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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- AUGUST 22, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 22, Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta...
On August 22, Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta held Janesh, 35, a resident of Rajpur Road, guilty of raping and murdering his 17-year-old daughter two years ago and sentenced him to death by hanging
- AUGUST 6, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in the Red...
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- JULY 22, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 22, a division Bench of the High Court, ordered...
On July 22, a division Bench of the High Court, ordered that Narayanram Chaudhary (21) and Jeetu Gehlot (24) be hanged until dead for murdering 7 members of the Rathi family, in Pune 5 years ago
- JUNE 16, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 16, faced with a tough election, Chief Minister...
On June 16, faced with a tough election, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu focused on women to bring in the votes and advocated the death sentence for rapists
- JUNE 8, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 8, the Supreme Court stayed till July 19 the...
On June 8, the Supreme Court stayed till July 19 the execution of the death sentence on the four convicts, to enable the court to consider their review petition, in which the four have asked the court to consider the former prime minister's killing as a c
- MAY 28, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 28, an Indian was beheaded in Rjad, Saudi Arabia,...
On May 28, an Indian was beheaded in Rjad, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling cocaine and heroin
- MAY 14, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 14, Mazhar Hasan Anwar, Indian, was executed...
On May 14, Mazhar Hasan Anwar, Indian, was executed in Saudi Arabia for drug offenses
- MAY 11, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 11, the Supreme Court confirmed death sentences...
On May 11, the Supreme Court confirmed death sentences for two Sri Lankans, Murugan, and T
- MAY 3, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 3, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said the...
On May 3, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said the Government should consider the death sentence for atrocities against women
- APRIL 30, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, Painadakath Vidayathil Varghese, Indian,...
On April 30, Painadakath Vidayathil Varghese, Indian, was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling heroin to the kingdom in his suitcase
- APRIL 28, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
India abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 14, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 14, intellectuals, students and journalists...
On April 14, intellectuals, students and journalists in a meeting convened at Pethiagachi condemned the rape of a teenage girl at Bokaro and demanded that a special court be set up to try the criminals who perpetrated the heinous crime
- APRIL 4, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 4, Radical Sikh organizations, reactivated...
On April 4, Radical Sikh organizations, reactivated ever since the Badal-Tohra spilled out in the open, demanded that the 1,000-odd Sikh Tada detainees jailed in the Punjab and elsewhere be released in view of the Khalsa tercentenary celebration
- APRIL 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On April 1, a large number of school children in New...
On April 1, a large number of school children in New Delhi took to the streets against the spurt in violence in the capital in the past few months
- APRIL 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In April, the Supreme Court awarded a life term to...
In April, the Supreme Court awarded a life term to Kumudi Lal for raping and murdering a scheduled caste girl in a UP village in 1995
- MARCH 19, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, in New Delhi, the Supreme Court ordered...
On March 19, in New Delhi, the Supreme Court ordered the death sentence for Dharampal, who was convicted for raping the daughter of his neighbor and while on bail murdered 5 members of the rape victim's family with his brother Nirmal's help in the village
- MARCH 12, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 12, the European Parliament examined the report...
On March 12, the European Parliament examined the report by Belgian Liberal Anne Andre-Leonard on strengthening the EU-India partnership
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, the Maharashtra Control of Organized...
On February 12, the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Ordinance, 1999, was signed by President K
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence...
In February, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Om Prakash (23), convicted for killing 7 persons with his service self-loading rifle in Haryana in 1990, to a life sentence
- JANUARY 27, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On January 27, the Maharashtra cabinet passed a resolution...
On January 27, the Maharashtra cabinet passed a resolution supporting the Central Government's proposal to award the death penalty to those convicted of rape
- JANUARY 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian legislative system also provides for different...
The Indian legislative system also provides for different levels of appeal, and death sentences are frequently commuted to life imprisonment upon appeal
- JANUARY 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, in Bachan...
The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, in Bachan Singh v State of Punjab, held that the death sentence as a punishment should be awarded only in the "rarest of rare" cases
- JANUARY 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions recognizes the hostile environment pervading various regions in the country
- JANUARY 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code...
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The arguments of Justice Chandrachud in Mithu v State...
The arguments of Justice Chandrachud in Mithu v State of Punjab (1983 SCC (Cr) 404) on the constitutional validity of Section 303 are extremely relevant
- JANUARY 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by...
India was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C