NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday warned that perpetrators of 'honour killings' could face death penalty, saying that the crime meets the "rarest-of-rare" criterion laid down by it to award capital punishment.
"All persons who are planning to perpetrate 'honour killing' should know that the gallows await them," said a bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra after upholding the conviction and sentence of one Bhagwan Dass, who killed his daughter for deserting her husband and eloping with an uncle. Infuriated by his daughter's conduct — she left her husband and started living in an incestuous relationship with her uncle — Dass strangled her with a wire.
Justice Katju, writing the judgment for the bench, said, "In our opinion, honour killings, for whatever reason, come within the category of rarest of rare cases deserving death punishment."
"All persons who are planning to perpetrate 'honour killing' should know that the gallows await them," said a bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra after upholding the conviction and sentence of one Bhagwan Dass, who killed his daughter for deserting her husband and eloping with an uncle. Infuriated by his daughter's conduct — she left her husband and started living in an incestuous relationship with her uncle — Dass strangled her with a wire.
Justice Katju, writing the judgment for the bench, said, "In our opinion, honour killings, for whatever reason, come within the category of rarest of rare cases deserving death punishment."
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