Death penalty

Two Indians executed in UAE

Mar 06, 2025

Two Indians convicted of murder have been executed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Ministry of External Affairs has identified the individuals as Mohammed Rinash and PV Muraleedharan, both...

RG Kar Medical College Incident: Bill seeking death penalty for rape convicts passed in Bengal Assembly

Sep 03, 2024

Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the...

Who are the 8 Indians awarded death penalty in Qatar?

Oct 26, 2023

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) A Qatar court has awarded death sentence to eight retired Indian Navy personnel for reportedly spying on behalf of Israel against Qatar. India, while expressing shock over...

8 Navy veterans sentenced to death in Qatar; India to contest order

Oct 26, 2023

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) The Indian government on Thursday expressed shock over the news of the eight former Indian Navy personnel, who have been in custody in Qatar since last year, being awarded...

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Supreme Court Upholds LeT Terrorist Mohd Arif's Death Penalty

Nov 03, 2022

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition filed by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Arif against the death penalty awarded to him in connection with the 2000 Red...

Amroha Murder Case: First Woman In India To Get Death Penalty

Feb 24, 2021

Shabman of Uttar Pradesh will become the first woman in Independent India who will be hanged for her crimes. The woman received death penalty for her crimes but the appeal is still in order.

King Salman of Saudia Arabia

After Flogging, Saudi Arabia Now Ends Death Penalty For Minors

Apr 27, 2020

Human Rights Commission president Awwad Alawwad said in a statement, citing a royal decree, said, “Instead, the individual will receive a prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in a juvenile...

Death Penalty for rapist

Death Penalty To Culprit Who Raped 3-Year Old Girl

Feb 20, 2019

A court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a person who was found

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Death Penalty For Raping Minors

Jul 31, 2018

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 was passed after a reply by Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju. It will replace an ordinance brought by the government in April

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Punjab Mulls death Penalty To Stop Rampant Drug Abuse

Jul 03, 2018

The Punjab cabinet on Monday decided to recommend death penalty for drug peddlers and smugglers to the Central government

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22 Days After Crime, Man Given Death Penalty For Raping, Murdering 3-month-old Girl

May 12, 2018

Indore district court today awarded death penalty to a 26-year-old man for rape and murder of a three-month-old girl, while likening him to “gangrene”

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu

Death Penalty For Persons Committing Sexual Assault Against Women: Chandrababu

May 05, 2018

Persons committing crimes, including sexual assault, against women should consider it as their last day on earth, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu warned

About 90 per cent of child rape cases were pending trial in India in 2016, no more than 28 per cent of such cases ended in conviction, and there is a 20-year backlog in bringing cases to trial, the latest available national crime data show.