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LUCKNOW: A district court in Auraiyya, central Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday awarded capital punishment to a woman named Priyanka for killing her three sons, all aged six years and below, at the instance ...

The execution was conducted “at the request of the victim’s family, due to the emotional effect the case on society,” provincial chief justice said.