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Judicial & crime statistics,
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Following are various stats, facts and figures
on crime in India and judicial data , picked out of newspapers (mainly
Hindustan
Times), magazines (mainly
India Today), the BBC
and various sources on the web. These figures are not meant to be
comprehensive lists, but rather statistical trivia or factual snippets.
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The stats on this page are divided into following sections:
Stats on court cases, murder and
jails in India
Various crime statistics
and data
Crime in Government / corruption
Facts on laws, sentences &
Court rules
"Missing person"
tourist stats
Data on crime against women
Some crime statistics of Himachal
Pradesh
Stats on "Destroy Cannabis"
operation in Malana Sep 2003 in HP
Lines marked with an asterisk (*)
are recently added entries.
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- pending court
cases country wide: more than 20 million (end of 2002)
- persons in jail waiting for trial:
over 1 million (end of 2002)
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conviction rate of court cases: around 1 percent (according
to Prem Shankar Jha)
- number
of murders in India between 1998 and 2000: 37,170
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murders committed in Uttar Pradesh: 7,200 to 7,500 per year
[HT Jun 04]
- occupancy of Muzzafarnagar
district jail in UP: 1,155 prisoners (oct 03)
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capacity of Muzzafarnagar district jail in UP: 530 prisoners
(oct 03)
- number of prisoners
jailed in 60 prisons in Uttar Pradesh: 50,939 (oct 03)
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- people who died
instantly in Bhopal on 2-3 Dec 1984 from the Union Carbide gas
leak: 1,700 [HT May 04]
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people who have died since Dec 1984 from after effects from the Union
Carbide
gas leak in Bhopal: 22,000 [HT May 04]
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people who continue to suffer from varied diseases affecting respiratory,
reproductive systems as a result of the 1984 Union Carbide
gas leak in Bhopal:
570,000 [HT May 04]
- * number of persons reported missing
in Nithari (impoverished area
in Noida, Delhi): 41 within 2 years [REU Jan 07]
- * number of cases of kidnapping,
murder and rape registered by the CBI in
Noida relating to suspected serial killers Moninder Singh
Pandher and
Surendra Koli: 19 (CBI: (Central Bureau of Investigation)
[REU Jan 07]
- * number of polythene
bags containing body parts found in drains near the
suspect: 40 [REU Jan 07]
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number of policemen in Delhi: 59,077 [HT Jun 04]
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number of finials missing at the Red Fort Delhi Gate: 10 (originals
could fetch each
about 33,600 Euro on black market)
- drop in crime in Delhi Nov 2003
(compared to Nov 2002): murder: -36 % --
robbery: -23 % -- extortion: -73 % -- rioting: -70 %
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number of crimes in the Chambal ravines (UP) within past 5 years:
approx 4,000
kidnappings & 180 murders (The UP
government has proposed to combat crimes and
bandits
in the Chambal ravines by setting up a 371 acre lion safari park with
5 lions to
attract tourists) [BBC, Aug 2005]
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- candidates facing
criminal charges in the Oct 2004 Maharashtra election: 91 out
of 163 Shiv Sena party candidates -- 45 out of 111
BJP candidates -- 31 out of 124
Nationalist Congress
party candidates -- 30 out of 157 Congress candidates [BBC Oct 04]
- number of UP candidates with a criminal
record who made it to the 14th Lok
Sabha: at least 12 [HT May 04]
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number of Uttar Pradesh's MLAs who have been through processes of
the law
reserved for criminals: 205 (of a total of 403
MLAs - Member of the Legislative
Assembly) [HT beginning
2004]
- amount of money taken
by MPs in recent "cash for questions" scandal:
232 - 10,000 US Dollars in bribes for asking questions
in parliament [BBC, Dec 2005]
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number of MPs suspended by India's main political parties for taking
bribes,
end 2005: 9 (Congress: 1 -- BJP: 5 -- BSP: 3)
[BBC, Dec 2005]
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- legal sentence
for homosexuality: 10 years prison [BBC, Jan 2006]
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age of the colonial Indian Penal Code dealing with homosexuality:
145 years
[BBC, Jan 2006]
