{"id":40244,"date":"2015-12-04T08:28:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T02:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40244"},"modified":"2015-12-04T08:28:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T02:58:52","slug":"man-acquitted-in-honour-killing-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-acquitted-in-honour-killing-case","title":{"rendered":"Man acquitted in honour killing case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37984\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/gun.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37984\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/non-bailable-warrant-against-iqbal-for-jun-8-firing\/gun\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/gun.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gun\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/gun.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/gun.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37984 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/gun.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Man acquitted in honour killing case\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Man acquitted in honour killing case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Due to lack of evidence, a Muzaffarnagar\u00a0court today acquitted a man accused of killing his sister at Kidwai nagar, in a suspected case of honour killing.<\/p>\n<p>Additional district sessions judge, Ghanshyam Pathak acquitted Majid, accused of killing his 21-year-old sister, saying that the prosecution had failed to prove charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, the victim, Khushnuma was shot dead by her brother in her sleep on August 22 last year. The victim&#8217;s father, Sharif Ahmed had lodged an FIR against his son, accusing him of committing the crime.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, all witnesses had turned hostile.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to lack of evidence, a Muzaffarnagar\u00a0court today acquitted a man accused of killing his sister at Kidwai nagar, in a suspected case of honour killing. Additional district sessions judge, Ghanshyam Pathak acquitted Majid, accused of killing his 21-year-old sister, saying that the prosecution had failed to prove charges against him. 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