1. Aaditya Bhatnagar
Akansha Varshney
Ekta Sheoran
Mitul Dua
Nikhil Sahdev
Roopa Nijhon
Sunny Jain
Vineet Garg

2. • Also known as
“ Customary Killing” , “Honor Killing "or “Domestic
Public Violence”
• Khap is a cluster of villages united by caste and
geography. It is as old as 14th century started by upper
caste jats to consolidate their power and position.
• The main thinking is that all boys and girls within
a Khap are considered siblings.

5. Marrying Person
Outside The Caste
Or Religion.
Disobeying The Engaging
Dress Code In Lesbian
Given By The Honor
Or Gay
Community To Killing Relationshi
The Females. ps
Refusing
Arranged
Marriage.

6. 7.50%
Love intrigues
35.90% Casteism
56.60% Marriage related

7.  Men ,women and young are killed in case of honor
killing by community or the family members
assuming that they can again purify the
community or family status .
 Idea of tradition and keeping up with the tribal
beliefs of the role of women in society .
 The strong emphasis on family relationships .
 Belief that the demands of “westerners” deny the
different cultural traditions of those practicing
honor killings .

8.  Persons who killed the victims in their honor are
almost never punished .
 They are never brought on trial
 And if they are , served only for three months in
prison at most .Otherwise, most of them are let
off.

9.  Astonishingly , prominent politicians from both
the ruling congress party and the opposition
have come out in support of the such
community , because major votes and funds for
there elections come from such upper caste
community.
 Some community have also demanded that
the government introduce changes in the
Hindu marriage law to ban marriages within
the same gotra.
 Socially , no marriage alliance is permitted
between a man and women belong to the same
caste or from same village.

10. In Shivganga district of South Indian
State, Tamilnadu ,a 20 year old girl
Megala and a 24 year old boy Shivkumar
were killed by Megala’s father and
brother after being traced out when they
eloped out after ten days of the marriage
of Megala with another one.

11. Zahida's brother brutally attacked
her because he alleged she had
been unfaithful and brought shame
to the family. He cut off her
ears, tongue, and nose, gouged out
her eyes, and left her for dead. Some women are burne
alive by their families to
regain the family honor

12. Du’a Khalil Aswad
Age: 17
(Iraq)
Stoned to death by members of her community for
falling in love with a Sunni Muslim man.
April 7, 2007

13. Babli, drowned dead with her husband
Manoj
by relatives,
for marrying within the same village gotra
June 15, 2007

14. • According to Delhi-based Indian Population Statistics
Survey (IPSS) in mid -2007 almost 655 homicidal
cases have been registered as honor killings in India
.
Killings Percentage
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Uttar Haryana North
Pradesh Western

15.  According to a data compiled by Haryana Police , 34
incidents of Honour Killings were reported in the
state between 2008 and 2010
 In March 2010 , Haryana court sentenced 5 people to
death for murdering a couple on the orders of “ Khap
Panchayats ” , a traditional unofficial local council .
 June 2010 also reported some incidents from the
Indian capital , Delhi .

16. • An association since 1985 confirms that 6 to
7 cases of honor killings has been reported
every month in India . Moreover, it has been
reported that 10% of all women killings come
under the category of “ Honor Killings ” .

17. Honour Killings in India - a Study
35
98
56 2008
2009
2010

18. Found dead, body Beaten to death by in-
Zarghona 15 lies in a laws
Peshawar shelter, burnt beaten by stones and
by her father-in-law who bricks and burnt on suspicion of extra-
said she had not cleaned
her husband's clothes marital relations
properly
August 3, 2007 May 2007

19. JUDICIARY SILENCE!!!
•Have police investigated these
crimes thoroughly?
•No transparency about how
such investigations are carried
out.
•Why Indians families silently
endure these killings?
•In a powerful democracy like
India , it is a shame that we have
no legal safeguard to address this
crime that has steadily increased
over the last few decades.

20.  Raise awareness through education.
 Send letters to relevant heads of countries where
this is happening and advise them to act
immediately.
 Set up a fund to raise money to halt domestic
violence for the women in poor families
 Youth of India should be mobilized.
 Amendment of IPC(Indian Panel Code) to include
honor killings as a separate offence.

21.  Death of Honor itself.
 The decisions of Khap Panchayat should be in the
interest of the society. Nobody has the right to put
a ban on anyone's freedom. If a decision is taken
which is obstructing anyone's freedom.
 Uphold secular values and challenges . Resists
cultural practices demeaning to women.
 woman should be allowed to attend any Panchayat
and even enter in a village where Panchayat is held.

22. Thank you!!!!