SC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Mandatory Death Penalty Under SC/ST Act [Read Petition]
5 years, 10 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Mandatory Death Penalty Under SC/ST Act [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice SA Bobde today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL challenging mandatory death penalty under section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act. The provisions prescribes mandatory death penalty to a non-SC/ST person, if he is found to have knowingly fabricated or given false evidence in a criminal. The provisions prescribes mandatory death penalty to a non-SC/ST person, if he is found to have knowingly fabricated or given false evidence in a criminal case resulting in the award of death penalty to a SC/ST person and his consequent execution. The petition also points out that in State of Punjab Vs. Dalbir Singh, 2012 SCC 346, mandatory death penalty under sec.27 of the Arms Act was declared as ultravires the Constitution.

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Death penalty an exception, not the rule: SC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Death penalty an exception, not the rule: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that not every case of multiple murders qualifies as a “rarest of rare” instance warranting the death penalty, particularly when there is potential for reform. The court underscored that while the crime was brutal and deeply disturbing, the absence of criminal antecedents, favourable prison reports indicating a scope for rehabilitation and legal precedents weighed against …

Provisions Of SC/ST Act Can Only Be Invoked Against Those Not Belonging To SC/ST Community: Punjab & Haryana High Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Provisions Of SC/ST Act Can Only Be Invoked Against Those Not Belonging To SC/ST Community: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

Allowing anticipatory bail under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act,, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that the Act can be invoked only against members not belonging tothe SC/ST Act community.Justice Manisha Batra noted, "Appellants Avtar Singh and Jagsir Singh are stated to be members of SC community themselves. Allowing anticipatory bail under the Scheduled …

Death Penalty in India: Courts Clash Over Reform Standards in Murder Cases
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Death Penalty in India: Courts Clash Over Reform Standards in Murder Cases

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2025 12:11 IST - 6 MINS READ The rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the R.G. Just when everyone assumed that the convict in the case, the prime accused Sanjay Roy, was sure to be sentenced to death in view of the public outcry against the gruesome incident, the Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court, …

Current Scenario On Death Penalty In Light Of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
2 months, 1 week ago

Current Scenario On Death Penalty In Light Of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Live Law  

India has in the past voted against a draft resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the abolition of the death penalty. As per Sec 22 of BNSS, a sentence of death may be passed by: A High Court A Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge subject to the confirmation by the High Court. EXECUTION OF DEATH SENTENCE Chapter …

Capital term review, mitigation probe of death row convicts
1 year, 10 months ago

Capital term review, mitigation probe of death row convicts

New Indian Express  

The order is significant as it revisits, once again, the often ignored aspect of death penalty jurisprudence. Sure, the two prisoners who are serving death sentences have committed heinous crimes: one involves a techie convicted for murdering his female friend’s three-year-old daughter and mother-in-law and injuring her husband at Attingal in Thiruvananthapuram in 2014, while the second convict is a …

Uphold dignity in death penalty
2 years ago

Uphold dignity in death penalty

Hindustan Times  

There are layers upon layers in the judicial debate on capital punishment — the efficacy and ethics of administering the death penalty, the adequacy of procedural safeguards, the choice of the most humane way to execute a person, and even the moral argument — but at its heart rests the motivation to safeguard the dignity of the life that is …

DC Edit | SC move to set guidelines on death penalty welcome
2 years, 6 months ago

DC Edit | SC move to set guidelines on death penalty welcome

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of the Supreme Court to set up a Constitution Bench to lay down guidelines for the courts on providing a convict a real and meaningful hearing before deciding on a death penalty is a refreshing step that will further civilise the criminal justice delivery system in our country. The only protection a person can have against incarceration or …

Death Penalty: SC Refers to 5-judge Bench Case on Framing Guidelines on Mitigating Circumstances
2 years, 6 months ago

Death Penalty: SC Refers to 5-judge Bench Case on Framing Guidelines on Mitigating Circumstances

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a five-judge Constitution bench a suo motu plea on framing of guidelines on how and when potential mitigating circumstances be considered by courts during trial in cases which entail the death penalty as the maximum punishment. A bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said it was of the opinion that this …

Death Penalty : Legislative And Judicial Chronology From Bachan Singh Vs. State Of Punjab (1980) To Manoj Singh Vs. State Of M.P(2022)
2 years, 7 months ago

