India

Capital Punishment Status
Retentionist
On Death Row
404
Foreign Nationals
2
Last execution
2020
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India continues to practice the death penalty.

Where data is available, you can click on the button to read our latest report on the death penalty for foreign nationals in India and scroll down for country-specific charts.

Death penalty crimes

  • Drug Trafficking
  • Espionage
  • Kidnapping
  • Murder
  • Rape
  • Terrorism
  • Treason

Mandatory death penalty crimes

  • None

Main nationalities of foreign nationals sentenced to death

Gender of foreign nationals sentenced to death

2

Male

0

Female

Top crimes for which foreign nationals sentenced to death

Main occupations of foreign nationals sentenced to death

Main regions of origin of foreign nationals sentenced to death

Status of foreign nationals sentenced to death

Additional Resources

Country Report: Foreign Nationals in Sri Lanka

Preview
University of Oxford
Author/Editor
Death Penalty Research Unit
Date of Publication
2022
Resources

Country Report: Foreign Nationals in Singapore

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University of Oxford
Author/Editor
Death Penalty Research Unit
Date of Publication
2023
Resources

Country Report: Foreign Nationals in Kuwait

Preview
University of Oxford
Author/Editor
Death Penalty Research Unit
Date of Publication
2022
Resources

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