India 2006
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News on India in 2006
- DECEMBER 23, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 7-YR-OLD
an Additional District and Sessions court in New Delhi, India, sentenced to death Jiya Lal, an ice-cream vendor...
- DECEMBER 21, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TEENAGER
two men and a woman were sentenced to death by a court in Hoshiarpur, India, for murdering a 16-year-old schoolboy on February 14, 2005.
- DECEMBER 20, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. INDIAN NATIONAL SPARED DEATH SENTENCE
an Indian national from Kerala, who was reportedly facing death sentence in Saudi Arabia, was set free due to the timely intervention of the Indian authorities.
- DECEMBER 18, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE, 4 CHILDREN
Mubarik Hussain aka Bablu, convicted of killing his wife and four children aged between 2 and 9 years on December 9, 2005...
- DECEMBER 15, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
India’s Supreme Court upheld the conviction of CPM activist...
- DECEMBER 15, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY FOR INDIA POLICEMAN
a court in India sentenced to death a former senior police official after finding him guilty of killing a man in custody nearly 20 years ago.
- DECEMBER 14, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
a fast-track court sentenced to death Padam Kashyap...
- DECEMBER 13, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the Supreme Court of India converted to life imprisonment the death sentence handed down to Aloke Nath of Kolkata for the murder of his younger brother.
- DECEMBER 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRICK KILN MASSACRE
a Session Judge in Biharsharif in India’s Nalanda district...
- NOVEMBER 30, 2006NepalDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. THREE FOREIGN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a criminal court in Doha, capital of Qatar, sentenced two Nepalese and an Indian to death after they were found guilty of forcing an Indonesian maid into prostitution and killing her. A fourth man of Nepalese nationality was sentenced to imprisonment for
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. WEST BENGAL HOUSE CONDEMNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SADDAM
the West Bengal Assembly, India...
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY OF MURDER ACCUSED
in a landmark judgment, a division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa, India, set aside the death sentence awarded to Soiru alias Sarvanand Gaonkar, an accused in a murder case reported at Cuncolim on June 28, 2004, and acquitted him of the crime.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CHILD SACRIFICE
a woman and her three sons were sentenced to death by a court in Bulandshahr, India, for sacrificing a child earlier in the year.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
India’s Supreme Court converted the death sentence of a convict from Punjab to life imprisonment due to insufficient evidence. Vikarmjit Singh had been sentenced to death by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for murdering his newly wed wife Meena Rani.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING COUPLE ON SORCERY CHARGE
Niranjan Khakhlary, 30, was sentenced to death by the Darrang district Sessions Court, India, for murdering a couple he believed to be practicing witchcraft.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT STAYS DEATH VERDICT
India’s Supreme Court stayed the operation of a Kerala High Court judgment confirming the death sentence awarded to M.A. Antony of Aluva.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE TERM
India’s Supreme Court reduced to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to Amrit Singh, a Punjab man found guilty of the rape and murder of a minor girl, saying it could have been a result of a momentary lapse on the part of the convict.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. KASHMIRI MILITANT ON DEATH ROW ASKS PRESIDENT FOR MERCY
Mohammed Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri militant sentenced to death for his role in an attack...
- NOVEMBER 5, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA REACTS GUARDEDLY TO SADDAM'S HANGING
India reacted guardedly to the hanging of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, saying the death sentence required the "credible due process of law."
- OCTOBER 30, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN COURT GIVES POLICEMAN'S SON DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
an Indian court sentenced the son of a former top policeman to death after convicting him for the 1996 rape and murder of a law student. Santosh Kumar Singh was sentenced seven years after he was initially acquitted of raping and murdering Priyadarshni Ma
- OCTOBER 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FORMER CONSTABLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
the No.7 Fast Track court in Bangalore, India, sentenced former police constable Umesh Reddy to death for raping and murdering a woman identified as Jayashree, 37, on February 28, 1998.
- OCTOBER 24, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE, CITES ENMITY
India’s Supreme Court found two brothers guilty of beheading their brother-in-law, suspecting him to have murdered their sister.
- OCTOBER 19, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DELAYS EXECUTION OF CONVICTED KASHMIRI
the execution of Mohammed Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri man sentenced to death for his role in the 2001 Indian parliament attack, had been delayed until the president answered his call for clemency, officials said.
- OCTOBER 18, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. LAW MINISTRY OPPOSES CLEMENCY FOR KASHMIRI ON DEATH ROW
India's Law Ministry said there was no "compelling reason" to stop the hanging of Mohammed Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri Muslim found guilty plotting a 2001 attack on parliament.
- OCTOBER 11, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT CLIPS PRESIDENT’S POWERS OF PARDON
India’s Supreme Court clipped the president’s power to pardon convicts on death row.
- OCTOBER 4, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HANGING OF INDIAN MILITANT DEFERRED AFTER MERCY PETITION
the wife of Mohammed Afzal, who has been slapped with a death sentence for a terror attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, has filed a mercy petition before President APJ Abdul Kalam, news reports said.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO HANGINGS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16, JAIL AUTHORITIES APPEAL
Jaj Singh and Gurwail Singh, both residents of Bhitewad village near Amritsar, India, were scheduled to hang for murder in Amritsar’s high-security Central Jail on October 16.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR CHILD ABUSE AND MURDER
R. Senthil, 27, accused of sexually exploiting two children, both brothers, and killing one of them, was sentenced to death by a District Principal and Sessions Court in India.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY TO THREE MEMBERS OF KALBAILAIYA GANG
a court in India sentenced to death three members of the ‘Kalbailaiya’ gang for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. COURT SETS DATE FOR PARLIAMENT ATTACK HANGING
an Indian court fixed October 20 as the date for executing Mohammed Afzal, a Muslim man convicted for his role in the 2001 militant attack on India's parliament.