The film follows the story of Shankar, who is regarded as a criminal by society after being in jail for ten years since childhood.

Shammi Kapoor stars as a criminal who exchanges identity with a dead man in order to start over.

A renowned judge witnesses a murder in broad daylight. He identifies the killer who is arrested, found guilty and sentenced to the gallows. The judge later discovers he has seen the wrong person.

《Mujrim Haazir》讲述了萨达南德·乔杜里（Sadanand Chowdhary）的故事，他是一位封建领主的唯一继承人，他反抗整个剥削制度，并希望终结这种现象。该故事基于比马尔·米特拉（Bimal Mitra）的经典小说《Asami Hazir》改编，故事背景设定在19世纪初。