KM Nanavati, an Indian Navy Commander, was accused of murdering his spouse’s lover Prem Ahuja.

New Delhi:

Athlete OJ Simpson, as soon as celebrated on the American soccer subject, however ceaselessly marked by the shadow of a high-profile murder trial, has died on the age of 76. He was accused of killing his ex-wife and her male buddy in a suburb of Los Angeles. The televised police chase to apprehend Simpson, and the extraordinary subsequent trial that includes high-octane attorneys and allegations of racism, have been watched by hundreds of thousands on tv.

His acquittal in October 1995 after 9 months in court docket was greeted with disbelief by many Americans who had adopted each twist and switch within the arguments over particulars as intricate as whether or not a pair of gloves fitted the previous athlete’s palms.

A case in India that passed off in 1959, the KM Nanavati trial, bore an eerie similarity to the OJ Simpson Case and captured the folks’s consideration. Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati, an Indian Navy Commander, was accused of murdering his spouse’s lover Prem Ahuja.

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Sylvia, Nanavati’s spouse, had confessed to her husband about her affair with Ahuja whereas he was out on missions. Nanavati then dropped his spouse and youngsters at a film and went to the Naval Base. He collected his pistol with six bullets on a false pretext and headed to Prem Ahuja’s home.

Nanavati confronted Ahuja about his intentions and requested him if he deliberate to marry Sylvia. When Ahuja refused, Nanavati fired three bullets killing him on the spot.

The Naval Commander instantly went to a police station and confessed to the crime. He additionally confessed in court docket and detailed how he deliberate the homicide.

Despite his confession, Nanavati was declared ‘not responsible’ of premeditated homicide by a jury. The jury’s verdict was later dismissed by the Bombay High Court.

On March 11, 1960, the High Court discovered Nanavati responsible of killing Ahuja and sentenced him to life in jail. The sentence was suspended by the Governor of Bombay inside hours.

The Supreme Court overturned the order and despatched the Naval officer to jail. He was granted parole on well being grounds in 1963 and a yr later was pardoned by the brand new Bombay Governor and Jawaharlal Nehru’s sister Vijayalakshmi Pandit.

After receiving a pardon within the case, KM Nanavati emigrated to Canada together with Sylvia and their three kids.

The Nanavati case, very like OJ Simpson’s trial, captured the creativeness of the general public and the media. Its influence resonated by the years, inspiring books and flicks, together with the 2016 movie ‘Rustom,’ starring Akshay Kumar, which delved into the affect of media on the trial’s consequence.

This was the final case to be heard as a jury trial in India, as the federal government abolished jury trials quickly after.