The bench criticised the trial court for imposing the death sentence on the same day as conviction without a separate hearing on punishment.

India’s revised criminal code, which came into effect on July 1, replacing the British-introduced Indian Penal Code, has increased the number of crimes that can attract the death penalty from 11 to 15 ...

Earlier this month, a judge in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh hit the headlines for delivering 23 death sentences in just four months. Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar’s 23rd death sentence ...