{"id":11520,"date":"2011-06-08T18:08:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T12:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=11520"},"modified":"2011-06-08T18:08:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T12:38:39","slug":"death-penalty-for-10-people-for-honour-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/death-penalty-for-10-people-for-honour-killing","title":{"rendered":"Death penalty for 10 people for honour killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/death-penalty1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11521\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/death-penalty-for-10-people-for-honour-killing\/death-penalty-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/death-penalty1.jpg?fit=299%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"299,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"death-penalty1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/death-penalty1.jpg?fit=299%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/death-penalty1.jpg?resize=299%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/death-penalty1.jpg?w=299&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/death-penalty1.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>At least 10 members of a family were sentenced to death by a local court for killing an 18-year-old girl, her lover and the lover&#8217;s brother in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Vijaya, 18, her lover Udai Pal Singh and Singh&#8217;s brother Satyabhan were killed in Pilkathra village in Etah in November 2008. Vijaya&#8217;s father Ramesh Pal, along with his other family members and relatives, had killed the three people.<\/p>\n<p>Special judge R.B. Sharma pronounced the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ramesh Pal was against his daughter Vijaya&#8217;s relationship with Udai Pal. The couple wanted to marry. Vijaya even eloped with Udai Pal,&#8221; public prosecutor Rajendra Sharma told reporters in Etah, some 400 km from Lucknow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Later when the couple returned, Ramesh Pal with the help of his family and other relatives shot dead his daughter, her lover and lover&#8217;s brother,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sharma, there were 13 people accused in the triple murder case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of the 13, ten were awarded death sentence while one was acquitted. The remaining two are minors. 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