Lok Sabha Question No. 1376 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Capital Punishment
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Adhikari Deepak Dev

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1376

TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  THE  11 TH   FEBRUARY,  2025/  MAGHA  22,  1946 (SAKA)

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

1376.     SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK DEV:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of capital punishment convicted person execution are still pending in the country as on 31 December, 2024, State-wise; and

(b)  the  number  of  persons  who  applies  for  mercy  petition  in  front  of authority concerned?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR) (a) to (b): As per the latest report publishes by the National Crime Records Bureau  (NCRB),  the  State-wise  details  of  number  of  capital  punishment convicts in jails as on 31 December, 2022 are at Annexure-I.  The details relating  to  number  of  capital  punishment  convicted  persons  whose execution is still pending and number of persons who applies for mercy petition to the authority concerned are not centrally maintained.

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## State/UT wise Number of Capital Punishment Convicts in Jails as on 31 st  December, 2022

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Number of Capital Punishment Convicts   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| (1)       | (2)               | (3)                                     |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 15                                      |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0                                       |
| 3         | ASSAM             | 9                                       |
| 4         | BIHAR             | 27                                      |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      | 9                                       |
| 6         | GOA               | 0                                       |
| 7         | GUJARAT           | 49                                      |
| 8         | HARYANA           | 21                                      |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 3                                       |
| 10        | JHARKHAND         | 45                                      |
| 11        | KARNATAKA         | 32                                      |
| 12        | KERALA            | 19                                      |
| 13        | MADHYA PRADESH    | 39                                      |
| 14        | MAHARASHTRA       | 45                                      |
| 15        | MANIPUR           | 3                                       |
| 16        | MEGHALAYA         | 0                                       |
| 17        | MIZORAM           | 0                                       |
| 18        | NAGALAND          | 0                                       |
| 19        | ODISHA            | 13                                      |
| 20        | PUNJAB            | 10                                      |
| 21        | RAJASTHAN         | 20                                      |
| 22        | SIKKIM            | 0                                       |
| 23        | TAMIL NADU        | 14                                      |
| 24        | TELANGANA         | 9                                       |
| 25        | TRIPURA           | 4                                       |
| 26        | UTTAR PRADESH     | 95                                      |
| 27        | UTTARAKHAND       | 20                                      |
| 28        | WEST BENGAL       | 26                                      |
|           | TOTAL (STATES)    | 527                                     |
| 29        | A & N ISLANDS     | 0                                       |
| 30        | CHANDIGARH        | 0                                       |
| 31        | DNH & DAMAN DIU   | 0                                       |
| 32        | DELHI             | 9                                       |
| 33        | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 8                                       |
| 34        | LADAKH            | 0                                       |
| 35        | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0                                       |
| 36        | PUDUCHERRY        |                                         |
|           |                   | 0                                       |
|           | TOTAL (UTs)       | 17                                      |
|           | TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) | 544                                     |

-  As per data provided by States/UTs.

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