Out of nine people convicted for heinous crimes, President Pranab Mukherjee has upheld execution in 7 cases while commuting death sentence to life term in two others.
Details of President's decision were not available immediately.
According to reports, the mercy petitions of the following have been rejected by the President:
Sunder Singh from Uttarakhand, who was convicted for rape and murder on June 30, 1989.
