Former CJI favours death penalty for terrorists

NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India VN Khare told ET: "In my view, the stage has still not come in India to completely abolish the death penalty like countries in the European Union or the UK have done.

For heinous terror crimes and given India's geographical situation and its sensitive neighbourhood, death penalty for terrorists must be on the statute books to act as a deterrent for terrorists. But I am strictly not in favour of death penalty for sexual offences like rape."