India 2011
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News on India in 2011
- DECEMBER 27, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET DEATH BY HANGING
in India, Junagadh Additional Sessions judge G M Patel sentenced Mohan Hamir and Mahesh Chauhan to death for killing Chandni Vinjvadia, 15, on May 13, 2007.
- DECEMBER 23, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MP MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING PARENTS, NEPHEW
Shyam Singh, alias Bhima, was sentenced to death by First Class Additional Sessions Judge Mahesh Bhadkariya for killing his father Suram, mother Sahoda Bai and nephew Amans when his parents refused to give him money to buy liquor.
- DECEMBER 22, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Rasheed, a native of Meenangadi in Wayanad, was sentenced to death by the Ernakulam Principal Sessions court in India for hacking Bindu, 39, to death while attempting to rob her in Pachalam in Kochi.
DECEMBER 22, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BILL PROVIDING FOR DEATH SENTENCE FOR SABOTAGE OF PIPELINES PASSED
Parliamentary approval was accorded in India to a bill that makes acts of terrorism aimed
- DECEMBER 21, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 20, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
in India, Justices M Jaichandren and S Nagamuthu of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court commuted the death sentence of Anbarasu to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 60000.
- DECEMBER 15, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: JHARKHAND HC ACQUITS CHILKARI DEATH ROW CONVICTS
in India, division bench of Justices R K Merathia and D N Upadhyay of the Jharkhand High Court acquitted four men on death row due to lack of evidence
- DECEMBER 12, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BOMBAY HIGH COURT DEFERS JUDGEMENT ON DEATH SENTENCE IN 2003 BLASTS CASE
a Division Bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice P D Kode of the Bombay High Court in India deferred its judgement on the death sentences of Ashrat Ansari, 32, his aide Hanif Sayed Anees, 46, and Hanif's wife Fehmida Sayed, 43.
- DECEMBER 6, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
GUJARAT (INDIA): DEATH PENALTY INTRODUCED FOR TOXIC ALCOHOL
The illegal manufacture and sale of toxic alcohol in the western Indian state of Gujarat
- DECEMBER 3, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ASIAN GANG MEMBERS GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
Qayan, Isk and Parshan were sentenced to death by a three-judge panel of the Jeddah General Court for the murder and robbery of a real estate agent in Jeddah in 2007.
- DECEMBER 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: INDIAN PRISONER’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED, LHC TOLD
the superintendent of the Lahore Central Jail informed the Lahore High Court that Indian prisoner Surjit Singh was sent to the jail in 1985 as a condemned prisoner but now he is being treated as life imprisonment convict in the light of the general amnest
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PETITION IN HIGH COURT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in Kochi, India, lawyer Manju Antoney lodged a petition with the Kerala high court challenging the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO TO HANG FOR TRIPLE MURDER
in India, the Jhajjar Additional Sessions court sentenced Ajayveer, alias Toni, of Jassaurkheri village, and Jairam, alias Baba, of Mundka village, to death for murder.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MINOR'S DEATH PENALTY SET ASIDE
holding that he was a minor at the time of commission of offence, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court in India, Justice M Jaichandren and Justice S Nagamuthu...
- NOVEMBER 23, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AJMAL KASAB HANDED DOWN DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab was handed down the death sentence for his role in the 26
- NOVEMBER 19, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE
in Azamgarh, India, Additional District and Sessions judge Budhiram Yadav sentenced Piyaro Akbalpur village residents Ram Autar and Arvind to death for raping and killing Poonam Devi, 16, after beating her father Chandradhari to death on July 19, 2009.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO EIGHT IN TRIPLE MURDER
A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, India, awarded capital punishment to eight
- NOVEMBER 4, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: FOUR WHO ESCAPED DEATH ROW RETURN HOME FROM SHARJAH
four of the seventeen Indian nationals sentenced to death in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates for murdering Pakistani national Misri Nazir Khan in 2009 arrived home following the payment of blood money.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KERALA COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Kochi CBI Special Court in India sentenced Jayanandan, 39, from Mala in Thrissur District, to death for the murder of Devaki, a 51-year-old housewife. Jayanandan allegedly attacked Devaki and her husband in Puthenvelikkara and robbed them of gold orna
- NOVEMBER 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC STAYS MAHENDRA HANGING, AGAIN
the Gawahati high court in India again deferred Mahendra Das's hanging till December 14 as the Centre is yet to submit the affidavit regarding the delay in Das' mercy petition that was requested earlier.
- OCTOBER 28, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FOUR GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR 'HONOUR KILLING'
in Faridkot, India, District and Sessions Judge Fatehdeep Singh sentenced four cousins to death for killing a 26-year-old man on September 20, 2009, for marrying one of the girls of their family.
- OCTOBER 18, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT UPHOLDS GALLOWS FOR MURDER
in India, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, comprising justices Hardas and Deshmukh, upheld the death sentence of Anil alias Anthony Arick Swamy Joseph, 35.
- OCTOBER 17, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 4 FOR MURDERING 10 PEOPLE IN 2003
a division bench of Justices BH Marlapalle and Abhay Thipsay of the Bombay High Court in India upheld the death sentences awarded to Santosh Manohar Chavhan, Amit Ashok Shinde
- OCTOBER 14, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indian national Abu Baker Siddiq Abdul Kader, 29, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for possessing 710 grams of Ketamine and other illicit drugs at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on August 6, 2010. He was also sentenced to a year
- OCTOBER 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT STAYS AJMAL KASAB’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court stayed the execution of 26/11 terror attack accused and Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab and admitted his appeal against his death penalty.
- OCTOBER 8, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: LAWYER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE
in Jammu, India, Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Jang Bhadur Singh...
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC REDUCES DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE TERM
the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence issued by the Bombay High Court to Sham Kishor Bhaskarrao Matkari to life imprisonment, finding it was not in the rarest of the rare category.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki sent Indian national Munuswamy Sundar
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF CHILD KILLER
the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence imposed on Rajesh Kumar for murdering to life imprisonment.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC SEEKS EXPLANATION FOR DELAY IN DECIDING BHULLAR'S MERCY PLEA
the Indian Supreme Court sought an explanation from the Union government for delay of more than 8 years in deciding the mercy petition filed by the Punjab militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar who is facing death sentence for killing 9 security personnel in