Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Birkuer Paswan and Dharm

March 20, 2017November 6, 2018 ACHR Comment(0)

President Pranab Mukherjee recommended commutation of death sentence of Krishna Mochi & 3 others based on the recommendations of the NHRC after ACHR filed a complaint seeking their commutation.

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Commutation of Koli’s death sentence a step towards providing timely access to justice to death row convicts

January 28, 2015November 6, 2018 ACHR

New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights welcomed the commutation of death sentence of Surinder Singh Koli, prime accused of the Nithari serial killings, into life imprisonment by the Allahabad High Court today on the grounds of delay of three years and three months as a step towards providing timely access to justice to death row […]

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ACHR welcomes commutation of death sentence of Krishna Mochi & others by President Pranab Mukherjee

January 23, 2017November 6, 2018 ACHR

New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the commutation of death sentence of four death row convicts i.e. Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Bir Kuer Paswan and Dharmendra Singh @ Dharu Singh by President Pranab Mukherjee. They were convicted in the Bara massacre case of 13 February 1993 in Bihar. The State Government […]

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In a first, NHRC recommends commutation of death sentence of four death row convicts of the Bara massacre

November 29, 2016November 6, 2018 ACHR

New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to commute the death sentence of four death row convicts i.e. Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Bir Kuer Paswan and Dharmendra Singh @ Dharu Singh who were convicted in the Bara […]

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