Death Sentence
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Our envoy met all 8 men on December 3: MEA on death penalty to ex-Indian Navy personnel
World | Dec 21, 2023, 04:56 PM ISTLast month, Qatar accepted India's appeal against the death penalty to 8 Navy veterans, who were charged with espionage for Israel. There have been a total of three hearings in the case at Qatar's Court of Appeal so far, with the Indian Ambassador assuring them of all legal assistance.
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Indian envoy meets 8 Navy veterans on death sentence in Qatar, all legal assistance extended: MEA
India | Dec 07, 2023, 05:07 PM ISTThe Indian nationals were handed the death sentence by Qatar's Court of First Instance on October 26. India described the ruling as "deeply" shocking and vowed to explore all legal options in the case.
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Fact Check | Dec 05, 2023, 03:03 PM ISTIndia, shocked by the ruling, has pledged to explore all legal options in the case. The most recent hearing took place on December 1, 2023, with the next scheduled for December 7, 2023.
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India files appeal against death sentence awarded to 8 Navy veterans by Qatar court
India | Nov 09, 2023, 05:56 PM ISTIndia strongly condemned the ruling, terming it deeply shocking, and initiated diplomatic efforts to engage with Qatar on the matter. The arrested individuals, employed by Doha-based Dahra Global, were apprehended in August 2022 on charges of espionage.
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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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Indian-origin minister about to scrap mandatory death sentence in THIS nation I DETAILS
World | Apr 03, 2023, 11:54 PM ISTPreviously, courts had no choice but to mandate hanging as punishment for a range of crimes including murder, drug trafficking, treason, kidnapping and acts of terror.
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Iran publicly executes second detainee over alleged protest crime
World | Dec 12, 2022, 04:24 PM ISTIran hijab row: Amid the uproar created following the killing of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Iran executed a second prisoner detained and convicted allegedly for stabbing two security force members.
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China: Two former top security officials sentenced to death with 2-year reprieve for corruption
World | Sep 23, 2022, 09:15 AM ISTChina security officials death sentence: Anti-graft campaign of President Xi Jinping gathered new momentum ahead of the next month’s Communist Party Congress which is expected to endorse a record third term for him.
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Consider criminal's state of mind: SC commutes death sentence of convict who killed siblings, nephew
India | Dec 10, 2021, 09:15 PM ISTThe accused, a first-time offender, challenged the high court order in the top court after he was sentenced to death by the trial court on April 4, 2017.
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Shabnam's son urges President to commute her death sentence
News | Feb 19, 2021, 08:20 AM ISTMohammed Taj, son of death row convict Shabnam, on Thursday appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind to commute her death sentence.
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China sentences fourth Canadian to death on charges of transporting illegal drugs
World | Aug 07, 2020, 02:03 PM ISTChina has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death. Ye Jianhui was sentenced Friday by the Foshan Municipal Intermediate Court in the southern province of Guangdong. Ye had been found guilty of manufacturing and transporting illegal drugs, the court said in a brief statement.
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Man sentenced to death via Zoom call
World | May 20, 2020, 11:14 AM ISTIn a first death sentence issued of its kind, a man has been sentenced over a Zoom call. The extreme measure has been taken in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown that has barred any public gathering from taking place in most parts of the world.
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Death sentence cannot remain open-ended, says Supreme Court
India | Jan 23, 2020, 08:11 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Thursday said the finality of death sentence is extremely important and a convict should not be under the impression, as recent events indicate, that it remains open-ended, which leads to its questioning. "Sentence must be proportionate to the crime," the court held.
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Execution of convicts will be 'real tribute' to her, says officer who headed Nirbhaya case SIT
India | Jan 08, 2020, 09:07 AM ISTThe execution of the Nirbhaya case convicts will be a "real tribute" to her, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwaha, who headed the SIT which probed the 2012 case, said on Tuesday.
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16 convicts hanged to death in India since 1991
India | Jan 08, 2020, 06:30 AM ISTIn last three decades, since 1991, 16 convicts have been hanged to death in India including Dhananjoy Chatterjee - for rape and murder of 14-year-old school girl, Yakub Memon and Afzal Guru.
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All 4 convicts sentenced to death in Jaipur bomb blasts case
India | Dec 20, 2019, 06:12 PM ISTAll four convicts in the Jaipur bomb blasts case have been sentenced to death, a state court pronounced the quantum of punishment on Friday. The four convicts who will be hanged to death are Sarvar Aazmi, Mohammad Saif, Saifur Rahman, and Salman.
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Drag Musharraf's body to central square in Islamabad, hang for 3 days: Pakistan court
World | Dec 19, 2019, 06:52 PM ISTPakistan's special court which sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death in its detailed judgement on Thursday said that his body should be dragged to the central square in Islamabad and hanged for three days if he dies before his execution.
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Nirbhaya case: 3 of 4 convicted to plead before Supreme Court today
Crime | Nov 04, 2019, 01:11 PM ISTThe four convicts were served a notice on October 28-19 asking them to file a mercy petition before the President against their death sentence within seven days
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Man gets death sentence for rape & murder of 3-year-old girl
India | Jul 31, 2019, 08:25 PM ISTThe court took into account the statements of 38 witnesses as well as medical and circumstantial evidence before convicting Yadav (22) on Tuesday and awarding death sentence to him under various provisions of the POCSO Act, 2012.
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Chinese man gets death for killing wife hiding body in freezer for over 100 days
World | Jul 05, 2019, 12:22 PM ISTZhu Xiaodong, 30, spent nearly 150,000 yuan (USD 21,800) from his wife Yang Liping's credit card on travelling with another woman for "trying to forget about the killing".