Tag: Death sentence
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SC commutes death to 20-year RI in kidnapping-murder case
The convict, a Tamil Nadu man, Sundar alias Sundararajan, had kidnapped and murdered a seven-year-old boy in 2009 following the inability of the victims’ parents to meet the demand of the ransom of Rs 5 lakh.
March 21, 2023 -
Death sentence for 38 in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case
Judge Ambalal R Patel announced a compensation of Rs one lakh for the families of the deceased, Rs 50,000 for the seriously injured and Rs 25,000 for those who suffered minor injuries.
February 18, 2022 -
Rajasthan POCSO Court gives death penalty to rapist, murderer of minor girl
During the hearing, the court lent ears to 24 witnesses and studied the DNA test report of the girl. After that, based on all the evidence and statements of witnesses, the judge announced a death sentence to rapist 26-year-old Nokaram alias Dharma.
September 28, 2021 -
Woman gets death sentence for blasphemy in Lahore
The woman's counsel, Muhammad Ramzan, had argued that the suspect was of unsound mind at the time of occurrence
September 28, 2021 -
Death to man who raped minor, set her ablaze
On April 15, 2019, when the minor was at home alone with her grandmother, Thakur, 26, from the same village, entered the house and raped the teen.
September 24, 2021 -
China upholds Canadian’s death sentence as Huawei case looms
“His retrial and subsequent sentence were arbitrary,” the Canadian ambassador to Beijing Dominic Barton said
August 10, 2021 -
Kulbhushan Jadhav refused to file review petition of his death sentence, wants to go with mercy plea, claims Pak
On July 17, 2019, the ICJ ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence given to Kulbhushan Jadhav.
July 8, 2020 -
3 Nirbhaya case convicts move ICJ seeking stay on hanging
Earlier, the Supreme Court today rejected the plea of convict Mukesh Singh, seeking restoration of all his legal remedies alleging that his earlier lawyers misled him.
March 16, 2020 -
Musharraf conviction: Trial in absence against golden principles of natural justice, says Pakistan court
A special court in Islamabad on December 17 last year handed down the death penalty to the 74-year-old retired general.
January 28, 2020 -
‘Death sentence is extremely important, cannot remain open-ended’: Supreme Court
The court also observed that if taking into consideration the reformation of the convicts after conviction is accepted, then no death penalty can be carried out.
January 23, 2020 -
CBI court sentences death penalty to Ranchi rape-murder accused
The case is of 2016 when accused Rahul, an auto-rickshaw driver, raped a girl on finding her alone.
December 21, 2019 -
Nirbhaya convicts still have legal remedies: Counsel
AP Singh, convicts' counsel, said that a lot of legal remedies, including the curative petition, are available with the convicts and only after these remedies are exhausted can the execution take place.
December 12, 2019 -
Death sentence of Beant Singh killer not commuted: Amit Shah in Lok Sabha
Amit Shah's statement is in contrary to reports circulated last month that the Centre has commuted the death sentence of ex-Punjab CM Beant Singh killer, Balwant Singh Rajoana, to life term.
December 3, 2019 -
Centre commutes death sentence of ex-Punjab CM Beant Singh killer to life term
Beant Singh and 16 others were killed in an explosion outside the Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995.
November 12, 2019 -
SC upholds death penalty for 2-year-old girl’s rapist, murderer
The apex court was hearing 32-year-old convict Ravi's plea challenging the Bombay High Court’s order which has confirmed the death penalty after holding him guilty of murder and rape.
October 4, 2019 -
Asia Bibi, Christian woman acquitted in blasphemy case, leaves Pakistan: Reports
Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of five, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours.
May 8, 2019 -
Supreme Court commutes convict’s death sentence to life because of his poems
While words on social media often land people in trouble, a convict’s poems written while in prison saved his life.
March 4, 2019