Death Penalty
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Jaishankar meets family members of 8 former Navy officers given death verdict in Qatar
India | Oct 30, 2023, 12:00 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the family members that the government would leave no stone unturned to secure the release of the Indians. On October 26, eight former Indian Navy personnel were given the death penalty by the Court of First Instance of Qatar.
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India will fight legal battle to bring back its 8 former Navy personnel from Qatar: BJP
India | Oct 27, 2023, 07:40 PM ISTBJP national spokesperson Ajay Alok said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is already looking into the matter. This comes after eight former Indian Navy personnel were given the death penalty by the Court of First Instance of Qatar.
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Qatar court sentences 8 former Indian Navy officials to death, MEA to explore legal options
India | Oct 27, 2023, 10:50 AM ISTThe eight Indian nationals have been imprisoned in Qatar since October 2022 and were accused of allegedly spying on a submarine programme. New Delhi had been granted consular access to the eight ex-Indian Navy personnel and had been working to secure their release.
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'Rarest of rare case': UP man awarded death sentence for raping, killing minor girl in Bulandshahr
Uttar Pradesh | Jul 27, 2023, 10:15 AM ISTThe quantum of punishment was announced by a special POCSO court in Meerut which termed the case as "rarest of rare."
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Singapore to hang woman for trafficking around 30 grams of heroin I Know SHOCKING death penalty laws
World | Jul 26, 2023, 11:32 PM ISTIf Djamani’s is executed as planned, Singapore will have executed 15 people for drug offences since it resumed hangings in March 2022, an average of one execution every month.
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Uganda President signs legislation with death penalty for same-sex couple
World | May 29, 2023, 04:00 PM ISTIt is worth noting that homosexuality was already illegal in Uganda under a colonial-era law criminalizing sexual activity “against the order of nature.”
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Delhi HC issues notice to Yasin Malik on NIA plea seeking death penalty
India | May 29, 2023, 02:36 PM ISTOn August 9, a bench composed of Justices Talwant Singh and Siddharth Mridul also issued warrants for Malik's appearance before it.
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2008 Ahmedabad blasts case: Court awards death penalty to 38 convicts, lifer to 11
India | Feb 18, 2022, 01:24 PM ISTAs many as 56 people were killed and 246 injured after 20 bombs went off in different areas of Ahmedabad within a span of 70 minutes on July 26, 2008.
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Pakistan: 8-year-old Hindu boy charged with blasphemy, faces possible death sentence
World | Aug 10, 2021, 04:50 PM ISTThe boy's family is in hiding and many of the Hindu community in the conservative district of Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab province, have fled their homes after a Muslim crowd attacked a Hindu temple after the boy's release on bail last week.
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President is seized of Balwant S Rajoana’s plea for commutation of death penalty, Centre to SC
India | Feb 12, 2021, 02:47 PM ISTThe Centre Friday told the Supreme Court that President Ram Nath Kovind is seized of the matter pertaining to Balwant S Rajoana's plea seeking commutation of the death penalty awarded to him in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case, and a decision will be taken on it.
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Gujarat man gets death penalty for raping, killing 3-year-old girl
Crime | Sep 30, 2020, 10:47 PM ISTA special court at Anand in Gujarat sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl after kidnapping her over three years ago.
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Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case: Debate on death penalty continues
India | Jan 08, 2020, 07:12 AM ISTA Delhi court Tuesday ordered hanging of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case triggering debate whether death sentence deters heinous crimes. While a section of experts hold a contrary view, there are those who favour the retention of capital punishment in the statute book.
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7th anniversary of Nirbhaya case: A look at death penalties in India
India | Dec 16, 2019, 08:45 PM ISTAs calls for hanging the rapists intensifies on the 7th anniversary of the gruesome Nirbhaya rape-and-murder case, there is a need to have a look at India's record on death penalties to convicts and their execution.
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'Hanged by neck until dead': Nirbhaya convicts to be issued Black Warrant soon
India | Dec 14, 2019, 08:43 PM ISTThe clock is ticking. The four men convicted of raping and killing Nirbhaya in 2012 are nearing their ends. Soon, Form No. 42 or Black Warrant/Death Warrant will be issued by the concerned court.
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Pawan Jallad, hangman from Meerut prison, 'ready' to hang Nirbhaya's rapists
India | Dec 13, 2019, 06:03 PM ISTPawan Jallad, a hangman at the Meerut prison, said that he is ready to carry out the execution in the Tihar jail of the men convicted of raping and murdering Nirbhaya in 2012.
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No rapist hanged after 2005, says Anna Hazare
India | Dec 09, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTAnna Hazare claimed, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Since Aug. 14, 2005, not a single death penalty has been executed for a rapist.
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Death penalty for rape convicts in 3 weeks: Andhra Pradesh to introduce new law on December 11
India | Dec 09, 2019, 06:58 PM ISTAmid countrywide call for swift action against those guilty of rape, Andhra Pradesh is about to enact a new law that will give justice to the victims of these gruesome acts within 21 days. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Monday, announced that new law to complete investigation in rape cases in one week and to get the death penalty for the culprits in 3 weeks will be brought in the state.
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Man awarded death penalty mother, sister get life term for setting ablaze woman
India | Aug 03, 2019, 06:08 PM ISTSessions Judge Aparesh Chakraborty convicted Govind Singhal, his mother Kamala Devi and sister Bhawani on July 30 for Shweta Agarwal's murder. The court pronounced the quantum of punishment on Saturday.
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Death penalty of Pune BPO case convicts commuted to life
India | Jul 29, 2019, 12:13 PM ISTThe Bombay High Court on Monday commuted the death penalty of two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO gang-rape and murder case to life imprisonment on the ground that there had been an inordinate delay in executing them.
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Man awarded death penalty for rape, murder of minor girl in Odisha
Crime | Jul 26, 2019, 08:41 PM ISTA POCSO court in Angul on Friday awarded death penalty to a 20-year-old man for rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl when she was going to give food to her father, who was working in a farm.