Breaking: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre in challenge to hanging by neck u/s 354(5) CrPC

Breaking: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre in challenge to hanging by neck u/s 354(5) CrPC
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The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Central government in a public interest litigation challenging the vires of Section 354(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which provides for the method of execution of death sentence in India – hanging by neck till the convict is dead.

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