OUR CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi, Aug 11, 2015: The National Crime Records Bureau reported that a total of 117, 97 and 125 inmates were awarded capital punishment in 2011, 2012 and 2013. There are five cases of mercy petitions, involving nine convicts were pending under Article 72 of the Constitution of India.
Data of prisons having facility for hanging convicts on death row is not maintained centrally. Prisons and its related matter is a State subject under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, the number of convicts executed in 2011 is 00, 2012 is 01 and 2013 is 01. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to a question by Bhairon Prasad Mishra, Dr.C.Gopalakrishnan and P.C.Mohan in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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