He belonged to a very affluent family but after some dissent, he left his family and came to Delhi. He was doing quite well but entered a rough phase of his life. He got arrested for some petty crime which he didn’t commit. The magistrate didn’t find him guilty and granted him bail. But it required some bond or a surety which no one was willing to provide as he didn’t had any close relations yet.
A common friend told me this story when I asked about a letter he has received from him from prison, begging to get him out somehow. I knew how screwed the system is, so I immediately offered myself as surety. The next day his release order was sent to jail and he was freed late in night. At about 10 pm my friend called from the jail gate that he is out and wants to meet you first. I told it was already too late and we can meet next day. But after dinner they came to my home searching my address around mid-night. He was full of gratitude towards me. He hugged me and literally broke into tears saying that we never knew each other but you still helped me out. And this was the best hug and thanks I ever received in my lifetime which I can’t forget. How kind and innocent was he! And I thought I was being kind to him when it was the other way around.