Capital punishment in India
Capital punishment in India is a legal penalty for some 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'.
| Death penalty in India | |
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| Ministry of Law and Justice | |
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| Citation | Source |
| Territorial extent | All over India |
| Enacted by | Government of India |
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| The legislature dealing on the subject of capital punishment and its working in Republic of India. | |
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| Capital punishment, India | |
| Status: In force | |
Currently, there are around 539 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.
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