In four months, UP judge hands down 22 death sentences in 10 cases: Who is Ravi Kumar Diwakar?
UP judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar has sentenced 22 people to death in 10 cases over four months in Muzaffarnagar. The verdicts include murder, kidnapping and robbery cases. Diwakar earlier drew national attention for ordering the 2022 Gyanvapi survey.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar has handed down 22 death sentences in 10 cases over the past four months, according to PTI. The sentences were handed out between April 6 and August 13, 2026. The cases involved various offences, including kidnapping and murder, highway robbery and murder, and other murders.
Diwakar first gained national attention in 2022 for ordering a court-monitored videographic survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. Since then, he has delivered death sentences in several high-profile murder cases, raising questions about the application of the "rarest of rare" doctrine.
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