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Do you know what a black warrant is?
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{\an8}Yes, sir.
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{\an8}It's another term for a death warrant.
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The court order
specifying a person's execution
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is informally referred to
as a black warrant.
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{\an8}Do you know
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{\an8}that after signing a black warrant,
the judge breaks the nib of their pen?
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{\an8}Yes, sir.
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Why?
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{\an8}Come in.
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{\an8}He's the one, sir.
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I see.
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So, you're the reason
the last SP lost his job.
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Sit.
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Yes.
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{\an8}- Do you want to return to work?
- Yes, sir.
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Why?
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Is the jail struggling
because you're not around?
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- No, sir. It's not struggling.
- Then?
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Sir, the black warrants for Ranga-Billa
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are all over the newspapers.
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Their hanging will attract
a lot of attention,
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and the media will have many questions.
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To give the right answers, you need
someone who understands legal jargon.
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What could go wrong during a hanging
that would require media management?
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Sir--
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{\an8}- Tomar sahab?
- Anything could happen, sir.
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The hangmen come from far away.
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They could be kidnapped along the way,
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or a furious relative of the inmate
might try to kill them.
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Even our lives are in danger.
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Another possibility is that
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one of the two prisoners
might attempt suicide.
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That would delay the hanging.
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And if the hanging is delayed,
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the government will come after us instead.
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{\an8}Think about it.
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- You sure you want to come back?
- Yes, sir.
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All right.
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Assign him to hanging duty.
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If everything goes smoothly,
his job is secure.
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- Thank you, sir.
- Mr. Executioner?
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Sir.
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Do you know of Pratibha Sen?
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Sorry, sir. No, sir.
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She's a renowned journalist.
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Even the PM and the President
read her articles.
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Madam wants to interview
Billa and Ranga.
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She has come with a Supreme Court order
to make sure we can't stop her.
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She's your responsibility.
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An execution is a jail's
most critical test.
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There haven't been any hangings
in Tihar for the past five years.
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One mistake…
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and the media will devour us.
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You two…
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will help Sunil.
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Tighten the security.
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Keep an eye on everyone and trust no one.
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Understood, sir. Ranga and Billa
don't have the balls to do anything.
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Don't get too overconfident!
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A dying man will do anything
for a chance at life.
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Sahab has come to see you.
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Namaste, sahab.
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Namaste.
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I'm Ranga.
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Ranga Khush.
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And that's Billa.
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The one responsible for all of this.
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Hey, asshole!
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Stop crying!
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Quiet!
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The executioners, Kalu and Fakira,
will arrive two days before the hanging.
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They're the superstars of Indian jails.
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Rajesh Khanna and Dilip Kumar.
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Make sure they are well taken care of.
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- Yes, sir.
- Good.
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Inform the families of Ranga and Billa
about the execution date,
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but don't say anything to those two.
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Sir?
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Ranga and Billa must not be told anything.
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Yes, sir.
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Pratibha Sen.
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She will bombard you
with a thousand questions.
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"How did Ranga-Billa
spend their time in Tihar?"
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“How were they treated in jail?”
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"Did they ever face torture in jail?"
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Don't get swayed by her.
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She'll try to manipulate you.
You manipulate her instead.
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If Ranga-Billa, you, or anyone else
gives her anything worth printing…
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Ranga-Billa will
eventually go to the gallows.
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But first, I'll hang you.
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I'll handle it, sir.
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I'll handle it, sir.
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THE GALLOWS
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[chanting Gayatri Mantra softly]
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Hello, madam.
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ASP Sunil Gupta.
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Pratibha Sen.
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Madam, who doesn't know you?
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Even the PM and the President
read what you write.
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We have noted your request,
and I'll get you your interview.
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How are the preparations going on?
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Good. Good, madam.
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It's a lot of work, but it's…
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going well.
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And how are Ranga and Billa holding up?
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Have you taken their dying testimonies?
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Sorry, madam?
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Dying testimonies.
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Do they express regrets?
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Accept their crimes?
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Why don't you put all your questions
in writing? I will respond.
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When will I write the questions,
and when will you answer them?
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Can't you just tell me now?
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I'm sorry, madam,
but we must follow protocol.
