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Poor conviction rate a concern for Capital
Hindustan Times
|December 19, 2022
Rising trend of crime against women is due to a very low conviction rate in such crimes.
NEW DELHI: To correct the poor conviction rate in crimes against women, the Delhi Police have started to chalk out plans to reduce such crimes and has become the first police force in the country to make collection of forensic evidence mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six years.
According to Delhi Police data, the force has the best conviction rate in overall Indian Penal Code IPC) crimes at 85%, compared to the all-India average of 59%, but over the last few years, the conviction rate in crimes against women has actually dropped.
In 2019, for the 13,614 cases of tape, dowry deaths, molestation, eve-teasing, dowry and abduction registered in Delhi, the conviction rate was only 5.46%. In 2020, the conviction rate dropped to only 3.35% across 9,924 cases, falling further to only 1.65% in 14,022 cases.
This story is from the December 19, 2022 edition of Hindustan Times.
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