Further meetings
Both the defense lawyers are meeting their respective clients in different places. Mr. Sharma is meeting Vivaan and Mr. d Souza is meeting Adi, Jay, Hardy and Shivansh.
“Two coffees without sugar”
“Seven coffees please”
Albert: Give me the exact account of that night what exactly did you see what exactly happened with you clearly.
Vivaan: Everyone was in the party mood and then I remember being present at the room on the second floor with everyone doubting me.
Jay: We heard the gunshot and then went upstairs to see what had happened.
Albert: Be honest and tell me have you done it?
Vivaan: No! Please understand this. I haven’t and I can help you in whichever way you want me to.
Sharma: OK. I’ll do my best I can.
Albert: You all rest assured and don’t act smart to anyone. Just tell the truth to me and tell the others what I tell you to.
The meetings were over and thereon both the defense lawyers had to work hard to make their case strong. Both had a fair idea of their future planning.
Albert had a good point in Vivaan being present at the place of the murder. Arun on the other hand had to shape his words well. He had by now, known from Vivaan that his drink was adulterated with some drug which gave him hallucinations and so he wasn’t really aware of what was going on around him for a few seconds.
The next date of the case was two months later.
Weeks passed. The date was of 5th May and there was only one reason to celebrate and that was Vivaan turning 18. And that’s why everyone wanted to but could not celebrate such an important day. Vivaan himself was very worried about the case and scared also because now he can be given a life imprisonment if found guilty.
The next date of the case was very near. It was actually the very next day and everyone was present at the court.
The net result of this date was that since Vivaan Ahuja was 18 now, the judge reminded him that he can be tried for life imprisonment.
Another big event in this hearing was the main arguments put up by both the defenses.
“It’s clear from his presence at the murder sight that he is the culprit and he has killed Samar” Albert started.
“And it’s also clear that something was there in Vivaan’s drink which could have led him to do this” AK replied.
To this Albert had no clue what to say. This had happened to him for the first time in his entire career when he was falling short of arguments. But, with experience he had acquired the art of forming arguments with mere foreplay of words.
“So you say that his drink was adulterated. And this could have been done by him only so as to prove that he was under the influence of drugs” Albert said.
This shocked Sharma. He was not expecting such a reply from him. And he gasped on his breath in a few seconds and accepted his defeat at that hearing as Albert was a much experienced person. But he also managed to put a number of accusations on the four best friends.
Both the defenses have now had a fair idea of each other’s capabilities. Each other’s reach for words. Each other’s reality. Everything was clear in just a few dates.