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Okay. When will we conduct the interview?
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Madam…
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why would you speak to people
like Ranga and Billa?
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People like them?
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You know what I mean, madam.
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I just want to talk to Ranga and Billa
to know where they are.
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Emotionally, mentally, before we…
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you kill them.
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- We're carrying out a punishment.
- By hanging them?
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It's a court decision,
made after a complete legal process.
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- Is that so?
- Yes.
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Why do judges break the nib of their pen
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when they sign an execution order?
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Ranga and Billa deny
many of the charges against them.
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Ranga has been appealing for years
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with the backing
of his mother and brother.
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If Billa had access to money,
he would do the same.
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Are you suggesting that they're innocent?
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Mr. Sunil Kumar Gupta.
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This whole case
is based on their confessions.
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They later withdrew those confessions,
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claiming they were tortured.
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Madam, please submit
all your questions in writing,
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and we'll send our response.
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Maybe they are lying.
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But if there's even
a slight chance of doubt,
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don't you want to know the complete truth?
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- Sir.
- What happened?
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Sir, she was asking
a lot of twisted questions.
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I asked her to put them in writing
so I can answer them properly, sir.
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Good.
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Sir, can we hire a typist?
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It will help us prepare responses
for the media.
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Pick someone from B-class.
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You'll find people
from all kinds of professions here.
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Sir.
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Pratibha Sen spoke about
taking some dying testimonies--
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Who cares?
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Hang them and be done with it.
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Hello?
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Have I called Tihar yet again?
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I'm Priya. You?
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Have you called for some work, Priya?
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What work would I have at Tihar?
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Then why do you keep calling?
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We recently installed
a new telephone at home,
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so I started dialing random numbers.
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By sheer luck,
I called Tihar the other day
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and spoke to you for the first time.
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Look, I have work to do.
I can't talk right now.
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- Some other time--
- What do you do?
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I'm a jailer.
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Assistant Superintendent of Prison.
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Oh my!
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So, is Ranga-Billa's hanging
part of your responsibilities?
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Yes.
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It's under my supervision.
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Are you nervous?
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No.
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You must have seen them.
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Are they scary?
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No.
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Why do you keep giving one-word answers?
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No. I mean…
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No, they are not scary. They…
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They are prisoners, not monsters.
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Do you even know what they did?
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Yes, of course. Everyone knows.
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So, how can you say
they're not monsters?
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Actually…
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Tell me quickly.
Each second costs money.
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Priya, the truth is
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my family has always avoided discussions
of death and violence at home,
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so we didn't really speak about this.
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That's why I don't know the full story.
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Look, no one knows the whole truth.
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What is known is that the children were
to appear on a radio program that evening.
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Rushing to reach Akashwani Bhawan,
they asked for a lift.
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Yes, but they shouldn't have
asked strangers for a lift.
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Back then, Delhi was considered safe.
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For something like this
to happen in broad daylight,
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right in the middle of the streets,
was unimaginable.
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That day changed everything.
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Sixteen-year-old Geeta
and fourteen-year-old Sanjay
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had no idea what kind of men
gave them a lift that day.
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Ranga and Billa gave
wildly conflicting statements in court
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and later retracted them as well.
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When the car passed the Gol post office
and turned towards Shankar Road,
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the kids realized something was off.
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The Akashwani Bhawan
is on the other side, sir.
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Take the next right.
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Billa said he was driving the car,
so how could he have done anything?
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It was all Ranga's doing.
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Ranga claims that Billa
was the one who started it all.
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The Akashwani Bhawan
is on the other side.
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Shut up.
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He himself was scared of Billa.
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- Take the next right.
- Shut up, motherfucker!
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Forget harming the kids,
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Ranga made him stop the car
and even tried to calm the kids down.
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Eat.
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Come on, eat.
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But Billa became bloodthirsty
the moment he saw Geeta.
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It was all Billa's doing.
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Ranga says that
whenever he suggested releasing the kids,
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Billa would refuse.
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He witnessed everything…
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Hurry up, Billa.
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…but he couldn't muster
the courage to stop Billa.
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Billa told him to kill the kids.
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But when Ranga refused,
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Billa stabbed the girl himself.
Seven times.
