Previously, courts had no choice but to mandate hanging as punishment for a range of crimes including murder, drug trafficking, treason, kidnapping and acts of terror.
The accused was convicted on November 22 and given death sentence for murder as per section 302 of Indian Penal Code.
Washington: President Barack Obama's administration said on Tuesday that it is "deeply troubled" by the death sentence handed down against deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, contending that it was politically motivated.At his daily press conference,
New DElhi: Twelve Nigerian soldiers were yesterday sentenced to death for mutiny after shots were fired at their commanding officer in the restive northeast city of Maiduguri earlier this year.A nine-member military tribunal, sitting in
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