Chapter 108: chapter 108

Aman - Up to now, only their phones are coming. How do you know that they have found your letter? Hemlatta - I have received a text from my cousin brother. He wrote clearly that your parents have found your letter. Aman - Oh no! Shit! Shit! Shit! They must be coming her anytime!Hemlatta - Hmm…P.A. - Aman, sir (Raj Girdher) is coming. I talked to him just now. Everything will be okay. Soon, the advocate Raj Girdher arrived and he asked us to follow him. He was leading and we were following. Within two minutes we reached a big hall. A judge was sitting on his chair and there were too many chairs in the hall as well as outside the hall. Many people were sitting. Raj girdher made us sit in the same hall till our turn came. We began to wait for our turn. Fear began to grip me. My face had lost its colour. Within my heart of hearts, I was cursing her! But I was not letting my feelings surface. I was already in danger and one foolish step of mine might end one percent of hope I had. I looked at her face. Her face showed some impressions of fear. At times, I felt as if she was pretending she was scared. I thought and cursed myself too, “I made a big mistake by eloping with her. I know it’s an irrevocable mistake. God, you know everything about me. I am a good boy. I haven’t done any kind of harm to anyone. Please save me! I never thought she was going to cheat me!”Within two minutes, two people entered the same hall where we were sitting and I was dead scared! Those two people were nobody else than her parents! I said to myself, “Oh shit!”Before I could think of anything else, they furiously entered the room and took Hemlatta by arm out of the room. I felt as if the game was going to go out of my hand. To avert this situation, I immediately called the constable sitting in the same hall, “Hey, they are taking the girl by force!”He came into action and asked her parents to stop there. I was in total confusion now! I was not getting what to do now. Thankfully, my lawyer, Raj Girdher came in time. Noticing the commotion, the judge called us first. He said, “What the hell is going on in the court!” My lawyer Raj Girdher moved ahead and said, “Her name is Hemlatta and she wants to marry Aman. They came here for a court marriage. But out of nowhere her parents arrived on the spot.”Out of fear, I caught the hand of Hemlatta, lest her parents take her away from me. The judge saw that and he shouted angrily at me, “Stupid! Why have you held her hand?”Aman - Sir, I want to marry her. She also wants to marry me. The judge became outrageous, “I said leave her hand! You have no right to catch her hand! She is their daughter!”I got scared and left her hand. I thought, “What the hell is going on! I can’t believe it that the judge is shouting at me! In Bollywood movies, the scene is very different. There the judges are very patient.”At once, the judge said, “Throw him into the jail!”I said, “What! Sir, what have I done?”The judge - You are asking me what you have done! You eloped with the girl! You took away the daughter to parents!I tried to say, “But…”He cut me short, “You shut up! You idiot!”I was shocked to my feet. I thought, “Oh my gosh! The reality is far far different from Bollywood movies. He is not even ready to listen to me!”Hemlatta’s parents started smiling and I was scared to hell! The judge - Put him to jail! I looked at my lawyer. He was also standing like a statue, not saying anything. I nudged lawyer and said slowly to him, “Please say something.”Then he took out the protection plea papers and gave them to the reader sitting by the side of the judge. The reader said to the judge, “The boy and the girl have signed the protection plea papers. We have to give protection to them.”The judge, “No, I won’t give them any protection!” He looked towards Hemlatta and asked angrily, “What’s your qualification?” She said, “Sir, I have done M.Sc.” Then he looked at the public sitting on the chairs in the hall and said, “Listen, she has done M.Sc, she is a teacher and she ran with a boy!” She lowered her eyes. I thought, “Oh my gosh! What the hell he is saying! He doesn’t have any right to say that!”The judge looked towards Hemlatta and asked her, “Do you want protection from your own parents who have raised you for about twenty five years? Now you fear your own parents!”She was dumbfounded. She didn’t utter even a single word. I thought, “What happened to her? Now, we are in need of police protection. Their parents can do anything now.”The judge - Do you know what’s the meaning of police protection? I will throw both of you in jail and then I will give you one constable. Do you want that? She didn’t say anything. I again nudged my lawyer to ask for police protection from the judge. But he also didn’t say anything. Perhaps, he feared lest the judge should scold him as he was very angry.I again tried to speak to protect myself, “Sir,...”This time, the interrupted me outrageously, “You keep your dirty mouth shut! I don’t want to listen to you!”I thought, “He is not even allowing me to speak. How will I be able to defend myself then? My lawyer is also not doing anything!”The judge asked Hemlatta's parents, “What’s your caste?”Her mom said, “Arora.”Then the judge looked at me and asked, “What’s your caste?”(It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)