Death penalty to 48, life to 6,065 since July 1, 2023, says UP govt

As many as 48 people were awarded the death penalty, mostly in the cases of murder after a sexual offence, between July 1, 2023 and December 11, 2024 in Uttar Pradesh, said state finance and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna in response to a question by Samajwadi Party MLA Ravidas Mehrotra during the ongoing winter session of Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW:

Sharing further details, the minister said a total of 6,065 people were awarded life sentences, 1,046 were given 20 or more years of imprisonment, 73 were sentenced to 15 to 19 years of imprisonment, 3,610 people were awarded jail terms for 10 to 14 years, 5,564 were sentenced to serve five to nine years and 22,298 were awarded sentences of below five years in the same period.

In total, 64,693 people accused of crimes were convicted and sentenced between July 1, 2023 and December 11, 2024, Khanna explained.