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  • Hyderabad: Man given death penalty for murdering in-laws

    10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    22 May 2026 Twenty-two months after a couple were murdered by their son-in-law in Warangal, a local court on Wednesday convicted and awarded him the death sentence. The first additional district court’s judge said in the verdict that apart from death penalty, the convict Mekala Nagaraju has to (…)

  • Supreme Court acquits two death row convicts (Uttarakhand) in rape-murder case

    10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Express News Service Updated on: 29 May 2026, 4:14 am NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has acquitted two men sentenced to death by the Uttarakhand trial court and High Court for the alleged rape and murder of a 55-year-old woman in Uttarakhand on the grounds that the prosecution failed to establish (…)

  • Uttar Pradesh - Man Receives Death Penalty for Family Murders

    10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Devdiscourse News Desk | Kushinagar | India Updated: 29-05-2026 23:14 IST | Created: 29-05-2026 23:14 IST Rajesh Gupta has been sentenced to death by an Uttar Pradesh court for the 2021 murders of his wife and two young sons. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh on Gupta, who allegedly (…)

  • Tamil Nadu: Man Gets Death Penalty For Sexual Assault, Murder Of Minor

    10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Reported by:J Sam Daniel Stalin India News - May 25, 2026 16:29 pm IST The POCSO Special Court convicted Dharma Muneeswaran and sentenced him to death by hanging on both counts of sexual assault and murder, 77 days after the crime. Tutucorin: A POCSO court in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu (…)

  • Uttar Pradesh - 50-year-old man gets death penalty in 15-year-old double-murder case in Muzaffarnagar

    10 June, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    PTI 30 May, 2026 06:49 pm IST Muzaffarnagar (UP), May 30 (PTI) A fast-track court here has awarded death penalty to a 50-year-old man for killing a woman and her six-year-old son in a case dating back nearly 15 years. Additional District and Sessions Judge of the fast-track court, Ravi Kumar (…)