Kochi: The Kerala court that acquitted actor Dileep in a 2017 actress assault case invoked a Latin phrase in its judgment, stating, “Let justice be done though the heavens fall.”
In the 1,709-page judgment, Ernakulam District Principal and Sessions Court Judge Honey M Varghese discussed the allegation levelled against it by prosecution and defence, in a section titled ‘Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum’, which translates to the same phrase.
The court noted that the special public prosecutor had submitted that Dileep attempted to influence judges who handled the case at various stages, particularly the trial court judge.
