Crimes against women dip 7.21 pc
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir has shown a decrease in the number of overall crime incidents from 2021 to 2023, recording a fall of 2,080 cases during the period, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report 2023 said.
The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday released the 71st edition of the NCRB annual report, which presents a comprehensive analysis of crime statistics for the calendar year 2023.
As per the report, overall crime data, including Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and Special and Local Laws (SLL) crimes, have shown a decrease in cases from 31,675 in 2021 to 30,197 in 2022 to 29,595 in 2023.
The data shows a decline of 2,080 cases from 2021 to 2023.
As per the breakup of the cases, there is an increase in cases related to SLLs. The number cases went up to 4,468 in 2023 from 4,282 in 2022 and 4,228 in 2021, with the rate of chargesheets for such cases recorded at 90.7 per cent, it said.
However, the cases pertaining to the Indian Penal Code have decreased by 2,320 cases-from 27,447 in 2021 to 25,915 in 2022 to 25,127 in 2023. The report said that the rate of cognizable crimes was 184.3 per lakh in 2023, while the rate of charge-sheets went up to 79.1 per cent.
Jammu and Kashmir recorded 84 murder cases involving 101 victims with a 0.6 crime rate per lakh in 2023, the report said, adding that it registered 1,004 cases of kidnapping involving 1,010 persons in the year.
Similarly, 231 cases of rape involving 231 victims were registered in the Union Territory in 2023, along with 1,352 cases of assault against women and 70 cases of sexual harassment.
However, the report said that there was no case of sedition registered in Jammu and Kashmir in 2023, but 425 cases of rioting involving 655 persons were registered. It said that there was no case of communal or religious violence or sectarian violence registered during the year.
The report further said that 673 cases involving 797 persons were registered in connection with deaths caused by negligence in 2023, including 639 cases of deaths due to road accidents such as hit-and-run.
It reported nine dowry cases against nine people and 44 cases of abetment to suicide. As many as 438 cases of attempt to murder and 434 cases of attempt to suicide were registered during the year.
According to the data, crimes against women in Jammu and Kashmir declined by 7.21 per cent in two years
A total of 3,937 cases of crimes against women were registered in the Union Territory in 2021, but the number fell to 3,653 in 2023, the NCRB data showed.
The most common crime against women registered in Jammu and Kashmir was kidnapping, with 895 cases coming to the fore in 2023. It was followed by domestic violence cases (cruelty by husband) at 524 cases and rape (231 cases) during the corresponding year.
Jammu and Kashmir stood fourth among Union Territories in terms of the rate of domestic violence cases at 8.1 cases per lakh. Delhi topped the list with 42.1 cases per lakh, followed by Chandigarh (13.4 cases) and Lakshadweep (9.1 cases).
Giving the breakdown of the motives behind kidnapping, the NCRB data revealed that 427 women were abducted to force them into marriage. While 427 of them were above the age of 18 years, 10 were minors.
There were seven cases of human trafficking involving 31 victims. There was only one case of rape and murder registered in 2023 in Jammu and Kashmir, but there were no dowry deaths during the year in the Union Territory, the NCRB data showed.
There were 31 cases of abetment to suicide involving 39 women victims. However, there were no cases of acid attack or attempt to carry out an acid attack on women during the corresponding year.
The total number of rape cases in 2023 stood at 231, which included one minor victim. There were two attempted rape cases in this period.
The number of rape cases dropped from 315 in 2021 to 231 in 2023, while the attempted rape cases have reached near zero from 1,400 such cases in 2021.
There were 1,542 cases of assault with the intent to outrage the modesty of a woman registered in 2023.
Jammu and Kashmir has topped the list of Union Territories in the number of cyber crimes against women, with 43 victims lodging cases. It included 39 cases of transmitting sexually explicit content and four cases of blackmailing or morphing images of victims.
The number was higher than Delhi, which had only 36 cyber crimes against women registered in 2023.