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Capital Punishment – Cheating the Hangman

30th Nov 1981, India Today, ReportageBy Chaitanya KalbagJuly 11, 2024Leave a comment

Convicted killers Billa and Ranga were expected to make headlines last fortnight. Make news, they certainly did, but not the way everybody anticipated. Instead of being walked to the gallows on the morning of Sunday. November 8. 1981, in retribution for the brutal murder of Gita and Sanjay Chopra on August 26, 1978, the two…

Hanging Fire

15th Jun 1983, India Today, ReportageBy Chaitanya KalbagJuly 5, 2024Leave a comment

The Quality of justice seemed to be under tremendous strain last fortnight. At issue was the vexatious question of capital punishment. As usual, the shock waves emanated from an indecisive Supreme Court. In November 1981, the court had stayed executions all over the country after it was contended in the case of Kuljit Singh (alias…

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