MOCK COURT (MURDER CASE)

NARRATOR: MAHAM,TAPASYA
CRIMINAL:BHAVYA,MANNAL
WITNESS:APARNA,SUSHMITHA,SNEHA
GOOD LAWYERS:JYOTHIKA,JOANN
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR:THEA
JUDGE:SANIA
BEHIND THE JUDGE:TAPASYA
VICTIM:ANJALI
BAD POLICE:SUHA,DIKSHITHA
GOOD DETECTIVE:SARA

MAHAM:TODAY WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT A MOCK COURT.JYOTHIKA NAIRS

DAUGHTER ANJALI NAIR HAD GONE TO THE HALLOWEEN PARTY ON 31 st OF
OCTOBER,FRIDAY.SHE HAD NOT RETURNED HOME THAT NIGHT.HER MOTHER
WAS QUITE WORRIED ANG CALLED UP HER FRIEND APARNA WHO WENT
ALONG WITH HER FOR THE PAR.APARNA TOLD ANJALIS MOTHER THAT SHE
HAD LEFT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND DID NOT RETURN.APARNA
THOUGHT THA SHE HAD LEFT HOME.APARNA SUSPECT TWO GUYS WHO
WRER REPORTED TO THE PRINCIPAL BECAUSE THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
SONE CONFLICT AT THE COLLAGE.JYOTHIKA BEING TREMENDOUSLY WORRIED
TOOK THE CASE TO THE COURT.
TAPASYA STANDING BEHING THE JUDGE:EVERYONE RISE.[Wait for everyone
except judge to stand]DEPARTMENT ONE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT IS
NOW IN SESSION.JUDGE Ms SANIA RAHMAN PRESIDING.PLEASE BE
SEATED.CALLING THE KIDNAPPING CASE OF ANJALI NAIR.THIS CASE IS FILED
BY JYOTHIKA NAIR ON THE EVENING OF 3rd NOVEMBER 2014.
JUDGE :ARE BOTH SIDES READY?
JOANN:READY FOR THE PEOPLE YOUR HONOR.
THEA:READY FOR THE DEFENCE YOUR HONOR.

SANIA:WILL THE RECORDER SWEAR IN THE JURY.

TAPASYA:WILL THE JURY SWEAR ON THE HOLYBOOK THAT YOU WILL FAIRLY
TRY THIS COURT BEFORE THE COURT,PLEASE SAY I DO[WAIT FOR THE
JURORS TO SAY I DO]YOU MAY BE SEATED.
JOANN:YOUR HONOR, MY CLIENT Mrs. JYOTHIKA NAIR FILED THIS CASE
BECAUSE HER DAUGHTER ANJALI NAIR DID NOT RETURN HOME ON THE 31st
NIGHT AFTER THE HALLOWEEN PARTY.SHE SUSPECT TWO GIRLS IN ANJALIS
COLLAGEFOR KIDNAPPING HER IN ORDER TO GET RVENGE AS ANJALI TOLD
HER PRINCIPAL THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME CONFLICT AT THE
COLLAGE.
THEA:OBJECTION YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE:OBJECTION OVERRULED.
JOANN:THANK YOU MY LORD. AS I WAS SAYING MY LORD SHE DID NOT
RETURN ON THE 31st NIGHT AFTER INFORMING HER FRIEND THAT SHE IS
GOING TO THE BATHROOM. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MY FIRST
WITNESS-APARNA-SHE WENT WITH ANJALI FOR THE PARTY.
JUDGE:YOU MAY PROCEED.
TAPASYA CALLS APARNA TO THE WITNESS BOX.
TAPASYA:SWEAR ON THE HOLYBOOK THAT YOU WILL SPEAK THE TRITH AND
KEEP THE RESPECT ON OUR MOTHER LAND.
APARNA REPEATS THE SWEAR.
JOANN:WERE YOU PRESENT AT THE PARTYON THE NIGHT OF 31st .
APARNA:YES MAAM.
JOANN:APARNA DID ANJALI LEAVE TELLING YOU THAT SHE IS GOING TO THE
WASHROOM.
APARNA:YES MAAM.
JOANN:DID YOU KNOW THAT ANJALI WAS TARGETED BY THESE GIRLS.
APARNA:NO I DID NOT KNOW THAT ANJALI WAS TARGETED.
THEA:OBJECTION YOUR HONOR.

JUDGE:YOU MAY PROCEED.

THEA:THANK YOU MY LORD.
THEA: MAYBE APARNA WAS A PART OF THE GANG THAT PLANNED TO KILL
ANJALI.
APARNA:NO!NO!ABSOLUTELY NOT!I WOULD NOT THINK OF DOING SUCH
THINGS.(VERY HYPER).
THEA:THATS ALL YOUR HONOR.
APARNA GOES BACK TO HER SEAT.
THEA: YOUR HONOR, I HAVE FEW WITNESSES THAT CLAIMS THAT APARNA
LEFT WITH THE VICTIM ANJALI.
JUDGE:YOU MAY PROCEED.
TAPASYA ASK THEM TO COME TO THE WITNESS BOX AND SWEAR.
SUSMITHA ARRIVES,TELLS THE SWEAR.
THEA:DID YOU SEE APARNA AFTER ANJALI LEFT.
SUSHMITHA:NO MAAM INFACT TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH NONE OF US DID.
JOANN:OBJECTION MY LORD.
JUDGE:OBJECTION OVERRULED.
THEA:YOUR HONOR I HAVE ANOTHER WITNESS WHO CLAIMS THAT INFACT
APARNA LEFT WITH ANJALI.
JOANN:OBJECTION YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE:OBJECTION SUSTAINED.
JOANN:YOUR HONOR THEA IS TRYING TO MISDIRECT THE CASE.
THEA:OF COURSE NOT.BI AM ONLY STATING WHAT IS OBVIOUS.(TALKS VERY
FAST.)
JUDGE:ORDER .ORDER.
THEA SITS DOWN.

