Death Penalty For Rapists
Bengal to table Bill for death penalty in rape cases today: Details here
The new Bill to be tabled in the Bengal Assembly today proposes the death penalty for individuals convicted of rape resulting in death or a vegetative state.
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Satwant Singh to Nirbhaya case: History of executions in Independent India
Sixteen convicts have been executed in the country in the past three decades, including Yakub Memon, Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab.
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HC rejects Nirbhaya rape convicts' last-minute petition against hanging
The bench said pendency of proceedings, initiated by the convicts or involving them at various fora is untenable in law as a ground for staying execution
Nirbhaya rape case: Delhi court postpones hanging of death row convicts
Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31) were scheduled to be hanged on February 1 at 6 am
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Unnao rape victim's family wants her murderers chased and killed
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured the grieving family of speedy justice, saying a fast track court would decide the case and all the accused persons were arrested
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Death for child rapists: HC raps Modi govt for thoughtless passage; updates
The ordinance comes against the backdrop of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir
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