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Conviction rate in crime against women highest in Uttar Pradesh: Govt
But the opposition alleges the state still tops the list for crime against women with around 56,083 cases reported across the state in 2021
UP tops in convictions related to crime against women and in cases related to cybercrime as well as convictions of arrested people in cases related to Indian Penal Code (IPC) crime incidents as per the recent data released by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB)-2021. Besides, the state tops in the seizure of illegal firearms, according to the NCRB data. The state government authorities shared this in a press statement issued on Tuesday.
The statement said that conviction was done in as many as 7,713 cases of crime against women and conviction done in 292 cases of cybercrime while conviction of at least 1,12,800 accused were done in cases related to the IPC crime. It further read that as many as 40,212 firearms were seized across the state in the year 2021.
Contrary to it, the press statement issued by the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) claimed that the recent NCRB data has exposed the law-and-order situation in the state as it tops the list in crime against women with around 56,083 cases of crime against women lodged across the state in 2021. The CPI (M-L) state secretary Sudhakar Yadav said Uttar Pradesh also tops in incidents of gang rape and murder after rape with around 48 such incidents reported in 2021. He said these are the incidents that have been reported, and many similar incidents were never registered at the police stations.
In another press statement shared by UP police, additional director general (ADG), Law and Order, Prashant, however, said that the state was ranked 16th in crime rate related to crime against women. According to the NCRB data, the state registered a total number of 56,083 cases related to crime against women, with a crime rate of 50.5 per lakh population.
The ADG said a total of 2,845 cases of rape were reported with a crime rate of 2.6 per lakh population, and the state was ranked 23rd on the list. He added the state is in 28th position in crime against children with a crime rate of 19.7 per lakh population, while the state ranking is 21st in cases related to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act with a crime rate of 6.3 per lakh population.
He said that as many as 3,57,905 cases were registered in UP as compared to a total of 36,63,360 cases registered across all 28 states and eight union government-ruled territories. He said the crime rate of the state is 154.5 per one lakh population, which puts UP in 23rd rank in crime rate per lakh population among 36 states across the country. He emphasised that only 22 cases of acid attacks and 50 cases of kidnapping for ransom were reported in 2021, which was the lowest in the country.
The UP government statement further read the state ranking was second in arresting of accused in IPC-related crime incidents and ranks third in the conviction of accused in cases related to IPC and different Acts. The state’s ranking is fourth in the recovery of properties, and it stands on 16th rank in the cases pertaining to Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN).
The statement read that as many as 4,43,304 accused were arrested in IPC-related crimes, at least 2,72,923 people were convicted in the cases related to IPC and different Acts and property worth ₹129.4 crore was recovered during the same period. The state has registered as many as 46 cases related to FICN.
