Relu Ram Punia 8-murder case: HC accepts daughter-son-in-law release plea

• Former MLA Relu Ram Punia and 7 family members were murdered by his daughter Sonia and son-in-law Sanjeev on August 23, 2001, in Hisar.
• The motive behind the brutal killings was a property dispute, as Sonia sought a share of her father's wealth.
• The couple initially received a death sentence in 2004, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2007.
• Due to a significant delay in their mercy petition, the Supreme Court commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment in January 2014.

Why It Matters: High Court's decision reopens a shocking mass murder case involving ex-MLA Relu Ram Punia's family.