Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Friday awarded death sentence to a convict for raping and murdering a 12-year-old in Lucknow's Mohanlalganj area. Another convict has also been sentenced to life imprisonment in the case.
Cairo [Egypt], Oct 12 (ANI): A military court in Egypt awarded death sentence to 17 people over their involvement in three church suicide bombings in 2016 and 2017 that claimed 80 lives.
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.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 10 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court on Monday awarded death sentence to two convicts namely Aneeq Shafeeq Sayeed and Ismail Chaudhary in Hyderabad twin blast case.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 21 (ANI): A special court in the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh awarded death sentence to the two men, convicted of raping and murdering a minor earlier this year.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 25 (ANI): The Thiruvananthapuram special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to two police officers in connection with a custodial death in 2005.
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Upholding its earlier order of death sentence, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed review pleas filed by three of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], July 3 (ANI): Former Director General of Police (DGP) Shashi Kant opined that the recommendation of a death sentence to drug peddlers and smugglers was a "waste of time."
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 12 (ANI): The Lahore Registry of the Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed convict Imran Ali's appeal against the death sentence awarded to him for allegedly raping and murdering a six-year-old girl in Kasur.
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 18 (ANI): Prosecutors have demanded death sentence for pro-Islamic State (IS) cleric Aman Abdurrahman who allegedly inspired a series of terror attacks on Indonesian soil.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the death sentence of Bacha Khan University attack's mastermind, Akbar Ali, in connection with the 2016 Bacha Khan University attack, which claimed 22 lives.