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SC gives 25 years to 2 for ‘caste hate’ murder S.S. NEGI New Delhi Dec. 20: Taking into account the "caste hatred" by a Brahmin youth and his two friends from Uttar Pradesh against a lower caste young man from Kerala who was murdered brutally, the Supreme Court has awarded them extended harsh life sentence of 25 and 20 years modifying the death sentence given by the courts below. Dilip Tiwary, a Brahmin from UP settled in Mumbai, got his neighbour Prabhu belonging to low Ezhava caste in Kerala, murdered five years ago after his sister Sushma Tiwary had fallen in love with him and married him defying caste and inter-state barriers. "In the peculiar circumstances of this case, mere imprisonment which is capable of resulting in 14 years of actual term may not be adequate for these accused persons. We direct that they (Dalip and his friend Manoj) shall not be released unless they complete 25 years of actual imprisonment," Justices V.S. Sirpurkar and Deepak Verma ruled. However, the top court differentiated the position of Dilip’s another friend Sunil from the two because he had not assaulted the helpless women and other members in Prabhu’s family and awarded him 20 years in jail. A trial court in Mumbail had given death sentence to all of them considering the "caste hatred" as one of the grounds laid down by the Supreme Court in its broad guidelines capital punishment in murders arising out of caste divide. The Bombay high court had confirmed the death sentence. The apex court converted the death sentence into extended rigorous life term to the three accused as they had no criminal past and also considering their young age as they were merely 20-22 years when they committed the heinous crime. Sushma had married Prabhu despite stern warning by her father Premnarayan Tiwary, mother Tulsi and brother Dalip to stay away from him because he was from a lower caste and belonged to another state. But before their liaison both the families had good neighbourly relations and the murder was a clear case of "caste hatred", the apex court in its verdict recorded. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
