Capital Punishment

Trial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades, a report has said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday termed the incident of a woman's body being dragged for nearly 12 kilometres by a car after it hit her scooter a "rarest of rare crime" and demanded capital punishment for the accused.

A doctor, rap artists and a footballer are among around two dozen Iranians who risk being hanged as Tehran uses capital punishment as an intimidation tactic to quell protests, rights groups say.

Four individuals convicted of cooperating with Israel's spy agency Mossad were executed in Iran on Sunday, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.

The body of a 9-year-old boy with his right hand and little finger severed was found near the Manmad-Daund railway tracks in Maharashtra's Nashik district, leading to residents of his area protesting seeking capital punishment for those involved.

A court in Haryana's Sirsa district sentenced a man to death on Thursday for raping his 11-year-old daughter two years ago.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday acquitted four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including two Pakistani nationals, who were awarded capital punishment for waging war against the country, while sentencing them for other offences.

Gujarat has seen a sharp rise in trial courts giving captial punishment with 50 people being sentenced to death this year till August compared to 46 between 2006 and 2021, as per data available with courts in the state.

Myanmar's junta lashed out Tuesday against international condemnation of the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

The four political prisoners executed by Myanmar's junta in the country's first cases of capital punishment in decades "deserved many death sentences", a military spokesman said on Tuesday.

Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) on Wednesday demanded capital punishment for those who brutally killed a tailor in Rajasthan's Udaipur, calling them "terrorists and devils".

The judicial process would be compromising on its objectivity if the approach is to find ways to avoid awarding death penalty in cases where they passed the muster of judicial scrutiny, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

Malaysia's government said Friday it has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty, with campaigners welcoming the move but cautioning the country had failed to deliver on previous vows to improve rights.

The Supreme Court has recommended the prosecuting agency to present material disclosing psychiatric and psychological evaluation of the accused in offence carrying capital punishment at the appropriate stage.

A Bangladeshi couple was sentenced to death by a tribunal today for selling a 17-year-old girl to a brothel in India, according to media reports. Khulna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal pronounced capital punishment for the couple.

Trial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades, a report has said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday termed the incident of a woman's body being dragged for nearly 12 kilometres by a car after it hit her scooter a "rarest of rare crime" and demanded capital punishment for the accused.

A doctor, rap artists and a footballer are among around two dozen Iranians who risk being hanged as Tehran uses capital punishment as an intimidation tactic to quell protests, rights groups say.

Four individuals convicted of cooperating with Israel's spy agency Mossad were executed in Iran on Sunday, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.

The body of a 9-year-old boy with his right hand and little finger severed was found near the Manmad-Daund railway tracks in Maharashtra's Nashik district, leading to residents of his area protesting seeking capital punishment for those involved.

A court in Haryana's Sirsa district sentenced a man to death on Thursday for raping his 11-year-old daughter two years ago.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday acquitted four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including two Pakistani nationals, who were awarded capital punishment for waging war against the country, while sentencing them for other offences.

Gujarat has seen a sharp rise in trial courts giving captial punishment with 50 people being sentenced to death this year till August compared to 46 between 2006 and 2021, as per data available with courts in the state.

Myanmar's junta lashed out Tuesday against international condemnation of the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

The four political prisoners executed by Myanmar's junta in the country's first cases of capital punishment in decades "deserved many death sentences", a military spokesman said on Tuesday.

Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) on Wednesday demanded capital punishment for those who brutally killed a tailor in Rajasthan's Udaipur, calling them "terrorists and devils".

The judicial process would be compromising on its objectivity if the approach is to find ways to avoid awarding death penalty in cases where they passed the muster of judicial scrutiny, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

Malaysia's government said Friday it has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty, with campaigners welcoming the move but cautioning the country had failed to deliver on previous vows to improve rights.

The Supreme Court has recommended the prosecuting agency to present material disclosing psychiatric and psychological evaluation of the accused in offence carrying capital punishment at the appropriate stage.

A Bangladeshi couple was sentenced to death by a tribunal today for selling a 17-year-old girl to a brothel in India, according to media reports. Khulna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal pronounced capital punishment for the couple.