Capital Punishment
Legal Provisions
- The Indian Penal Code contains provisions for awarding of capital punishment for certain specific offences like Murder (Section 302), Dacoity with murder (Section 396), Criminal Conspiracy (Section 120B), Waging war against the Government of India or attempting to do so (Section 121), Abatement of mutiny (Section 132) etc.
- According to Section 354(3) in the Code of Criminal Procedure, while imposing the capital punishment, the judge should specify “the special reasons” for doing so.
Judicial Pronouncements
- In 1980, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of capital punishment in ‘Bachan Singh v State of Punjab’ on the condition that the ....
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