Crime against Women and Enabling of Manosphere

This contribution isan attempt to contextualize the recently released NCRB data on violence against women in the form of “cruelty by husband”.

- RADHIKA JAGTAP

In its annual report for 2023, the bureau revealed a concerning trend on crimes against women with 448,211 reported cases of crimes against women-a small rise from 445,256 cases in 2022, although consistent. The national crime rate was 66.2 incidents per lakh female population, based on midyear projections of 677 crore females. The overall charge-sheeting rate for these cases was at 77.6 percent. Cruelty by husband or relatives (Section 498A IPC) made for the largest share with 133,676 cases (29.8 per cent). Additionally, there were 6,156 dowry deaths, 4,825 cases of abetment to suicide, and 8,823 instances of insult to modesty.