Tag: Death-penalty

Source – english.jagran.com Surat Jagran News Desk: The Gujarat High Court on Friday sentenced death penalty to a man for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in Surat.  The accused, Anila Yadav, hails from Bihar and is in his early twenties. Yadav had committed the crime on October 14, 2018. He was convicted for rape, murder

Source – hindustantimes.com There were demands of showing no mercy to Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four convicts awaiting death penalty in connection with the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case, during the hearing on his review petition. The Solicitor General, opposing any leniency to Akshay, said, “There are crimes when humanity is put

Source – ndtv.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death penalty awarded to a convict in the 23-year-old case of bomb blast in a bus in Rajasthan’s Dausa district, in which 14 persons were killed. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant ordered that

Source – newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD:  In the light of the growing public demand to impose capital punishment against the four accused in the recent rape and murder of veterinarian in the city,  senior lawyers were of the view that the demand for death penalty in such cases without giving scope for appeal in the higher courts, is not