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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicDeath sentence

Topic: Death sentence

HC says judges shouldn’t be ‘bloodthirsty’, commutes death sentence in murder case

Passing the judgment, Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya said evolution of society has been towards a reformative approach towards penology, as opposed to a retributive approach.

Raping daughter for 4 yrs, impregnating her not ‘rarest of rare’—HC turns death penalty to 30 yrs in jail

Gurugram: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man from Palwal man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment. He...

Why Supreme Court hasn’t confirmed a single death sentence in the last two years

An analysis by ThePrint finds that in a string of rulings since 2023, SC has acquitted or commuted death penalties in 14 cases, citing faulty trials and shoddy probe, among other reasons. 

Indian woman on death row for murder of 4-month old in Abu Dhabi executed, Delhi HC told

The Delhi High Court hearing her father’s plea about her well-being was informed on Monday, Justice Sachin Datta termed it “very unfortunate”.

In 2024, most death sentences handed out by Indian courts were for murder, not sexual offences

From 2019 to 2023, most death sentences by trial courts were for sexual offences, according to National Law University's Project 39A.

Former hostel warden of Arunachal school sentenced to death for sexually assaulting 21 kids

A Hindi teacher and a former headmaster were handed 20-yr rigorous imprisonment for involvement in crime. SIT had probed the atrocities that took place between 2019 and 2022.

France’s ‘social cleansing’ of the homeless ahead of Olympics & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the past week.

Muslim family says after death to 4, acquittals for 6 in Nuh gangrape, murders — ‘only 4 didn’t do this’

A CBI court sentenced 4 men to death in double murder & gangrape case based on forensic evidence like DNA & fingerprint analysis. But 6 others have been acquitted due to lack of evidence.

Legal team to decide next course of action — MEA on jailed naval veterans in Qatar

A Qatar court commuted their death sentences & offered prison terms of varying durations. Meanwhile, MEA says India-China ties were 'not normal' but communication lines remain open.

Qatar court commutes death sentences of 8 Indian Navy veterans to prison terms

On 26 October, the 8 men were given the death penalty over allegations of leaking sensitive information. They moved the Qatari Court of Appeal, which reduced the sentences.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.