Rational Of Death Penalty: A Constitutional Analysis

Megha Singh, LL.M., Chanakya National Law University, Patna

ABSTRACT

Death penalty has been a mode of punishment from time immemorial which is practiced for eliminating of criminals and is used as the punishment for heinous crimes. Indian Criminal jurisprudence is primarily based on a mixture of deterrent and reformative theories of punishment. While the punishments are to be imposed to create deter amongst the offenders, the offenders are additionally to be given chance for reformation. There has been numerous opinion related to the dying penalty as some are in the favour of the retention of the punishment whilst others are in the favour of its abolishment.

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