Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 873 · Decided 18 August 2026
Rishi Malhotra & ANR. v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 873 · [2026] 9 S.C.R. 226
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 145/2017
- Decided
- 18 August 2026
- Bench
- SANDEEP MEHTA, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS Section 393(5); CrPC Section 354(5); Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Challenge to the constitutional validity of s.354(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding to s.393(5) of the Bhartiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) insofar as it prescribes hanging as the sole method of execution. Code of Criminal Present writ petition in form of a public interest litigation u/Art.32 of the Constitution of India was filed challenging the constitutional validity of s.354(5), CrPC (corresponding to s.393(5) of the Bhartiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) insofar as it prescribes hanging as the sole method
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