NEW DELHI: As many as 477 convicts awarded death sentence are awaiting hanging in various jails across the country, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Maharashtra, which last month hanged LeT terrorist Ajmal Kasab in a secret operation after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy petition, has 50 convicts in its jails awaiting hanging, putting it third on the list of states with maximum number of convicts awaiting hanging.
The data was released by the government in Rajya Sabha in response to a question on number of criminals in jails, as on December 1, 2012, who have been awarded death sentence and are yet to be hanged.
The data revealed that UP had the maximum number of criminals (174) in jails with a death sentence. Second on the list was Karnataka with 61 convicts awaiting hanging. Bihar is at fourth place with 37.
Delhi, which has Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru as one of the convicts awaiting hanging, has 24 such convicts. None of the other Union Territories have any such convict in their jails.
Among larger states, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan have the least number of pending hangings with three and four respectively.
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