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Patiala range sees 93% conviction rate in NDPS cases

Patiala range sees 93.4% conviction rate in NDPS cases, with 212 out of 228 cases resulting in convictions amid a drug crackdown led by DIG Sidhu.

Drugs, including 21.9kg heroin, 3.6kg smack, 2,525kg poppy husk, 17.5kg opium and 83 kg cannabis, was recovered.

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Published on Apr 11, 2025 08:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Patiala

In Assam, conviction rate under new criminal laws up by over 2.5 times to 66 pc

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Updated on Mar 19, 2025 02:53 PM IST

PTI |

Conviction rate in drug cases has increased to 86%, says minister Harpal Cheema

Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema reports an 86% drug conviction rate under AAP, up from 58% under Congress, with significant seizures and arrests.

Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema (Ravi Kumar/HT)

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Published on Mar 07, 2025 07:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar/nawashahar

Shah asks Maha govt to swiftly implement new criminal laws

Amit Shah urged Maharashtra to expedite new criminal laws' implementation, aiming to boost conviction rates and improve law enforcement through technology.

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Published on Feb 15, 2025 08:30 AM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

Kataria slams low conviction rate in Chandigarh, demands improvement

During his visit to Chandigarh Police headquarters, Kataria expressed appreciation for the increased conviction in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act cases

UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria flagged off newly introduced forensic investigation van, equipped with state-of-the-art forensic tools, which will allow police to gather evidence, process crime scenes, and conduct initial investigations directly at the crime site. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

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Published on Jan 30, 2025 08:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Siddaramaiah expresses concern over declining conviction rate in SC/ST cases

During the State Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting at Vidhana Soudha, the CM stressed ensuring justice for the victims in atrocity cases.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (PTI)

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Updated on Jan 29, 2025 12:14 PM IST

PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath

Assam's Chirang court achieves zero pendency of cases: Report

The CJM court had disposed of all 830 cases by December 31, 2024, said Public Prosecutor Nandita Basumatari.

At the start of 2024, the Chirang CJM court had 143 cases and 687 more cases were added as the year progressed. (Pixabay/Representative)

india news

Published on Jan 16, 2025 04:33 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Listen to complainants, especially women, diligently: Odisha CM tell cops

The Odisha chief minister’s statement comes amid an outrage over the conduct of Odisha police officials in the case of alleged assault of the fiancée of an Indian Army Captain earlier this month

Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi addresses the two-day district collectors’ and police officers’ conference in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. (ANI)

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Updated on Sep 28, 2024 07:46 PM IST

ByDebabrata Mohanty

Morning briefing: SC questions ED on low conviction rate

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india news

Published on Aug 08, 2024 08:54 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

City’s conviction rate drops to 18% in 2023 from 25% in 2021

The police chief at a recent review meeting of conviction status instructed the zonal deputy commissioner of police to study cases and fix responsibility

The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) conviction rate dropped from 51% in 2019 to 4% in 2023. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

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Updated on Feb 15, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByShrinivas Deshpande

India’s criminal justice system to be world’s most modern in 5 years: Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah said that India has abolished the 150-year-old laws of criminal justice and introduced three new laws to revamp the country’s criminal justice system

Union home minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 5th Criminology Conference of the National Forensic Sciences University in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on Tuesday. (Image posted by Amit Shah on X)

india news

Published on Jan 23, 2024 08:31 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Karnataka's performance in conviction rate in atrocities against Dalits not satisfactory: CM Siddaramaiah

The Chief Minister said that if the victims are to have faith in the system, the quality of investigations into cases of atrocities must be improved. He gave instruction that a scientifically valid charge sheet should be submitted.

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Published on Jan 17, 2024 09:36 AM IST

ANI |

Haryana courts achieve 33% conviction rate in IPC cases, reveals NCRB data

The rate of IPC crime cases awaiting judgement by the courts was about 90% with the number of cases pending trial being 2.58 lakh by the end of 2022, said crime data report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2022

The data said that these included 191 cases involving transmission of obscene acts in electronic form and 66 cases of identity theft under the Information Technology Act. (HT File)

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Updated on Dec 05, 2023 08:08 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Trafficking calls for urgent State action

Child trafficking networks uncovered in MP and Rajasthan, highlight gaps in the justice system

Human trafficking is a manifestation of the larger issues of gender inequity and economic and social marginalisation, which gets further aggravated with weak law enforcement responses. (Representative image- HT Archives)

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Published on Nov 04, 2023 10:37 PM IST

ByLalita Panicker

As crime conviction rate plunges, govt asks DGP to submit a report

The conviction rate in Maharashtra has dropped from 58.29% in 2020 to 41.36% in the first half of 2023. The state government is seeking a report on the situation and plans to tweak rules to hold public prosecutors and investigating officers accountable. The drop in conviction rate has prompted the home department to make changes in policies related to crime investigation and court battles. Some districts, particularly those with political interference and backward areas, have consistently low conviction rates. Witnesses turning hostile and ineffective public prosecutors are cited as major factors affecting the conviction rate.

