Death Penalty India Report in Hindi

The Death Penalty India Report by Project 39A aims to provide the first comprehensive, empirical understanding of how the death penalty operates in India by examining who is sentenced to death, how the criminal justice system functions in capital cases, and what structural factors shape these outcomes. It seeks to document the socio-economic backgrounds and lived experiences of death row prisoners and their families, analyse the quality of legal processes and representation, and highlight patterns of arbitrariness and inconsistency in sentencing. Through this, the report builds an evidence base to inform judicial reasoning, policy discussions, and broader debates on fairness, due process, and the legitimacy of capital punishment in India.