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  • Jharkhand High Court Converts Death Sentence To Life Imprisonment In SP Balihar Killing

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    A lower court in Dumka had earlier awarded the death sentence to two Maoists—Sukhlal alias Praveer Murmu and Sanatan Baskey alias Tala Da—for murdering the former SP. The Indian Tribal reports December 10, 2025 Jharkhand High Court The Jharkhand High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded (…)

  • Bandi Singh release: The question of clemency and how different governments approach it

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Dec 7, 2025 Summary The article examines the issue of clemency and long-term imprisonment in India by comparing two sets of cases: the Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts in Tamil Nadu and the Sikh prisoners known collectively as “Bandi Singhs” in Punjab. It explains how India’s constitutional (…)

  • Udaipur court sentences man to death for wife’s murder

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    TNN / Dec 10, 2025, 21:42 IST Udaipur: A court here has sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife, stating that the brutal nature of the crime fell under the “rarest of rare” category. The Udaipur sessions court, in its judgment, noted that the accused had premeditated the murder and (…)

  • Madikeri - Man sentenced to death for killing four of his family

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    TNN / Dec 10, 2025, 23:18 IST Madikeri: A man, who had murdered four of his family members in March this year, was convicted and sentenced to death by the Virajpet II additional district and sessions court on Wednesday. The death sentence has to be confirmed by the Karnataka high court. The case (…)

  • Yug murder case: Family moves SC against HC’s order commuting death sentence of 2 and acquittal of one

    15 December 2025, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    By, Shailee Dogra, ShimlaPublished on: Dec 13, 2025 04:52 am IST Yug, who was abducted from his courtyard in busy Ram Bazaar in the heart of the town on June 14, 2014, was tortured and killed after seven days, even before the first call for ransom of ₹3.6 crore was made In pursuit of justice for (…)