Karthika Gopalakrishnan, TNN | Mar 9, 2012, 02.24AM IST
CHENNAI: In a rare conviction for a case of honor killing in the state, a Mahilar Court (Women's Court) here has awarded life sentence to 57-year-old K Kuppusamy, who killed his 15-year-old daughter Varalakshmi, by setting her ablaze. The incident occurred five years ago at Nesapakkam on January 30, 2007.
Varalakshmi, a Class 10 student, was murdered by her father Kuppusamy, as he was opposed to her affair with Jagadeesh, a boy who lived in the same colony.
Passing orders on Thursday, special judge R Sethumadhavan said this was "a clear case of honourable homicide", also called 'honour killing'. "We cannot view it as a matter between a father and daughter or that it is [an issue] within their family. It is clearly a murder and culpable homicide committed by one person against another person," the judge observed.
Special public prosecutor Gowri Ashokan, who appeared for the state, established that Kuppusamy disapproved of his daughter's affair with Jagadeesh. Varalakshmi was sent to live with her uncle Mohan after her parents found out about the affair. However, she continued to be in touch with Jagadeesh.
Enraged when he came to know of it, Kuppusamy dragged Varalakshmi out of the house around 9.45am and pulled her to a river bank close to the compound of Mata Amrita Vidyalaya School. He then doused her with kerosene. Even though she pleaded with him not to set fire on her and that she would obey him, he set her ablaze, eyewitnesses Elumalai and Raghu said. They lodged a complaint with the MGR Nagar police station after the incident.
When Kuppusamy pleaded for a lenient sentence, the judge noted that if a father was not happy with his daughter's behaviour in having an affair, the maximum he could have done is to "cut off social relations". "But he cannot take the law into his own hands to kill his daughter," the judge said.
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Varalakshmi, a Class 10 student, was murdered by her father Kuppusamy, as he was opposed to her affair with Jagadeesh, a boy who lived in the same colony.
Passing orders on Thursday, special judge R Sethumadhavan said this was "a clear case of honourable homicide", also called 'honour killing'. "We cannot view it as a matter between a father and daughter or that it is [an issue] within their family. It is clearly a murder and culpable homicide committed by one person against another person," the judge observed.
Special public prosecutor Gowri Ashokan, who appeared for the state, established that Kuppusamy disapproved of his daughter's affair with Jagadeesh. Varalakshmi was sent to live with her uncle Mohan after her parents found out about the affair. However, she continued to be in touch with Jagadeesh.
Enraged when he came to know of it, Kuppusamy dragged Varalakshmi out of the house around 9.45am and pulled her to a river bank close to the compound of Mata Amrita Vidyalaya School. He then doused her with kerosene. Even though she pleaded with him not to set fire on her and that she would obey him, he set her ablaze, eyewitnesses Elumalai and Raghu said. They lodged a complaint with the MGR Nagar police station after the incident.
When Kuppusamy pleaded for a lenient sentence, the judge noted that if a father was not happy with his daughter's behaviour in having an affair, the maximum he could have done is to "cut off social relations". "But he cannot take the law into his own hands to kill his daughter," the judge said.
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