10 verified cases involving Death penalty, newest first.
A 65-year-old accused was convicted and awarded death penalty for rape and murder of a minor. The case gained attention for the speed of investigation and trial. Police collected evidence from multiple sources and coordinated with forensic experts. A comprehensive chargesheet of 1,200 pages was filed on May 16.
The Supreme Court stayed the death sentences of three individuals. The Court directed a full mitigation inquiry, noting that the High Court had failed to consider mitigating factors, probation reports, and conduct reports before confirming the capital punishment.
The Supreme Court acquitted two individuals, including one who was on death row, in connection with the 2014 rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Uttarakhand. The court cited a broken chain of circumstantial evidence as the basis for the acquittal.
The Supreme Court overturned its own 2017 order that had upheld the death sentence of Vasanta Sampat Dupare, who was convicted for the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl. The court allowed an Article 32 petition challenging the sentence on the grounds of procedural safeguards.
The Supreme Court set aside the death penalty imposed on a convict for the 2016 sexual assault and murder of a four-year-old boy. The court commuted the sentence, citing procedural and legal considerations.
Mohammad Arif, a Pakistani national, was convicted for his involvement in the 2000 Red Fort attack. The President of India recently rejected his mercy petition.
Balwant Singh Rajoana was convicted for his role in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. The Supreme Court has declined to commute his death sentence, rejecting pleas for mercy.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has appealed to the court seeking the death penalty for Yasin Malik, who was previously convicted in a terror funding case.
A Gujarat High Court judgment upheld death sentences for 38 convicts in connection with the February 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts. The verdict also imposed life sentences on 11 other convicts. This was noted as the first occasion on which 38 convicts received the death penalty in a single judgment in India.
The Karnataka High Court rejected the plea of B.A. Umesh, a serial killer sentenced to death for rape and murder, seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment and challenging the President's refusal of clemency.