Honour killings earn five death sentence

her and partner Yogesh in a so-called honour killing.  The five were opposed to the union on caste grounds.
“Keeping in view the medical evidence and the state in which the bodies of the deceased person were found, it is obvious that most heinous type of murders were committed in the present case.
“Both the deceased were electrocuted by the convict. The offence was not only inhuman and barbaric but the savage nature of the crime has shocked the judicial conscience,” the court said.
The judgment came a year after India’s Supreme Court said that people carrying out honour killings should get the death penalty.
According to a recent study, hundreds of people are killed each year for falling in love or marrying against their families’ wishes.
However, there is no specific death count. — Xinhua.