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Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Rasha alias Raghuraj Singh, executed on 9 September 1947 at Jabalpur Central Jail, is presumed to be the first person executed in independent India. [3] Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, who were hanged on 20 March 2020, were the last persons to be executed in India. Rattan Bai Jain, executed on 3 January 1955 at Tihar ...
In Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, May 1980, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India while upholding the constitutionality of the death penalty in India, also laid down an elaborate sentencing framework, requiring sentencing judges to impose the punishment only in the 'rarest of rare' cases. [67]
The Marshall Project reports on the evolving perception and status of the right for death penalty defendants to present mitigating evidence that could sway a jury.
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India ‘deeply shocked’ after Qatar sentences 8 nationals to death on reported spy charges Vedika Sud, Akanksha Sharma, Aishwarya S Iyer, and Kathleen Magramo, CNN October 27, 2023 at 4:34 AM
In December 2015, Mongolia repealed the death penalty for all crimes. [23] India rarely executes criminals, carrying out just 30 executions since 1991. [24] India most recently executed 4 perpetrators of a gang rape and murder case in March 2020. [25] Japan sometimes executes criminals, carrying out 130 executions since 1993.
China–India relations. Following the meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, China and India agree to resume direct air travel between the two countries after a five-year hiatus. . Law and crime. Interpol Terrorism Watch List