. 

"Thanks, sir i would like to call Ashish Anand's closest kin and friend into the witness stand." The judge nodded in agreement and Ashish was now walking up to the stand. "Ashish, you are very close with Anand then why didn't you go to this so called meeting?" Mr. Nanda asked. "I asked Anand if i should join him, he said that "vansh might be angry on me , it's 2 years of anger, there will be a volcano boiling inside him, i want to sort this out our way, without any fight or guns i just need him to listen to me" these were his exact words sir" Ashish concluded. Taking this as his benefit, Mr. Nanda stated "Note this point your honor, Anand was scared that vansh might be soo angry that there might have been a fight"

"I object your honor, just based on words like "might" is your assumption Mr. Nanda, if we are working like that they i can also state that "you might kill me", "You might win this case" we are really depending upon a probability your honor, everyone is allowed to have their doubts and fear, that doesn't mean you can base that, Mr. Nanda"  I said.

"objection sustained, Mr. Nanda please provide the court with evidences, until then please don't waste the court's valuable time." Judge said in my favor.  

Mr. Nanda sat down in defeat, i get up. "Sir i would like to call upon Mr. Vansh....thank you" "So Mr. Vansh, what happened after you reached the restaurant?" i asked vansh. "We talked about his wife, where he told she died a few months ago and when he suddenly shifted the topic towards my business, i was not interested and requested to leave, soon later  I had a emergency board meeting about a few shares, so i had to leave" "sir unlike Mr. Nanda we have cctv footage of that night, where Mr. Vansh was in his meeting" i concluded and gave vansh a look to go and sit in his place.

"Then why don't you also explain, why were there Mr. Vansh's finger prints on the murder weapon? Why did he go back into the restaurant soo shocked?? According to the cctv? I will tell why, vansh thought after his "sister's death" he found no point in keeping him alive, so he killed anand and later went back to his office as nothing happened" Mr.Nanda said getting on vansh's nerves. 

"Absolutely bullshit!! That bastard deserved to die i agree, but i would rather be clean than having that asshole's blood on my hands!!" Vansh said spitting venom about anand "Mr. Vansh Language!! Please maintain the dignity of court!!" judge said soon later banging his gavel.