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Five of a family awarded death for honour
killing
Friday October 05, 2012 06:24:35 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: A Delhi
court Friday awarded death sentences to five members of a family
convicted for the honour killing of a young couple in 2010, saying
that their offence was "the rarest of the rare".
Asha, 19, was beaten and then electrocuted along with her
20-year-old boyfriend Yogesh. The girl's family reportedly did not
want them to marry because the boy was from a lower caste.
The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar
Singhal against parents of the girl Suraj and Maya, uncle Om
Prakash, aunt Khusboo and brother Sanjeev. The court also slapped
a fine of Rs.20,000 on each of them.
"The offence was committed in a very brutal manner. The savage
nature of the crime has shocked the judicial conscience," the
judge said.
The court also observed that the crime was committed in cold blood
and was pre-planned.
"Both the deceased (Yogesh and Asha) had not done anything to
provoke the convict. They were inhumanly electrocuted," the court
said.
The judge said the manner in which the couple was killed made the
case "the rarest of the rare", which called for the death sentence
to the convicts.
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