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sections in the Ipc which contains sentence of death.


19-Sep-2023 (In Criminal Law)
how many sections in the ipc which contains sentence of death.
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Answer #1
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Indian penal code contains death penalty for gruesome crime like waging war against state murder, attempt to murder, abetment to suicide by lunatics or child, rape related and repeat offenders in some cases and so on ... Section 121,132,194,402,305,307,396,364A,376A,376E have provision for death sentences .. so total ten sections are there which contain death sentence
Answer #2
626 votes
The Supreme Court has ruled that death punishment should be imposed only in 'rarest of the rare cases'. Following sections of IPC carry death penalty; IPC sections 120B,121,132, 194, 302,303,305,364A,396,376A.

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