India 2019
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News on India in 2019
DECEMBER 31, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 102 DEATH SENTENCES IN 2019
Trial courts in India delivered 102 death sentences in 2019, over 60% fewer than the 162 death sentences passed in 2018.
DECEMBER 10, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR FIVE FROM AHMEDNAGAR FOR KILLING THREE DALIT MEN
The Bombay High Court on 2 December 2019 confirmed the death penalty for five upper caste men convicted of the murder of three Dalit men in Sonai village, Ahmednagar, in 2013 because one of them fell in love with a girl from the upper caste family.
- DECEMBER 6, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS EXECUTION OF DEATH PENALTY OF CONVICT IN RAJASTHAN BOMB BLAST CASE
The Supreme Court on 2 December 2019 stayed the execution of death penalty awarded to a convict in the 23-year-old case of bomb blast in a bus at Samleti in Dausa district, in which 14 persons were killed.
NOVEMBER 14, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GOVT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF BEANT SINGH KILLER TO LIFE
The Union Home Ministry on 12 November 2019 commuted the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana who was sentenced to death in 2007 for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.
NOVEMBER 13, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY FOR 2008 RAMPUR ATTACK
Four persons, including two Pakistani nationals were sentenced to death in the Rampur ‘terror’ attack case by Additional District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Kumar Singh on 2nd November 2019.
NOVEMBER 11, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF TWO YOUNG MEN IN BHANDARA ROBBERY AND MURDER CASE
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on 5 November 2019 commuted death penalty awarded to two young men convicted for robbery and murder of a woman and for injuring her minor son.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC RECONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR CONVICT
The Supreme Court on 7 November 2019 rejected a plea by one Manoharan — a convict in a double murder case involving a 10-year-old girl and her seven-year-old brother — seeking reconsideration of the top court verdict upholding his death sentence.
OCTOBER 31, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPIST & KILLER OF MINOR
The High Court of Uttarakhand has upheld the death penalty sentence awarded by a lower court to Akhtar Ali who was convicted of raping and murdering a minor at Kathgodam in 2014, the Daily Pioneer reported on 19 October 2019.
OCTOBER 25, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO CYANIDE MOHAN
Serial killer Cyanide Mohan, 56, on 24 October 2019 was awarded death sentence for the murder of an anganwadi assistant from Dakshina Kannada in Bengaluru.
OCTOBER 23, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE TO TRIO WHO RAPED, KILLED TEEN
The Bombay high court (HC) on 17 October 2019 confirmed death penalty for three men from Ahmednagar district who had raped a 16-year-old girl multiple times and tortured her to death in 2014.
- OCTOBER 16, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC ADMITS MISTAKE IN AWARDING DEATH SENTENCE, COMMUTES IT TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
More than eight years after awarding death penalty to a man for killing his wife and four kids including 10-month-old baby in Nanded district in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court has now found fault in its verdict for coming to the conclusion about the sever
OCTOBER 11, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES 20 DEATH SENTENCES IN NINE YEARS
President Ram Nath Kovind commuted death sentences to life imprisonment in at least 20 cases over the past nine years, based on the recommendations received from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), The Hindu reported on 4 October 2019.
OCTOBER 3, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MP MAN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING, KILLING GIRL
A court in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 30 September 2019 sentenced a man to death for kidnapping, raping and killing a four-year-old girl.
- OCTOBER 2, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO THREE FOR KILLING MINOR
Bokaro district court in the Indian state of Jharkhand on 26 September 2019 awarded death sentence to three persons for killing a minor in November 2013. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh on each of them.
OCTOBER 1, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BEANT SINGH ASSASSIN RAJOANA’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ABDUCTING KILLING TWO PEOPLE FOR RANSOM
A court in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, on 26 September 2019 awarded death sentence to a man in a double murder case.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC UPHOLDS DEATH TO MAN FOR RAPING GIRL, KILLING BROTHER
The Supreme Court on 1° August 2019 upheld the death penalty of a Tamil Nadu man convicted of gang raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl and also killing her seven-year-old brother.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GIRIDIH COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN FOR RAPING AND KILLING FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A special POCSO court in Giridih on 21 September 2019 awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a four-year-old girl while sentencing his father for life in the case.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ODISHA COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY IN MINOR'S RAPE CASE
A special POCSO court in Odisha's Cuttack on 19 September 2019 awarded the death sentence to Mohammad Mustaq for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
A designated fast track court in Odisha on 10 September 2019 awarded death sentence to a 28-year-old man for rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl at Gadharishpur within Erasama police limits in March last year.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KERALA HIGH COURT COMMUTES CONTRACTOR’S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE SENTENCE
The Kerala High Court on 29 August 2019 commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the Kasaragod Sessions Court to a civil contractor for the murder of 14-year-old Safiya, a maidservant who was working in his house.
AUGUST 9, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: YOUTH GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER OF NINE-MONTH-OLD
A court in Telangana on 8 August 2019 sentenced a man to death for sexual assault and killing of a nine-month-old girl child.
AUGUST 7, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HATE CRIME IN RAJASTHAN NOW PUNISHABLE BY DEATH PENALTY
The Rajasthan assembly passed two bills on 5 August 2019 in which death penalty has been proposed for hate crimes against couples in the name of honour and tradition, and life imprisonment for mob lynching.
AUGUST 1, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO CONVICTS
More than two years after their mercy petitions were rejected by the President, the Bombay High Court on 29 July 2019 commuted the death sentence of two convicts - Purushottam Borate and Pradeep Kokade - for the 2007 kidnapping, rape and murder of a BPO e
JULY 17, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING, KILLING 9-YR-OLD GIRL
In a speedy judgment, a Bophal district court on 11 July 2019 awarded death sentence to a 35-year-old man for raping and killing a nine-year-old girl last month.
JULY 9, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC STAYS EXECUTION OF 7 DEATH ROW CONVICTS
The Supreme Court on 4 July 2019 stayed the execution of death penalty awarded to seven men convicted of raping and murdering a mentally-challenged woman in Rohtak in 2015.
JUNE 19, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MADHYA PRADESH HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 5-YEAR-OLD'S RAPIST IN JABALPUR
A division bench of MP high court on 17 June 2019 commuted the death sentence awarded to a 19-year-old boy, who had raped and killed his five-year-old cousin at a village under Katangi police station in Jabalpur district. The court commuted the death pena
JUNE 11, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY CLAUSE FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS IN RAPE CASES
The Bombay High Court on 3 June 2019 upheld the Constitutional validity of an amended section of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) under which repeat offenders in rape cases can be awarded life imprisonment or death penalty.
APRIL 5, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SERIAL KILLER MOHAN KUMAR CONVICTED IN TWO MORE CASES, AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
Serial Killer Mohan Kumar, who is facing 20 criminal cases, was on 27 March 2019 convicted to death sentence in two cases by Courts in Madikeri and Dakshina Kannada Districts, in the indian State of Karnataka.
- APRIL 3, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER OF TWO-YEAR-OLD IN KOLKATA
The Kolkata Sessions Court on 28 March 2019 sentenced a 42-year-old man to death for rape and murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old pavement dweller in Kolkata in 2013.