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And stabbed the boy twenty-one times.
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And if you hear the story from Billa,
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it's the exact opposite.
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Hey, asshole!
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Stop crying!
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Shut up!
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Sir, that means we're not sure
who's lying and who's telling the truth.
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Dude! Isn't this the same
as your snake conundrum?
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Ranga kept appealing in court,
claiming he was coerced into confessing.
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Of course!
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He's not to blame.
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Ranga was there for a sermon.
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When Billa was out in the bushes
killing the kids,
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was Ranga chanting God's name?
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Whatever happened that night
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they did it together.
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Who did what and to what extent,
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does it really matter?
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Can't sleep?
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You're my child, Baby.
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I just know that
this prison job isn't right for you.
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When you were suspended,
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I was relieved
because I thought you'd finally quit.
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How could I have just quit, Mama?
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I was wrongfully suspended,
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as if I were responsible
for everyone's mistakes.
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Is proving you're right
really so important
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that you'd go this far?
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{\an8}POLICE
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Jasbir Singh alias Billa,
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under Section 302
read with Section 34 IPC,
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death on three counts for the murder
of Geeta and Sanjay Chopra.
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{\an8}He shall be hanged by neck
till he be dead.
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{\an8}Under Section 363,
read with Section 365, 366,
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and 367 IPC, for the abduction
of Geeta and Sanjay Chopra,
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and their subsequent confinement
at the Delhi Ridge
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for the intention of Geeta's rape,
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and subsequently for the intention
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of murdering Geeta and Sanjay Chopra.
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- Jasbir Singh alias Billa.
- Come on.
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00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,720
In the case of Geeta
and Sanjay Chopra's murder,
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as per the court's decision,
your death sentence
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will be carried out on the morning
of January 31st, at 6:00 a.m.
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Come on, get up.
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00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,680
Give me the drawstrings of your pajamas.
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00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,960
Kuljeet Singh alias Ranga,
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under Section 302
read with Section 34 IPC,
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death on three counts for the murder
of Geeta and Sanjay Chopra.
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He shall be hanged by neck
till he be dead.
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Under Section 363
read with Section 34 IPC,
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for the rape of Geeta Chopra.
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Kuljeet Singh alias Ranga.
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00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,600
In the case of Geeta
and Sanjay Chopra's murder,
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as per the court's decision,
your death sentence
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will be carried out on the morning
of January 31st, at 6:00 a.m.
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00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,040
Sunil sir.
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00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,200
My family will come
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to collect my body.
286
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,960
Please let them know that I wasn't crying.
287
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:25,280
The girl was only sixteen-years-old,
and the boy was only fourteen.
288
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,320
Ranga and Billa are ruthless criminals.
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00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:30,680
Don't let them get to you.
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00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:32,760
Just do your duty.
291
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,480
Sir, Pratibha Sen is at the gate.
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00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:42,000
Okay.
293
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:51,760
What happened?
294
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,200
I'll take her for the interview
in the evening.
295
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,800
By the time the article
is published tomorrow morning,
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the execution will be complete.
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00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:16,520
Pratibha ji!
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00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,200
I'm so sorry, I just found out
that you've been waiting.
299
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,720
The interview preparations
have already been made.
300
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,280
Please come.
301
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:27,520
Please come in.
302
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:31,920
This way.
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00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:33,640
Open the gate!
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00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,800
Madam, you shall be frisked
before entering the high-security ward.
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00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,360
There will be
other death-row inmates in the ward.
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00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,720
You will not speak to them
under any circumstance.
307
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,080
Madam, what do you
plan on asking them?
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00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:49,760
Let's see.
309
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,080
- Open the door.
- Madam.
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00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,640
No questions apart from
their personal story will be permitted.
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00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,440
It's my job to inform you.
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00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,000
- Sadat ji.
- Please.
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00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:07,760
Sir.
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00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:21,960
Come, madam.
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00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:27,440
Place the chair.
316
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,680
Can I talk to him privately?
317
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,800
No, madam.
We must be present for your safety.
318
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,440
You just talk to me.
319
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,160
Forget that anyone else is here.
320
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:15,800
Please save me, madam.
321
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,840
What must my family think of me?
