Some states are looking for new ways to execute people because the drugs used in lethal injections have become difficult to find. Three states — Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma — have authorised nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method, but no state had attempted to use the untested method until now.
The Central Narcotics Bureau stated that Saridewi Djamani, 45, received a death sentence in 2018 for trafficking approximately 31 grams (1.09 ounces) of diamorphine, also known as pure heroin.
While handing down the punishment, Additional District Sessions Judge of Limkheda (Dahod) B. S Parmar also directed the District Legal Aid Service Authority to pay Rs five lakh compensation to the victim's family.
Dinesh Kumar kidnapped the girl, who lived with her parents, both construction workers in the same labour camp, after luring her with chocolates at a tea stall.
