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Supreme Court upholds life term for murder but asks Karnataka governor to consider remission plea

IndiaTimes Tuesday, 15 July 2025
A recent 'honeymoon murder' in Meghalaya mirrors a 2003 case where a woman and her lover were convicted for killing her fiancé. The Supreme Court, while upholding the life sentence, reflected on the societal pressures driving women to such crimes.
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