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Updated on Aug 27, 2023 12:33 AM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

To fight mob lynching, police reforms a must

Inclusion of this offence in the three proposed codes is welcome. But the police and some states flouting top court norms have to clean up their act

The states, so far, have been miserly in allocating funds to the police(HT Photo)

opinion

Published on Aug 22, 2023 10:33 PM IST

ByYashovardhan Azad

Assam aims to reach 50% conviction rate in criminal cases by 2026: Himanta

The Assam chief minister reiterated his government’s stand in the crackdown against child marriage in the state and said that the police will resume its drive in September this year, and mass arrests will be done again

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (Twitter Photo)

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Updated on Jul 30, 2023 05:07 PM IST

ByBiswa Kalyan Purkayastha

New litigation policy in works; focus likely to be on mafias & Pocso cases

People in the know of things say that the new policy would be notified very soon, replacing the present one which was brought by the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in 2012.

Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 08, 2023 10:00 PM IST

ByBrajendra K Parashar

UN rights chief 'very concerned' as China jails 2 lawyers for over 10 years

Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, prominent figures advocating for improved civil rights, given lengthy jail terms in latest crackdown on dissent.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.(AP)

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Published on Apr 11, 2023 05:45 AM IST

AFP | | Posted by Shobhit Gupta

Don’t let attacks deter you, Modi advises CBI

Asking agencies not to be deterred by attacks on them by the corrupt, however powerful, the PM said his government does not lack political will to take on the malaise

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of CBI in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI)

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Updated on Apr 03, 2023 11:50 PM IST

ByNeeraj Chauhan, New Delhi

Rise in crimes against women, children in Mumbai in 2019-2020: Praja Foundation report

The number of rape cases in Mumbai went up from 728 in 2015-2016 to 904 in 2019-2020 (a 24% increase), according to the city-based Praja Foundation report released on Thursday

The report revealed that children were victims in 61% of the rape cases in Mumbai in 2019.

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Updated on Nov 27, 2020 12:38 AM IST

ByManish K Pathak and Charul Shah, Mumbai

Mandi reports maximum 162 rapes in Himachal over past three years

According to a reply filed by the home department during the monsoon session of the assembly, 249 rapes were registered in the state in 2017, 344 in 2018, 358 in 2019 and 183 cases till July 31, 2020

cities

Updated on Sep 12, 2020 05:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times/Dharamshala | ByNaresh K Thakur, Dharamshala

UAPA: When laws turn oppressive | Opinion

There is an imbalance between the fundamental freedoms of citizens and interests of the State

The State is using UAPA against critics of CAA and the government(REUTERS)

analysis

Updated on Jun 30, 2020 06:08 AM IST

ByKapil Sibal

Disentangling the threads of a broken criminal justice system

Every actor – the police, the accused, lawyers, judges, prosecutors – wants to go to trial. Change the incentives

The funnels vest discretion in the individual officers, be it police officers or the magistrates, who decide whether or not there is sufficient basis to proceed further with a case at each stage(Santosh Kumar / Hindustan Times)

analysis

Published on Jan 15, 2020 07:10 PM IST

ByAbhinav Sekhri

No place for ‘Talibani justice’ in this country: Former Delhi HC judge on Telangana encounter

If an accused dies in police custody, some investigative agency has to check whether the person was killed by the police or not, Sodhi said, adding that according to the guidelines of the Supreme Court, an independent inquiry must be conducted in such cases.

People hold a candle march and protest against the after the rape and murder of woman veterinary doctor, in Hyderabad. (ANI Photo)(Pic: Style Photo service.)

india news

Published on Dec 09, 2019 08:14 AM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

The battle against rape, the battle for dignity

The Bettiah and Shahajanpur incidents show how women continue to be unsafe

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (2016), rape accounts for 12% of all reported crimes against women(REUTERS)

editorials

Updated on Sep 18, 2019 08:03 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Rethinking the legal regime against child abuse

Rather than stricter provisions, enforce the current law, be sensitive to victims, and ensure certainty of punishment

In 2016, more than 36,000 cases were registered under Pocso. But trials commenced only in 6,449 cases. Verdicts were passed in 911 cases, an abysmal 4% of the total cases(REUTERS)

analysis

Published on Sep 11, 2019 07:24 PM IST

ByShireen Vakil

Allow women their right to go out and live freely

This lack of safety in public spaces is one reason why women are not joining the workforce in greater numbers, why girls drop out of schools, why women cannot enjoy the recreational spaces in urban areas, and why they find taking public transport difficult

Now and again, we see publicised drives to teach women self-defence skills but honestly, how far does that get you when faced with an armed attacker or more than one assailant?(Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2019 07:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByLalita Panicker

Is law failing our children?

