Successful businessman Anatoly Romin finds himself in a very unpleasant situation. His mistress suddenly has a criminal brother named Bayan, who begins to demand money as compensation for the desecrated honor of his sister. Romin organizes negotiations with a representative of the criminal world, gets drunk there until he passes out, and when he comes to his senses, he discovers that the criminal has been brutally murdered. The businessman is absolutely sure that he did not kill Bayan, but law enforcement officials have a different opinion. All the evidence points to Romina's guilt. Now he faces a prison sentence for murder...