Abstract :
The paper is based on capital punishment in India. This paper discusses whether capital punishment in India is sufficient to curb the crime rate which is increasing day by day. This paper also argues on the grounds that justify the death penalty. By comparing the approaches of national and international laws on capital punishment it is argued that ‘Is capital punishment an effective deterrent to keep an offender away from criminality in India’. This paper explains the theories which are propounded to know the purpose of punishment. In this research, the researcher also discusses whether the Doctrine Rarest of Rare exercised to an award of the death sentence is just and fair. Also, is capital punishment an end of criminal justice? Is the sentence of life imprisonment insufficient that capital punishment is exercised to curb the crime in India? Lastly. the loopholes in our judicial system related to capital punishment are also discussed.
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