ग़बन उपन्यास भाग-52

usi bangale mean thik das baje mukadama pesh hua. savan ki jh di lagi huee thi. kalakatta daladal ho raha tha, lekin darshakoan ka ek apar samooh samane maidan mean khadatha. mahilaoan mean dinesh ki patni aur mata bhi aee huee thian. peshi se das-pandrah minat pahale jalapa aur zohara bhi band gadiyoan mean a pahuanchian. mahilaoan ko adalat ke kamare mean jane ki ajna mil gee. pulis ki shahadatean shuroo huee. dipti suparianteandeant, ianspektar, daroga, nayab daroga –‘sabhi ke bayan hue. donoan taraph ke vakiloan ne jirahean bhi kian, par in karravaiyoan mean ullekhaniy koee bat n thi. jabte ki pabandi ki ja rahi thi. ramanath ka bayan hua, par usamean bhi koee nee bat n thi. usane apane jivan ke gat ek varsh ka poora vrittaant kah sunaya. koee bat n chhipaee, vakil ke poochhane par usane kaha,jalapa ke tyag, nishtha aur saty-prem ne meri aankhean kholian aur usase bhi zyada zohara ke saujany aur nishkapat vyavahar ne, maian ise apana saubhagy samajhata hooan ki mujhe us taraph se prakash mila jidhar auroan ko aandhakar milata hai. vish mean mujhe sudha prapt ho gee.

isake bad saphaee ki taraph se devidin—‘ jalapa aur zohara ke bayan hue. vakiloan ne inase bhi saval kiya, par sachche gavah kya ukh date. zohara ka bayan bahut hi prabhavotpadak tha. usane dekha, jis prani ko jashjiroan se jak dane ke lie vah bheji gee hai, vah khud dard se t dap raha hai, use maraham ki jeerat hai, janziroan ki nahian. vah sahare ka hath chahata hai, dhakke ka jhoanka nahian. jalapa devi ke prati usaki shraddha, usaka atal vishvas dekhakar maian apane ko bhool gee. mujhe apani nichata, apani svathaoodhata par lajja aee. mera jivan kitana adham, kitana patit hai, yah mujh par us vakt khula, aur jab maian jalapa se mili, to usaki nishkam seva, usaka ujjval tap dekhakar mere man ke rahe sahe sanskar bhi mit ge. vilas-yukt jivan se mujhe ghrina ho gee. maianne nishchay kar liya, isi aanchal mean maian bhi ashray looangi. magar usase bhi zyada marke ka bayan jalapa ka tha. use sunakar darshakoan ki aankhoan mean aansoo a ge. usake aantim shabd ye the, ‘mere pati nirdosh haian! eeshvar ki drishti mean hi nahian, niti ki drishti mean bhi vah nirdosh haian. unake bhagy mean meri vilasasakti ka prayashchitt karana likha tha, vah unhoanne kiya. vah bazar se muanh chhupakar bhage. unhoanne mujh par agar koee atyachar kiya, to vah yahi ki meri ichchhaoan ko poora karane mean unhoanne sadaiv kalpana se kam liya. mujhe prasann karane ke lie, mujhe sukhi rakhane ke lie unhoanne apane oopar bade se bada bhar lene mean kabhi sankoch nahian kiya. vah yah bhool ge ki vilas-vritti santosh karana nahian janati. jahaan mujhe rokana uchit tha, vahaan unhoanne mujhe protsahit kiya, aur is avasar par bhi mujhe poora vishvas hai, mujh par atyachar karane ki dhamaki dekar hi unaki zaban band ki gee thi. agar aparadhini hooan, to maian hooan, jisake karan unhean itane kasht jhelane pade. maian manati hooan ki maianne unhean apana bayan badalane ke lie majaboor kiya. agar mujhe vishvas hota ki vah dakoan mean sharik hue, to sabase pahale maian unaka tiraskar karati. maian yah nahian sah sakati thi ki vah niraparadhiyoan ki lash par apana bhavan khadakarean. jin dinoan yahaan dake p de, un tarikhoan mean mere svami prayag mean the. adalat chahe to teliphon dvara isaki jaanch kar sakati hai. agar zaroorat ho, to myunisipal bord ke adhikariyoan ka bayan liya ja sakata hai. aisi dasha mean mera kartavy isake siva kuchh aur ho hi nahian sakata tha, jo maianne kiya.

