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On 29 June 2026, a Pune POCSO court sentenced 65-year-old Bhimrao Kamble to death for the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Nasrapur. Characterizing the crime as rarest of the rare, the court noted that even the death penalty was inadequate following a trial based on a 1,100-page chargesheet filed on 16 May 2026.
A special POCSO court in Thoothukudi sentenced Dharma Muneeswaran to a double death penalty on 25 May 2026 for the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl. As reported on 5 June 2026, the case has been referred to the Madras High Court for confirmation of the sentence.
Dashwanth was previously sentenced to death for the 2017 rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl in Mugalivakkam. The Supreme Court of India set aside his conviction and acquitted him on 8 October 2025. As reported on 28 May 2026, the Tamil Nadu government stated its intention to file a curative petition against this acquittal.
A special court in Thoothukudi sentenced M Dharma Muneeswaran to death for the rape and murder of a minor girl. The court delivered the verdict on two separate counts of the offences.
The Pune Sessions Court sentenced a 24-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Maval Taluka as reported on 23 March 2024. The Bombay High Court set aside the death sentence and ordered a fresh trial on 16 March 2026.
A district court in Koppal sentenced three men to death on 16 February 2026 for the 2025 gang rape of an Israeli tourist and an Indian woman, and the murder of a tourist guide in Hampi. The court described the crimes as controlled savagery in its verdict delivered on 16 February 2026.
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 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.
In September 2025, the Supreme Court of India acquitted two individuals, including a death row convict, in the 2015 rape and murder case of a seven-year-old girl in Uttarakhand. The court ruled that the chain of circumstantial evidence was incomplete, overturning the 2017 conviction delivered by the Uttarakhand High Court.
The Supreme Court originally commuted Mohd Firoz's death penalty in a rape and murder case to a 20-year prison term in a verdict delivered on 19 April 2022. On 23 August 2025, the Supreme Court delivered a fresh judgment regarding Mohd Firoz and others concerning charges under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code related to robbery.
A man accused of rape and out on interim bail was arrested in Delhi on Friday for allegedly attempting to murder the woman who had accused him of rape. The accused, Abuzair Safi (30), and his accomplice Aman Sukhla approached the survivor on a motorcycle and shot her on Wednesday. The victim, who is also the complainant in a rape case registered at Malviya Nagar police station, remains under treatment in stable condition.
The Calcutta High Court commuted the death sentence of Suresh Paswan to a life term with no remission for 50 years. The convict was found guilty in 2019 of the 2013 rape and murder of a toddler in Kidderpore.
A fast-track court in Fatehabad sentenced two men to death for the kidnapping, gangrape, and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in the Tohana area.
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.
The Siliguri court in West Bengal convicted Md Abbas for the rape and murder of a minor girl in 2023. On 8 September 2024, the court sentenced the convict to death for these crimes.
On December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was gang-raped, brutally assaulted, and murdered in a moving bus in south Delhi. Six people were accused of the crime; one was a juvenile. Four adult convicts were sentenced to death and executed in March 2020 at Tihar jail. The case led to significant reforms in sexual assault laws in India.
Yusuf Alias Sonu was convicted for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Dehradun. Following a stay of his death sentence by the Supreme Court, the High Court of Uttarakhand issued a judgment on 2 May 2024, referring the criminal matter for confirmation.
B.A. Umesh alias Umesh Reddy is a serial killer convicted for rape and murder who has faced multiple legal challenges regarding his death sentence and solitary confinement. The Supreme Court of India ruled on 4 November 2022 that his decade-long solitary confinement was illegal due to the resulting mental trauma. Most recently, the Karnataka High Court rejected his petition concerning ongoing legal challenges to his conviction and sentencing as reported on 27 February 2024.
The case involves the 2002 gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family members. The trial court judge who delivered the 2008 life imprisonment verdict commented on the sentencing.
The Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for a man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a seven-year-old physically and mentally challenged girl in Rajasthan.
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