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Haryana claims

drop in crime rate

NEWS & A total of 23,834 cases related to attempt to murder, kidnapping,
dacoity, assault, riots, theft, road accidents etc. were registered
VIEWS between January and June 2019 against 25,874 incidents in 2018

BHARAT HITESHI
he Haryana police have As many as 28,653 killings were
Hiteshi is an claimed a decline in the crime recorded in 2017, down from 30,450
independent journalist- by 7.88 per cent in the first six in 2016, the NCRB report said. Cases of
turned-author and a month of the year as com- kidnapping and abductions saw a 9 per
political commentator. T pared to the crime recorded cent increase in 2017, with 95,893 cases
The views expressed between January and June 2018. Police registered against 88,008 in 2016. The
are his own also claimed while the kidnapping inci- bureau said that the 2017 report included
dents reduced by 25 per cent, the cases of several new crime heads under the
murder attempt were also controlled. IPC, including abetment, criminal
Haryana Director General of police intimidation, simple hurt, credit/debit
Manoj Yadava said that a total of 23,834 card fraud, missing children deemed as
cases pertaining to attempt to murder, kidnapped, kidnapping and abduction
kidnapping, dacoity, assault, riots, theft, for begging, etc.
road accidents etc. were registered Total number of rape cases was
between January and June 2019, whereas 32,599 in 2017, while total number of
25,874 cases were reported during the victims was 33,658, out of which 10,221
same period in 2018. were girl/child victims. This is the lowest
However, according to the latest since 2013, when number of cases and
report of the National Crime Records victims was 33,707 and 33,764 (according
Bureau (NCRV), Haryana ranks third to NCRB data given in CMIE).
(next only to Kerala, Delhi) as regards The conviction rate for crimes against
crime rate across all states and union women (cases convicted as percentage
territories. However, these figures of total cases where trial was completed)
relate to year 2017. Crime rate means was 24.5 per cent in India in the year
the number of crime cases per lakh 2017. For Delhi, it was 35 per cent. Gujarat
of population. and West Bengal were the worst per-
Offences under the Indian Penal formers, with conviction rates of 3.1 per
Code (IPC), special and local laws are cent and 3.2 per cent.
taken into account for calculating the In the latest report, the majority of
crime rate. Kerala recorded a crime rate cases were filed under the category
of 1,818.4 in 2017 (1.84 lakh crime cases), ‘cruelty by husband or his relatives’ (33.2
while it was 1,107.1 in case of Delhi (2.44 per cent) followed by ‘assault on women
lakh cases). Haryana recorded a crime with intent to outrage her modesty’ (27.3
rate of 802.9 (2.24 lakh cases), an in- per cent). The number of offences against
crease of 57.1 per cent over the numbers the state was 9,013 in 2017, compared
for 2016. to 6,040 in 2015 and 6,986 in 2016. The
Nagaland had the lowest crime rate number of sedition cases in 2017 was 51.
of 64.4, while the all-India rate stood at Sedition as a separate category was not
388.6. Over all, Uttar Pradesh accounted given in the 2016 report. The number of
for 10.1 per cent of the total crimes under cases under the Official Secrets Act has
the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Murder come down from 30 to 18 between 2016
cases registered a decline of 5.9 per cent and 2017.
in 2017. The 2017 Crime in India report has

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