India 2012
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News on India in 2012
MARCH 31, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDER
In India, District and sessions court of Surat city awarded capital punishment to a man
- MARCH 30, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
woman serial killer Mallika alias Cyanide Mallika...
woman serial killer Mallika alias Cyanide Mallika...
MARCH 30, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: AKALI DAL PARTY CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party has called on the government to abolish the barbaric
- MARCH 26, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a Chandigarh court, in India, awarded capital punishment to...
a Chandigarh court, in India, awarded capital punishment to...
- MARCH 26, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: STAYED EXECUTION
the hanging of Beant Singh assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana would not take place on March
MARCH 21, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR STABBING AND KILLING WOMAN
In Singapore, Indian national Bijukumar Remadevi Nair Gopinathan, 36, was convicted of the murder
- MARCH 19, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PUNJAB JAILS DEPARTMENT REFUSES TO EXECUTE DEATH WARRANT
the Punjab Jails Department refused to execute the order of a Chandigarh court asking the
MARCH 13, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 75-YR-OLD WOMAN
Observing that it was a "rarest of the rare case", a court in Haryana awarded death sentence
- MARCH 3, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TRIPLE MURDER ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
In India, a 55-year-old man was given a death sentence by Keonjhar district session judge Guruprasad Sahu for killing three members of a family in 2009, public prosecutor Gopal Parida said.
MARCH 1, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF SCHOOLGIRL
A court in West Bengal, India, awarded death sentence to a man convicted of rape and
- FEBRUARY 29, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
death penalty cannot be imposed on all heinous offences...
death penalty cannot be imposed on all heinous offences...
FEBRUARY 29, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC SAVES MAN WHO MURDERED WIFE, 3 KIDS FROM THE GALLOWS
Holding that the gruesome murders were committed on the spur of the moment due to suspicion
- FEBRUARY 29, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC UPHOLDS DEATH FOR CHILD RAPIST AND MURDERER
In India, the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence awarded to a man who raped and
- FEBRUARY 26, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court has upheld death penalty
the Indian Supreme Court has upheld death penalty
- FEBRUARY 23, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a district court in Bihar, India, awarded death sentence
a district court in Bihar, India, awarded death sentence
- FEBRUARY 14, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
BIHAR (INDIA): 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2009 MASSACRE
In India, a Bihar court sentenced ten persons to death and awarded life term to four for killing 16 farmers over a land dispute at Amausi in Khagaria district in 2009.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
an Indian construction worker was sentenced to death in Singapore
an Indian construction worker was sentenced to death in Singapore
FEBRUARY 13, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
An Indian national was sentenced to death in Malaysia for trafficking in 1,982.8 grams
FEBRUARY 11, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING 6-YR-OLD GIRL AFTER RAPE
A Delhi court has awarded death penalty to a man who killed a six-and-half-year-
FEBRUARY 10, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF THREE FOR 2003 MUMBAI BLASTS
The Bombay high court upheld death sentence to three people, including a woman, convicted
FEBRUARY 9, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT PATIL COMMUTED DEATH PENALTY OF 23 TO LIFE DURING HER TENURE
President Pratibha Patil accepted the clemency petition of Sushil Murmu, pending
FEBRUARY 7, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC SAVES FROM GALLOWS MAN WHO BEHEADED HIS MOTHER
In India, the Supreme Court reduced to life imprisonment the death sentence imposed
- FEBRUARY 5, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MURDERERS SPARED THE DEATH SENTENCE
two murderers were spared execution in UAE when a court commuted their death
FEBRUARY 1, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NO MANDATORY GALLOWS FOR KILLING WITH ILLEGAL ARMS - APEX COURT
In India, the Supreme Court held that Section 27(3) of the Arms Act, 1959 that provides
JANUARY 30, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAHENDRA
In India, the Gauhati high court upheld its previous order of a death sentence for murder convict
- JANUARY 28, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY IN DRUG CASE FOR THE FIRST TIME
in the first ever case of capital punishment in a drug crime, a special Narcotics
- JANUARY 24, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDERING FIVE
Describing the act of a 40-year-old man, who murdered five persons under the influence
JANUARY 18, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO FIVE DANDUPALYA GANG MEMBERS
34th Special Sessions Court sentenced five members of a notorious Dandupalya gang
- JANUARY 14, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PORTUGAL: EXTRADITION TREATY WITH INDIA VIOLATED IN ABU SALEM'S CASE
Portugal's Supreme Court has rejected a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) appeal against
- JANUARY 10, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
A man was awarded capital punishment in Uttar Pradesh (India), in a 12-year old rape