1,398 awarded capital punishment during 2004-14
As many as 1,398 people were awarded capital punishment between 2004 and 2014 while three were executed in the country during the period, Union Minister HP Chaudhary informed the Lok Sabha today. Meanwhile, the Law Commission of India, in its report, has recommended that death penalty be abolished for all crimes other than terrorism-related offences and waging war, he added. 