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Jharkhand HC commutes death sentence in 2018 Gumla rape-murder
July 24, 2025 4:05 am
The case pertains to 2018 rape-and-murder of a toddler in Gumla district on September 23, 2018. The convict, Bandhan Oraon was eventually found guilty and sentenced to death
SC spares 15 waiting on death row, says delay is the reason
January 22, 2014 3:10 am
With this verdict, the SC overruled its own ruling in Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar’s case.
Justice more humane
January 22, 2014 1:17 am
The Supreme Court does well to impose new conditions on the use of the death penalty.
Hope for Bhullar, curative petition to be taken up soon
January 22, 2014 1:02 am
Bhullar has been undergoing treatment at the Institute for Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences in Delhi since 2010.
Supreme Court commutes death sentence of 15, says 'Retribution' has no constitutional value in India
January 21, 2014 10:14 pm
The apex court invoked a number of principles to stress that even convicts fall under the protection offered by the Constitution.
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