MAHAM:NAIRS SIDE THEIR WITNESS APARNA HAS BEEN ACCUSED EVEN

THOUGH SHE BLAMES 2 OTHER GIRLS. LET US SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
JUDGE:I CANNOT FATHOM WHAT IS GOING ON THE NEXT HEARING OF THIS
CASE WILL BE ON 9th NOVEMBER.
MAHAM:TODAY,9th NOVEMBER IS THE SECOND HEARING OF THE KIDNAPPING
CASE OF ANJALI.UNTIL NOW THE JUDGE HASNT DECIDED ANYTHING. IT IS
GOT TO KNOW THAT THE POLICE FOUND ANJALIS DEAD BOBDY ON 8th
NOVEMBER.TODAYS SESSION IS GOING TO BEGIN.

[SAMETHINGS THAT HAPPENED FIRST ARE

REPEATED]
SUHA STANDS IN HER PLACE AND DOES FULL TAMASHA BY CRYING AND
SHOUTING AT THRE JUDGE.
DIKSHITA COME NEAR HER AND FORCES HER TO SIT IN HER PLACE.
THEA: YOU HONOR I HAVE GOT SOME EVIDENCE FROM THE POLICE AGAINST
APARNA FOR KILLING ANJALI. MAY I CALL DIKSHITA-THE POLICE OFFICER.
JUDGE:YOU MAY PROCEED.
DIKSHITA COMES TO THE BOX AND DO THE SWEAR.
THEA:WHAT WERE THE EVIDENCES YOU FOUND.PLEASE TELL US.
DIKSHITA:I FOUND A PIECE OF CLOTH WITH BLOOD SPRINKLED IN ITWHICH
MATCHES WITH THE BLOOD GROUP OF APARNA. I ALSO FOUND THE FINGER
PRINT OF APARNA ON THE ROD.
THEA:I ALSO HAVE THE EYE WITNESS TO PROVE THAT THEY DID NOT SEE
APARNA AFTER ANJALI LEFTWHICH CAN PROVE THAT SHE MAY HAVE
COMMITED THE MURDER.
JUDGE:YOU MAY PROCEED.
MAHAM COMES TO THE BOX AND DO THE SWEAR.
THEA:DID YOU SEE APARNA AFTER ANJALI LEFT.
MAHAM:NO I DID NOT SEE HER AFTER ANJALI LEFT. BUT I SAW HER GOING
BACK OF ANJALI. I THINK SHE IS THE ONE WHO KILLED ANJALI.

JOANN:OBJECTION YOUR HONOR.

JUDGE:OBJECTION SUSTAINED.
JOANN:WHAT THEA MAHAM SAID IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG.I HAVE WITNESS TO
PROVE THIS.
JUDGE:YOU MAY PROCEED.
ALEENA COMES TO THE BOX AND SWEAR.
JOANN:HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT APARNA IS NOT THE CRIMINAL.
ALEENA:APARNA WAS THERE WITH ME THE ENTIRE NIGHT.IT IS TRUE THAT
ANJALI WENT TO THE WASHROOM.AND WE KNEW THAT.BUT AFTER THAT WE
DID NOT SEE HER AND THOUGHT SHE LEFT HOME. APARANA IS REALLY
INNOCENT. I AM SURE THAT IT IS BHAVYA AND MANNAL WHO DID IT.
JUDGE:THE NEXT HEARING WILL BE ON 13th NOVEMBER.
MAHAM:TODAY 13th NOVEMBER. THE THIRD HEARING OF THIS CASE.
JOANN:YOUR HONOR, DETECTIVE FRANK HARDY HAVE FOUND CLEAR AND
ELIGIBLE EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT MANNAL AND BHAVYA HAVE KILLED
ANJALI. MAY I PROCEED.
JUDGE:YES.YOU MAY.
SARA COMES TO THE BOX AND DO SWEAR.
SARA:MY LORD I HAVE GONE TO THE PLACE OF MUDER AND COLLECTED THE
INFORMATION AND CAME TO A CONCLUSION OF FINDING EVIDENCES
AGAINST BAVYA AND MANNAL.THE EVIDENCE THAT DIKSHITA FOUND WAS
FAKE AND THEY COLLECTED HER BLOOD AND FINGER PRINTS WHEN SHE
WAS ADMITTED IN BETWEEN THIS CASE.
JOANN:THESE EVIDENCES PROVES THAT BHAVYA AND MANNAL HAVE
COMMITED THE CRIME.
JUDGE:BY HEARING ALL THE WITNESSES FROM BOTH SIDES I CAME TO
CONCLUDE THAT BHAVYA AND MANNAL ARE THE ONE WHO MURDERED
ANJALI. BHAVYA AND MANNAL IS GIVEN TO BE IMPROSONED FOR LIFETIME
AND THE DIKSHITA WHO TOLD THE FAKE EVIDENCE IS GIVEN 5 YEARS OF
IMPRISONMENT.THIS CASE ENDS HERE