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
- 1,857
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 1,857 news items on India, from 1999 to today.
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- MARCH 24, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FEMALE SERIAL KILLER 'CYANIDE MALLIKA' GETS DEATH SENTENCE
female serial killer "Cyanide Mallika," charged with murdering five elderly women over the last eight years for gain, was awarded the death sentence by a Fast Track Court in Tumkur, India.
- MARCH 23, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC FREES DOC ON DEATH ROW FOR MURDER
a doctor sentenced to death in India for murdering a fellow doctor was acquitted of all charges by the Bombay High Court after spending six months on death row.
- MARCH 17, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR BEHEADING STUDENT
a religious teacher was awarded the death sentence by the Vadodara District Sessions Court in India for beheading his 15-year-old student on December 17, 2007.
- MARCH 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTER
a local court in Allahbad, India, awarded the death penalty to a man found guilty for murdering his wife and five-year-old daughter.
- MARCH 1, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC BACKS THE DEATH PENALTY
in a setback to opponents of capital punishment, the Indian Supreme Court enlarged
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC IMPOSES DEATH SENTENCE ON DUO FOR MURDER OF SIX
the Indian Supreme Court sentenced two people to death for murdering six members of a family in 1994 in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Additional Sessions Judge S. Soman (Fast Track Court-I) sentenced to death a 39-year-old man named Raju, alias Monkuttan, after finding him guilty of the murder of a scooter rider, Sunil Kumar, alias Podiyappan, near All Saints College junction in India o
- FEBRUARY 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BANGALORE HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
the Karnataka High Court in India upheld the death penalty given to ex-CRPF soldier Umesh Reddy in a rape-cum-murder case.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
in India, Principal District and Sessions Court Judge, KC Kella, passed a death sentence in the Adityana triple murder case.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: NITHARI KILLINGS: GALLOWS FOR PANDHER, KOLI
businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surinder Koli were sentenced to death by a special court for the rape and murder of Rimpa Halder, 14, one of 19 victims in the sensational Nithari serial killings in India.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 3 MORE GET DEATH FOR BARA CARNAGE
Special TADA Court Judge Darogha Prasad awarded the death penalty to three Maoists in connection with the Bara massacre in India.
- JANUARY 31, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF GIRL
the District Sessions court sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl.
- JANUARY 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Karnataka High court in India admitted an appeal by some jailed Deendar Anjuman activists against the death sentence awarded to 11 of them for their role in the church blasts that rocked Karnataka in 2000
the Karnataka High court in India admitted an appeal by some jailed Deendar Anjuman activists against the death sentence awarded to 11 of them for their role in the church blasts that rocked Karnataka in 2000
- JANUARY 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the trial court to two brothers for violently killing their brother-in-law
the Indian Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the trial court to two brothers for violently killing their brother-in-law
- JANUARY 19, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
SC QUESTIONS NHRC RECOMMENDATION FOR CLEMENCY TO DEATH ROW CONVICT
the Indian Supreme Court saw red over the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recommending clemency to a condemned prisoner, terming it not a fit case for a life sentence.
- JANUARY 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ‘HANGING’ IN LIMBO: 11 AWAIT EXECUTION OF DEATH PENALTY
11 people awarded the death penalty by various courts in Haryana, India, have been waiting several years for their appeals to be heard
- JANUARY 12, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TANDOOR MURDER: SC TO HEAR SHARMA PETITION IN APRIL
the Indian Supreme Court will hear the death sentence of former Youth Congress president Sushil Sharma’s petition in April. Former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma was sentenced for the murder of his wife Naina Sahni and later disposing off her body in
- JANUARY 1, 2009IndiaDEATH 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 31, 2008NepalDEATH PENALTY
Qatar’s Supreme Court of Justice ordered the retrial of three Asian men, two Indians and a Nepali, who were handed the death penalty six months ago
Qatar’s Supreme Court of Justice ordered the retrial of three Asian men, two Indians and a Nepali, who were handed the death penalty six months ago
- DECEMBER 21, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court ruled that number of deaths in a criminal case is not a relevant factor for awarding
the Indian Supreme Court ruled that number of deaths in a criminal case is not a relevant factor for awarding
- DECEMBER 19, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Punjab And Haryana High Court in Chandigarh, India, admitted a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation
the Punjab And Haryana High Court in Chandigarh, India, admitted a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation
DECEMBER 16, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH FOR NINE IN MURDER CASE
Fast Track Court-II and Additional Sessions Judge Javed Pasha sentenced nine peope to death and
- DECEMBER 11, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Patna High Court in India acquitted a convict facing capital punishment of the charges of kidnapping and murdering
the Patna High Court in India acquitted a convict facing capital punishment of the charges of kidnapping and murdering
- DECEMBER 10, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FORMER MP'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Patna High Court in India commuted the death sentence of former Lok Sabha MP Anand Mohan to life imprisonment and acquitted the six others in the former Gopalganj district magistrate G Krishnaiah murder case.
- DECEMBER 5, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES TO LIFE CHILD KILLER'S DEATH SENTENCE
a man sentenced to death for murdering a child had his death sentenced commuted to life imprisonment by the Madras high court in India.
- DECEMBER 1, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CLEMENCY SOUGHT FOR 11
the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) sought clemency for 11 people given the death penalty by the special sessions court, which heard cases regarding the serial church blasts across Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh in 2000.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY FOR 11 IN KARNATAKA CHURCH BLAST CASE
a special court in India awarded the death sentence to 11 people, life imprisonment to 12 and acquitted four
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF TEENAGED GIRL
the Mahila court in Coimbatore, India, awarded the death sentence to a daily wage worker for kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenaged girl three years ago
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KHAIRLANJI CONVICTS MOVE HC AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
those convicted in the Khairlanji case in India filed an appeal to the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court challenging their death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC ACQUITS TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRIPLE MURDER
slamming the Madhya Pradesh Government for shoddy prosecution, the Indian Supreme Court acquitted