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From: mani@uwvax.UUCP (Mani Subramanian)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: Public hanging in India.
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Date: Sun, 8-Dec-85 12:50:08 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  8 12:50:08 1985
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> This morning, B.B.C. broadcast the news	that two people were going to be
> hanged IN PUBLIC in India. They are the husband and the mother-in-law of a
> woman who was allegedly burnt to death (another dowry related bride - burning
> case.)
> I am appalled by this decision. I thought that putting a person / persons to 
> death in public was a thing of the past in India. I am aware that


I do believe that public hanging is NOT one of the penalties provided for by
the Indian Penal code, and is hence illegal.  If the report is accurate, it
is certain to be challenged (both by the convicted and by civil-liberties
organizations) in Indian courts.

It is really more likely that some sessions judge really wanted to make a
public issue of this case (and what it represents) rather than a public example 
of it.  No judge can be unaware that such a sentence would cause a huge public
outcry in India.

The case is probably similar, in this respect, to the recent case in this
country of the judge who sentenced some men convicted of rape to castration.