The present President of India, Pranab Mukherjee  took his office as the President of India on 25th July 2012.



In a period of less than  7 months, Pranab Mukherjee,  has so far disposed of the following 8 “Mercy Petitions” of  death row convicts in 5 cases as detailed below:

The first mercy petition disposed of by the present President of India was the first and the only case in which a death penalty has been commuted to  "Life Imprisonment" in the following case-

In the case of Murder of Step-Mother, Step-Brother and Step-Sister over Properties- Issues - by-

•     Atbir of Delhi-

The Mercy Petition was Accepted by the President on 15th November 2012 and the death  penalty was commuted to "Life imprisonment".

In the Case of 26/11/2004- Mumbai Terror Attacks:

•     Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab-

The Mercy Petition was Rejected by the President on 5th November 2012 and  Kasab was hanged on 21st November 2012

In the Case of  2001-Parliament of India Attack Case-

•     Afzal Guru-

The Mercy Petition was Rejected by the President on 3rd February 2013 and  Afzal Guru was hanged on 9th February 2013.
In the Case of Killing  2 wives and a daughter Cases-

•     Saibanna Ningappa Natikar of  Karnataka-The Mercy Petition has been rejected by the President on 4th January 2013 - Execution Pending

In the Case of Killing 22 police personnel in 1993 (Associates of Sandalwood King-Veerappan of Karnataka):

•     Gnanaprakash
•     Simon
•     'Meesai' Madaian and
•     Pilavendran.