Amritsar: A total of 121 death petitions involving more than 163 persons were disposed off by the President of India in the last 34 years.

In response to an RTI query, Ministry of Home Affairs (Judicial Division) said that since 1981, there were 124 cases, whereupon 90 cases were rejected and 31 were extended relief as their death sentences were condoned as commuted to life imprisonment, J P Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Judicial & CPIO said.