A district court judge in Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Kumar Diwakar, sentences 22 people to death across multiple cases within four months, according to reports. The verdicts were issued in Muzaffarnagar and span 10 cases, involving charges such as murder, kidnapping and robbery.
Both outlets describe Diwakar as drawing wider attention beyond sentencing, including through earlier judicial orders that gained national notice. Mint notes that Diwakar previously ordered a 2022 Gyanvapi survey, while India Today focuses on the recent pattern of capital sentences and asks who Diwakar is. The coverage centres on the scale and speed of the death sentences, without disputing the reported figures or the categories of crimes involved. The outlets provide background on his public profile while reporting the current sentencing record.
