Man, son get life term for stabbing daughter-in-law to death: Court
30 Nov 2013 5:35 AM IST
A man, along with his son, has been awarded life term by a Delhi court for murdering his daughter-in-law as she used to stand up against ‘harassment’ caused to her by them.
Additional sessions judge Kamini Lau held guilty Wazirpur residents Roshan Khan (65) and his son Babloo (22) for stabbing to death Mumtaz saying the victim’s only fault was that she objected to the harassment by her in-laws.
The court also sent Babloo to seven years in jail for attempting to murder his brother Mukhtar, husband of Mumtaz, over family dispute and made it clear that his sentence would run one after the other.
The judge, in its 148-page judgement, observed that offences against women are rising by the day and it is a cause of great concern for the courts.
‘In the present case the only fault of Mumtaz was that she stood up against the harassment caused to her by her in laws and approached the law enforcement agencies for redressal of her grievances which annoyed her in-laws immensely,’ the court said.
Additional sessions judge Kamini Lau held guilty Wazirpur residents Roshan Khan (65) and his son Babloo (22) for stabbing to death Mumtaz saying the victim’s only fault was that she objected to the harassment by her in-laws.
The court also sent Babloo to seven years in jail for attempting to murder his brother Mukhtar, husband of Mumtaz, over family dispute and made it clear that his sentence would run one after the other.
The judge, in its 148-page judgement, observed that offences against women are rising by the day and it is a cause of great concern for the courts.
‘In the present case the only fault of Mumtaz was that she stood up against the harassment caused to her by her in laws and approached the law enforcement agencies for redressal of her grievances which annoyed her in-laws immensely,’ the court said.
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