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  • Madhurai - HC con­firms death to man for mur­der­ing wit­ness

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    The Hindu (Madurai)The Hindu Bur­eau30 Nov 2025 The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Fri­day con­firmed the death sen­tence awar­ded to a man by the trial court in Tirunelveli for the murder of a wit­ness in an attempt-to-murder case in which the man was an accused. The court was (…)

  • A new lease of life under the sun for death row prisoners

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    For the third year in a row, the Supreme Court has not confirmed a single death sentence. This year alone, it has acquitted nine prisoners on death row, commuted five death sentences to life imprisonment, and remanded two cases to the trial courts for fresh consideration. Aaratrika Bhaumik (…)

  • Opinion: The death penalty must be abolished!

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Published Nov 30, 2025 | 9:19 PM ⚊ Updated Dec 01, 2025 | 7:04 AM The modern debate over capital punishment took shape in Andhra Pradesh, following the execution of Naxalite prisoners K Bhoomaiah and Kishta Goud during the early months of the Emergency in the mid-1970s. Kalpana Kannabiran (…)

  • Gujarat: POCSO court sentences Valsad resident Razak Khan to death for rape and murder of a minor girl

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    December 6, 2025 | 1:54 PM A special POCSO court in Vapi town of Valsad district in Gujarat gave the death penalty to a 42-year-old man for kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering a minor girl in 2023. The order was passed on Thursday, 4th December, by the Court of Justice H. N. Vakil. (…)

  • Supreme Court denies mercy plea of ‘Swami’ serving life for killing Shakereh Khaleeli

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Swami Shraddhanand was convicted in 2000 for murdering his wife, Shakereh Khaleeli, in 1991 with the motive of taking control of her property Updated - December 05, 2025 09:10 pm IST - NEW DELHI Aaratrika Bhaumik Shakereh Khaleeli. File photo. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Supreme Court (…)