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  1. Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

  2. Apr 2, 2022 · Learn about the legal framework, categories and constitutionality of the death penalty in India. Explore the rarest of rare doctrine, the Nirbhaya case and other examples of capital punishment.

  3. Aug 31, 2007 · Death Sentence: Directed by James Wan. With Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Jordan Garrett. Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever.

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  4. What is capital punishment in India? Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is awarded in the rarest of rare cases. Section 354 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides a method to execute the death penalty, i.e., "Hanging by the neck until dead." Recently, the convicts of the Nirbhaya case were hanged until death in Tihar Jail.

  5. Apr 20, 2019 · Learn about the legal process, methods and constitutional validity of death penalty in India, a country that still practices capital punishment in rarest of rare cases. Find out the types of crimes that can result in a death sentence and the landmark judgements related to this issue.

  6. Jul 15, 2020 · Learn how the High Court confirms or annuls the death sentence passed by the Sessions Court in India under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The article explains the sections, powers and cases related to the confirmation process with examples and references.

  7. According to Death Penalty in India (2022) report, the trial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades. Death Penalty in India Report is published by Project 39A, a criminal law reforms advocacy group based in New Delhi.