India 2021
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News on India in 2021
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT WHO KILLED 2 SIBLINGS, NEPHEW
The Supreme Court of India on 10 December 2021 commuted the death sentence of a convict for the murder of his two siblings and nephew over a property dispute, stating that the court should take into account the criminal's state of mind along with the crim
DECEMBER 8, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CONVICT GETS DEATH PENALTY IN GUJARAT FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF TODDLER
Surat special court for Protection of Children for Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act awarded death penalty on 7 December 2021 to the convict Guddu Yadav (35) for rape and murder of a two-year-old minor girl in Pandesara area, in the indian State of Gujarat.
- DECEMBER 5, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN ESCAPES GALLOWS IN SODOMY OF BOY WHO LATER DIED
The Madras high court on 3 December 2021 commuted the death sentence awarded to a man to 30 years of imprisonment in a case where the man had sexually assaulted and caused the death of a 17-year-old mentally challenged boy in Pudukottai district in 2019.
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MUMBAI'S HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES IN RAPE CASE
Mumbai's High Court on 25 November 2021 commuted the death sentences of three men convicted in a rape case that heightened public outrage over women's safety in India.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UTTAR PRADESH MAN TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING HIS 3 DAUGHTERS
An alcoholic man in Lalitpur district (Uttar Pradesh), who had killed his three daughters out of five three years ago, was sentenced to death by additional district and sessions judge Nirbhay Prakash on 12 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 11, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT STATES RAPE, MURDER VICTIMS' AGE INSUFFICIENT FOR DEATH PENALTY
Low age of victims in rape-and-murder cases has not been considered as the "only or sufficient factor by this court" for imposing the death penalty, the Supreme Court said on 10 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 8, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR IN UP
A district court in Bahraich, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced 20-year-old Phoolchand Kanaujia to death after seven months of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl, News Track reported on 7 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 2, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 GANDHI MAIDAN BLASTS IN PATNA; JAIL FOR 5 OTHERS
Four of the nine men convicted for the 2013 serial blasts at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan were sentenced to death by a Patna court on 1st November 2021.
- OCTOBER 27, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COUPLE AWARDED FOUR DEATH SENTENCES FOR KILLING FAMILY MEMBERS IN TAMIL NADU
A special court near Chennai on 26 October 2021 convicted and sentenced a couple to four death sentences, double lifer and imposed a fine of Rs six lakh for killing their family members in 2019.
OCTOBER 25, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING AND MURDERING 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A special POCSO court on 21 October 2021 awarded capital punishment to a man for murdering a 7-year-old girl after raping her in Nagaur district of Rajasthan.
- OCTOBER 23, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: NINE GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF 3 MEMBERS OF FAMILY IN RAYAGADA
Nine persons on 21 October 2021 were awarded death sentence in Odisha by the Rayagada district and sessions court for the murder of three members of a family in Kitum village in 2016 on the suspicion of practising witchcraft.
OCTOBER 21, 2021IndiaDEATH BY PUNISHMENTINDIA: DEATH ROW TAKES HUGE MENTAL TOLL ON PRISONERS, REVEALS REPORT
The long incarceration and time spent agonising over the death penalty takes a heavy toll on prisoners who suffer from psychiatric illnesses and intellectual disability, according to a new study conducted in India.
OCTOBER 14, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: JHAJJAR MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR HONOUR KILLING
A court in the Indian state of Haryana on 12 October 2021 awarded death sentence to a man for the murder of three members of his sister-in-law’s family for ‘honour’ in 2016 in Kharkhoda of Sonepat.
- OCTOBER 12, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BEHEADING MOM
A court in Pudukottai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on 1st October 2021 sentenced a man to death for beheading his mother over a family dispute.
- OCTOBER 4, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: UP MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF HIS 5-MONTH-OLD NIECE
A man in Lucknow, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on 29 September 2021 was sentenced to death by the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court for the rape and murder of his five-month-and-thirteen-days-old niece.
- OCTOBER 3, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO RAPISTS GET LIFE AS BOMBAY HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY
Two convicts who were handed out death penalty for raping a minor girl got life in jail, without remission, on 7 September 2021 as the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court rejected their appeals but commuted the capital punishment to life term.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 26-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE-MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
A 26-year-old man was on 27 September 2021 awarded a death sentence in the Indian state of Rajasthan for raping an eight-year-old child and strangling her.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOCTOR’S MURDER IN TAMIL NADU
More than seven years after the killing of popular Chennai based neurosurgeon Dr S D Subbaiah the First Additional Sessions Court on 4 August 2021 sentenced seven of the ten accused to death sentences and two others to double life terms.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC ACQUITS MAN ON DEATH ROW, SAYS COPS DIDN’T VISIT CRIME SPOT
The Patna High Court on 23 July 2021 acquitted a man, who was sentenced to death for allegedly raping and killing a 16-year-old girl under Barhara police station in Bhojpur district of Bihar.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO 24-YR-OLD MAN FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
A 24-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh on 23 July 2021 was awarded the death penalty for killing and raping a minor girl, more than two years ago.
JULY 13, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MOTHER'S GRUESOME KILLING
A local court in Maharashtra's Kolhapur on 8 July 2021 awarded death penalty to a 35-year-old man, who was convicted of killing his mother, ripping open her body and removing her organs.
- JUNE 22, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PATNA HC ACQUITS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
The Patna High Court on 21 June 2021 acquitted a man, who was given the death penalty by a court in Bihar's Gopalganj district for murdering his wife for dowry in 2007, for lack of evidence.
JUNE 15, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 10 AWARDED DEATH FOR 2018 MURDER OF BIHAR BUSINESSMAN
A session court in Bihar on 14 June 2021 sentenced 10 persons to death for the murder of a local businessman for extortion in 2018.
JUNE 13, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LULU JOB OFFER FOR EXPAT SAVED FROM DEATH ROW IN UAE
An Indian expat on death row in the UAE returned home on 9 June 2021 after languishing in jail for almost nine years in a road accident case.
MAY 25, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 12 MEMBERS OF NOTORIOUS ROBBER-GANG SENTENCED TO DEATH
A local court in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, on 24 May 2021 sentenced 12 members of a notorious gang to death and seven others to life imprisonment for highway robberies and murders.
MAY 24, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PATNA HIGH COURT ACQUITS 13 ACCUSED IN SENARI MASSACRE CASE
The Patna High Court on 21 May 2021 acquitted 13 accused persons in the Senari massacre case in which 34 persons were killed on 18 March 1999 by an erstwhile Maoist group in Senari village in central Bihar.
MAY 8, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING WIFE, RAPING DAUGHTER
In the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, The Pudukkottai Mahila Court on 6 May 2021 awarded death penalty to a man for murdering his wife and sexually assaulting his daughter.
- APRIL 28, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MADRAS HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT TO LIFE
The Madras High Court on 26 April 2021 reduced the death sentence awarded by a lower court to life term in a sensational rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Coimbatore in 2019, which sent shock waves in Tamil Nadu.
APRIL 20, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TRAIN BLAST CONVICT DIES OF COVID-19
Kamal Ansari (51), a death row convict of 2006 Mumbai serial train blast case, died of Covid-19 in a Nagpur hospital on 19 April 2021.
- APRIL 10, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE
Mahila Sessions Court Judge G. Prathibha Devi on 8 April 2021 awarded the death penalty to Bathula Nambiar alias Sujith, who killed his wife, Sailaja (29) by setting her ablaze.