Scars ~ Part 39

“Your honour, as you can see, Mr Raizada had every reason to carry out the act that he has been accused of. Only a few weeks before the incident at Mr Raizada was defamed by Miss Kapoor in a national newspaper. Surely if someone did that to you, you would want to get revenge. So that’s exactly what the accused did. He tried to get revenge and teach Miss Kapoor a lesson so that she never messed with him again.”

 

It had been a long a grueling day. Time and time again Arnav’s lawyers points against Sheetal were being dismissed, he was constantly being made to feel like a fiend. Slowly, Arnav was losing any hope of proving his innocence. He looked over to where Khushi was sitting. She was sat with her head still held high because she had faith in her husband. A week had passed since that incident had taken place and Khushi had remained positive and she kept Arnav’s hopes high. She took care of him, she kept him away from the glares he was getting, and she made sure that now more than ever her husband knew that she loved him very much.

Arnav appreciated the efforts that his lawyer was making, and more than appreciated the effort that Khushi was making, but he couldn’t but feel pessimistic.

Sheetal’s lawyer was not done with his piece yet.

 

“Your honour, I would like to call upon one of the security guards who were on scene after the incident took place.”

“Proceed.”

“I would like to call Mr Milan Sharma to the witness box.”

 

The security guard took the stand and was put under oath. He looked to Arnav, and you could tell there was a lot of discomfort.

 

“Mr Sharma, when you and your partner heard Miss Kapoor scream, you rushed up to ASR’s office, yes?”

“Yes we did.”

“And what did you see when you got there.”

“Erm… Sir… Sir was on top of ma’am.”

“If you hadn’t heard her scream, and if you were to walk in on something like that, would you believe that very intimate things were going on.”

“Yes.”

“When you walked into the room, did Mr Raizada have his hands on Miss Kapoor?”

 

Milan looked over to Arnav, he was feeling very tense and he could see Arnav’s face falling, his expressions becoming graver as every moment passed.

 

“Please answer the question. When you walked into the room, did Mr Raizada have his hands on Miss Kapoor?”

“Yes he did.”

“Where?”

“I… I can’t be sure.”

“What did it seem like to you?”

“I’m not sure.”

“You’re lying. Tell us, where was his hand.”

“He was touching her down there.”

“Thank you that is all we need from you. Your honour no further questioning for the witness. Your honour, what further evidence do we need? The witness found the defendant and the victim in a very compromising situation, with Mr Raizada on top and his hands between her legs? Does that or does that not tell you his intentions.”

 

Singhania got up at this point.

 

“Your honour, I have some questions for the witness.”

“Proceed.”

“Mr Sharma, when you pulled Mr Raizada off of Miss Kapoor, would you say he struggled in any way?”

“No.”

“When you pulled him off, was there any sign of arousal from his part?”

“I don’t think so.”

“So you are saying that Mr Raizada had no sign of an erection?”

“No he did not.”

“Thank you, your honour no further questioning. Your honour and members of the jury, I would like to use this information to point out that this is in support of my client. If he had the intention to rape the victim, he wouldn’t have been so willing and the security guards would have needed a lot more force to get him off of her. Mr Raizada is not a small man, if he acted with force, they would have struggled. Furthermore, the defendant showed zero sign of arousal. I believe that this says a lot. I’m sure any male in the room will agree with me that even the slightest of intimacy with a woman can lead to arousal, it’s hard to keep it down. Yet, Mr Raizadda showed zero arousal. This suggests that he didn’t have an interest in Miss Kapoor like that. If he did and if his intentions were to rape her, then surely if he was really on top of her like that and if he had his hand between her legs, he would have shown some sign of arousal. That is all i have to say.”

 

Arnav took in what was said by both lawyers and he had to agree Singhania did have a point. He thought of all of his interactions with Khushi, how it really didn’t take much at all to get it up. Even after a few little kisses, he’d be ready to go. If it were he and Khushi in the situation, then Arnav knew that by the time anyone had walked in on them he would have had a full erection going.

 

The battle between the lawyers continued until they both had nothing more to say.

The conclusion of the battle was near, the jury were debating away, whilst everyone else waited for the verdict. It was then Aman got the call.

 

“Mr Mathur, the video footage that you requested has finally been cleared and we can finally give it to you.”

“Really? Thank you so much! Do you think you would be able to send me a copy within the next 10 minutes?”

“Yes we can.”

“Thank you so much, this will really help us!”

 

Aman disconnected the call and went to find Aranv’s lawyer.

 

“The security tape company just called me and they have clearing for the footage. They’re sending it over to me right now!”

“Really?! Let me quickly go and see if we will be able to submit the footage before the final verdict. It’s late but we can hope they will review it.”

“Don’t we need to see it first, just to check that it will work in Arnav’s benefit?”

“We both know and believe that Arnav couldn’t have done what he is being accused of. That tape will show that it was her and not him.”

“Right, right.”

 

*****

 

“After reviewing last minute evidence that has come through and after hearing  what all lawyers and witnesses have had to say, we find the defendant… Not guilty of attempted rape.”

 

Khushi let out a sigh of relief, she always knew her husband was innocent and know the whole world would know.

Arnav couldn’t believe that this was happening, he couldn’t believe that for once the truth had come out when and as it needed to. He thanks his lucky stars that the video footage was released in time. The security company had been adamant that they wouldn’t be able to release the footage, that it was against company policy. Yet Aman and Singhania had done everything in their power to make sure that they could get it. And it had worked, they had gotten the tape and it had done it’s job in making sure that Arnav was proved innocent.

 

Court was adjourned and everyone begun to file out. Sheetal looked lethal, but she didn’t have much time to send too many death stares because a pair of policewomen were now carting her away.

 

*****

 

“This calls for a celebration don’t you think?”

“Yes, I think we need to go for a couple of drinks.”

 

Arnav had his Khushi on his arm and he had his best friend and lawyer who fought the world to prove his innocence, how could he not take them for a couple of drinks.

The group of 4 got into Aman’s car and made their way to a hotel. Aman and Singhania climbed into the front, talking about how glad they were with the way that things had worked out.

In the back of the car, Arnav held Khushi ever so close to himself. With the stress of the hearing, he had found it hard to get close to his wife. He’d either been too distracted to want to get close, or he had felt guilty for what he was putting her through. They hadn’t had sex since the night that everything had happened. But now, all Arnav wanted to do was get as close to Khushi as he possibly could.

Arnav took hold of Khushi’s hands and held onto her as she hid her face in his chest. After all that stress, it was good to have her husband close to her. Arnav slipped his finger under Khushi’s chin and lifted it up to him and he took her lips between his. They shared a short but passionate kiss. Khushi moved back slowly, aware that they had company, but Arnav didn’t care. He moved back in and kissed her again, deeply, touching the sides of her breasts. This caused Khushi to moan out.

This caught Aman’s attention.

 

“Ahem.”

 

Arnav and Khushi broke away, but Arnav kept himself close.

 

“We’re going to be at the hotel in a few moments, can you guys hold off until then?”

 

Khushi blushed a deep shade of red and buried her face in Arnav’s chest once more. Arnav smirked as he reposnded.

 

“I’ll try mate.”

 

*****

Author’s Note

Hope you guys all enjoyed that. This is a quick note just to tell you that… This is the penultimate part of this story! Be back here on New Years Eve at 5pm UK time for the final instalment of Scars and same time on New Years Day for a secret project I’ve started! 

Hope you guys have enjoyed this story as much as I have, and leave all your reviews as to how you felt about this part.