When Kripal Singh (Chandrachur Singh) sees Inspector Vora (Kanwaljit Singh) at a Sikh shrine in Himachal Pradesh he is determined to kill the police officer. Kripal is a Khalistani militant and the protagonist of Gulzar-directed Maachis (1996). Earlier in the film, Vora had been a part of a police team that turned up in Kripal’s village searching for militants and had picked up his friend Jaswant Singh Randhawa (Raj Zutshi). Jaswant Jassi, as Kripal calls him is tortured in custody even though the police are aware he is innocent. Unable to get justice through legal means, Kripal turns to the militants.