data | With just 1 in 1,000 cases reaching a verdict, cybercriminals targeting children in India go unpunished

Between 2017 and 2020, only six of the more than 1,000 cases of cyber crimes committed against children sent to trial have been convicted and 98% are still pending in various courts. Moreover, only 27% of such cases were chargesheeted. There has been a significant increase in the registration of such cases in recent years. In 2020In 2017, out of only 88 cases, 1,102 cases of cyber crimes against children were registered. Cyber ​​pornography/posting of sexually explicit material depicting children accounted for 67% of the total. cyber crime Cases against children in 2020. According to the latest crime report by NCRB, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh were the two states where the maximum number of cases were reported.

state wise cases

The chart shows the number of cyber crime cases against children registered in 2020

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slow wheels of justice

Of the 1,727 cases investigated between 2017 and 2020, only 479 were chargesheeted. Out of 1,092 for trial, only nine reached verdict (6 convicted, 3 acquitted), with 1,080 cases pending in courts

bad charge sheet rate

The chargesheet rate for cyber crime cases committed against children between 2017 and 2020 was 27%, much lower than the rate for similar crimes. The chart depicts the chargesheet rate of various offences, which refers to the chargesheeted cases as a percentage of reported cases.

*The rate of charge sheet for other offenses is for the year 2020

poor conviction rate

The conviction rate for cases involving cyber crimes committed against children between 2017 and 2020 was 0.5%, much lower than the rate for similar crimes. The chart shows the conviction rate of various crimes, referring to the cases that ended in conviction as the % of cases that completed the trial

Source: NCRB

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