Akbar has just turned eighteen. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre for mitting murder at the age of sixteen when he was ndemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the nviction uld be carried out. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A'la, a friend of Akbar, who himself has undergone imprisonment for burglary, soon after his release tries desperately to gain the nsent of Akbar's plaintiff so as to s the execution.