Judgement by the Karnal Additional Session Judge’angered the powerful and influential khap panchayat.The judge ordered death sentence to five persons, life imprisonment to one and seven years’ jail to another in a case of honour killing in Haryana’s Kaithal district. The practice of honour killing is rampant in Haryana, Outskits of Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh and Punjab and some parts of Rajasthan.In Islamic countries honour killing is a major problem.
According to experts,Khap panchayat is a medieval institution where people were divided into clans.They regularly try to settle disputes among its members.Khap panchayat are dead against same-gotra (clan) marriage.So when boys and girls of same caste fell in love or married each other family members of the girl killed the girl or the boy or both of them for the sake of the honour of the family. Even the politicians support the khap panchayat.
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