Statistics suggest that while there has been an increase in the cases of sexual assault on children, the conviction rate has remained low and the number of people who were out on bail while being tried under Pocso increased.

People protest against the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu’s Kathua region, at Parliament Street, New Delhi, on April 15, 2018.(Arvind Yadav/HT File PHOTO)

analysis

Updated on Jun 16, 2019 08:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRoshan Kishore

Women’s voice in politics a must in run-up to elections

While there was some engagement with the issue in 2014, the run up to the 2019 elections has seen a total disengagement with any gender issues regarding safety or rights.

From the moment an incident of violence takes place, there must be quick, efficient and non-judgmental responses.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

opinion

Updated on Apr 25, 2019 09:03 AM IST

ByKalpana Viswanath

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Patiala range sees 93.4% conviction rate in NDPS cases, with 212 out of 228 cases resulting in convictions amid a drug crackdown led by DIG Sidhu.

In Assam, conviction rate under new criminal laws up by over 2.5 times to 66 pc

Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema reports an 86% drug conviction rate under AAP, up from 58% under Congress, with significant seizures and arrests.

Amit Shah urged Maharashtra to expedite new criminal laws' implementation, aiming to boost conviction rates and improve law enforcement through technology.

During his visit to Chandigarh Police headquarters, Kataria expressed appreciation for the increased conviction in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act cases

During the State Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting at Vidhana Soudha, the CM stressed ensuring justice for the victims in atrocity cases.

The CJM court had disposed of all 830 cases by December 31, 2024, said Public Prosecutor Nandita Basumatari.

The Odisha chief minister’s statement comes amid an outrage over the conduct of Odisha police officials in the case of alleged assault of the fiancée of an Indian Army Captain earlier this month

A shortlist of the biggest headlines, recommended stories, and a special collection of news items you should check out.

The police chief at a recent review meeting of conviction status instructed the zonal deputy commissioner of police to study cases and fix responsibility

Union home minister Amit Shah said that India has abolished the 150-year-old laws of criminal justice and introduced three new laws to revamp the country’s criminal justice system

The Chief Minister said that if the victims are to have faith in the system, the quality of investigations into cases of atrocities must be improved. He gave instruction that a scientifically valid charge sheet should be submitted.

The rate of IPC crime cases awaiting judgement by the courts was about 90% with the number of cases pending trial being 2.58 lakh by the end of 2022, said crime data report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2022

Child trafficking networks uncovered in MP and Rajasthan, highlight gaps in the justice system

Inclusion of this offence in the three proposed codes is welcome. But the police and some states flouting top court norms have to clean up their act

The Assam chief minister reiterated his government’s stand in the crackdown against child marriage in the state and said that the police will resume its drive in September this year, and mass arrests will be done again

People in the know of things say that the new policy would be notified very soon, replacing the present one which was brought by the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in 2012.

Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, prominent figures advocating for improved civil rights, given lengthy jail terms in latest crackdown on dissent.

Asking agencies not to be deterred by attacks on them by the corrupt, however powerful, the PM said his government does not lack political will to take on the malaise

The number of rape cases in Mumbai went up from 728 in 2015-2016 to 904 in 2019-2020 (a 24% increase), according to the city-based Praja Foundation report released on Thursday

According to a reply filed by the home department during the monsoon session of the assembly, 249 rapes were registered in the state in 2017, 344 in 2018, 358 in 2019 and 183 cases till July 31, 2020

There is an imbalance between the fundamental freedoms of citizens and interests of the State

Every actor – the police, the accused, lawyers, judges, prosecutors – wants to go to trial. Change the incentives

If an accused dies in police custody, some investigative agency has to check whether the person was killed by the police or not, Sodhi said, adding that according to the guidelines of the Supreme Court, an independent inquiry must be conducted in such cases.

The Bettiah and Shahajanpur incidents show how women continue to be unsafe

Rather than stricter provisions, enforce the current law, be sensitive to victims, and ensure certainty of punishment

This lack of safety in public spaces is one reason why women are not joining the workforce in greater numbers, why girls drop out of schools, why women cannot enjoy the recreational spaces in urban areas, and why they find taking public transport difficult

Statistics suggest that while there has been an increase in the cases of sexual assault on children, the conviction rate has remained low and the number of people who were out on bail while being tried under Pocso increased.

While there was some engagement with the issue in 2014, the run up to the 2019 elections has seen a total disengagement with any gender issues regarding safety or rights.

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