The number of death sentences imposed by sessions courts across India for murder simpliciter amounted to 57 in 2022. There has been an upward spike in imposing capital punishment for crimes of this nature in recent years following the public outrage that spread across the south Asian nation on account of the brutal gangrape and murder of a female victim in the nation's capital city of Delhi in 2012. The various Sessions courts of India handed out around 165 capital punishments in that year.
Number of death sentences imposed by sessions courts across India in 2022, by nature of offence
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*Include offences for which no death sentence was imposed this year. In 2021, these include drug offences and a case that involved the sale of spurious liquor which resulted in the deaths of multiple persons.
Values of 2022 include nine death sentences for which no information regarding the nature of offence is unavailable.
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Project 39A. (January 30, 2023). Number of death sentences imposed by sessions courts across India in 2022, by nature of offence [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103367/india-death-sentences-imposed-by-sessions-courts-by-nature-of-offence/
Project 39A. "Number of death sentences imposed by sessions courts across India in 2022, by nature of offence." Chart. January 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103367/india-death-sentences-imposed-by-sessions-courts-by-nature-of-offence/
Project 39A. (2023). Number of death sentences imposed by sessions courts across India in 2022, by nature of offence. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103367/india-death-sentences-imposed-by-sessions-courts-by-nature-of-offence/
Project 39A. "Number of Death Sentences Imposed by Sessions Courts across India in 2022, by Nature of Offence." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103367/india-death-sentences-imposed-by-sessions-courts-by-nature-of-offence/
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Number of death sentences imposed by sessions courts across India in 2022, by nature of offence [Graph], Project 39A, January 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103367/india-death-sentences-imposed-by-sessions-courts-by-nature-of-offence/
