In Brief
A father was convicted of murdering his pregnant daughter who had married a man from a lower caste against his wishes. The trial court acquitted him, but the High Court reversed this and convicted him under culpable homicide. The Supreme Court held that the conviction is legally sound. Although the prosecution relied heavily on the sole eyewitness (the mother-in-law), her evidence was entirely reliable and corroborated by the accused's motive, his known threats, his 20-day absconding, the recovery of a blood-stained sickle, matching blood groups, and medical evidence of fatal deep wounds. The court upgraded the conviction from Section 304 Part I to Section 302 (murder) and imposed life imprisonment, holding that no exception to murder applies.",
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