The crowd is slowly increasing. I have never seen this kind of courtroom. My eyes were closed in black and white.
Seeing the barrister in front of the judge’s chair, I thought that this was my dream that was left unfulfilled by the accident. If I had had the opportunity to speak there today, I would not have had to sit here.
I kept thinking and looking at the worried faces around me. A 60-year-old woman was sitting next to me crying. When I asked, I realized that I had entered a different world of this society.
I found out that their house of illusion, which was locked in eight installments, is now under someone’s occupation. I kept hearing about the cruel outcome.
A thousand thoughts came to my mind, everyone will be in such a trial.
Well, today, the judge who is giving a wrong verdict every 15 minutes, will he not have to be held accountable in the final judgment?
The plaintiff and the defendant are talking in the courtroom, the verdict is in progress. It is almost like a continuous process of the case. The verdict is being passed every few minutes, but I do not see the document being closed.
This is how documents pile up in this neighborhood. The number of lawyers keeps increasing, but the number of judges is very low.
Clients and lawyers are sitting in a hut-like lawyer’s room.
A thought came to my mind, is it really not possible to see anyone smiling in this neighborhood?
In fact, there is a lot of division between the rich and the poor in this courtroom. Millionaires buy smiles in numbers and accept helpless sentences.
Our documents have not arrived yet. Waiting and looking at the door again and again.
I submitted our documents in advance to pick them up in court tomorrow.
Today I am standing in front of an accident whose sin was written to be helpful. Even knowing that if you do something helpful, you will get hurt, I could not stop the person. No matter how much I have been scolded, I have always jumped in case of someone’s danger. Today he got his punishment. Today I felt the person, despite all this, I want this stupid person.
Our relationship is like childhood friends, we almost play different roles. I know how to laugh at a thousand worries. While I was thinking, I saw that my lawyer had arrived. No, he seemed as confident as he did yesterday, but not today.
Something clicked in my mind.
It seemed that what his lips were saying was not what his eyes were saying. I was watching the status of each verdict as I was chanting. Fear was growing. My wandering eyes were towards the judge. My lips were chanting “Hasbunallahu wa nimal wakil” “Agisni ya rahman” Fabi ayyy alayyy rabbikuma tukajjiban. It was taking 15 minutes for each verdict to be delivered. My restless mind rushed to the lawyer. I said, brother, think about it and tell me about his chronic asthma.
I saw another expression in the lawyers’ eyes. I was scared and held my brother’s hand. The chanting was going on. I was saying to myself, Allah, I have never been dishonest, I have never harmed anyone. I have never closed my eyes to anyone’s danger. I have taken many exams, don’t show me this difficult path today. I just heard the decision to buy the house of the old man in the chair next to me a while ago. My eyes were burning and my hands were becoming useless.
The call to prayer began. I prayed to Allah, remembering that it was the time for prayers to be accepted, thinking that it was the time for me and my family to be punished.
If you are pleased with the benefit, then why is this injustice today? When my case number was called, four lawyers were moving forward. A distant relative who was standing next to me, who heard this, is coming to support me today. He understands all the details of the court. He had indicated in the morning that the lawyer I had appointed was not right. He said, go ahead.
I was wondering if I was allowed to stand next to the lawyers?
Thinking about something, I started walking. I was telling myself what would happen.
I stood behind our appointed lawyer.
When the file was presented before the judge, he gave a verbal order granting bail of two lakh taka. My world was dark at that time.