Death Penalty : Legislative And Judicial Chronology From Bachan Singh Vs. State Of Punjab (1980) To Manoj Singh Vs. State Of M.P(2022)

Live Law  

Death Penalty, one of the punishments that can be awarded to an accused in India- has always been subject to diverse views, criticism and repeated evaluations of being effective or ineffective in retribution or being a necessary action in few cases. The five judge bench in Bachan Singh's case laid down elaborate frame-line and guiding factors to be taken into …

Revisiting death penalty jurisprudence
2 years, 10 months ago

Revisiting death penalty jurisprudence

The Hindu  

On April 22, a Bench of the Supreme Court of India, led by Justice U.U. Several other cases also were decided by ignoring the Bachan Singh doctrine, as noted by the Supreme Court itself in Santhosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar vs State of Maharashtra and Rajesh Kumar vs State. Taking empirical lessons from the fate of Bachan Singh, the Supreme Court …

Supreme Court Sets April 30 Deadline For Centre To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Petition
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Sets April 30 Deadline For Centre To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Petition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to take a call by April 30 with respect to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh, who has been in jail for over 26 years for the assassination of killing former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.The bench of Justices UU Lalit, SR Bhat and PS Narasimha warned that if …

SC/ST Act - Notice To Victim Under Section 15A In Court Proceedings Against Accused Is Mandatory : Supreme Court
3 years, 4 months ago

SC/ST Act - Notice To Victim Under Section 15A In Court Proceedings Against Accused Is Mandatory : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that requirement under Section 15A of SC-ST Act of issuing notice of a court proceeding to a victim or a dependent is mandatory.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and BV Nagarathna observed that, as per this requirement, a reasonable and timely notice must be issued to the victim or their dependent.Under Section 15A, a victim or. …

Supreme Court Defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's Plea For Death Penalty Commutation By 6 Weeks
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's Plea For Death Penalty Commutation By 6 Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the petition filed by death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana seeking commutation of death penalty, after the Central Government requested the bench to await the decision of the President of India on his mercy petition. The Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta, informed a bench headed by the Chief Justice of …

SC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Guidelines For Time-Bound Disposal Of Clemency & Mercy Petitions
4 years, 8 months ago

SC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Guidelines For Time-Bound Disposal Of Clemency & Mercy Petitions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea seeking directions for issuance of guidelines via-à-vis disposal of clemency/mercy writ petitions and resultant execution of death sentence in a time bound manner.Notice was issued by a bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, R. Subhash Reddy & AS Bopanna in the petition filed by Advocate Dr. Subhash Vijayran, highlighting the …

SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Constitutionality Of Execution Of Death Penalty By Hanging
5 years ago

SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Constitutionality Of Execution Of Death Penalty By Hanging

Live Law  

Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by a 88-year old freedom fighter challenging the constitutional validity of delivering death penalty by hanging by deathThe Bench headed by Justice SA Bobde dismissed the petition filed by S Paremeswaran Nampoothiri challenging Section 354 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which states when any person is sentenced to death, the sentence. Supreme …

[Breaking] SC Upholds Validity Of SC/ST Amendment Act 2018 [Read Judgment]
5 years, 1 month ago

[Breaking] SC Upholds Validity Of SC/ST Amendment Act 2018 [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a notable judgment, the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Amendment Act of 2018, which was enacted to nullify the effects of the March 20, 2018 judgment of the SC which had diluted the provisions of the Act.A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and Ravindra Bhat had reserved judgment on. …

Supreme Court upholds SC/ST Amendment Act, new law has no provision for anticipatory bail
5 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court upholds SC/ST Amendment Act, new law has no provision for anticipatory bail

India Today  

Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Amendment Act of 2018 enacted to nullify the effects of the March 20, 2018 judgment of the court which had diluted the provisions of the Act. In its September 30 verdict, the Supreme Court's three-judge bench had recalled its March 20, 2018 order that had …

Rajasthan HC Commutes Death Penalty Citing Long Delay After The Crime [Read Judgment]
5 years, 4 months ago

