Mock Trail Script

JUDGE: Good Morning Ladies and Gentleman, We are here today for the trial of                              Mr. Danial Saleem, is this person a psycho? Or a plain murderer? now we shall begin the trial, with the opening statements of the prosecutor followed by the defense lawyer.

THE POLICEMAN WILL BRING IN Danial..AND Danial IS LAUGHING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON!

PROSECUTOR(Ak): Your honor, this man Danial is a very dangerous criminal, the police have been looking for him for many years and due to this fine policeman here we have been able to bring him to court today. He has committed several crimes including street crime, bomb planting and has committed 4 murders. Including Ahmed Tariq’s 10 year old son.

DEFENSE LAWYER(Saad): Your honor, on what basis is the prosecutor calling my client a criminal, he isn’t a criminal my lord, his brain doesn’t work like a normal man’s brain does. We have researched thoroughly on his state of mind and the doctors have come to the conclusion that Danial is mentally ill, and needs sometime in the mental asylum so that his condition can improve.

PROSECUTOR: Your honor, we have proof that Danial isn’t mentally ill but he is in a perfect state of mind and has committed these crimes intentionally. Your honor I would like to call Ahmed, the father of the son that Danial murdered.

So Mr. Ahmed, tell us what happened on 14th of October 2011.

“DANIAL: SINGS MAD WORLD”

A.T: Your honor, my 10 year old son, my only son was ruthlessly murdered by this guy. Me and my son were walking on the side pavement next to the road and all of a sudden a black Nissan Versa  comes streaming in and ran over my son, my beautiful son.(crying)..My lord this man is a murderer.. he killed my son..i want justice my lord I want justice!!

Meanwhile Danial is acting like a crazy person, laughing without any reason and making weird faces.

PROSECTUR: Your honor, I would like to call on my first witness. Mr. Sardar Cheema, He saw Mr. Danial planting a bomb outside the emirates stadium.

Cheema walks in….

Mr. Cheema can you please explain what you saw?

CHEEMA: Your honor, I saw this man planting a bomb outside the Emirates Stadium..Fortunately I saw the policeman on the corner of the road and ran to him and told him the whole story. The policeman very bravely and cleverly moved to the edge of the alley where this man was planting the bomb and when the criminal was walking away from the scene he grabbed him from his collar and arrested him. That’s all I saw your honor.

PROSECUTER: what was the date and time when you saw him planting the bomb?

Cheema: 24th November around 6:30

PROSECUTER: This was the day when a concert was being held and thousands of people would have been inside the stadium...

PR to DL: would you like to ask him some questions?

DEFENSE LAWYER: Mr. Cheema were you going to attend the concert?

PROSECUTOR: Objection your honor, the defense lawyer is asking my witness questions that are personal and are not related to the topic.

DEFENSE LAWYER: There is a very strong point behind this question my lord.

JUDGE: Objection over-ruled.

DEFENSE LAWYER: So Mr. Cheema were you going to attend the concert?

Cheema: NO!

DEFENSE LAWYER: then what were you doing there?

Cheema: I went to drop my sister and her friends to the concert.

DEFENSE LAWYER: And what were you doing in the alley?

Cheema: (a bit tensed…) I was going to meet my drug dealer over there..

DEFENSE LAWYER: So your honor, Mr. Cheema takes drugs, how can a person who takes drugs be reliable, who knows he might have taken drugs before the incident, he might have taken drugs right now.