Honour killing: HC admits appeal against guilty verdict

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today admitted the appeals of seven persons held guilty in a case of honour killing in Haryana.

A division bench comprising Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Jaswant Singh admitted the appeals and dismissed an application demanding parole filed by one of the guilty.

Terming the judgment passed against them as whimsical and on sentimental grounds,the seven persons held guilty for murdering one Manoj and his wife Babli for marrying within the same gotra (caste) had filed an appeal challenging the order of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) Vani Gopal Sharma.

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Those awarded death sentence are the girls brother Suresh; uncles Rajender and Baru Ram and her cousins Gurdev and Satish.

While Ganga Raj,leader of the khap panchayat that allegedly justified the killing has been awarded life imprisonment,one Mandeep Singh has been awarded seven years in jail for kidnap.

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