INDIA: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR HONOUR KILLING IN JHARKHAND

March 29, 2021:

The district court in Jharkhand’s Koderma on 25 March 2021 awarded death sentence to four people convicted in an honour-killing case. The four convicts include the victim’s parents and her uncle and aunt.
The sentence was pronounced by the court of Additional District Judge Ramashankar Singh.
The incident took place on 25 August 2018 in Madangundi area under Chandwara police station of Koderma district.
The victim, Soni Kumari, 20, was killed by her family after she said she wanted to marry a man from another caste. The victim’s family was against the inter-caste marriage and killed her by throttling her.
The convicts then tried to get rid of evidence against them by setting the Soni’s body on fire. However, their attempt was thwarted by the timely arrival of police.
The cops were successful in dousing the fire and the victim’s body was sent for post-mortem.
After a speedy trial, the Koderma district court convicted the four accused on 15 March.