<P> The Supreme Court of India has suggested that capital punishment should be given only in the "rarest of rare cases". </P> <P> Since 2010, three people have been executed in India . Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the 2008 Mumbai attacks was executed on 21 November 2012 in Yerwada Central Jail, Pune . The Supreme Court of India had previously rejected his mercy plea, which was then rejected by the President of India . He was hanged one week later . Afzal Guru, a terrorist found guilty of conspiracy in the December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament, was executed by hanging in Tihar Jail, Delhi on 9 February 2013 . Yakub Memon was convicted over his involvement in the 1993 Bombay bombings by Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court on 27 July 2007 . His appeals and petitions for clemency were all rejected and he was finally executed by hanging on 30 July 2015 in Nagpur jail . </P> <P> Death by hanging is the primary means of capital punishment in Iran . It is legal for murder, rape, and drug trafficking unless the criminal pays diyya to the victim's family, thus attaining their forgiveness (see Sharia law). If the presiding judge deems the case to be "causing public outrage", he can order the hanging to take place in public at the spot where the crime was committed, typically from a mobile telescoping crane which hoists the condemned high into the air . On 19 July 2005, two boys, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, aged 15 and 17 respectively, who had been convicted of the rape of a 13 - year - old boy, were hanged at Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad, on charges of homosexuality and rape . On 15 August 2004, a 16 - year - old girl, Atefeh Sahaaleh (also called Atefeh Rajabi), was executed for having committed "acts incompatible with chastity". </P> <P> At dawn on 27 July 2008, the Iranian government executed 29 people at Evin Prison in Tehran . On 2 December 2008, an unnamed man was hanged for murder at Kazeroun Prison, just moments after he was pardoned by the murder victim's family . He was quickly cut down and rushed to a hospital, where he was successfully revived . </P>

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