A fast-track sessions court on Friday imposed death penalty on three persons charged with murdering four members of a family following a dispute over an inter-caste marriage.
PALGHAR (Maharashtra): A fast-track sessions court on Friday imposed death penalty on three persons charged with murdering four members of a family following a dispute over an inter-caste marriage.
Dilip Tiwari and his associates Sunil Yadav and Manoj Paswan were given capital punishment after they were found guilty of committing the multiple murders two years ago.
However, the court acquitted Dilip's parents Prem Narain Tiwari and Tulsi Tiwai for want of evidence.
Observing that this was one of the `rarest of rare' cases, Judge A B Mahajan upheld contention of special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam that Dilip and two others had committed cold-blooded murder.
The three were charged with the murder of four members of a Lochil family in Vasai, Thane district, neighbouring Mumbai, three years ago.
The court awarded additional 10 years' rigorous imprisonment to the three convicts for causing serious injuries to two other members of the Lochil family.
The relations between Tiwari and Lochil families soured after Prabhu Lochil married Sushma Tiwari on October 29, 2003 as the Tiwari family did not approve of the alliance. On May 17, 2004, Dilip, along with his friends Manoj and Sunil, went to Prabhu's house in the early hours and stabbed him to death.
They also murdered his father Krishnan and 14-year-old cousin Dirjid Balan. Prabhu's friend Abhay Raj, who was staying close by, was also killed as he had helped the couple get married.
The killers also stabbed Prabhu's mother Indira Krishnan and sister Deepa. Both fell unconscious after the attack and the killers fled, presuming them to be dead.
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