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year in which a petition for legalising homosexuality was dismissed
by the High
Court in Delhi: 2004 [BBC, Jan 2006]
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year in which the High Court in Delhi overturned the 1914 legislation
and ruled
that women should be allowed to serve alcohol in public:
2005 [BBC, Jan 2006]
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- number of registered
"person gone missing" in the Kulu Valley (HP) since 1992:
15
- estimated foreigners disappearance
in the Kulu Valley (HP) for the past decade: 50
(estimate by UK based pressure group Fair Trials Abroad)
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"mysterious" tourist deaths in Goa (jan 2003 - apr 2004):
59
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- official punishment
for sex selection (i.e. abortion if child is female): 3 years
jail +
50,000 Rupees fine (equiv to 960 Euro)
- loss of female births within past
2 decades caused by abortion and sex selection:
estimate of more than 10 million [BBC, Jan 2006]
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annual 'girl deficit' due to prenatal sex selection and selective
abortion: 500,000
according to researchers
for the Lancet Journal [BBC, Jan 2006]
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rape cases pending in courts across the country: 56,000 [Oct
2003]
- * registered cases of rape in
Delhi 2004: 550 [BBC, Aug 2005]
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rape cases in Delhi 2002: convicted: 98 -- acquitted: 344
- age of rape victims in Delhi:
75% are minors, and of those 25 % are below 12 years
- registered cases of eve-teasing for Mar - Aug 2003 in Indian
metropoles: Delhi: 744
-- Mumbai:27 -- Kolkata:30
-- Chennai:143
- cases of rape
for Mar - Aug 2003 in Indian metropoles: Delhi: 262 -- Mumbai:
40
-- Kolkata: 18 -- Chennai: 21
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officially recorded dowry deaths in major cities combined (Delhi,
Mumbai, Calcutta,
Chennai): 2002: 181 -- 2001: 121
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cases of crimes against women registered with the police in Himachal
Pradesh
2002: 920 (including 137 for rape, 138 for kidnap,
6 for dowry)
- Haryana cost of
buffalo: 18,000 - 24,000 Rs (approx 345 - 460 Euro)
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Haryana cost of girl (human trafficking): 4000 Rs (approx 77
Euro)
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- number of cases
of crime in HP from Apr 2003 to May 2004: 1,617 registered
cases
- top on the Human Rights
violators' list in Himachal Pradesh: Police (HP Human
Rights Commission received 148 complaints involving police,
that is 43 percent of the
complaints)
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cases registered under the NDPS Act in HP: 2002: 312 -- 2003:310
(NDPS: Narcotics, Drugs & Psychotropic Substances)
[HT Mar 04]
- amount of drugs
recovered by police in HP: 2002: 720 kg charas, 35 kg opium
-- 2003: 420 kg charas, 35 kg opium, 1.5 kg brown
sugar
- number of police personnel
involved in the annual "Destroy Cannabis" operation
in the village of Malana in HP Sep 2004: team
of 200 people from Narcotics Control
Bureau, Kullu
police and Home Guards [HT Sep 04]
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- cannabis growing
area destroyed in Malana and surrounding: 1,100 bigha
(1 hectare = 12 bigha)
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duration of operation "Destroy Cannabis": 8 days
(15 - 23 september)
- number of
police or soldiers or helpers: 250 or more
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longest cannabis plant found: 15 feet 7 inches
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possible production from destroyed area: 300 kg charas
- area of destruction of cannabis
fields in previous years: 1998: 939 bighas
-- 1999: 224 bighas -- 2000: 1,200 bighas -- 2002: 676 bighas (1 hectare
= 12 bigha)
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data sources &
key:
AT: Asia Times,
BBC: BBC online,
BRIT: Britannica
2002, BSNL: BSNL
Telecom Trends, BSt: Business
Standard, CIA: CIA
Factbook India, CIN: censusindia.net,
CNEI: Chandigarh
Newsline, c/net: c/net
news, ConSu: Content
Sutra DI: Daily
India, DNA: DNA
India, EB: EquityBull,
EI: ExpressIndia,
EW: EconomyWatch,
FE: Financial
Express, FL: Frontline,
GG: Gujarat
Global, GTF: Global
Technology Forum, GBoWR: Guinness
Book of World Records, HT: Hindustan
Times, ID: IndiaDaily,
IInfoLine: India
InfoLine IND: The
Independent, ITo: India
Today, NPBS: Nature
PBS, PhO:
PhysOrg, RED:
Rediff, REU: Reuters,
Sify: Sify
Broadband, TH: The
Hindu, TNJ: The
News (Jang), ToI: Times
of India, TT: The
Tribune, |
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