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The rule further extends to death penalty as well, i.e. persons who are insane and declared so by a competent court, cannot be given death penalty. The legality of the death sentence and its relation with the mental illness of the accused was discussed in various cases by the Indian Judiciary. [103]
Harm Reduction International reports: "imposition of one death sentence for drug use and trafficking of amphetamines and cannabis resin in June 2022. This is the first drug-related death sentence noted by a reputable source in 11 years". [1] [31]
Rasha alias Raghuraj Singh, executed on 9 September 1947 at Jabalpur Central Jail, is presumed to be the first person executed in independent India. [3] Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, who were hanged on 20 March 2020, were the last persons to be executed in India. Rattan Bai Jain, executed on 3 January 1955 at Tihar ...
A woman in India’s southern state of Kerala has been sentenced to death for killing ... Kerala last carried out a death sentence on a convict 33 years ago with the execution of convicted serial ...
India: 20 March 2020 [119] Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma: gang rape and murder: hanging: D Indonesia: 29 July 2016 [120] Freddy Budiman, Seck Osmane, Michael Titus Igweh and Humphrey Ejike drug offences: firing squad: D Iran: 30 January 2025 [121] Mohammed Zaboli murder: hanging: D Iraq: 25 September 2024 [122]
Death penalty for murder, drug trafficking, arson, piracy, terrorism, kidnapping, recidivism of aggravated offenses punishable by life imprisonment, leading an armed group that engages in spreading disorder (such as by sabotage, pillage or killing), espionage, treason and perjury causing wrongful execution. [296] [297] Pakistan: 2019 [298] 20+ n/a
Six states still consider the death penalty legal but have put executions on hold for various reasons, like the shaky reliability of execution drugs: Arizona, California, Oregon, Ohio ...
The following list mentions the names of all substances banned or controlled in India under the NDPS Act. The list uses the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) of the drugs but in some cases mentions drugs by their chemical name. Widely known drugs such as ganja, cocaine, heroin etc. are mentioned by those names.