Rajasthan HC Commutes Death Penalty Citing Long Delay After The Crime [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Even while remarking that if a list of all heinous crimes committed in the history of mankind was to be prepared, the incident at hand would rate amongst the top hundred, the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday commuted the capital punishment awarded to five convicts in a ten years old murder case. Hence, we have to say albeit with a …

Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Death Sentence Of A Murder Accused Already On Death Row In Another Case [Read Judgment]
5 years, 10 months ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Death Sentence Of A Murder Accused Already On Death Row In Another Case [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Thursday, upheld the death penalty awarded to a man accused of murdering four persons, including two minor children, belonging to one family. After it came to light that Khushwinder Singh confessed his involvement in this case, during investigation in another murder case, the matter was re-investigated by CBI. The conviction and death sentence …

Shakti Mills Gangrape: Section S.376(E) IPC Is Unconstitutional: Argues Convict's Lawyer Before Bombay HC
6 years ago

Shakti Mills Gangrape: Section S.376(E) IPC Is Unconstitutional: Argues Convict's Lawyer Before Bombay HC

Live Law  

In the confirmation hearing of death penalty awarded to Vijay Jadhav, Mohammad Qasim Shaikh and Mohammad Salim Ansari for the gangrape of an 18-year-old call centre employee in July 2013 and 22-year-old photojournalist in August 2013, advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhary argued that the government's views on Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code are outdated and violative of. In the …

Time Has Come To Examine The Need For Death Penalty As Punishment Especially Its Purpose And Practice: Justice Kurian Joseph, Other Two Judges Disagree [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

Time Has Come To Examine The Need For Death Penalty As Punishment Especially Its Purpose And Practice: Justice Kurian Joseph, Other Two Judges Disagree [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

“Every death penalty case before the court deals with a human life that enjoys certain constitutional protections and if life is to be taken away, then the process must adhere to the strictest and highest constitutional standards. Our conscience as judges, which is guided by constitutional principles, cannot allow anything less than that.” Justice Kurian Joseph, while commuting death penalty …

SC Commutes Death Penalty In Two Rape-Cum-Murder Cases [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

SC Commutes Death Penalty In Two Rape-Cum-Murder Cases [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice AK Sikri has commuted death sentence imposed on accused in two different cases, by recalling its earlier orders by which it had dismissed the SLPs filed by them in limine.Babasaheb Maruti Kamble was convicted for rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl in Maharashtra, while Jitendra was convicted in a rape-cum-murder case by …

SC Commutes Death Penalty In Two Rape-Cum-Murder Cases [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

SC Commutes Death Penalty In Two Rape-Cum-Murder Cases [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice AK Sikri has commuted death sentence imposed on accused in two different cases, by recalling its earlier orders by which it had dismissed the SLPs filed by them in limine.Babasaheb Maruti Kamble was convicted for rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl in Maharashtra, while Jitendra was convicted in a rape-cum-murder case by …

Breaking: Delhi Court Awards First Death Sentence In Anti-Sikh Riots Case
6 years, 4 months ago

Breaking: Delhi Court Awards First Death Sentence In Anti-Sikh Riots Case

Live Law  

This is the first Death Sentence awarded in a Case related to 1984 Anti-Sikh RiotsA Delhi court Tuesday awarded death penalty to convict Yashpal Singh and ordered life imprisonment to another, Naresh Sherawat, for killing of two men during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that followed assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi leaving nearly 3,000 people dead.In the first …

Another Plea In SC Against SC-ST Amendment Act, Says It Is ‘Divisive’ For The Nation [Read Petition]
6 years, 6 months ago

Another Plea In SC Against SC-ST Amendment Act, Says It Is ‘Divisive’ For The Nation [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has been moved, yet again, challenging the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Amendment Act, 2018, saying it bypasses the apex court’s order against arbitrary arrest under the Act and “is an attempt to separate the society unfairly”.The petition filed by India for Rule of Law Foundation and advocate Vikas Parashar prayed for striking. The Supreme Court …

New amendments to SC/ST Act by Parliament cannot be stayed, says Supreme Court; asks for Centre's response on pleas
6 years, 6 months ago

New amendments to SC/ST Act by Parliament cannot be stayed, says Supreme Court; asks for Centre's response on pleas

