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.
Latest news
- OCTOBER 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAOIST KANGAROO COURTS EXECUTED 21 PEOPLE THIS YEAR: CHIDAMBARAM
Indian Home minister P Chidambaram said the Maoists had set up many kangaroo courts which brutally executed 21 people in public in 2010.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 11 DANDUPALYA GANGSTERS GET DEATH PENALTY
in Bangalore, India, judge H R Srinivas of the special court conducting trials in the
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MADRAS HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE IN CRIME CASE
a division bench of the Madras High Court in India comprising Justices M Chockalingam and M Sathyanarayanan upheld the death sentence awarded to Sundar, alias Sundararajan, 33, from Samayapuram, for kidnapping for ransom and murdering a seven-year-old boy
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KOLI GETS DEATH IN THIRD CASE
in India, Special CBI judge A.K. Singh sentenced domestic helper Koli to death for brutally murdering Rachna, 8, in Noida on April 10, 2006.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR MINOR'S RAPE AND MURDER
judge AS Shiwankar of the Nagpur district and sessions court in India sentenced Vasanta Dupare, 47, to death for raping and killing Muskan, 4, at Wadi on April 3, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASAB CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY IN BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court in India challenging the death penalty awarded to him for killing 166 people on November 26, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GIRL’S TESTIMONY CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DAD
Justices P V Hardas and A V Potdar of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court in India sentenced Sunil Gaikwad, 35...
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Thiruvananthapuram, India, First Class Additional Session Court Judge P Somarajan sentenced D Lorenze, 41, to death for hacking his wife Valsala, 36, to death after a quarrel on October 10, 2007.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
at the Poonamallee Fast Track Court-I in Kancheepuram, India, Judge R. V. R. Dheenadhayalan sentenced Jayakumar to death and fined him Rs. 5000
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN WHO RAPED MINOR
Justices M Chockalingam and M Sathyanarayanan of the Madras High Court in India confirmed the death sentence awarded to Selvam...
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT WAIVES DEATH PENALTY TO 3 PUNJAB YOUTHS
the Appeal Sharia Court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, commuted the death sentences
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY TO MAN FOR BURNING 5
Justices V S Sirpurkar and A K Pattnaik of the Indian Supreme Court sentenced Sunder Singh to death for burning five members of a family to death on June 30, 1989.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES 14 DEATH SENTENCES INTO LIFE TERMS
Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil commuted the death
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Nagercoil, India, district sessions judge Saravanan sentenced Anbarasu to death for murdering Malik Mohammed, 75, his wife Katheeja Beevi, 65, and watchman Gnanaprakasam, 71, on November 12, 2007, as revenge after he was fired.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: EIGHT YEAR DELAY IN SC HEARING ALLOWS MAN TO ESCAPE GALLOWS
in India, the Delhi High Court commuted the death sentence of Ajit Seth for murdering Sunny Arora, 7, and Shikha Arora, 3, to life imprisonment because the Supreme Court took eight years to decide the case.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
a Division Bench the Karnataka High Court in India comprising Justices Rao and Pinto upheld the death sentences of Madhurnath, Rafiq and Jayanna of Anandpuram in Sagar taluk for robbing and murdering ginger merchant Madhusudan in Sagar on August 8, 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BOMBAY HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MURDERER TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
the division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and VK Tahilramani of the Bombay high court in India commuted the death sentence issued by the Sessions Court to Kamlakar Shinde, 25, for murdering and robbing his aunt Draupadi Shinde, 55, in July 2007, to lif
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO AKSHARDHAM TERROR ATTACK CONVICTS
Justices Reddy and Nijjar of the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death penalty awarded to Adambhai Sulemanbhai Ajmeri and Abdul Kayum in the 2002 Akshardham temple terror attack case.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR WOMAN'S MURDER
Justices Rao and Pinto of the Karnataka High Court in India upheld the March 28, 2009...
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SAY THEY WERE TORTURED FOR CONFESSION
seventeen Indian workers on death row in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for the murder of a Pakistani man told an appeals court that the police extracted their confession after torturing them.
- AUGUST 31, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO 3 ADMK WORKERS UPHELD
Justices Singhvi and Chauhan the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence awarded to AIADMK workers C Muniappan, Ravindran and Nedunchezhian.
AUGUST 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR OLDEST DEATH ROW CONVICT
Indian President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of 75- year- old Shobhit
- AUGUST 19, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BILL TO AWARD DEATH PENALTY TO PLANE HIJACKERS
the Indian government introduced the Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) Bill 2010 in the Rajya Sabha to award the death penalty to those involved in the hijacking of civilian planes.
- AUGUST 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 3 GET GALLOWS FOR KILLING 10 IN ARA VILLAGE
in Ara, India, Additional district and sessions court-I judge Ajay Kumar Srivastava...
- AUGUST 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC UPHOLDS DEATH FOR MAN IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan of the Indian Supreme Court sentenced ...
- AUGUST 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
SARABJIT SINGH'S DEATH SENTENCE 'STAYED' BY MUSHARRAF GOVERNMENT: ZARDARI'S OFFICE
Pakistan said that Indian national Sarabjit Singh's mercy petition is not pending in President Asif Ali Zardari's office, as his execution was already stayed by the 'previous government'.
- JULY 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR SIX IN DOUBLE-MURDER CASE
a local court in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district in India sentenced six people to death for murdering Mubarak Hussain and his nephew Shah Alam on August 25, 2000, over a political rivalry.
- JULY 30, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Cuddalore, India, Mahila Court Sessions judge K.Ashokan sentenced Sundararajan...
- JULY 28, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC ACQUITS MAN WHO WAS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE BY LOWER COURT
a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court in India comprising Justice Yatindra Singh and Justice Surendra Singh acquitted the death sentence of Kanhaiya.
- JULY 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: WOMAN, PARAMOUR GET DEATH PENALTY
a court in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district in India sentenced a woman and her paramour, identified as Shabnam and Saleem, to death for killing members of her family in Bawankheri village on April 14, 2008, over property.