India 2010
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on India in 2010
- JULY 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC ACQUITS MAN
a division bench of Justices Talukdar and De of the Calcutta High Court in India acquitted Ramapati Datta after he was sentenced to death by the Bankura sessions court.
- JULY 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR ONE IN MURDER CASE
the Kumar Kamal fast track court in India sentenced Swapan Kumar Jha to death for kidnapping and murdering Sumit Kumar Ojha on October 20, 2008, in Jharia.
- JULY 5, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN ON DEATH ROW WINS PARDON FROM VICTIM'S FAMILY IN SHARJAH
in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, Indian national M.K., was pardoned after he paid blood money to the parents of a man he allegedly murdered a coworker in Sharjah's Al Saja'a area in a fight over Dh30.
- JUNE 27, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR COOK FOR KILLING PROSTITUTE
a 36-year-old Indian cook, AB, was sentenced to death by the Dubai Criminal Court in the United Arab Emirates. AB agreed with prostitute SY to have sex twice for Dh200, but after the first time she refused.
- JUNE 17, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: ON DEATH ROW IN DUBAI FOR 23 YRS, INDIAN’S MERCY PLEA
64-year-old carpenter Paul George Nadar from Tamil Nadu in India, who has been on death row in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, for the past 23 years is seeking his own quick execution.
- JUNE 17, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL POSTPONED FOR INDIANS
the hearing on an appeal in the United Arab Emirates against a death sentence given to 17 Indians who were found guilty of killing a Pakistani man and injuring another four was adjourned by the Sharjah Court of Appeal to July 14, Gulf News has learnt.
- JUNE 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH FOR 8 TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
in India, eight convicts on death row in two separate cases of murder received
- JUNE 14, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN EMBASSY IN RIYADH DENIES DEATH PENALTY REPORTS
the Indian Embassy in Riyadh denied reports that Sabir Ansari, an Indian national, had been sentenced to death for killing a compatriot in Saudi Arabia.
- JUNE 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH ROW CONVICTS WITHDRAW PLEA
10 people sentenced to death for their involvement in church blasts in several places in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in India, withdrew their habeas corpus petition in which they had said death is better than solitary confinement.
- JUNE 4, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASAB FILES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani Ajmal Kasab challenged his death sentence for killing 166 people in a terrorist attack on Mumbai in the Bombay High Court.
- JUNE 2, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES
the Indian High Court confirmed the death sentences of Chand Khan alias Shaanmiya, Mufti Abdul Qayyum Mansuri and Adam Ajmeri for helping two militants who attacked the Akshardham temple in 2002. These three were sentenced to death by a Pota court on July
- JUNE 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS THREE DEATH SENTENCES
the division bench of Justices R M Doshit and K M Thakar of the Gujarat High Court...
- MAY 26, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS ANSARI'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of Aftab Alam Ansari
- MAY 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH FOR GRANDFATHER IN SAMBALPUR
in Sambalpur, India, Kuchinda Additional District judge Saroj Kumar Pati sentenced Rajesh Hembram...
MAY 20, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SENTENCE FOR RAPE-MURDER COMMUTED
in a landmark judgment, the Gauhati High Court in India commuted the death sentence
- MAY 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DELHI GOVERNMENT BACKS DEATH SENTENCE FOR AFZAL
after 4 years, the Indian government backed the death sentence for Afzal Guru but gave remarks that the implication of law and order situation should be examined closely while carrying out the Supreme Court verdict.
- MAY 18, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Appeals Court unanimously confirmed the death sentences of two Indian men convicted of murdering and robbing Indian sales executive Y.A.
- MAY 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRIPLE MURDER
at a local court in India, Sessions Judge Fatehdeep Singh sentenced Kotkapura resident Joginder Singh to death for murdering a woman, her husband and minor son on July 2, 2008.
- MAY 13, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR KOLI
judge A K Singh from a special CBI court in Ghaziabad, India,,,
- MAY 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pune, India, Additional Sessions judge U S Thakare sentenced Sandesh, alias Sainath Kailash Abhang...
- MAY 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 14 YEARS AFTER MASSACRE, 3 GET DEATH
in Bihar, India, Additional district and sessions judge A K Shrivastava sentenced Ajay Singh...
MAY 11, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MUMBAI ATTACKS GUNMAN COULD BE HANGED THIS YEAR
The lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks could be executed this year
- MAY 10, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of Jamiluddin Nasir...
- MAY 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC REDUCES MAN'S DEATH PENALTY TO 20 YEARS JAIL TERM
Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Suresh Kait of the Delhi High Court in India commuted the death sentence of an unidentified man for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl to life imprisonment.
- MAY 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MUMBAI GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in India, judge M.L. Tahaliyani sentenced Pakistani Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab
- MAY 3, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED LOVER'S HUSBAND
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced R.B., a 27-year-old Indian man, to death for murdering his lover's husband with a club and burning his face with acid.
- APRIL 25, 2010NepalDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: APPEALS COURT DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE TAXI DRIVERS
the Qatar Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence awarded to three foreign taxi drivers.
- APRIL 24, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC ACQUITS MAN OF MURDER
in India, the Bombay high court quashed the 2008 death sentence of Pappu Salve from Nashik as being "unfounded and unfair'' and acquitted him.
- APRIL 24, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
INDIANS ON DEATH ROW A MOCKERY OF JUSTICE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO UAE
Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement that the death sentence awarded to 17 Indians in UAE was "a mockery of justice.
- APRIL 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN LAJPAT NAGAR BLAST CASE
in India, District and Sessions Judge SP Garg sentenced Mohammed Naushad, Mirza Nissar Hussain and Mohammed Ali Bhatt to death for the Lajpat Nagar market bombing that killed 13 people in New Dehli in 1996. The three were also fined Rs 37,000 each.