During an ordinary mission, policewoman Vera Sedova single-handedly prevents a tragedy at the college, but a student dies. She claims the student had a shotgun, but no weapon was found. The policewoman is cursed by the student's parents and the public. The only one who becomes humanly sorry for Vera is the lawyer named Ilya Nesterov. Ilya becomes more and more immersed in the case and is convinced that his client may be right.
