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• Karnataka High Court upholds death penalty in child’s ‘barbaric’ gang-rape, murder: ‘To be curbed with iron hands’

  10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  The court has declared that the 2021 crime against a girl aged around eight was ‘rarest of rare’ cases Updated - February 08, 2026 01:28 pm IST - Bengaluru The Hindu Bureau The High Court of Karnataka has confirmed the death sentence for three men convicted of the gang rape and murder of an (…)

• Tamil Nadu: Nine Cops Get Death Sentence In Father-Son Custodial Torture Case

  10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  Reported by: J Sam Daniel StalinEdited by:Ashutosh TripathiIndia News Apr 06, 2026 21:17 pm IST The custodial torture dates back to June 19, 2020, when Jayaraj and Benicks, who ran a mobile shop, were arrested for allegedly keeping their shop open beyond permitted hours during the lockdown, a (…)

• Gujrat - ‘Habitual’ acid attacker gets death for Surat man’s murder while on parole

  10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  In 2000, Bechar Kakadiya was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Surat district court for an acid attack on his brother-in-law Shantilal Patel, causing his death. In 2004, when he was out on parole, he attacked his wife and another brother-in-law, Dhansukh Patel, in a similar manner. By: (…)

• ‘On a razor’s edge’: Punjab and Haryana HC commutes death sentence for Ludhiana toddler’s killer, imposes 50-year jail term

  10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  By: Express News ServiceChandigarh Mar 20, 2026 03:15 PM IST The Punjab and Haryana High Court cited borderline “rarest of rare” status, investigative gaps, and non-premeditated murder. The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently commuted the death sentence of a 28-year-old man convicted of (…)

• Supreme Court overturns acquittal of 9, sentences them to life term in doctor’s murder case (Tamil Nadu)

  10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  PTI - 19 May, 2026 07:48 pm IST New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Madras High Court order and restored the conviction of nine persons for their role in the 2013 broad-daylight murder of renowned Chennai-based neurologist Subbiah. While the trial court had (…)

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