This adage cannot be more relevant to the neeraj grover murder case than anything else.
Naval officer Jerome murdering TV guy Neeraj as he was involved with his fiance maria.
In 1959 an exactly similar incident happend. Naval officer Nanavati murdered Prem Ahuja as he had relnship with Sylvia, the wife of nanavati.
However, the similarities end thr. Nanavati, officially surrendered to navy provost police and then to the mumbai (bombay then) police. A jury trial acquitted him considering wht he did was socially right in 1959. The govt took offence, abolished trial by jury once for all and retried nanavati handing him a jail term.
2008 and 2011 are diff from 59. Jerome does not surrender. He and Maria cut the body to pieces and burn. After getting trapped Maria says she just was acting under pressure and confesses.
Jerome said he was angry n the killing was not premeditated hence not murder.
Court agrees ... If the killing was not premeditated why the heck did he hack the body to pieces postkilling? Is that not murder? And Maria is free....
God save our judicial system
