{"id":45618,"date":"2016-11-05T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T04:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=45618"},"modified":"2016-11-05T09:44:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T04:14:35","slug":"capital-punishment-man-killing-wife-four-daughters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/capital-punishment-man-killing-wife-four-daughters","title":{"rendered":"Capital punishment for man for killing wife and four daughters."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Death-sentence.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"45619\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/capital-punishment-man-killing-wife-four-daughters\/death-sentence\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Death-sentence.png?fit=570%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"570,320\" 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=\"death-sentence\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Death-sentence.png?fit=570%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-45619\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Death-sentence.png?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"death-sentence\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Death-sentence.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Death-sentence.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Death-sentence.png?w=570&amp;ssl=1 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A man has been sentenced to death by a local court here for killing his wife and four daughters so that he could marry another woman in his neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>District and Sessions Judge Rajbeer Singh sentenced Ramanand to death yesterday and also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convict.<\/p>\n<p>According to district government counsel (DGC) Shiv Raj Yadav, Ramanand, a resident of Namdarpurwa in Dhaurehra area, had hacked his wife Sangita (35), daughters Tulsi (7), Laxmi (5), Kajal (3) and a two-month old baby daughter with a sharp edged weapon on Jan 22, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>After killing his entire family, Ramanand poured kerosene and burnt the bodies and tried to show that it was an incident of dacoity and murder.<\/p>\n<p>Yadav said during investigation, police found that Ramanand eliminated his family mercilessly with a motive to marry another woman in his neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>During trial in the court of district and sessions judge, Ramanand was found guilty of murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been sentenced to death by a local court here for killing his wife and four daughters so that he could marry another woman in his neighbourhood. 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