The report titled 'Death Sentences and Executions 2017' by Amnesty International claimed that the year 2017 saw a 19.8 per cent decrease in awarding death sentences in the country as compared to 2016.
India saw a dip in imposition of capital punishment last year with 109 cases of execution reported in the country in 2017 as compared to 136 such cases in 2016, global rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a report.