INDIA: MUMBAI COURTS TOP IN GIVING DEATH PENALTY

of the 25 death penalties handed down by trial courts in India in 2007, 12 were given in Mumbai alone. Moreover, this year, the Bombay High Court confirmed death sentences for six persons, which again is the highest number among all high courts in the country. In comparison, the Delhi and Chennai HCs upheld death sentences for one and three persons. Currently, the state has 42 convicts on death row, which is also the highest number for any state in the country.