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  • Alwar man sentenced to death for rape, murder of 5-year-old (Rajasthan)

    13 August 2020, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Updated: Jun 12, 2019 19:08 IST A court in Rajasthan’s Alwar sentenced a man to death on Tuesday for raping a 5-year-old and killing the girl by crushing her head with stone. Public prosecutor Vinod Sharma said special judge of POSCO court Ajay Sharma called it a “rarest of the rare” crime and (...)

  • HC upholds death penalty clause for repeat rape offenders (Maharashtra)

    13 August 2020, by Abolish Death Penalty India
    Updated: Jun 04, 2019 01:29 ISTThe Bombay High Court amended section of the Indian Penal Code under which repeat offenders in rape cases can be awarded life imprisonment or death penalty. The Bombay High Court (HC) on Monday upheld constitutional validity of Section 376E of the Indian Penal (...)