Death Penalty

The Supreme Court has issued notice on a curative petition filed by Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Mohammad Arif in the Red Fort attack death penalty case, signalling a rare and cautious re-examination of a final verdict in a high-profile terrorism prosecution.

A court in Bargarh, Odisha, has imposed the death penalty in a BNS death penalty case involving the rape and murder of a minor, marking one of the first major applications of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita alongside POCSO.

On Aug 5, 2025, the Delhi HC directed separatist leader Yasin Malik to reply to the NIA’s appeal seeking to upgrade his life term to a death sentence in a terror funding case. Convicted in 2022 under UAPA and IPC, Malik had pleaded guilty but claimed a shift to non-violence. The court must now decide if his actions meet the “rarest of rare” test for capital punishment.

Death penalty in India: How the ‘Rarest of Rare’ doctrine evolves under BNS & BNSS. Key reforms, legal impact & judicial insights.

Supreme Court sets aside a flawed death penalty conviction, highlighting lapses in legal aid and procedural fairness.

Supreme Court reduces death sentence, upholding justice in the rarest of rare cases in the Eknath Kisan Kumbharkar judgment.