The victim’s family is immersed in deep grief after the brutal killing of a four-year-old girl in Pune’s Bhor area. Amid rising public anger, the father has appealed for strict punishment.
Iran’s use of capital punishment rises amid conflict, with authorities citing espionage and unrest cases, even as international rights groups question trial fairness and due process.
A special division bench of Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Rakesh Kanthla ordered that the two convicts, Chander Sharma and Vikrant Bakshi, would serve life sentence till death, while Tejinder Pal was acquitted.
Raja's family members said on Saturday that all they want is capital punishment for those who murdered Raja.
Nandita, a promising student of Moridhal College, was hacked to death on August 21, 2021, in an attack that also left her classmate, Kashmina Dutta, and Kashmina’s father, Deba Dutta, grievously injured.
Reformation and rehabilitation of the convict is an important factor as a mitigating circumstance before sentencing to death
Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was awarded the death penalty in Yemen for the alleged murder of a Yemeni national, is scheduled to be executed on July 16, according to reports.
Nanda said that drug abuse has become a widespread disease among the youth and society in the state and it's everyone should equally take it as a responsibility to eradicate it.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today voiced her dissatisfaction with the court’s verdict in the RG Kar rape and murder case.
Indonesia is likely to consider accelerating the execution of the death penalty for prisoners convicted of drug offences to create a stronger deterrent effect, a senior minister said on Thursday.
