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Research Paper | Law | India | Volume 12 Issue 11, November 2023

Capital Punishment in India (Constitutional Validity of Capital Punishment)

Akshay Mahavira

Abstract: Capital Punishment In India, which is the harshest punishment provided in the INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860. And the question of what is the constitutional validity of capital punishment in this context. There are 5 types of punishments to punish the offender to control the criminal activity, such as death or capital punishment, imprisonment for life, simple and rigorous imprisonment, forfeiture of property, fine. Capital Punishment considered as the punishment of rarest and rare cases.

Keywords: Capital Punishment in India, Constitutional Validity, Indian Penal Code, Rarest of the Rare Case

Edition: Volume 12 Issue 11, November 2023,

Pages: 1847 - 1848