 Justice Pratap Sinha lives in Bombay, India, with his wife, Sujata Sinha, and an unmarried sister, Ashwini, who is a police inspector. One day while going to Court in his car, he sees a young man kill another with a sword in broad daylight, and escape. Sinha contacts the police, agrees to be an eye-witness to the killing, and assists in drawing a picture of the assailant. The killer turns out to be Sunil, who is arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. It is then Sinha finds out that the killer cannot be Sunil, but will he be able to move fast enough to prevent him from getting hanged?