Consider the following statements relating to the death penalty:
(1) Death sentence follows deterrence theory.
(2) The Parliament of India wants to remove the death sentence.
(3) Recent amendments in IPC and other proposals have added new offences with the death sentence.
(4) The Parliament wants harsh punishment for heinous offences through capital punishment.
(5) After the "rarest of the rare" doctrine, the number of capital punishments is reduced.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct option is A

The deterrence theory supports the death penalty (statement 1). Parliament does not intend to remove the death penalty but has instead introduced new offences with death sentences (statement 3). Capital punishment is sought for heinous crimes (statement 4). The "rarest of the rare" doctrine has reduced the frequency of such punishments (statement 5).