Madras High Court Releases On Probation Mother Who Killed Her Two Daughters Due To Societal Taunts About Bearing Only Female Children

Case: Sathiya v. State

Coram: Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy

Case No.: Crl.A.No.718 of 2019

Court Observation: It is a matter of great pain that the appellant/ accused, being the mother, should feel ashamed for giving birth to female children and even would attempt to commit suicide and to kill the children.

Therefore, I am of the view that the Trial Court had rightly followed the dictum of the judgment in Suyambukani’s case (cited supra) and refused to convict the appellant/accused for the offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and convicted her under Section 304(ii) (2 counts) of the Indian Penal Code.

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