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All the statements, evidence and documents were placed before the Honourable Judge. The arguments began from the prosecutor and
the defence lawyer. Aditi and I were also in the court. We sat next to Sheffali’s parents. It was known that Harshal and Brijesh had given their confession in the statements, confessing that they had done as Raghu Raj had commanded them to do.
We expected that the case against Raghu Raj would be an open and shut case. We were wrong. Both the witnesses rescinded their statements to the police. In the court, Harshal and Brijesh denied what they had said in their statements to the police. They said that the police had obtained their statement under coercion. The statements had been written by the police and they had been forced to sign and own them. They testified that Raghu Raj had nothing to do with the case. They said that they were responsible for calling Sheffali for extra work and that they were ready to face the charges against them, rai
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