Back عقوبة الإعدام في الهند Arabic Todesstrafe in Indien German Pena de muerte en la India Spanish Peine de mort en Inde French भारत में मृत्युदण्ड Hindi Pena di morte in India Italian インドにおける死刑 Japanese വധശിക്ഷ ഇന്ത്യയിൽ Malayalam Dödsstraff i Indien Swedish భారతదేశంలో మరణశిక్ష Tegulu
| Death penalty in India | |
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| Citation | Source |
| Territorial extent | All over India |
| Enacted by | Government of India |
| Summary | |
| The legislation dealing on the subject of capital punishment and its working in Republic of India. | |
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| Capital punishment, India | |
| Status: In force | |
Capital punishment in India is the highest legal penalty for crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Indian Penal Code, as well as other laws. Executions are carried out by hanging as the primary method of execution per Section 354(5) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, 1973 is "Hanging by the neck until dead", and is imposed only in the 'rarest of cases'.[1][2]
Currently, there are around 539 [3] prisoners on death row in India. The most recent executions in India took place in March 2020, when four of the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder perpetrators were executed at the Tihar Jail in Delhi.[4]
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