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Rule of law goes for a toss

as crimes rise 1.3% in 2018

Uttar Pradesh again tops list of crimes against women last year, while Madhya Pradesh records
most rapes during the period, reports mudit mathur
A Crimes against women, Madhya 19,41,680 Special and Local Laws (SLL)
dangerous sign has
Uttar Pradesh again tops list of
crimes were registered in 2018, up from
emerged from the re-
50,07,044 in 2017, the data stated. A cog-
cently released analyses
Pradesh reported most rapes in 2018.
Cruelty by husband or his relatives and
of crimes report 2018 by
nizable offence or case is defined as
National Crimes Record
police station may investigate without
Bureau (NCRB) which disclosed that assault with intent to outrage modesty the one which an officer incharge of a
constituted the major share of crimes
graph of crimes had grown by 1.3 per- and atrocities against women, data the order of a magistrate and effect
cent as compared to 2017. The report from the NCRB showed.Overall crime arrest without warrant.
gives dangerous indications because its in India increased 1.3 per cent in 2018 The National Crime Records Bureau
signifies that all the mechanism of rule compared to 2017, with more than 50 has recorded that Uttar Pradesh and
of law have miserably failed because lakh cognisable crimes getting regis- Madhya Pradesh — two of the major
of lack effective policing, free and fair tered. However, crime rate per lakh states in the Hindi heartland,depicts
investigations, speedy trials, weak pros- population was down to 383.5 in 2018 the worst when it comes to security
ecutions due to political and bureau- from 388.6 the year before. for women. The Report analyzed that
cratic interference in the appointment An average of 80 murders, 289 kid- 3.78 lakh cases of crime against women
of advocate prosecutorsand above all nappings and 91 rapes were reported were reported in 2018 wherein Uttar
undue delays and non-production of every single day across the country in Pradesh registered highest cases to
credible evidences before trial courts 2018, according to the latest data by the tune of 59,445 cases. The state had
have resulted in declining rate of con- the National Crime Records Bureau topped the list in 2017 too shows no
viction. All these factors underline the (NCRB). A total of 29,017 cases of mur- signs of improvement.
much needed implementation of po- der were registered during 2018, show- Shocking facts were also revealed
lice reforms as directed by Supreme ing an increase of 1.3 per cent over 2017 from Madhya Pradesh where it re-
Court in the case of Prakash Singh, (28,653 cases). Altogether, 50,74,634 corded an average of 15 cases of rapes-
an IPS officer and former DG of Uttar cognizable crimes comprising 31,32,954 per day topping the listwith 5,450 rape
Pradesh. Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and cases. Uttar Pradesh was followed by

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