<p dir="auto">The Supreme Court on Monday decided to consider a plea against the acquittal of a man, his wife and bother-in-law in the sensational Udumalpet honour killing case, where Shankar, a Dalit boy was killed for marrying his daughter Kausalya belonging to Thevar caste, on March 13, 2016.</p>.<p dir="auto">A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari issued notice to Kausalya's father B Chinnaswamy, mother Annalakshmi and maternal uncle Pandidurai.</p>.<p dir="auto">The court said the case needs to be examined. Additional Advocate General Balaji Srinivasan, appearing for the Tamil Nadu government sought a direction for expediting the case.</p>.<p dir="auto">Kausalya, who is a prosecution witness, filed a special leave petition against the Madras HC's order of June 22, 2020, overturning acquittal of her father and two others after finding no evidence of a criminal conspiracy.</p>.<p dir="auto">The HC had commuted the death penalty of five hired killers to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 25 years in jail without remission.</p>.<p dir="auto">On Monday, advocate Nithya Ramakrishnan sought a direction to prevent the accused from travelling abroad. The court, however, refused to pass any order.</p>.<p dir="auto">Shankar, a Dalit from Kumaralingam near Udumalpet, had married Kausalya, against their parents' wishes after falling in love while study at an engineering college in Pollachi.</p>.<p dir="auto">On March 13, 2016, Shankar was hacked to death and Kausalya suffered injuries in the attack.</p>.<p dir="auto">The incident, caught on CCTV cameras, triggered a massive outrage. On December 12, 2017, the trial court awarded death penalty to six persons, including the father of the girl.</p>
<p dir="auto">The Supreme Court on Monday decided to consider a plea against the acquittal of a man, his wife and bother-in-law in the sensational Udumalpet honour killing case, where Shankar, a Dalit boy was killed for marrying his daughter Kausalya belonging to Thevar caste, on March 13, 2016.</p>.<p dir="auto">A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari issued notice to Kausalya's father B Chinnaswamy, mother Annalakshmi and maternal uncle Pandidurai.</p>.<p dir="auto">The court said the case needs to be examined. Additional Advocate General Balaji Srinivasan, appearing for the Tamil Nadu government sought a direction for expediting the case.</p>.<p dir="auto">Kausalya, who is a prosecution witness, filed a special leave petition against the Madras HC's order of June 22, 2020, overturning acquittal of her father and two others after finding no evidence of a criminal conspiracy.</p>.<p dir="auto">The HC had commuted the death penalty of five hired killers to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 25 years in jail without remission.</p>.<p dir="auto">On Monday, advocate Nithya Ramakrishnan sought a direction to prevent the accused from travelling abroad. The court, however, refused to pass any order.</p>.<p dir="auto">Shankar, a Dalit from Kumaralingam near Udumalpet, had married Kausalya, against their parents' wishes after falling in love while study at an engineering college in Pollachi.</p>.<p dir="auto">On March 13, 2016, Shankar was hacked to death and Kausalya suffered injuries in the attack.</p>.<p dir="auto">The incident, caught on CCTV cameras, triggered a massive outrage. On December 12, 2017, the trial court awarded death penalty to six persons, including the father of the girl.</p>
