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At the other end, after about nine months of the date of murder a boy was born in the family of the victim. As the child grew to five years of age he showed some peculiarities. He was dumb. He was abnormally quiet. He would wear only saffron coloured clothes and prefer the company of monks and hermits. He would mostly sit on the bridge on the canal outside the village. One day he listened to the conversation of some family members. The essence of this conversation was that the judge was going to give his verdict that day and it would be nothing short of death sentence. After their breakfast they left for the court. They found the child sitting on the bridge over the canal. When he saw the family members coming he stood up, approached his father and said, “Father, you are going to the court. Please take me along otherwise an innocent will be hanged.” Everyone was taken aback. How suddenly a mute by birth started speaking and why is he calling a murderer an innocent. They showered the child with questions. The child responded calmly, “Father, please be patient. I will tell you everything. But first take me to the judge immediately,” and resumed his silence. Filled with curiosity and surprise, they took the boy to the court. The courtroom was filled with people from both sides. The judge read his judgement – “Based on the evidence and arguments as well as the accused having pleaded guilty, it has been conclusively proved that the accused has intentionally committed the murder of the deceased. Therefore, ...." Just then the five-year old child stood up and shouted, “Your honour! You are sentencing an innocent.” The judge said in his resounding voice, "Order! Order! Child! What do you mean?” Without any hesitation the child replied, “Your honour! Please adjourn your judgement. Please come with me, I will take you to the real murderer and his accomplices. But please ask the police force to accompany you with handcuffs.” The judge was very much impressed with the submission of the child. He adjourned the judgement and followed the child along with the police force. This made everyone present in the court curious and the lawyers as well as some other people also went along.
The child took them to the mango tree in that farm and said, “Your honour, please warn the police to be alert lest the criminal runs away." He then pointed at the murderer and his accomplices and said, “Your honour, first of all please get these people handcuffed, they are the real culprits." Those people were arrested at once. Now the child indicated a spot and said,” The corpse is buried here, please get it dug
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