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However, available information from other sources indicates that the official government figures are false, and the actual number of executions in India may run to several thousand. [1] [2] Research by the People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) has located government records of 1,422 executions in 16 states in the decade from 1953 to 1963 ...
Capital punishment in India is the highest legal penalty for crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Indian Penal Code, as well as other laws.. Executions are carried out by hanging as the primary method of execution per Section 354(5) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, 1973 is "Hanging by the neck until dead", and is imposed only in the 'rarest of ca
India: 20 March 2020 [119] Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma: gang rape and murder: ... Last execution date Name Crime Method A
India rarely executes criminals, carrying out just 30 executions since 1991. [23] India most recently executed 4 perpetrators of a gang rape and murder case in March 2020. [24] Japan sometimes executes criminals, carrying out 130 executions since 1993. Japan most recently executed Tomohiro KatÅ in July 2022. [25]
Dhananjoy Chatterjee (14 August 1965 – 14 August 2004) was the first person who was judicially executed in India in the 21st century for murder. The execution by hanging took place in Alipore Jail, Kolkata, on 14 August 2004. [2] [3] He was charged in 1990 for the crimes of rape and murder of Hetal Parekh, an 18-year-old school-girl. [1] [4]
Francisco (1876) last execution in Brazil (former Empire of Brazil) Sidney Harry Fox (1930) Ronnie Lee Gardner (2010) Micheal Anak Garing (2019) Juan Garza (2001) Nirmal Jibon Ghosh (1934) Gary Gilmore (1977) first post-Gregg execution in Utah and in the United States; Barbara Graham (1955) John Grant (2021) Jimmy Lee Gray (1983) first post ...
The Times of India highlighted the possible lack of due process evident in the government's failure to comply with the stipulation of the jail manual to inform Guru's family about the date of the execution. The compromise is more evident in Guru's case because, unlike Kasab, his family members are Indians, who live in Kashmir.
Date Location Deaths Notes Reference(s) Red Fort, peepal tree massacre 16 May 1857 Delhi, Mughal Empire ~ 40–52 Europeans Bahadur Shah Zafar's palace servants and Indian soldiers executed the European civilians captured in the previous day's riots. Mutiny in Allahabad: 6 June 1857 Allahabad, Company rule in India ~ 50 Europeans