{"id":50868,"date":"2017-12-13T10:38:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50868"},"modified":"2017-12-13T10:38:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:08:57","slug":"6-sentenced-death-suspected-honour-killing-dalit-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/6-sentenced-death-suspected-honour-killing-dalit-man","title":{"rendered":"6 sentenced to death in suspected honour killing of Dalit man"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48757\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-frees-rape-accused-unreliable-testimony-woman\/testomony\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"271,186\" 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=\"testomony\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-48757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?resize=271%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"6 sentenced to death in suspected honour killing of Dalit man\" width=\"271\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?w=271&amp;ssl=1 271w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?resize=146%2C100&amp;ssl=1 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">6 sentenced to death in suspected honour killing of Dalit man<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Six persons were sentenced to death by a court here today in connection with the suspected honour killing of a 22-year old Dalit man in full public view in nearby Udumalpet in March last year.<\/p>\n<p>Those sentenced to death included the father of the woman, who had married the Dalit man despite opposition from her family.<\/p>\n<p>Tirupur Principal District and Sessions Judge Alamelu Natarajan also sentenced another accused to life term and another to five years imprisonment in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The judge acquitted three other accused, including the mother of the woman, a Caste Hindu.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, the prosecution has argued that it was a case of honour killing.<\/p>\n<p>The case drew outrage as a video showing the savage attack by three persons who hacked the man, Shankar, and his wife Kausalya near a busy road on March 13, 2016 was telecast by TV channels.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the three men were seen attacking Shankar and his wife, dealing repeated blows on them and leaving the place on a two-wheeler after the cold blooded murder even as scared bystanders remained mute witnesses to the carnage.<\/p>\n<p>Various political parties had condemned the killing.<\/p>\n<p>Kausalya, who escaped with injuries, had then said her father was totally opposed to their relationship and threatened to act against Shankar.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six persons were sentenced to death by a court here today in connection with the suspected honour killing of a 22-year old Dalit man in full public view in nearby Udumalpet in March last year. 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