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SC to hear 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts convicts plea
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2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blasts: Supreme Court Stays Death Sentence Of Convict Mohammad Tanvir

- By Aishwarya Iyer | | 19 Oct 2026 9:19 PM IST

Meerut district court sentences Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla with death penalty in blue drum case
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'Blue Drum' Murder Case: Meerut Court Sentences Convicts Muskan Rastogi, Lover Sahil To Death

- By Lawbeat News Desk | | 14 Oct 2026 6:44 PM IST

Supreme Court of India building in New Delhi
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"Our Forgiving Nature Has To Come To An End": Justice Dipankar Datta Links Death Sentence Commutations To Rise In Crime

- By Sukriti Mishra | | 8 Oct 2026 5:04 PM IST

Supreme Court hearing Balwant Singh Rajoana’s plea seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment
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Supreme Court Lists Balwant Singh Rajoana’s Plea Seeking Commutation Of Death Sentence On October 28

- By Sukriti Mishra | | 7 Oct 2026 2:26 PM IST

Supreme Court building in connection with Anandhasekar’s death penalty appeal under the POCSO Act.
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SC Stays Execution Of Man Awarded Death Penalty For Repeated Sexual Assault Of Minor Girls

- By Lawbeat News Desk -SC | Edits by Salil Tiwari | | 1 Oct 2026 1:22 PM IST

Human Life Is A Precious Gift Of God: MP High Court Spares Convict From Death Row In Child Rape-Murder Case
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"Human Life Is A Precious Gift Of God": MP High Court Spares Convict From Death Row In Child Rape-Murder Case

- By Himanshi Hans | | 4 Sept 2026 11:57 AM IST

Muzaffarnagar judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar who sentenced 22 convicts to death in 10 cases
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22 Death Sentences In 4 Months: Gyanvapi Survey Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar’s String Of Capital Punishments

- By Salil Tiwari | | 18 Aug 2026 3:41 PM IST

Supreme Court upheld hanging as constitutionally valid mode of death penalty execution
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Painless Procedure For Death Penalty: Supreme Court Upholds Hanging, Declines Larger Bench Reference

- By Sukriti Mishra | | 18 Aug 2026 11:30 AM IST

Additional District and Sessions Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar, who passed 13 death sentences in six murder cases within three months while serving in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The death penalties will require confirmation by the Allahabad High Court before execution.
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13 Death Sentences In 3 Months: Judge Who Ordered Survey of Gyanvapi in Spotlight Over String Of Capital Punishments

- By Lawbeat News Desk | Sukriti Mishra | | 8 July 2026 9:25 PM IST

Madras High Court confirms death sentence in Tirunelveli POCSO case involving repeated aggravated penetrative sexual assault on three young girls.
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Madras High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Man Who Repeatedly Raped Three Minor Girls, Calls It 'Rarest of Rare'

- By Salil Tiwari | | 2 July 2026 10:20 AM IST

Special POCSO Court in Pune awarded the death penalty to Bhimrao Kamble for the rape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in the Nasrapur case.
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Pune POCSO Court Awards Death Penalty To Bhimrao Kamble In 3-Year-Old Girl's Rape-Murder Case

- By Sukriti Mishra | | 30 Jun 2026 4:40 PM IST

Supreme Court acquits two men sentenced to death in the Uttarakhand rape-murder case after finding serious gaps in the prosecution evidence.
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Supreme Court Frees Two Death Row Convicts, Flags Major Gaps in Rape-Murder Probe

- By Lawbeat News Desk -SC | Edits by Salil Tiwari | | 11 Jun 2026 12:00 PM IST