Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagade on Wednesday (January 28) returned the Bill to curb honour killings, passed during the Ashok Gehlot government’s 2018-23 tenure. The Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill had hoped to check honour killings. The Bill had defined unlawful assembly, endangerment of liberty, and criminal intimidation to prevent such acts, with all offences being cognisable, non-bailable and non-compoundable. Story continues below this adThe proposed Bill had also directed the DM or the SDM concerned to take preventive measures, including prohibiting such unlawful assemblies. For causing “simple hurt” in such a case, the punishment was three-to-five-year imprisonment and fine up to Rs 2 lakh.