Palghar (Maharashtra): The sessions court of Palghar on Friday sentenced three persons to death for four murders committed over an inter-community marriage at Vasai in 2004.
Palghar sessions judge A B Mahajan, who on Thursday held the three guilty for the gruesome murders, awarded the sentence on Friday.
On May 17, 2004, three men and a 14-year-old boy were stabbed in a village at Vasai. The assailants also rained blows on two women.
The altercation began when Prabhu Krishnan married Sushma Tiwari in October 2003 despite opposition from the bride's family. Six months later, his father Prabhu, his teenaged cousin and friend Abhay Raj were killed by Sushma's brother Dilip and two others.
Public outrage led to the appointment of special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who pressed criminal conspiracy charges against Sushma's kin. Sushma’s mother Tulsi, father Premnarayan, brother Dilip and his two friends - Sunil and Manoj - were tried for the murders. They have been in jail since 2004.
During the trial, Sushma deposed against her parents. Her parents wanted her to marry a man from her community and when she refused, they threatened to kill her husband and his family, she said.
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