From the Jain point of view, the answer is:

Yes – according to Jain scriptures, the soul known as Krishna (Padma, the 9th Vāsudeva) is currently in hell (Naraka), but only for a limited time, not forever.

Very important points, step by step:

1. Who is Krishna in Jainism?

- In Jain texts, “Shri Krishna” is not a creator‑God. - He is a great worldly hero, a Śalākā Puruṣa called the 9th Vāsudeva (Nārāyaṇa), named Padma. - He is very powerful, brave, and a ruler of large territories.

1. Why does he go to hell in Jain belief?

- As Vāsudeva, Krishna performs a lot of violence, including killing the Prativāsudeva (the main villain). - In Jainism, any intentional killing, even for “good purpose”, creates heavy bad karma (pāpa). - Because of this accumulated violence‑karma, his next birth after that life is in a hellish realm (Naraka).

1. Hell in Jainism is not eternal

- In Jain dharma, no one is sent to hell by a god and no punishment is eternal. - A soul goes to hell only because of its own karma, stays there till that karma is finished, and then is reborn elsewhere. - So Krishna’s soul suffers in Naraka only for a very, very long but finite time.

1. Future destiny of Krishna’s soul (according to Jain tradition)

- After his hellish existence ends, his soul will take higher births again. - Jain tradition holds that he will eventually become a Tirthankar in a future time‑cycle and attain Keval‑jnān and Moksha. - So, his final state is pure liberation, not permanent hell.

1. Difference from Hindu belief

- Hindu traditions usually see Krishna as Bhagwan / an avatar of Vishnu, eternally liberated. - Jainism sees him as a great, but still karmically bound, soul – highly honoured as a Śalākā Puruṣa, yet still subject to the law of karma.

So in simple language:

• Right now (in Jain cosmology): Krishna’s soul is in hell because of violence‑karma.
• Later: He will rise again, become spiritually perfect as a Tirthankar, and attain Moksha.
• No one is condemned forever; even Krishna’s violence does not make his suffering eternal.