Madras HC Upholds Parents' Conviction in 9-Year-Old Daughter's Poisoning Case

• Madras High Court denied relief to parents convicted of murdering their 9-year-old daughter by poisoning.
• Court stressed that parents cannot take the law into their own hands, regardless of a child's medical condition.
• The bench observed that there is "no right to take the law into their own hands and 'extinguish' the life of another person."
• Parents allegedly poisoned their mentally unwell daughter with pesticide in a soft drink; she died on October 6, 2018.
• High Court upheld the trial court's conviction under Section 302 (murder) and 342 (wrongful confinement) of the IPC.