India
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The Indian legislative system also provides for different...
- News items in the archive
- 1,856
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
India is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 1,856 news items on India, from 1999 to today.
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OCTOBER 8, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ODISHA COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO RAPIST, 36 DAYS AFTER CRIME
In India, a court in Sambalpur district (Odisha State) handed over death
OCTOBER 5, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY TO 5 OF A FAMILY
In India, a Delhi Court awarded death sentence to five members of a family convicted earlier
OCTOBER 1, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 3 SENTENCED TO GALLOWS FOR HUMAN SACRIFICE
Three persons were awarded death sentence by a court in Uttar Pradesh, India, for killing a
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HOSHIARPUR MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BURNING HIS SONS
In India, a court pronounced capital punishment upon Jasvir Singh (37) of Kallowal village
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: EXECUTION OF DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO TWO MURDER CONVICTS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 5
According to media reports two convicts in a murder case are scheduled to be hanged at 9 am on
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a spurned lover and engineering student
a spurned lover and engineering student
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE OF INSURGENT UPHELD
In India, Agartala bench of Gauhati High Court upheld the verdict of Additional and
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a Delhi court, in India, awarded death sentence
a Delhi court, in India, awarded death sentence
- AUGUST 29, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mohammad
India's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mohammad
- AUGUST 21, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment for a juvenile offender - that's inconceivable in law.
Capital punishment for a juvenile offender - that's inconceivable in law.
- AUGUST 15, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a Parliamentary committee has recommended reviewing...
a Parliamentary committee has recommended reviewing...
- JULY 30, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
the Federal Court in Malaysia...
the Federal Court in Malaysia...
- JULY 30, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SEVEN AWARDED DEATH IN HONOUR KILLING CASE
In Uttar Predesh (India) a court sentenced seven persons to gallows for killing a
- JULY 25, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE YOUTHS TO LIFE
In India, Madhya Pradesh High Court commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence
JULY 22, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: OUTGOING PRESIDENT PRATIBHA PATIL LEAVES MERCY PETITIONS OF 16 CONVICTS FOR NEW PRESIDENT
Pranab Mukherjee, a veteran from the ruling Congress party, was elected by national
JULY 15, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: JUVENILE OFFENDER, NOW 43, ORDERED TO BE SET FREE
A 43-year-old man, who has been in jail in India for the past 13 years in a murder case, has
- JULY 10, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN, PARAMOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man and his paramour were awarded capital punishment by the District and Sessions court
JULY 3, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN IN RETRIAL
An Indian national from Chennai was sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia after he
JUNE 27, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CLEMENCY FOR 3 DEATH ROW INMATES
President Pratibha Patil commuted the death sentences of three prisoners lodged in
JUNE 26, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LAW AND JUSTICE MINISTER FAVOURS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Indian Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid said that though there was no collective
- JUNE 26, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF MAN WHO KILLED PREGNANT WIFE
The Bombay High Court set aside the death sentence awarded by a Kolhapur trial court
- JUNE 25, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT PRATIBHA PATIL DEFENDS RECORD DEATH ROW PARDONS
India's outgoing president has defended herself against media criticism that she went on a "mercy
- JUNE 13, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MDMK leader Vaiko urged for the intervention of Prime Minister...
MDMK leader Vaiko urged for the intervention of Prime Minister...
- JUNE 11, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Chandrashekhar Shriram Atram was sentenced to death by a sessions court...
Chandrashekhar Shriram Atram was sentenced to death by a sessions court...
- JUNE 4, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT PATIL COMMUTES 30 DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE
in the last days of her presidency, President Pratibha Patil commuted 30 death sentence
- MAY 31, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPIST KILLER
In India, a fast track court sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for raping and killing
MAY 31, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL GETS THE GALLOWS FOR TRAFFICKING
An Indian national was sentenced to the gallows by the High Court in Malaysia after he was
- MAY 31, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 3 MORE PRISONERS
In India, Home Minister P Chidambaram told his monthly press conference that the death sentence of three more prisoners, including a man convicted for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl, were commuted to life imprisonment by President Pratibha Devisi
- MAY 25, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
In India, three persons were sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment by a Bihar
MAY 15, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
In India, a Jharkhand court sentenced three persons to death for killing six members of a