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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FEBRUARY 10, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION FACTOR FOR COMMUTING DEATH PENALTY
long incarceration and socio-economic factors leading to crime are relevant and mitigating
- FEBRUARY 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KERALA HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
in India, the Kerala High Court commuted the death sentence awarded to Nawaz to a life term.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CALCUTTA HC UPHOLDS AFTAB ANSARI'S DEATH SENTENCE
in India, the Calcutta High Court upheld the death sentences of Aftab Ansari and Jamiluddin Nasir but commuted three other people’s death sentences over the January 2002 American Centre attack.
- JANUARY 31, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MALAYSIA
Indian national Athiseshan Singaram, 48, a textile company driver...
- JANUARY 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT OKAY WITH DEATH TO ABDUCTORS
the Indian Supreme Court asked judges to punish kidnappers hard, mentioning that the law allows awarding
- JANUARY 25, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DUBAI: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EXECUTIVE
two Indian nationals were sentenced to death in Dubai for slashing the throat of Indian sales executive
- JANUARY 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Shafiq, alias Munna, was sentenced...
Mohammad Shafiq, alias Munna, was sentenced...
- JANUARY 16, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO 5 ACCUSED IN BIHAR
in Samastipur, India, Third Fast Track court Judge Ramesh Kumar Singh sentenced five people to death for abducting and killing a child on June 13, 2002.
- JANUARY 14, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
in India, District Judge Shivanand Mishra awarded capital punishment to Ram Pratap Verma for killing his father-in law Sarabjeet and his daughters Sudha, 10, and Savitri, 18, with an axe on November 26, 2004.
- JANUARY 13, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GOVT PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR HIJACKERS
a group of ministers in India, headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, cleared a proposal to amend the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982 to provide for the death penalty for those guilty of the crime.
- JANUARY 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE TERM
the death sentence awarded to Govindasamy, 43, of Sathyamangalam, India, for killing five people of a family was commuted to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
Pappu Paswan had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- JANUARY 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WOMAN'S MURDER
in Barasat, India, a fast track court sentenced 10 people to death for the murder of a jeweller's wife at Kanchrapara.
- JANUARY 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT STAYS SURINDER KOLI'S DEATH SENTENCE
Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan and Justice BS Chauhan of the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of Surinder Koli
- JANUARY 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art. 21 of the Constitution which states
- DECEMBER 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ASSAM MAN GIVEN DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
judge Mazed Ali of the Kamrup Additional District and Sessions court in India awarded the death penalty to Sujit Biswas, now 23, for the rape and murder of Seema Khatun, 3, in Paltan Bazar on October 18, 2007.
- DECEMBER 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 2 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
two brothers were awarded the death sentence in Allahabad, India, by Fast Track Court Judge D P N Singh.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY
in Ahmedabad, India, the Gujarat government reintroduced the death penalty clause in a bill aimed at stopping the sale of illicit liquor and it passed the Assembly without any changes.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
Justices K.K. Mishra and D.V. Sharma of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court in India commuted the death sentence awarded by the Lakhimpur-Kheri District and Sessions court to Pawan Kumar, alias Monu Mittal, to life imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES SENTENCE IN HONOUR KILLINGS CASE
Justices VS Sirpurkar and Deepak Verma of the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of Dilip Narayan Tiwari, Manoj Paswan and Sunil Ramashray Yadav to 25 years imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 5, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in India, a man identified as Sanjay was sentenced to death.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GHAZIABAD: SIX GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING FOUR
in India, the Ghaziabad district court sentenced six men to death for killing four women of a family on November 24, 2005, over a land-related dispute.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF JILTED LOVER TO LIFE TERM
the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court in India commuted the death sentence of Tulsiram Potavi, 27, to life imprisonment due to his young age and clean criminal record.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE, KIDS
in Jalandhar, India, District and Sessions Judge R P Nagrath sentenced Charanjit Singh to death
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS NOOSE FOR KILLING 12-YR-OLD BOY
in Thrissur, India, District and Sessions Judge B Kemal Pasha awarded capital punishment to Hamsu, 29, for murder.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GOVT COMMUTED DEATH SENTENCE OF GOVINDASAMY
the death sentence of R. Govindasamy was commuted to life imprisonment under Article 72 of the Constitution of India in November, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram revealed.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 2 GET DEATH FOR MURDERS
in Rohtak, India, Additional Sessions Judge Puneesh Jindia sentenced Sangeet and Narender to death and fined them Rs 7000 each.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BROTHER'S CHILDREN
in Jammu, India, Second Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Chatterji Koul sentenced Vijay Kumar to death for killing his brother's three children aged 8, 7 and 4 in front of their parents in 2000.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2009NepalDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO NEPALI RAPE-AND-MURDER CONVICTS GET DEATH SENTENCE
in Ambala, India, two Nepali youths were sentenced to death for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl
- NOVEMBER 12, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Puducherry, India, Second Additional Sessions Judge Siddarthar sentenced S Sreekumar and K Kumaran, both from Madurai, to death for killing Sankar from Subramaniyapuram in January 2001 in a rouse to get money off a leisure centre owner.