adalat ne sarakari vakil se poochha,kya prayag se is muamale ki koee riport maangi gee thi?

vakil ne kaha,ji haan, magar hamara us vishay par koee vivad nahian hai. saphaee ke vakil ne kaha,isase yah to siddh ho jata hai ki mulazim dake mean sharik nahian tha. ab keval yah bat rah jati hai ki vah mukhabir kyoan bana- vadi vakil,svarth-siddhike siva aur kya ho sakata hai!

saphaee ka vakil,mera kathan hai, use dhokha diya gaya aur jab use maloom ho gaya ki jis bhay se usane pulis ke hathoan ki kathaputali banana svikar kiya tha. vah usaka bhram tha, to use dhamakiyaan di gee. ab saphaee ka koee gavah n tha. sarakari vakil ne bahas shuroo ki,yor

arunar, aj apake sammukh ek aisa abhiyog upasthit hua hai jaisa saubhagy se bahut kam hua karata hai. apako janakapur ki dakaiti ka hal maloom hai. janakapur ke asapas kee gaanvoan mean lagatar dake p de aur pulis dakaitoan ki khoj karane lagi. mahinoan pulis karmachari apani jan hatheliyoan par lie, dakaitoan ko dhooandh nikalane ki koshish karate rahe. akhir unaki mehanat saphal huee aur dakuoan ki khabar mili. yah log ek ghar ke aandar baithe pae ge. pulis ne

ekabaragi saboan ko pak d liya, lekin ap janate haian, aise mamaloan mean adalatoan ke lie saboot pahuanchana kitana mushkil hota hai. janata in logoan se kitana darati hai. pranoan ke bhay se shahadat dene par taiyar nahian hoti. yahaan tak ki jinake gharoan mean dake p de the, ve bhi shahadat dene ka avasar aya to saf nikal ge. mahanubhavo, pulis isi ulajhan mean p di huee thi ki ek yuvak ata hai aur in dakuoan ka saragana hone ka dava karata hai. vah un dakaitiyoan ka aisa sajiv, aisa pramanapoorn varnan karata hai ki pulis dhokhe mean a jati hai.sapulis aise avasar par aisa adami pakar gaibi madad samajhati hai. yah yuvak ilahabad se bhag aya tha aur yahaan bhookhoan marata tha. apane bhagy-nirman ka aisa suavasar pakar usane apana svarth-siddh karane ka nishchay kar liya. mukhabir banakar saza ka to use koee bhay tha hi nahian, pulis ki sipharish

se koee achchhi naukari pa jane ka vishvas tha. pulis ne usaka khoob adarasatkar kiya aur use apana mukhabir bana liya. bahut sanbhav tha ki koee shahadat n pakar pulis in mulajimoan ko chho d deti aur un par koee mukadama n chalati, par is yuvak ke chakame mean akar usane abhiyog chalane ka nishchay kar liya. usamean chahe aur koee gun ho ya n ho, usaki rachana-shakti ki prakharata se inakar nahian kiya ja sakata usane dakaitiyoan ka aisa yatharth varnan

kiya ki janjir ki ek k di bhi kahian se gayab n thi. aankur se phal nikalane tak ki sari batoan ki usane kalpana kar li thi. pulis ne mukadama chala diya. par aisa maloom hota hai ki is bich mean use svabhagy-nirman ka isase bhi achchha avasar mil gaya. bahut sanbhav hai, sarakar ki virodhini sansthaoan ne use pralobhan die hoan aur un pralobhanoan ne use svarth-siddhika yah naya rasta sujha diya ho, jahaan dhan ke sath yash bhi tha, vahavahi bhi thi, desh-bhakti ka gaurav bhi tha. vah apane svarth ke lie sab kuchh kar sakata hai. vah svarth ke lie kisi ke gale par chhuri bhi chala sakata hai aur sadhu-vesh bhi dharan kar sakata hai, yahi usake jivan ka lakshy hai. ham khush haian ki usaki sadabuddhine aant mean us par vijay paee, chahe unaka hetu kuchh bhi kyoan n ho niraparadhiyoan ko dand dena pulis ke lie utana hi apattijanak hai, jitana

