Death penalty is the highest degree of punishment that can be sanctioned to an individual under any penal law in force in any part of the world. It has been in existence since the inception of the State itself. During the British rule in India, countless instances occurred where Indians were hanged to death either after the trial or even before it. In British Judicial system access to fair trial or justice was a farfetched dream for Indians. After 1947, when India became a democratic state, the system of awarding death penalties too changed drastically. The Indian Penal Code as well as other penal legislations in accordance with the provisions enshrined in the Constitution of India provides for awarding of capital punishment for certain specific offences. The Indian Judiciary too, as a matter of precedent applies the ‘Rarest of Rare’ doctrine before passing death sentence in a case (Bachchan Singh’s case). Hanging and shooting are the two methods of death penalty in India. According