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- India
Gujarat: Man gets death penalty for raping, murdering toddler
Dahod: A local court here on Wednesday awarded capital punishment to a man under the POCSO Act for raping and killing his two-and-a-half-year-old neice in this district of Gujarat. While handing down…
- Pakistan
Six awarded death penalty for mob lynching of Sri Lankan citizen in Pakistan
Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Lahore announced the verdict in the mob lynching of Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara on false allegations of blasphemy in Sialkot last December, awarding death penalty to…
- India
Man gets death for minor’s rape and murder in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A POCSO court in Rajasthan has awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a four-year-old girl, police officials said here on Friday. Special Court of POCSO cases, Judge Sandeep…
- India
Maha: Court awards death penalty to man for killing mother, removing her organs
Pune: A local court in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur on Thursday awarded death penalty to a 35-year-old man, who was convicted of killing his mother, ripping open her body and removing her organs. District and…
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Death penalty to man who killed and drowned nine people in well
Warangal: Warangal’s First Additional Sessions Court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to Sanjay Kumar Yadav, who was accused of killing nine persons of a family and dumping their bodies in a well. The…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Sunday ended the death penalty for crimes committed by minors after effectively abolishing floggings as the kingdom seeks to blunt criticism over its human rights record. The reforms…
- Featured News
Nirbahaya case timeline
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday issued death warrant to all four convicts in the 2012 Delhi Nirbhaya gang-rape case. The gruesome incident had shaken the conscience of the nation and…
- Crime and Accident
Man dies after inmate awarded death penalty in Odisha jail
Bhubaneswar: An undertrial prisoner accused in a rape case died on Friday inside Keonjhar district jail in Odisha after a rape convict lodged in the same jail was awarded death penalty on…
- Hyderabad
Vet rape case: Sania Mirza demands death penalty for accused
Hyderabad: Sania Mirza, Indian tennis star demanded capital punishment for the accused of veterinary doctor rape-murder case. Supporting her death penalty demand for the accused, she said that there is a need…
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Bhopal court awards death penalty to rapist and killer of the minor girl within 32 days
Bhopal: In a speedy judgment, a Bhopal court on Thursday awarded death sentence to a 35-year-old man for raping and killing a minor girl last month. Special Judge for Protection of Children…
- Delhi
SC commutes death sentence to man in rape and murder case of 5-year-old girl
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a man held guilty of rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in 2015. The convict will have to serve…
