Nikam described the emotional scene that followed immediately after the verdict. He said he told Dutt to stand straight as television cameras were recording everything that was happening inside the courtroom. If he had not told the actor to pull himself together, public opinion might have made him the villain of the case, he thought. “He was virtually shaking. I was standing nearby and told him, ‘Sanju, the media is watching, please stand straight.’ Then I asked the police to take him away. Had I not motivated him at that moment, the media would have made me the villain. Everyone was against me.”
