Pakistan Journal of Criminology Vol.14, No.1, January-March 2022 (128-141) Honor Killing and Penalties in Criminal Law for Accusers: Ethnographic Case Studies of Islamic Ethnic Lawyers and Victims Nazirullah 1 , SaheemNasif 2 & Shakeel Ahmed 3 Abstract In the modern era, the term honor killing is used for crimes of honor. In the Islamic world, honor killing is considered a social problem, but ordinary people do not consider it a crime, and its penalties are not essential in criminal law for the accuser. The study objective was to explore the honor killing and penalties in criminal law for accusers with the narrative of Islamic lawyers and victims. This study qualitatively explores the reason for honor killing and its happening in society. The study used a purposive and snowball sampling technique to collect data with the help of an interview guide. The thematic analysis technique was used for data analysis. Three lawyers and three female victims with experiences of honor killing attacks were the sample size of the research. However, a penalty is necessary to honor killing accusers because they roam openly in the social world. Furthermore, the act of the accuser is not considered misconduct, but they are doing it for the family’s honor, and there shall impose penalties for this crime of action in the legislation of criminal law. The study concluded that honor killing accusers should be punished in society, and it is recommended that legislative acts should be considered mandatory in the constitution for the honor killing accuser. Keywords: Honor Killing, Penalties Criminal Law, Accusers, Islamic Ethnic, Cases Introduction Honor killing is a societal phenomenon that happens when a family’s honor is being shamed because of violating prescribed sexual boundaries by gender. Those who violate such boundaries are subject to social penalty 1 The author is a PhD Research Scholar at Universiti Sultan ZainalAbidin, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Director Research Consultant, Jakson Holding Group Islamabad, Pakistan. He can be reached at nazirkhan730@gmail.com 2 The author is a Research Scholar at University of Punjab and lecturer of Sociology at Govt. Graduate College for Women, Kahna Nau, Lahore, Pakistan. She can be reached at saheemnasif@gmail.com 3 The author is an Assistant Professor of Social Work and Chairmen at Department of Social Work, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan. He can be reached at shakeel@uop.edu.pk