An honor killing or shame killing is the murder of a member of a family, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonor upon the family,

1. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
Honour Killing
Presented by :- Avinash Kumar

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Points to be covered
1. What is Honour Killing?
2. Honour Killing vs Domestic violence
3. Reasons for Honour Killings
4. Cases and their Analyses
5. Honour killings and Judiciary
6. Actions Against Honour Killing
7. Why No One Speaks Against Honour Killings?
8. CONCLUSION

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What is Honour Killing?
• An honour killing (also called a customary killing) is the
MURDER of a family or clan member by one or more fellow
family members or relatives.
• It is believed in the Indian society that “A Girl's Character
Represents Her Family”
• The perpetrators (and potentially the wider community)
believe the victim to have brought DISHONOUR upon the
family, clan, or community
Source: ‘Honour and tradition Bill,2010 document

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Why Honour Killing, not a Murder?
• Honour killing, by definition, is a murder whose motive is to
defend or preserve somebody’s honour.
• In Indian societies, a woman is considered to reflect on her
family’s honour.
• The parents also have the belief that they have a right to kill
their child as they have given birth to them.

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Honour Killing vs Domestic violence
Honour killing
• Carefully planned
• The reason given for the
honour killing is that the girl
or young woman has
"dishonoured" the family.
• At least half the time, the
killings are carried out with
barbaric ferocity
• The extended family and
community valorise the
honour killing
Domestic violence
• The murder is often
unplanned and spontaneous.
• The bitterer-murderer does
not claim any family concept
of "honour."
• While some men do beat a
spouse to death, they often
simply shoot or stab them.
• The bitterer-murderer is seen
as a criminal; no one defends
him as a hero

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Probable Reasons for Honour Killings
• Utilizing dress codes unacceptable to the family/community
• Wanting to terminate or prevent a love marriage or desiring
to marry by own choice
• Engaging in certain sexual acts, including those with the
opposite or same sex.
• Huge caste based discriminations and stratification of the
society.

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Some reasons and facts behind Honour killing
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HONOUR
KILLING
Marrying person outside the
caste or religion.
Desire for divorce
Engaging in gay or lesbian
relationship
Dress code for
female

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Cases and their Analyses

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• Honour killings have been reported in northern regions of
India (mainly in the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan,
Haryana and Bihar).
• In mid-2009, almost 695 homicidal cases have been
registered as honour killings, in India.
Haryana & Delhi
U.P
Others
43%
32%
25%

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PUNJAB:
• As per data compiled by the Punjab Police, over 200 honour killing cases
have been reported in the state between 2008 and 2010; 97 in 2008; 85
in 2009, and 56 in 2010.
• It has been reported that the victims Prabhjot Kaur and Pradeep Singh
from Ferozepur, both students of Class 12 were shot dead by five
unidentified gunmen.
Haryana:
• The situation in Haryana is the worst of all, the number of
cases mentioned in police records is around 160 but the
actual scenario is unimaginable.
• the family members of a girl allegedly killed her and her
teenaged lover and hanged them as exhibits in their house
for the village to see their "fate“.

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Some of Data

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ANALYSIS
• People of Haryana have generally stressed that the main reason
for honour killing is marriage of people in the same village or the
gotra and also Inter-caste and Inter Religious marriage.
• Delhi People mentioned that the main reasons are inter-caste and
inter-religious marriage
• In southern region, Both male and female are generally killed &
Financial Gap has also been a dominant reason.

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News Paper Headlines
• Honour killings in India have grown by more than 796% from
2014 to 2015.(28 murders in 2014 and 251 murders in 2015)
• 792% spike in honour killing cases, UP tops the list: Govt in
Parliament.
• More than 1000 honour killings in India every year.
• Telengana couple hacked to death in the name of family
honour.

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Honour killings and Judiciary:
• Currently there is no special law mentioning the term
“Honour Killing” in IPC.
• Some offences under the Indian Penal Code.
• There are also no laws which punish the illegal and often
barbaric actions of the Khap or community panchayats or
other caste or religious associations.

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Actions Against Honour Killing:
State & Year
• Haryana,20
07
• U.P.,2011
• Punjab,2009
• Tamilnadu,2
009
• U.P.,2011
Case Name
• Manoj-Babli
(both Murdered
• Baburam Case
(Only girl killed)
• Gurpreet Singh
(Boy murdered)
• Sripriya (Girl
Murdered)
• Zahida & Husna
Culprits
• Girl’s Brothers
• Girl’s father
• 4 Relative of
girl
• Father & 2
cousins of girl
• Mothers of
both the girls
Court’s Decision
• Life
sentence(2010)
• Pending
• Death sentence
• Hearing going on
• Life Sentence

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Why No One Speaks Against Honour Killings?
• Social panchayats and the village community approve of
this custom.
• No political leader has either condemned these crimes.
• Statement - "We cannot interfere in the social customs of our
people" - Haryana CM (Hooda)
• Even those who oppose it don't say anything for fear of
losing their lives.

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CONCLUSION
• We can conclude that honour killing, varies in different parts
of India.
• It is still being practiced in this modern India from urban cities
like Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai.
• In rural areas, marriage in the same gotra is the most
dominant factor leading to honour killing .
• In the metro cities, financial gap or other factors like
homosexuality or divorce etc.

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REFERENCES:
• http://www.unfpa.org/publications/state-world-population-
2000
• http://pantheon.hrw.org/legacy/press/2001/04/un_oral12_040
5.htm
• https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0212_02
0212_honorkilling.html
• http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-honourkilling/indian-
village-proud-after-double-honor-killing-
idUSDEL29449420080516
• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-03-31/five-to-be-executed-
for-honour-killings/386540
• http://www.news18.com/news/india/india-registers-279-
honour-killing-cases-in-2014-and-2015-1319993.html

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