aparadhiyoan ko chho d dena. vah apani karagujari dikhane ke lie hi aise mukadame nahian chalati. n gavarnameant itani nyay-shoony hai ki vah pulis ke bahakave mean akar sarahin mukadame chalati girerri lekin is yuvak ki chakamebaziyoan se pulis ki jo badanami huee aur sarakar ke hazaroan rupaye kharch ho ge, isaka zimmedar kaun hai? aise adami ko adarsh dand milana chahie, taki phir kisi ko aisi chakamebazi ka sahas n ho aise mithya ka sansar rachane vale prani

ke lie mukt rahakar samaj ko thagane ka marg band kar dena chahie. usake lie is samay sabase upayukt sthan vah hai, jahaan use kuchh din atm-chiantan ka avasar mile. shayad vahaan ke ekaantavas mean usako aantarik jagriti prapt ho jay. apako keval yah vichar karana hai ki usane pulis ko dhokha diya ya nahian. is vishay mean ab koee sandeh nahian rah jata ki usane dhokha diya. agar dhamakiyaan di gee thian, to vah pahali adalat ke bad jaj ki adalat mean apana bayan vapas le sakata tha, par us vakt bhi usane aisa nahian kiya. isase yah spasht hai ki dhamakiyoan ka akshep mithya hai. usane jo kuchh kiya, svechchha se kiya. aise adami ko yadi dand n diya gaya, to use apani kutil niti se kam lene ka phir sahas hoga aur usaki hiansak manovrittiyaan aur bhi balavan ho jaeangi.

phir saphaee ke vakil ne javab diya, ‘yah mukadama aangarezi itihas hi mean nahian, shayad sarvadeshiy nyay ke itihas mean ek adabhut ghatana hai. ramanath ek sadharan yuvak hai. usaki shiksha bhi bahut mamooli huee hai. vah ooanche vicharoan ka adami nahian hai. vah ilahabad ke myunisipal aphis mean naukar hai. vahaan usaka kam chuangi ke rupaye vasool karana hai. vah vyapariyoan se prathanusar rishvat leta hai aur apani amadani ki parava n karata hua anap-shanap kharch karata hai. akhir ek din mizan mean galati ho jane se use shak hota hai ki usase kuchh rupaye uth ge. vah itana ghabada jata hai ki kisi se kuchh nahian kahata, bas ghar se bhag khada hota hai. vahaan daftar mean us par shubaha hota hai aur usake hisab ki jaanch hoti hai. tab maloom hota hai ki usane kuchh gaban nahian kiya, sirph hisab ki bhool thi.

phir ramanath ke pulis ke panje mean phansane, garaji mukhabir banane aur shahadat dene ka zikr karate hue usane kaha, ab ramanath ke jivan mean ek naya parivartan hota hai, aisa parivartan jo ek vilas-priy, pad-lolup yuvak ko dharmanishth aur kartavyashil bana deta hai. usaki patni jalapa, jise devi kaha jae to atishayokti n hogi, usaki talash mean prayag se yahaan ati hai aur yahaan jab use maloom hota hai ki rama ek mukadame mean pulis ka mukhabir ho gaya hai, to vah usase chhipakar milane ati hai. rama apane bangale mean aram se pada hua hai. phatak par santari pahara de raha hai. jalapa ko pati se milane mean saphalata nahian hoti. tab vah ek patr likhakar usake samane pheank deti hai aur devidin ke ghar chali jati hai. rama yah patr padhata hai aur usaki aankhoan ke samane se parada hat jata hai. vah chhipakar jalapa ke pas jata hai. jalapa usase sara vrittaant kah sunati hai aur usase apana bayan vapas lene par zor deti hai. rama pahale shankaean karata

hai, par bad ko razi ho jata hai aur apane bangale par laut jata hai. vahaan vah pulis-aphasaroan se saf kah deta hai, ki maian apana bayan badal dooanga. adhikari use tarah-tarah ke pralobhan dete haian, par jab isaka rama par koee asar nahian hota aur unhean maloom ho gaya hai ki us par gaban ka koee mukadama nahian hai, to ve use jalapa ko giraphtar karane ki dhamaki dete haian. rama ki himmat