Firstpost  

The new amendments to the SC/ST law passed by Parliament cannot be stayed at this stage, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, as it sought the Centre’s response on a batch of pleas challenging the fresh provisions. New Delhi: The new amendments to the SC/ST law passed by Parliament cannot be stayed at this stage, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, as …

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 7-Yr-Old Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]
6 years, 6 months ago

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 7-Yr-Old Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

“The sex maniacs are prowling in the society like wild wolves to quench their sinful bodily lust. In this evil pursuit they even do not spare infants and children,” the high court had said in the judgmentThe Supreme Court has stayed execution of death penalty imposed on a man accused of rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl.Calling for the …

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 7-Yr-Old Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]
6 years, 6 months ago

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 7-Yr-Old Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

“The sex maniacs are prowling in the society like wild wolves to quench their sinful bodily lust. In this evil pursuit they even do not spare infants and children,” the high court had said in the judgmentThe Supreme Court has stayed execution of death penalty imposed on a man accused of rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl.Calling for the …

Will Amend POCSO To Give Death Penalty To Child Rapists: Centre To SC [Read Order]
6 years, 11 months ago

Will Amend POCSO To Give Death Penalty To Child Rapists: Centre To SC [Read Order]

Live Law  

Amidst the nationwide outrage over the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, the Centre today told the Supreme Court today that it has begun the process to ensure those convicted of child rape gets death penalty.This will be by amending the POCSO Act, 2012, it said.“I am directed to refer to mentioned above writ petition and to inform that …

After The 2016 Amendment, Mere Knowledge Of The Accused that Victim Is SC/ST Is Sufficient For Prosecution Under SC/ST Act: SC [Read Judgment]
7 years, 3 months ago

After The 2016 Amendment, Mere Knowledge Of The Accused that Victim Is SC/ST Is Sufficient For Prosecution Under SC/ST Act: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Prior to amendment, statute laid stress on the intention of the accused in committing such offence in order to belittle the person as he/she belongs to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe community, the bench observed.The Supreme Court, in Asharfi vs State of Uttar Pradesh, has observed that after the amendment of the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act …

SC notice to Centre on plea against mode of execution of death sentence, seeks response in three weeks
7 years, 5 months ago

SC notice to Centre on plea against mode of execution of death sentence, seeks response in three weeks

India TV News  

The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the legal provision that a death row convict would be hanged to death. The plea said that Article 21 of the Constitution also includes the right of a condemned prisoner to have a dignified mode of execution so that death becomes less painful. A bench comprising Chief …

Supreme Court upholds death penalty in Delhi gang rape case
7 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court upholds death penalty in Delhi gang rape case

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court upheld on Friday the death sentences of four men convicted in the brutal gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student in Delhi in 2012, describing the crime as “a story of a different world” that sparked a “tsunami of shock”. The court used words like “gruesome”, “gross”, “sadistic” and “beastly” in its 429-page, hard-hitting …

Taking Note Of Law Commission’s Recommendation, SC Commutes Death Sentence in Double Murder Case [Read Judgment]
7 years, 11 months ago

Taking Note Of Law Commission’s Recommendation, SC Commutes Death Sentence in Double Murder Case [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

"Today when capital punishment has become a distinctive feature of death penalty apparatus in India, which somehow breaches the reformative theory of punishment under criminal law, we are not inclined to award the same in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the present case", said the Bench "Today when capital punishment has become a distinctive feature of death penalty apparatus …

HC, Trial Court Grossly Erred In Imposing Death Penalty In #Nirbhaya Case: Amicus Raju Ramachandran [Read Written Submissions Part-II]
8 years, 4 months ago

HC, Trial Court Grossly Erred In Imposing Death Penalty In #Nirbhaya Case: Amicus Raju Ramachandran [Read Written Submissions Part-II]

Live Law  

Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran, one of the amicus curiae in Nirbhaya case, has submitted before a three-judge Supreme Court bench hearing appeals by death row convicts that both the high court and trial court grossly erred in imposing death penalty to the accused without considering the circumstances relating to the criminals.In the first part of his written submissions, he had …

HC, Trial Court Grossly Erred In Imposing Death Penalty In #Nirbhaya Case: Amicus Raju Ramachandran [Read Written Submissions Part-II]
8 years, 4 months ago

HC, Trial Court Grossly Erred In Imposing Death Penalty In #Nirbhaya Case: Amicus Raju Ramachandran [Read Written Submissions Part-II]

