Capital punishment in the Indian Penal Code

Section under IPC or other law	Nature of crime
121 of IPC	Treason for waging war against Government of India
132 of IPC	Abetment of Mutiny actually committed
194 of IPC	Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure a conviction of a capital offence
195A of IPC	Threatening or inducing any person to false evidence resulting in the conviction and death of an innocent person
302 of IPC	Murder
305 of IPC	Abetment of suicide of child or insane person
307 (2) of IPC	Attempted murder by a serving life convict
364A of IPC	Kidnapping for Ransom
376A of IPC	Rape and injury which causes death or leaves women in a persistent vegetative state
376AB of IPC	Rape of a child below 12 years
376DB of IPC	Gang rape of a child below 12 years of age
376E of IPC	Certain repeat offences in the context of rape
396 of IPC	Dacoity with murder – in cases where a group of five or more individuals commit dacoity and one of them commits murder in the course of that crime, all members of the group are liable for the death penalty.