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Maharashtra: Pune Court hands death penalty to Bhimrao Kamble who murdered and raped 3.5 year-old child, observes that the case falls under ‘the rarest...

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On Monday (29th June), a sessions court in Pune handed the death penalty to a man named Bhimrao Kamble for the rape and murder...
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Israel brings new law with death penalty to convicted terrorists in 90 days, UN says applying it to Palestinians will be ‘war crime’

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Israel has used the death penalty only once since its foundation in 1948, when it hanged Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1962.
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Gujarat: POCSO court sentences Valsad resident Razak Khan to death for rape and murder of a minor girl

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Later, the child’s body was found near a pond, hidden in bushes. She was identified by her mother and grandfather.
Crime

Andhra Pradesh: Court hands down death penalty to 5 men involved in the brutal murder of mayor and her husband in 2015

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The prime accused in the case is Sriram Chandrasekhar, also known as Chintu. He is the nephew of victim Katari Mohan.
Law

Vasanta Dupare raped and murdered a 4-year-old, got death sentence, now Supreme Courts reopens the case after the convict’s plea

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The Supreme Court has reopened the sentencing of death row convict Vasanta Dupare, who was convicted of raping and killing a four-year-old girl.
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Supreme Court commutes death sentence of man who killed his wife, 4 children and raped his own daughter, for his ‘consistent efforts at being...

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Convict Reji had an affair with another woman and wanted to live with her. He suspected his wife of infidelity
Law

Bulandshahr Gang-Rape and Murder: Allahabad HC commutes death sentence of Israel, Zulfiqar and Dilshad, sentences them to 25 yrs in prison, says not ‘rarest...

OpIndia Staff -
In March 2021, the POCSO court of Bulandshahr sentenced Israel, Zulfiqar, and Dilshad to death in this rape and murder case. The court said that the crime was so serious and gruesome that it created an atmosphere of fear in the society.
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West Bengal: POCSO court awards death penalty to Md Abbas for brutal rape and murder of minor schoolgirl in Siliguri last year

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A special POCSO court in West Bengal’s Siliguri on 7 September sentenced one Md Abbas to death for rape and murder of a minor girl last year.
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Mamata Banerjee is playing to the gallery with her Aparajita law: Here is how it is likely to get struck down by Supreme Court,...

Paurush Gupta -
The seeming inevitability of it getting struck down in a court of law alludes that it could merely be an act to pander to the gallery rather than a true pursuit to seek Justice for women and set a deterrence against heinous crimes.
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Pakistani terrorist Arif Mohammad can still challenge the rejection of mercy petition citing delay: Here is how that will change with the new criminal...

Shraddha Pandey -
The new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita sets time limits for deciding mercy petitions, ensuring no commutations citing inordinate delays
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