Current Death Penalty Status: Retentionist
Method of execution: Hanging (or shooting under the Army Act 1950)
Reported Executions | Reported Death Sentences | |
2013 |
1* |
+ |
2012 |
1 |
78+ |
2011 |
0 |
110+ |
2010 |
0 |
105+ |
2009 |
0 |
50+ |
2008 |
0 |
70+ |
2007 |
0 |
100+ |
2006 |
0 |
40 |
ADPAN Members in India:
- Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)
- Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)
- Lawyers for Human Rights International (LHRI)
*As of 25 June 2013
Note:
Executions resumed in 2012, following eight years of no executions (2004-2012)
Names of those executed since 2004:
- Ajmal Kasab (November 2012), a Pakistani national
- Afzal Guru (February 2013), a Kashmiri