toot jati hai. vah janata hai, pulis jo chahe kar sakati hai, isalie vah apana irada tabadil kar deta hai aur vah jaj ke ijalas mean apane bayan ka samarthan kar deta hai. adalat mean rama se saphaee ne koee jirah nahian ki thi. yahaan usase jirahean ki gee, lekin is mukadame se koee sarokar n rakhane par bhi usane jirahoan ke aise javab die ki jaj ko bhi koee shak n ho saka aur mulazimoan ko saza ho gee. ramanath ki aur bhi khatiradariyaan hone lagian. use ek sipharishi khat diya gaya aur shayad usaki yoo.pi. gavarnameant se sipharish bhi ki gee. phir jalapadevi ne phaansi ki saza pane vale mulizam dinesh ke bal- bachchoan ka palan-poshan karane ka nishchay kiya. idhar-udhar se chande maang-maangakar vah unake lie ziandagi ki zarooratean poori karati thian. usake ghar ka kamakaj apane hathoan karati thian. usake bachchoan ko khilane ko le jati thian.

ek din ramanath motar par sair karata hua jalapa ko sir par ek pani ka mataka rakkhe dekh leta hai. usaki atm-maryada jag uthati hai. zohara ko pulis-karmachariyoan ne ramanath ke manoranjan ke lie niyukt kar diya hai. zohara yuvak ki manasik vedana dekhakar dravit ho jati hai aur vah jalapa ka poora samachar lane ke irade se chali jati hai. dinesh ke ghar usaki jalapa se bheant hoti hai. jalapa ka tyag, seva aur sadhana dekhakar is veshya ka hriday itana

prabhavit ho jata hai ki vah apane jivan par lajjit ho jati hai aur donoan mean bahanapa ho jata hai. vah ek saptah ke bad jakar rama se sara vrittaant kah sunati hai. rama usi vakt vahaan se chal p data hai aur jalapa se do-char batean karake jaj ke bangale par chala jata hai. usake bad jo kuchh hua, vah hamare samane hai. maian yah nahian kahata ki usane jhoothi gavahi nahian di, lekin us paristhiti aur un pralobhanoan par dhyan dijie, to is aparadh ki gahanata bahut kuchh ghat

jati hai. us jhoothi gavahi ka parinam agar yah hota, ki kisi niraparadh ko saza mil jati to doosari bat thi. is avasar par to pandrah yuvakoan ki jan bach gee. kya ab bhi vah jhoothi gavahi ka aparadhi hai? usane khud hi to apani jhoothi gavahi ka iqabal kiya hai. kya isaka use dand milana chahie? usaki saralata aur sajjanata ne ek veshya tak ko mugdh kar diya aur vah use bahakane aur bahalane ke badale usake marg ka dipak ban gee. jalapadevi ki kartavyaparayanata kya dand ke yogy hai? jalapa hi is drama ki nayika hai. usake sadanurag, usake saral prem, usaki dharmaparayanata, usaki patibhakti, usake svarth-tyag, usaki seva-nishtha, kis-kis gun ki prashansa ki jay! aj vah rangamanch par n ati, to pandrah parivaroan ke chirag gul ho jate. usane pandrah parivaroan ko abhayadan diya hai. use maloom tha ki pulis ka sath dene se saansarik bhavishy kitana ujjval ho jaega, vah jivan ki kitani hi chiantaoan se mukt ho jayagi. sanbhav hai, usake pas bhi motarakar ho jayagi, naukar-chakar ho jayange, achchha-sa ghar ho jayaga, bahumooly abhooshan hoange. kya ek yuvati ramani ke hriday mean in sukhoan ka kuchh bhi mooly nahian hai? lekin vah yah yatana sahane ke lie taiyar ho jati hai. kya yahi usake dharmanurag ka upahar hoga ki vah pati-vanchit hokar jivan? path par bhatakati gire- ek sadharan stri mean, jisane uchchakoti ki shiksha nahian paee, kya itani nishtha, itana tyag, itana vimarsh kisi daivi prerana ka parichayak nahian hai? kya ek patita ka aise kary mean sahayak ho jana koee mahatv nahian rakhata- maian to samajhata hooan, rakhata hai. aise abhiyog roz nahian pesh hote. shayad ap logoan ko apane jivan mean phir aisa abhiyog sunane ka avasar n mile. yahaan ap ek abhiyog ka phaisala karane baithe hue haian, magar is kort ke bahar ek aur bahut bada nyayalay hai, jahaan ap logoan ke nyay par vichar hoga. jalapa ka vahi phaisala nyayanuyal

