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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Death to Yashpal Singh, lifer to Naresh Sehrawat
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 20, (ANI): A Delhi court on Tuesday pronounced death penalty to Yashpal Singh and life imprisonment to Naresh Sehrawat for killing two Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The court also slapped Rs 35 lakh fine on each of them.
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Malaysia to abolish capital punishment
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Oct 11 (ANI): Malaysian government is planning to abolish the death penalty.
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Aasia Bibi case: Pakistan SC reserves judgement
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court reserved its judgement on the blasphemy case against death-row convict Aasia Bibi on Monday.
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2 awarded death sentence in 2014 NDFB mass killings
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Sep 15 (ANI): A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Saturday awarded death penalty to two convicts while remaining two were given life imprisonment in connection with the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) mass killings in 2014.
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Bangladesh approves new road safety law, mulls death penalty
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] Aug 7(ANI): The Bangladesh Government on Monday approved the draft of the Road Transport Act 2018, extending the punishment for rash driving deaths.
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Criminal Law Bill that proposes death penalty for child rape convicts pass
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 30 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018, which ensures stringent punishment for those convicted of raping girls below 12 years of age.
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Delhi rape: DCW chief appeals for death penalty
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to award death penalty to accused in connection with alleged rape of a six-year-old girl in the capital.
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U'khand to bring law to hang rapists of minor girls
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kashipur (Uttarakhand) [India], Jul 12 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that his government would bring law to award death penalty to rapists of minor girls.
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MP Govt to sponsor treatment, education of Satna rape victim
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Thursday announced that the state government will sponsor the treatment and education of the four-year-old Satna rape victim.
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Executioners hunt begins in MP
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): With around 30 prisoners in jails across Madhya Pradesh been awarded death penalty in different cases, the state is on a hunt for executioners as currently there are no people at the post.
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Nirbhaya case: Maneka Gandhi satisfied with SC verdict
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Monday expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court's judgement upholding death penalty for the convicts in the 2012 rape case in Delhi.
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DCW hails speedy trial in rape case by MP court
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 08 (ANI): The Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) on Sunday hailed the fastest rape trial conducted by a Madhya Pradesh court where a rape convict was awarded death penalty within 46 days of the incident.
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