New Delhi:
Circumstances of crime towards ladies have spiked with a rise of 4 per cent seen in States and Union territories whereas a rise of 12.3 p.c was recorded in 19 Metro cities in 2022 over the preceeding yr.
Within the 19 Metropolitan cities with inhabitants above two million (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune and Surat) a complete of 48,755 circumstances of crime towards ladies have been registered throughout 2022, exhibiting a rise of 12.3 per cent over 2021 (43,414 circumstances).
Nearly all of circumstances beneath crime towards ladies have been registered beneath ‘Cruelty by Husband or his Kinfolk’ (32.6 per cent) adopted by ‘Kidnaping and Abduction of Ladies’ (19.4per cent), ‘Assault on Ladies with Intent to Outrage her Modesty’ (17.9 per cent), and ‘Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences Act, 2012’ (13.2 per cent).
The nationwide capital Delhi registered 14158 circumstances of crimes towards ladies with a 72.4 p.c chargesheet fee, 6176 circumstances of crimes towards ladies have been recorded within the monetary capital Mumbai with a 80.6 per cent chargesheet fee, whereas Bengaluru recorded 3924 circumstances with a chargesheet fee of 74.2 per cent.
In States and UTs, based on NCRB knowledge within the seventieth version of its annual report, a complete of 4,45,256 circumstances of crime towards ladies have been registered throughout 2022, exhibiting a rise of 4 per cent over 2021 (4,28,278 circumstances).
“The majority of cases under crime against women under IPC were registered under ‘Cruelty by Husband or His Relatives’ (31.4 per cent) followed by ‘Kidnapping and Abduction of Women’ (19.2 per cent), ‘Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty’ (18.7 percent), and ‘Rape’ (7.1 per cent). The crime rate registered per lakh women population was 66.4 in 2022 in comparison with 64.5 in 2021,” NCRB report said.
Uttar Pradesh registered the very best variety of 65743 circumstances of crimes towards ladies beneath IPC and Particular and Native Legal guidelines (SLL) with a 75.6 per cent chargesheet fee. Maharashtra registered 45331 circumstances with Maharashtra 80.6 p.c chargesheet fee, whereas Rajasthan recorded 45058 circumstances of crime towards ladies with a low chargesheet fee of 54 p.c.
The NCRB knowledge additionally confirmed a complete of 1,62,449 circumstances of crime towards kids have been registered in States and UTS throughout 2022, exhibiting a rise of 8.7 per cent over 2021 (1,49,404 circumstances).
“In percentage terms, major crime heads under ‘Crime Against Children’ during 2021 were Kidnapping & Abduction (45.7 per cent) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (39.7 percent) including child rape. The crime rate registered per lakh children population was 36.6 in 2022 in comparison with 33.6 in 2021,” the report additional stated.
A complete of 20,550 circumstances of crime towards kids have been registered throughout 2022 in Metropolitan cities, exhibiting a rise in registration by 7.8 per cent over 2021 (19,055 circumstances).
In share phrases, crime heads reporting nearly all of circumstances beneath ‘Crime Towards Kids’ have been kidnapping and abduction (56.3 per cent) adopted by the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (32.2 per cent).
A complete of 30,555 circumstances have been registered in States towards Juveniles throughout 2022, depicting a decline of two.0 p.c over 2021 (31,170 circumstances).
“The crime rate depicts a decline from 7.0 in 2021 to 6.9 in 2022. A total of 37,780 juveniles were apprehended in 30,555 cases, out of which 33,261 juveniles were apprehended under cases of IPC and 4,519 juveniles were apprehended under cases of SLL during 2022. The majority of juveniles in conflict with law apprehended under IPC and SLL crimes were in the age group of 16 years to 18 years (78.6 per cent) (29,690 out of 37,780) during 2022,” the report additional stated.
A complete of 5,352 circumstances have been registered towards Juveniles throughout 2022 in Metropolitan cities, exhibiting a lower of 8.2 p.c over 2021 (5,828 circumstances).
“A total of 7,061 juveniles were apprehended in 5,352 cases, out of which 6,498 juveniles were apprehended under IPC cases and 563 juveniles were apprehended under SLL cases during 2022. A majority (79.3 per cent) of juveniles in conflict with law apprehended under IPC and SLL crimes were in the age group of 16 to 18 years (5,596 out of 7,061) during 2022,” the report said.
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