Dashmi is the story of five young friends - Sohail (Vardhan Puri), Sachin (Gaurav Sareen), Shrushti (Monica Chaudhary), Rishabh (Ankit Khera) and Tejas (Tirth Bhanushali), who are very much concerned and angered over the rising cases of rapes and the rapists going scot-free. To end this crime the group of friends kidnap the culprits and make them confess to their crime live on social media. They announce that they will be killing the rapists live during a Dussehra event along with the effigy of Ravan. The city police commissioner (Rajesh Jais) assigns ACP Krishnakant Yadav (Aadil Khan) to handle the case the stop the group of friends from committing this crime. Does ACP Krishnakant Yadav succeed in arresting these friends before time forms the rest of the film.