322
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,440
I didn't even do anything.
323
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,200
Then why did they arrest you?
324
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:29,200
I've made many mistakes, madam.
325
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,000
I even went to jail in Bombay.
326
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,760
But I didn't touch those kids.
327
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,800
I didn't stop Ranga,
and you can punish me for that.
328
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:43,840
Keep me here.
329
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,600
I'll stay here and serve my sentence.
330
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,360
If everyone knew the whole truth,
I wouldn't be facing the death sentence.
331
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,280
The truth never came out.
332
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,320
That's why I'm here.
333
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,080
Just tell me the truth.
334
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:20,440
You…
335
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,160
Why didn't you appeal in court?
336
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,600
What would that have done?
337
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:28,360
Ranga appealed, right?
338
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:32,800
Will your family come tomorrow?
339
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:38,760
Do you miss them?
340
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,000
Jasbir…
341
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:55,840
Madam.
342
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:58,960
What was your childhood like?
343
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,200
Too short.
344
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,200
I was just a child
when I had to start working.
345
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,040
How were things at home?
346
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:32,840
So…
347
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,040
How are they treating you in jail?
348
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:40,560
Madam, you cannot ask that.
349
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,800
That's not an appropriate question.
He's under stress. He'll blabber nonsense.
350
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,320
What are you doing?
You're interrupting my interview.
351
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,400
There are rules for this interview,
and I instructed you on them.
352
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,080
- Tell me, Billa. What happened?
- What are you doing, madam?
353
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:51,640
What are you doing?
354
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,120
Are you afraid he's going to tell me
that he was tortured here?
355
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,600
Madam, there has been no torture.
356
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,720
- Tell me, Billa. What did they do?
- Madam!
357
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:02,640
Sit down!
358
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,680
Madam, we will have to end this interview.
359
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,160
I've only had 15 minutes.
Let me talk to him--
360
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:13,280
Where does it say in your court order that
the interview can't be 15 minutes long?
361
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:21,920
Let's go interview Ranga then.
362
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,000
Ranga has refused to talk to you.
363
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,040
He does not see the point of it.
364
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,920
Or you don't see the point of it?
365
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:31,720
I cannot force him, madam.
366
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:34,640
Open the door!
367
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,040
I'm sorry, madam, if you did not
get what you were looking for.
368
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,880
I hope you get what
you're looking for in this prison!
369
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,600
I'll meet you at the press briefing
after the hanging.
370
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,360
So you can read that
standard statement they hand to you!
371
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,040
"All was conducted smoothly--"
372
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,480
No one is handing me anything, madam.
I'll write it myself.
373
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,480
And will that be any different?
374
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:05,720
Pratibha ji!
375
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,640
The answers to your questions
376
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:13,680
in writing.
377
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,160
I had given you three pages of questions.
378
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:30,760
Oh, Billa!
Is this the price of your friendship?
379
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:35,440
Even a short stint cost me heavily
380
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:40,720
You've left me at death's door
381
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:45,440
Left me all alone
You've thrown me in this void
382
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:52,360
Oh, Billa!
You are so stubborn!
383
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:57,240
You've killed my past in one turn
384
00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:02,440
And here I was
Simply honoring our friendship
385
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:07,720
I was honoring our friendship
386
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:13,680
Oh, Billa!
Is this the price of your friendship?
387
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:18,640
- Shut up, fucker!
- Even a short stint cost me heavily
388
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,160
Shut up, you cunt!
389
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,200
- I've done nothing. Please don't take me.
- Get up.
390
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,800
- Come on, get up.
- Please don't take me.
391
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,440
I beg you! Please don't take me!
392
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,800
- Come on out!
- I didn't do anything.
393
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,320
I didn't-- Please leave me.
394
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,240
Sir! I didn't do anything, sir!
395
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:01,960
Forgive me, please.
396
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,240
- Forgive me if I did something wrong.
- No, sir! Please don't hang me!
397
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:08,240
Forgive me.
398
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,080
- Sir! I'm innocent, sir!
- I'm sorry.
399
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,360
Please don't take me!
400
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,440
I'm innocent, sir.
401
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,040
I didn't do anything, sir.
402
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,920
Please don't hang me, sir!
