In 49 per cent of the cases registered under ‘offences against the state’, the police took more than a year to file the chargesheet.
In 49 per cent of the cases registered under ‘offences against the state’, the police took more than a year to file the chargesheet.
Of the cases charged by the police under “offences against the state” in 2021, 49% had taken more than a year to file the chargesheet. It has the highest share of such major cognizable IPC offences. In general, theft, burglary, fraud and bank-related offenses reported relatively poor chargesheet rates in 2021. On the other hand, the chargesheet rate was relatively better in cases related to injury, rioting, assault on women and murder. Among the states, in general, the northeastern states had the lowest rates while the southern states did better.
charge sheet rate
The chart plots the police chargesheet rate of IPC offenses against the number of cases disposed of by the police. Chargesheeting rate refers to the cases which have been chargesheeted as % of total cases disposed of. For example, in 2021 over 5.7 lakh cases of theft were settled, but the chargesheet rate stood at 28%.
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state wise rates
The chart shows the state-wise chargesheet rate of IPC offences. The charge-sheeting rate was lowest in most of the northeastern states, while it was relatively high in many southern states. Manipur recorded the lowest charge-sheeting rate (14.8%), followed by Delhi (31%), Meghalaya (32.2%) and Assam (38.2%). Gujarat (95.9%) had the highest charge-sheeting rate, followed by Andhra Pradesh (92.9%) and Kerala (91.8%).
time taken
The chart shows the time taken by the police to file the charge sheet. The numbers indicate the % of total chargesheets filed in 2021. Green represents within 3 months, yellow from 3 months to 1 year and red over 1 year. In 49 per cent of the cases under ‘offences against the state’, it took more than a year to file the chargesheet.
Source: NCRB
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