[Honour Killing] No place in society for citizens who repose faith in archaic values of family honour: Allahabad High Court

The Court held that prima facie, it was a brazen case of honour killing where family members participated to put an end to a young life on account of a false sense of family pride.

Honor killing, Allahabad HC

Areeb Uddin Ahmed

While rejecting a bail plea filed in an honour killing case, the Allahabad High Court recently remarked that there is no place in our society for citizens who act in derogation of constitutional values and support archaic values of "family honour" to the extent of eliminating an individual. (Gulshan v. State of UP)

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[Honour Killing] No place in society for citizens who repose faith in archaic values of family honour: Allahabad High Court

Areeb Uddin Ahmed

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