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Crime records bureau data is all about cases registered only under laws till 1998 -Aditya Bharadwaj

-The Hindu NCRB officials blame it on old pro forma used to collect data Bangalore: The only official nationwide data of incidence of crimes, published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), shockingly does not reflect data on cases registered under many of the new laws enacted and laws amended by Parliament since 1998. NCRB officials blamed the anomaly on an old pro forma that they use to collect and collate data from...

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Undertrials who have served half of their maximum terms to be freed -Pradeep Thakur

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In what could lead to freedom for thousands of undertrials languishing in jail for years on end, the Narendra Modi government has initiated steps to release prisoners who have served at least half the sentence they would have been awarded if convicted, irrespective of the progress of their trial. However, this largesse will not extend to those who have been held for offences which specify...

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Young love often reported as rape in our 'cruel society' -Rukmini S

-The Hindu "I lay the blame for a lot of this at the door of Parliament," lawyer and leading women's rights activist Vrinda Grover said. In January 2013, Seema (name changed), who had moved to Delhi from rural Bihar with her brother went to the Hanuman temple on Delhi's Panchkuian Road with 19-year-old Sameer (name changed). He put vermilion on her forehead, the couple embraced and now married in their own eyes,...

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The many shades of rape cases in Delhi -Rukmini S

-The Hindu The Hindu investigates behind the rape numbers A six-month long investigation by The Hindu has revealed that the nature of reported sexual assault in Delhi is far more complex than earlier imagined. Among the key findings is that a third of all the cases heard during one year dealt with consenting couples whose parents had accused the boy of rape. Over the last six months, The Hindu analysed all cases involving...

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One rape every 30 minutes in India -Himanshi Dhawan

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Even as an increasing number of violent crimes against women, especially rape, continue to be reported across the country, a 13-year analysis of crime data reveals that a little more than 57 rapes were reported every day. This averages over two rapes every hour, every day during the last 13 years. A total of 2,72,844 cases were reported across 28 states and seven UTs in...

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