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Telangana court orders death sentence to 1, life term for 6 in 2018 hate killing

A court in Telangana sentenced Subhash Sharma to death for the killing of 23-year-old Dalit man Perumulla Pranay and gave life sentences to six others involved in the 2018 murder case, as reported by The Indian Express.
Pranay was murdered in public view on September 14, 2018, while leaving a hospital with his pregnant wife, Amrutha Varshini, who had faced family opposition to their marriage, detailed in the court's proceedings.
Investigating officer AV Ranganath stated that the court's decision ensures that convicts will not receive relief even in higher courts, according to the special court's verdict on March 10.
Amrutha delivered a baby boy in 2019 and visited Pranay's grave after the verdict, committing to seek justice for her husband.

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India Today

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The Siasat Daily

Telangana honour killing: No relief for convicts in higher courts

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Response Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA) commissioner AV Ranganath, who was the Nalgonda district superintendent of police (DSP) in the 2018 honour killing of a Dalit young man P Pranay, said that the convicts will not get any relief even in higher courts. Ranganath said this in response to the special court in Telangana’s Nalgonda town awarding death penalty to the contract killer and life imprison…

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Hindustan Times

Telangana court orders death sentence to 1, life term for 6 in 2018 hate killing

The court in its judgement concluded that the murder was carried out at the behest of a businessman who could not digest his daughter’s marriage with a Dalit Christian.

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News18 India

Pranay Murder Case: Telangana Court Sentences One To Death, Six To Life Imprisonment

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on Subhash Kumar Sharma and Rs 10,000 each on the other six convicts.

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Telangana court gives death sentence to man in 2018 honour killing case

The victim, Perumulla Pranay, was hacked to death in September 2018 in front of his pregnant wife, who belongs to an upper-caste family.

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The Hindu

Pranay murder case | A ‘hate crime’ case that shook Telangana in 2018

Death penalty and life imprisonment awarded by Nalgonda special court for murder of Dalit youth P Pranay Kumar orchestrated by father-in-law T Maruthi Rao

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