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• Tamil Nadu - Death sentence to labourer for sexually assaulting, impregnating 15-year-old daughter

  8 January, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  Published - January 05, 2026 07:25 pm IST - TIRUNELVELI The Hindu Bureau The special court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) cases has awarded the death sentence to a 43-year-old labourer, who sexually assaulted and impregnated his 15-year-old daughter. According to (…)

• Punjab - Death sentence commuted after 19 years: Why ‘illegal solitary confinement’ saved 2 convicts from gallows

  8 January, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  A bench of Justices Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Rohit Kapoor allowed the appeal filed by the two convicts and commuted their death sentence to life imprisonment. Written by Ashish Shaji New Delhi | Updated: January 7, 2026 06:23 PM IST The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted to life (…)

• Jharkhand High Court commutes man’s death penalty in rape and murder case to life term, cites lack of reform assessment

  8 January, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  Written by Jagriti Rai New Delhi | Updated: January 8, 2026 04:18 PM IST Jharkhand High Court News: While citing the Supreme Court judgement, the bench said that the probability of reformation, rehabilitation and social re integration of the appellant, also can't be ruled out. Jharkhand High (…)

• Odisha - Man gets death penalty in minor’s rape, murder case

  8 January, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  7 Jan 2026The Hans India Bhubaneswar: A Special POCSO court in Bargarh district on Tuesday sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of the rape and murder of a six-year-old minor girl in Paikmal area of the district in November 2024.“On November 15, 2024, at around 9 am, the (…)

• Maharashtra - Man sentenced to death for assaulting woman, murdering her child

  27 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  Summary A lower court in Maharashtra, India, has sentenced a man to death for brutally killing a three-year-old child while assaulting the child’s mother. The incident took place on June 19, 2017, in Kanchanpur village, Mulchera taluka, Gadchiroli District, when the victim’s husband was away for (…)

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