 Five petty thieves, Narendra Nath as Jaggu, Danny Denzongpa as Arjun, Shakti Kapoor as Salim, Sudhir (Indian Actor) as Bhaggu and Kanwar Ajit Deol as Tau Pahelwan, loot Prakash Mehra's house as fake Income tax officers, stuff the loot in a red suitcase and hide it underground at a tree in a village, in which they take refuge with the police hot on their heels.Here, they undergo a reformation, seeing the plight of the villagers under the atrocities of dacoit Lukka and his gang played by Dev Kumar.Feroz Khan is told by Dilawar Singh that he is the real owner of the Thakur properties and gives him a Swastika locket on a neck chain as his family heirloom, as well as telling him that he has hidden the papers related to his real identity in a box, near the same place that the five thieves had hidden their loot.