Live Law  

Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran, one of the amicus curiae in Nirbhaya case, has submitted before a three-judge Supreme Court bench hearing appeals by death row convicts that both the high court and trial court grossly erred in imposing death penalty to the accused without considering the circumstances relating to the criminals.In the first part of his written submissions, he had …

Exclusive: SC Commutes Another Death Penalty, This Time In Triple Murder Case [Read Order]
8 years, 5 months ago

Exclusive: SC Commutes Another Death Penalty, This Time In Triple Murder Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

A Supreme Court order dated 1st September, 2016, which escaped the scrutiny of proponents and opponents of death penalty, has been accessed by Live Law. Vide this order, a three-judge Bench of the apex court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Prafulla C Pant and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has commuted the death penalty awarded to one Shyam Singh from Madhya …

SC stays execution of death penalty of 2 convicts in Delhi gang rape case till March 31
11 years ago

SC stays execution of death penalty of 2 convicts in Delhi gang rape case till March 31

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Saturday stayed till March 31 the execution of death penalty of two of the four convicts in the Delhi gang rape and murder case, a couple of days after the Delhi High Court upheld the punishment awarded to them by the trial court. The order was passed by a Bench of the Apex Court, comprising Justices …

SC rejects Centre's plea on verdict on commutation of death penalty
11 years ago

SC rejects Centre's plea on verdict on commutation of death penalty

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed the Centre's plea seeking review of its verdict holding that undue delay by the government in deciding mercy plea can be a ground to commute death sentence of a condemned prisoner. The apex court rejected the Centre's contention that the January 21 judgement by which 15 condemned prisoners were granted life and paved …

SC reserves its verdict on the plea of death row convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
11 years, 1 month ago

SC reserves its verdict on the plea of death row convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

Live Law  

Supreme Court today has reserved its verdict on the plea of death row convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case seeking commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment.A three-judge bench headed by Chief justice P Sathasivam reserved the order after hearing the arguments of counsel appearing for the convicts and Attorney General G E Vahanvati who represented the central government.In. Supreme …

For a moratorium on death sentence
12 years, 3 months ago

For a moratorium on death sentence

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution Bench judgment in Bachan Singh is the source of contemporary death penalty jurisprudence in India. In Sangeet, the Radhakrishnan-Lokur Bench has continued the judicial scrutiny started by Bariyar of post- Bachan Singh death penalty cases, to see if they have complied with the requirements of the law. Bachan Singh, delivered by a five-judge Constitution Bench, …

Death is entirely discriminatory
12 years, 6 months ago

Death is entirely discriminatory

The Hindu  

Judge Jyotsna Yagnik’s invocation of human dignity while not awarding the death penalty in the Naroda-Patiya massacre case and the Supreme Court’s expression of helplessness while confirming the death penalty of Ajmal Kasab — sentenced in the 26/11 terror attack — go to the heart of the constitutional unviability of the death penalty. In Furman v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme …

SC Refuses To Entertain Clemency Plea For Rajoana
12 years, 11 months ago

SC Refuses To Entertain Clemency Plea For Rajoana

India TV News  

New Delhi, Mar 30: The Supreme Court today refused to pass any order on a plea for clemency to Balwant Singh Rajoana, awarded death penalty for assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. A bench of justices T S Thakur and Gyan Sudha Misra said it cannot pass any direction as the convict has not filed any petition before …

Ajmal Kasab Moves SC Challenging Death Penalty
13 years, 7 months ago

Ajmal Kasab Moves SC Challenging Death Penalty

India TV News  

New Delhi, July 29 : Pakistani death row convict Ajmal Kasab has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court judgment confirming the death sentence slapped on him by a trial court for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The High Court said, “The prosecution has not been able to establish beyond reasonable doubt evidence of the two …

Kasab sentenced to death
14 years, 10 months ago

Kasab sentenced to death

The Hindu  

Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab “shall be hanged by neck till he is dead.” Pronouncing these words, the Special Sessions Court here on Thursday sentenced to death the lone surviving gunman of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Kasab was given the death penalty on five counts: murder, abetment to murder, waging war, criminal conspiracy and committing terrorist acts. The …

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