Important death sentence pronouncements in India

While the Home Ministry has no official records of the death sentences handed down in independent India, it is estimated that 50 people have been hanged by the courts in the last 30 years.

While the Home Ministry has no official records of the death sentences handed down in independent India, it is estimated that 50 people have been hanged by the courts in the last 30 years. Some of the more important ones are as follows:

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1. Nathu Ram Godse in Mahatama Gandhi assassination case

2. Sucha Singh in Partap Singh Kairon case

3. Billa and Ranga in Chopra children murder case

4. Sukha and Jinda in Gen Vaidya murder case.

5. Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi assassination case

6. Nalini and 26 others in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

7. Bachan Singh in multiple -murder cases in Punjab

8. Shankar V, alias 'Auto Shankar', in multiple-murder cases

9. Macchi Singh in multiple-murder cases

10.Pramanad Katara in murder cases