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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]
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.
The judge further ordered the state to award a compensation of 17 Lakh rupees(US$ 20,000) to the family of the victim as the crime took place at her place of work. Anirban Das, the Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sealdah noted that this wasn't one of the rarest of the rare cases and didn't award the death penalty to Roy. [65]
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
The number of people executed in India since independence in 1947 is a matter of dispute; official government statistics claim that only 57 people had been executed since independence. However, available information from other sources indicates that the official government figures are false, and the actual number of executions in India may run ...
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards ...
Following this, Joy strangulated Ujjwal to death, and then disposed of his body with Shyamali's help. They chopped his body into six pieces with a hacksaw, which they also threw in a pond along with the body. [40] [41] [42] On 9 February 2023, Nikki Yadav was strangled to death with a charging cable by her husband, Sahil Gehlot in Najafgarh, Delhi.
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