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Gonda court gives life term to father, stepmother for daughter’s murder
Gonda court gives life term to father, stepmother for daughter’s murder
A court in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced Rajesh Shukla and his wife Kiran to life imprisonment and fined them Rs 25,000 each for murdering his daughter Shweta in June 2024. The…
The Story in Brief
A court in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced Rajesh Shukla and his wife Kiran to life imprisonment and fined them Rs 25,000 each for murdering his daughter Shweta in June 2024. The prosecution said Rajesh wanted Shweta to marry a man accused in a dowry death case, and she opposed it. He also had a property dispute with his brothers.
On the night of June 10-11, 2024, the couple slit Shweta’s throat and made a false emergency call blaming Rajesh’s brothers. Police arrested them the next day. District and Sessions Judge Durga Narayan Singh convicted them after examining evidence and witnesses. The victim’s maternal grandfather had filed the complaint.
The Indian Opinion
The swift sentencing within two years of the crime may invite praise, but it should not mask how rare such convictions are in domestic murders. Many cases of honour killing or familial violence drag on for years or end in acquittal. This verdict sends a signal, but the real test will be whether the state ensures that similar cases see equally fast trials. Will the UP police and courts replicate this efficiency, or was this an outlier driven by media attention?
Source: hindustantimes.com
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