Honour Killing: Differences in Legal and Social Aspects of Crime

Abstract

 Killing in the name of honour has shamed the country many times and the problem is still continuing. Honour killing is not classified crime in India even now. An honour killing is a murder of a victim by, or at the behest of close family members with the aim of undoing the loss, or perceived loss of widens family status, owing to the actions or status of the victim. This study has been carried out to know the ways of killing the victims and the perception of the problem in legal and social ways. Total 63 cases were found in print media during the year 2012-2013. Secondary data was the main source of the study, thus the method of content analysis was used for this research work. Result shows that 79.36% of the cases have been been found reported against Hindu victims. Study also indicates that 33.76% of the males were victims of honour killing. 03.17% convicted persons were awarded death penality. The problem needs separate law to curb honour killing.