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RAJKOT: Seven members of a family including two women were awarded life imprisonment by a sessions court in Khambhaliya town of Devbhoomi Dwarka district on Tuesday for ‘honour killing’ of a married couple in 2014.Additional sessions judge A M Sheikh convicted the accused for murder of Puri Chauhan and her husband Govind Chauhan on March 17, 2014. She is being raised by her uncle Hemant, who is also the complainant and witness in the case.According to the case details, Puri and Govind were residents of Jam Gadhda village in Kalyanpur taluka of Devbhumi Dwarka. She died two days later during treatment. They were distant relatives. The couple was attacked by the accused when they were working at a farm in Jam Gadhda village in Kalyanpur taluka.The accused include Puri’s father Jesa, mother Kanta; her uncles Babu and Deva; and cousins Manoj, Vanraj and Uji.The couple had a three-year-old daughter when they were murdered..