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Nashik Honour Killing: Bombay High Court Upholds Death Penalty for Man Who Killed Pregnant Daughter - (07 Aug 2019)

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Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and death penalty given to a 38-year-old man by a Nashik Court in northern Maharashtra in a case of honour killing. The Court upheld the death penalty given to Eknath Kumbharkar, convicted for killing his 18-year-old pregnant daughter in 2013 because she had married outside their caste.

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