New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that ‘death by hanging’ stands out as the most suitable mode of execution of death row convicts compared to ‘lethal injection’ or ‘shooting’.
A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud had sought the response of the Centre on a PIL filed by advocate Rishi Malhotra seeking to stop death by hanging as it is a cruel form of death inflicting pain and injury and violated one’s right to die with dignity.
The petitioner challenged the method of Execution of Death sentence in India i.e. by hanging by neck till the prisoner is dead. He said Execution as contemplated u/s 354(5) Cr.P.C. is not only barbaric, inhuman and cruel but also against the Resolutions adopted by the United Nations Economic & Social Council.