403
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:43,240
Hey!
404
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:44,880
- Get up!
- Get up!
405
00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:53,400
Sir! Please don't hang me, sir!
406
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,960
I'm innocent.
407
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,120
Please don't hang me, sir!
408
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:08,280
Come on!
409
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:17,800
Stand up.
410
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,080
Open his handcuffs. Are they off?
411
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,120
Tighten it.
412
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,320
No! No!
413
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,000
No pulse. Confirmed dead.
414
00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:38,560
His pulse is still active.
415
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,840
What do you mean
"his pulse is still active"?
416
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:45,600
Is he not dead yet?
417
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:51,200
Is he…
418
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:52,920
Is he alive?
419
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,160
Billa is dead, right?
420
00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,640
Then how is Ranga still alive?
421
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:01,440
They were both hung at the same time.
422
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,280
Say something, Doctor sahab!
423
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:07,320
What do I say?
424
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:09,840
You…
425
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:12,760
- Tomar.
- Sir.
426
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:15,440
What happened?
427
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,400
He should have died, sir.
428
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,280
- Sunil.
- Sir.
429
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,000
Didn't you supervise this?
430
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,440
- Then why is he not dead yet?
- Sir…
431
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,000
We've done everything by the book, sir.
432
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:33,600
- Then what happened?
- All preparations, sir.
433
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,920
We fulfilled all the requirements
of the hangmen.
434
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:39,760
Fakira!
435
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,320
Say something! Why are you quiet?
436
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,120
He must have held his breath.
437
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:55,880
But, sir, this has never happened before!
438
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,360
So, how did it happen today?
439
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,440
- Sunil.
- Was the length of the rope accurate?
440
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,280
- Sunil!
- What-- Sir.
441
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,960
I don't want to end up
losing my job like the former SP.
442
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:08,840
The bloody magistrate is watching.
443
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,440
Ensure that he is dead!
444
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:13,520
Sir…
445
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:14,800
Sir, Tomar sir--
446
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:15,840
What?
447
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:18,520
Sir.
448
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,560
Let's give it some time.
449
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:27,920
His breath will eventually stop.
450
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:36,720
Sir, I…
451
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:02,400
He's still alive.
452
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,480
We have given it enough time.
453
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:08,240
What's the protocol now?
454
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:11,440
Awana.
455
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:12,920
Sir!
456
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:14,680
Go down.
457
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:21,400
- Go down!
- Sir!
458
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:33,800
Grab his legs.
459
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,760
I said hold his legs!
460
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:38,880
Sir…
461
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:43,160
Now pull.
462
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:47,880
Come on, pull.
463
00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:51,360
Pull harder.
464
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,200
Use all your strength!
465
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,360
Pull harder!
466
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,240
Use all your strength!
467
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:06,800
Hang off him!
468
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:10,640
Just hang off him!
469
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,960
Hello. I am ASP Sunil Kumar Gupta,
470
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,840
speaking on behalf
of Superintendent of Central Jail, Tihar.
471
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,880
"Today, on 31st January 1982,
472
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:04,160
as per the orders
of the Honourable Supreme Court,
473
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,000
the death warrants of inmates
474
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,760
Kuljeet Singh alias Ranga,
and Jasbir Singh alias Billa,
475
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:11,960
were carried out."
476
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:18,360
"At 6:00 a.m.,
477
00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:22,720
executioners Kalu and Fakira
pulled the lever,
478
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,080
and a smooth
479
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,640
and uneventful hanging was completed."
480
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:30,680
Was completed.
481
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,120
What happened to your hand?
482
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,240
Sir, my hand was broken
when they tortured me.
483
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,480
I refused to accept
the false accusations against me,
484
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,520
so they beat me
until I was forced to accept their lies.
485
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:00,360
It still hurts.
486
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,400
"We have promptly facilitated
the transfer
487
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,720
of Kuljeet Singh alias Ranga's
mortal remains to his family."
488
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,680
"In the case of inmate
Jasbir Singh alias Billa,
489
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,920
no claimants have come forward
to acknowledge his mortal remains."
490
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:19,000
Thank you.
491
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:40,760
Welcome back.
492
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:44,520
Jailer sahab.