K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra

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K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra was a 1959 Indian court case where Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati, a Naval Commander, was tried for the murder of Prem Ahuja, his wife's lover. Commander Nanavati, accused under section 302, was initially found not guilty by a jury, but the verdict was quashed by the Bombay High Court and the case was retried as a bench trial. The case is often erroneously believed to be the last jury trial in India, but there were several trials afterwards that used juries, some well into the 1960s. Nanavati was finally pardoned by Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the newly appointed Governor of Maharashtra and sister of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The incident received unprecedented media coverage and inspired several books and films, including 1963 film Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke, the 1973 film Achanak, the 1983 film Asthram, the 2016 film Rustom, and the 2019 web series The Verdict - State vs Nanavati.

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