Death Penalty

Man Awarded Death Penalty, Wife Gets Life Imprisonment In Murder Case

Cities | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 1, 2019

A court in Rajasthan's Kota has awarded death sentence to a man and life imprisonment to his wife in a five-year-old robbery and murder case in Kota.

Parliament Approves Bill Providing Death Penalty For Child Sex Abuse

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 1, 2019

A bill seeking to provide death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children and greater punishments for other crimes against minors was approved by Parliament, after it was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

Rajasthan Assembly Introduces Bill Against Dishonour Killing

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 30, 2019

The Rajasthan government on Tuesday introduced a bill in the assembly to curb incidents of dishonour killing in the state with the provision of punishment of death penalty or life imprisonment for murdering couples in the name of family honour.

9/11 Mastermind Offers Help To Victims' Families If Death Penalty Dropped

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 30, 2019

The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has indicated a willingness to be deposed by victims who are suing Saudi Arabia for damages, if the United States decides not to seek the death penalty against him.

Pune Rape And Murder Convicts' Death Penalty Commuted To Life Sentence

Pune News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 29, 2019

The Bombay High Court on Monday commuted the death penalty of two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO gang-rape and murder case to life imprisonment on the ground that there had been an inordinate delay in executing them.

In Rajya Sabha, Most States Support Retaining Death Penalty

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 26, 2019

Ninety per cent of the states have supported retaining death penalty in the country, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Friday where a private member's bill seeking abolition of capital punishment came up for consideration.

US Resumes Use Of Death Penalty After Two Decades, Schedules 5 Executions

World News | Reuters | Thursday July 25, 2019

The US Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades long dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.

Rajya Sabha Passes POCSO Amendment Bill

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 24, 2019

The Rajya Sabha today passed a bill entailing amendments to the POCSO Act by including death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children, besides providing stringent punishments for other crimes against them.

Consular Access To Kulbhushan Jadhav "According To Our Laws": Pakistan

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 19, 2019

Pakistan will grant consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav according to the Pakistani laws, for which modalities are being worked out, the Foreign Ministry said in a late night statement.

Bill For Stringent Punishment For Child Abuse Introduced In Rajya Sabha

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 18, 2019

Union Minister Smriti Irani today introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act that aims to make punishments more stringent and even include death penalty for offenders involved in sexual crimes against minors.

Expect Consular Access To Kulbhushan Jadhav, Order Binding: Centre

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Friday July 19, 2019

A day after the International Court of Justice ordered Pakistan to review the death penalty to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, New Delhi on Thursday said the verdict is binding upon Islamabad and now it is time for them to act and provide consular access to the retired navy officer.

Father Of 8-Year-Old Raped In Kathua Asks For Death Penalty For Accused

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 11, 2019

The father of an eight-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday seeking enhancement of sentence imposed on six convicts and also challenging the acquittal of one accused.

Centre Toughens Child Abuse Law. Death Penalty For Sex Assault On Minors

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 10, 2019

The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in the POCSO Act, which deals with crime against children, and included death penalty for sexual assault on minors, officials said.

"Cold, Calculated": US Seeks Death Penalty For Chinese Student's Murder

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 9, 2019

U.S. prosecutors argued on Monday that an Illinois man who raped and murdered a Chinese graduate student two years ago should be executed, and called on her heartbroken fiance and friends to tell the jury about the victim's kind, optimistic nature.

Death Sentence Of Convict Commuted To Life In Preeti Rathi Case

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 13, 2019

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a 25-year-old man in the 2013 Preeti Rathi acid attack and murder case in Mumbai, but commuted his death penalty to life imprisonment.