When Shekhar the son of wealthy Mr. Gupta goes to a small hill-station town, he is smitten by the beauty and dance of Damini, and falls head over heels in love with her & decides to marry her. Damini re-locates to Shekhar's palatial home, where she finds that she is not as welcome as she had thought she would be, for Shekhar's mom, Sumitra, had wanted her son to marry the daughter of wealthy Mr. Bajaj. Then one day, Damini witnesses Shekhar's younger brother, Rakesh, molesting the maid-servant and rushes to inform Shekhar about this but is too late. Then the Gupta family conspires to cover-up this shameful incident. But Damini is unable to get this incident out of her mind, and finally decides to inform the police. She does so, and is instantly shunned by the Gupta family. The police arrest Rakesh and three of his friends, and the matter is taken up in court, and Damini is asked to testify. But in turn she is termed as a mentally unstabled. Unable to bear the mental torture in the institution, she escapes and runs into a down-and-out alcoholic lawyer by the name of Govind, who has the rape case re-opened. Then the maid-servant dies in hospital, and the police write off her death off as a suicide, but Govind is able to prove otherwise. As for the final test of Damini's sanity, the only person who can restore her rightful place is Shekhar. But will Shekhar be able to stand up against his own family, and testify in favor of Damini?