hoga jise bahar ka vishal nyayalay svikar kare. vah nyayalay qanoonoan ki barikiyoan mean nahian p data jinamean ulajhakar, jinaki pechidagiyoan mean phansakar, ham akasar path-bhrasht ho jaya karate haian, akasar doodh ka pani aur pani ka doodh kar baithate haian. agar ap jhooth par pashchatap karake sachchi bat kah dene ke lie, bhog-vilasayukt jivan ko thukarakar phatehaloan jivan vyatit karane ke lie kisi ko aparadhi thaharate haian, to ap sansar ke samane nyay ka kaee ooancha adarsh nahian upasthit kar rahe haian. sarakari vakil ne isaka pratyuttar dete hue kaha,marm aur adarsh apane sthan par bahut hi adar ki chizean haian, lekin jis adami ne jan-boojhakar jhoothi gavahi di, usane aparadh avashy kiya aur isaka use dand milana chahie. yah saty hai ki usane prayag mean koee gaban nahian kiya tha aur use isaka bhram-matr tha, lekin aisi dasha mean ek sachche adami ka yah kartavy tha ki vah giraphtar ho jane par apani saphaee deta. usane saza ke bhay se jhoothi gavahi dekar pulis ko kyoan dhokha diya- yah vichar karane ki bat hai. agar ap samajhate haian ki usane anuchit kam kiya, to ap use avashy dand deange. ab adalat ke phaisala sunane ki bari aee. sabhi ko rama se sahanubhooti ho gee tha, par isake sath hi yah bhi mani huee bat thi ki use saza hogi. kya saza hogi, yahi dekhana tha. log badi utsukata se phaisala sunane ke lie aur simat ae, kursiyaan aur age khianch li gee, aur kanabatiyaan bhi band ho

gee. ‘muamala keval yah hai ki ek yuvak ne apani pran-raksha ke lie pulis ka ashray liya aur jab use maloom ho gaya ki jis bhay se vah pulis ka ashray le raha hai, vah sarvatha nirmool hai, to usane apana bayan vapas le liya. ramanath mean agar satyanishtha hoti, to vah pulis ka ashray hi kyoan leta, lekin isamean koee sandeh nahian ki pulis ne use raksha ka yah upay sujhaya aur is tarah use jhoothi gavahi dene ka pralobhan diya. maian yah nahian man sakata

ki is muamale mean gavahi dene ka prastav svaptah usake man mean paida ho gaya. use pralobhan diya gaya, jise usane dand-bhay se svikar kar liya. use yah bhi avashy vishvas dilaya gaya hoga ki jin logoan ke viruddh use gavahi dene ke lie taiyar kiya ja raha tha, ve vastav mean aparadhi the. kyoanki ramanath mean jahaan dand ka bhay hai, vahaan nyayabhakti bhi hai. vah un peshevar gavahoan mean nahian hai, jo svarth ke lie niraparadhiyoan ko phansane se bhi nahian hichakate. agar aisi bat n hoti, to vah apani patni ke agrah se bayan badalane par kabhi raji n hota. yah thik hai ki pahali adalat ke bad hi use maloom ho gaya tha ki us par gaban ka koee mukadama nahian hai aur jaj ki adalat mean vah apane bayan ko vapas n le sakata tha. us vakt usane yah ichchha prakat bhi avashy ki, par pulis ki dhamakiyoan ne phir us par vijay paee. pulis ko badanami

se bachane ke lie is avasar par use dhamakiyaan dena svabhavik hai, kyoanki pulis ko mulazimoan ke aparadhi hone ke vishay mean koee sandeh n tha. ramanath dhamakiyoan mean a gaya, yah usaki durbalata avashy hai, par paristhiti ko dekhate hue kshamy hai. isalie maian ramanath ko bari karata hooan.’

sanbandhit lekh

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