Calcutta HC rejects Bengal govt's plea seeking death penalty for RG Kar convict Sanjoy Roy
Feb 07, 2025, at 11:25 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday rejected the West Bengal government's plea seeking death penalty for civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court in connection with the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Qatar admits India's appeal against death penalty for 8 ex-Indian Navy personnel
Nov 25, 2023, at 06:29 am
A Qatar court has approved India's appeal challenging the death penalty for eight former Indian Navy personnel, who were sentenced last month in an alleged espionage case, NDTV reported.
Delhi Court sentences Batla House encounter convict Ariz Khan to death
Mar 16, 2021, at 12:59 am
New Delhi/UNI: A Delhi court on Monday sentenced to death Indian Mujahideen terrorist Ariz Khan, who was recently convicted in the 2008 Batla House encounter case for the murder of police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and other offences that took place in the national capital over 12 years ago.
Nirbhaya case: President rejects mercy plea of Akshay Thakur
Feb 05, 2020, at 10:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Akshay Thakur, the third of the four convicts in Nirbhaya gangrape case.
How dare she? Nirbhaya's mother after Indira Jaising speaks against death penalty
Jan 18, 2020, at 11:40 am
New Delhi/IBNS: At a time the country is crying for the justice for the convicts of 2012 Delhi gangrape case, advocate Indira Jaising spoke against death penalty to only draw the wrath of victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi.
Prez Kovind signs ordinance on death penalty for rape of children under 12
Apr 22, 2018, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi, Apr 22 (IBNS): A day after the Union Cabinet cleared the ordinance to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age, President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday signed the executive order allowing the same.
Union Cabinet approves ordinance for death penalty to child rapists
Apr 21, 2018, at 08:28 pm
New Delhi, Apr 21 (IBNS) : The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance for death penalty to those convicted of raping minors below 12 years of age, media reports said.
Maneka Gandhi proposes death penalty for raping children below 12 years of age
Apr 13, 2018, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS): Reacting to the twin-rape cases in the country, Women and Child Development minister, Maneka Gandhi, on Friday said she will propose death penalty for those who rape children below 12 years of age, media reports said.
Global executions and death sentences slide; India expands scope of death penalty: Amnesty
Apr 13, 2018, at 02:53 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS): Developments in sub-Saharan African exemplified a positive trend globally towards a decrease in the use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said in its 2017 global review of the death penalty published on Friday.
Arunachal Pradesh becomes 4th Indian state to approve death penalty for rape of girls under 12 years
Mar 17, 2018, at 01:42 am
Itanagar, Mar 16 (IBNS) : In a major development, Arunachal Pradesh became 4th Indian state after Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana to approve death penalty for rape of girls under 12 years age.