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• UP: Man gets death sentence for raping 7-yr-old, murdering her 5-yr-old sister

  15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  Vartha Bharati | 01-11-2025 | 18:00:00 IST Shahjahanpur (UP) (PTI): A court here has sentenced a man to capital punishment after he was convicted of raping a seven-year-old girl and murdering her younger sister four years ago, an official said on Saturday. Anil alias Chameli The court also (…)

• Looking for alternatives to hanging: Centre to SC (Summary)

  15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  Published on: Nov 12, 2025 05:26 am IST The Union government told the Supreme Court that it is exploring whether more humane execution methods than hanging could be adopted for carrying out death sentences in India, though no final decision has been made yet. Attorney General R. Venkataramani (…)

• HC commutes death sentence of Nagpur man who murdered daughter by hanging

  15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  By: Pradip Kumar Maitra, Nagpur Updated on: Nov 14, 2022 08:36 am IST Kalamna police station in-charge Vinod Patil said Guddu Chhotelal Rajak, a labourer, used to live with his second wife Kaushalya (38) and three children – Mahi (16), Ziya (12) and Gaurav (10) – in the east Nagpur locality. He (…)

• Nithari killings: Surendra Koli walks out of jail, lawyer says flawed system ‘almost executed’ him twice

  15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  Updated on: Nov 12, 2025 10:29 pm IST Surendra Koli’s lawyer said the verdict highlighted serious flaws in India’s criminal justice system due to which his client was ‘almost executed twice’. Surendra Koli walked out of the Luksar Jail in Greater Noida on Wednesday after the Supreme Court of (…)

• Hanged At Dawn, Cremated In Secret: Inside Nathuram Godse's Execution

  15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
  Curated By : Satyaki Baidya Translation Desk Last Updated: November 15, 2025, 17:57 IST Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte were hanged before sunrise on November 15 at Ambala Central Jail. Godse appeared inconsolable, while Apte remained composed. Nathuram Godse admitted his crime in court. (News (…)

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