ROHTAK: Pronouncing verdict in an honour killing case of 2016, the Sonipat district court on Tuesday awarded capital punishment to a man for murdering three persons. The convict’s accomplice and the main accused in the case of killing of his sister’s husband and parent-in-laws is absconding .
Police had told the court that Sushila, who belonged to an upper caste family in Jhajjar district, had married a man from a scheduled caste against her family’s wishes. On November 19, 2016, her brother Satender alias Monu, with one other man, had barged into her sister’s house at night in Kharkhoda of Sonipat and killed three of the family members. The deceased included Sushila’s husband Pardeep, mother-in-law Sunita and father-in-law Suresh. First two were killed on the spot while Suresh had died during treatment. Sushila and her brother-in-law had sustained injuries.
Sushila and Pardeep had married in 2013, after meeting and falling in love during their college days in Rohtak.
Additional sessions judge R P Goyal on Tuesday convicted main accused Satender alias Monu and his friend Harish of the crime under Section 302 (murder) of IPC. The court awarded capital punishment to Harish, while for Satender evaded police after being out of jail on bail, punishment order was reserved till his arrest.
