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State of Maharashtra vs Convicts — Sonai murder case

In the 2013 Sonai triple murder case, a Nashik sessions court sentenced six men to death in January 2018 for the murder of three Dalit men in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Following a 2021 Supreme Court stay on the execution of the death penalty, the Supreme Court delivered its final judgment regarding the convicts' appeals on 10 February 2025.

State vs Chandrabhan Sanap — Mumbai techie rape and murder case

Chandrabhan Sanap was originally convicted and sentenced to death by a trial court for the 2014 rape and murder of a woman in Mumbai, a decision upheld by the Bombay High Court in 2018. On 28 January 2025, the Supreme Court of India set aside this conviction and acquitted him, citing significant gaps in the prosecution's evidence.