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TopicDeath sentence

Topic: Death sentence

Why Madras HC set aside death sentence of man convicted of raping minor daughter

Man's death penalty commuted to life term. Daughter was subjected to sexual assault by father under the influence of alcohol, at least 20 times, leading to her pregnancy.

Husband, kin sentenced to death for Agra double murder; cops under lens for ‘evidence tampering’

Agra man, his father & brother given death sentence for killing his wife over a suspected affair. Investigating officer & SHO also face action for alleged tampering of evidence.

Trial courts handed 128 death sentences in 2025, highest female convictions since 2016, says report

Decadal findings by Square Circle Clinic show that an overwhelming majority of death sentences imposed by trial courts did not withstand scrutiny at higher judicial levels.

Of blind love & ‘raja betas’: HC’s acquittal of a mother who ‘shielded’ son in 5-yr-old’s rape-murder

Punjab and Haryana High Court also commuted the man’s death sentence to life term, saying he ‘must stay inside the four walls of prison until he is closer to sunset of his virility’.

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. 

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.

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Why Hyderabadis need a history lesson beyond the Mughal court

From the Bahmani to the Qutb Shahis, Hyderabad’s local identity is far more complex than the standard Mughal-centric narrative suggests.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.