Tag: death penalty

Atiq Ahmed’s hearing in Prayagraj court today; Slain Umesh Pal’s kin seek death penalty, say “want his empire of terror to end”

"I want Atiq's empire to end, I don't want him to be alive. I urge the court to give him a death sentence," Umesh Pal's widow Jaya Pal said.

March 28, 2023

Delhi fridge murder case: Nikki’s uncle Praveen Yadav demands death penalty for accused Sahil

"The whole family is horrified by Nikki's murder and there is silence in the streets of Khedi village of Jhajjar. I urge PM Modi to hang the killer of the daughter," Nikki's uncle Praveen Yadav said.

February 16, 2023

Gorakhshnath temple attack Convict gets death penalty

A Lucknow-based special court of NIA-ATS held Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi guilty on Friday last and pronounced the quantum of punishment on Monday.

January 30, 2023

Odisha POCSO court awards death penalty to two in rape-murder case

The convicts, Asif (34) and Akil (33), had committed the crime on 21 August in 2014 at a village under Tirtol police station of the coastal district of Jagatsinghpur.

November 29, 2022

Death penalty not a deterrent

The government, though, estimates the number of deaths at “only” 6,000 who died in the course of over 200,000 anti-illegal drug operations as of May this year.

September 7, 2022

Death for rape

Rocked by nearly 1,000 incidents of rape between January and September, a fifth of them gang rapes, the country’s Cabinet this week approved the death penalty for rapists.

October 14, 2020

Bangladesh approves death penalty for rape cases

The approval comes in the wake of protests staged by different organisations at Dhaka's Shahbagh square and other parts of the country against sexual assaults on a woman in Noakhali and the rape of another woman in Sylhet's MC College.

October 12, 2020

Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors

The death penalty has been eliminated for those convicted of crimes committed while they were minors, Human Rights Commission president Awwad Alawwad said in a statement, citing a royal decree.

April 27, 2020

Court reserves order on Nirbhaya convict’s plea claiming he ‘wasn’t in Delhi on date of crime’

Mukesh Singh on Monday moved a court in Delhi seeking quashing of death penalty, claiming he was not in Delhi on the date of the crime and further alleged that he was tortured inside the Tihar jail.

March 17, 2020

Andhra passes Disha Bill to award death penalty to rape convicts within 21 days

The proposed new law has been named the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act Criminal Law (AP Amendment) Act, 2019 as a tribute to the veterinary doctor who was raped and murdered recently in neighbouring Telangana.

December 13, 2019

Fate of Nirbhaya convicts to be decided on Dec 18: Delhi court

The Delhi court said it will wait to pass its order on the issuance of death warrants against the four people convicted in the case till the Supreme Court hearing on the review petition of one of the convicts.

December 13, 2019

Centre recommends to President Kovind rejection of mercy plea of Nirbhaya convict

Earlier on Sunday, the Delhi government had 'strongly recommended' the rejection of the mercy petition filed by convict Vinay Sharma.

December 6, 2019

‘One must think 10 times’: Kejriwal on recommending no mercy for Nirbhaya convict

Speaking on rising crimes against women in the country, Kejriwal said 'it is a failure of law and order, and enforcement'.

December 2, 2019

Delhi govt ‘strongly recommends’ no mercy for Nirbhaya convict; victim’s mother welcomes decision

In the recommendation, Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain said this was the case where exemplary punishment should be given to deter others from committing such atrocious crimes.

December 2, 2019

In prison still…

While ICJ’s rulings are final and without appeal, it is unclear what exactly would constitute an effective review of Jadhav’s sentence.

July 19, 2019

California man charged with drowning two autistic sons

Ali Elmezayen’s 13-year-old and eight-year-old was strapped in the back of his Honda sedan as it plunged off the commercial wharf in San Pedro, south of Los Angeles.

July 18, 2019

In death row

The Death Penalty India Report comes as a rude shock. Principles of custodial care remain theoretical for the death-row prisoners, although it is obligatory for the police to take care of their well-being and health. It is fervently to be hoped that the findings of the report will prompt the prison administrators and policy makers to sit up and take notice and thus effect meaningful interventions to ensure the right of the undertrials to have an effective justice delivery system in the country

April 26, 2019