Rape cases log slender drop in Odisha
Odisha witnessed a marginal dip in rape cases in 2023 in comparison to 2022. Despite the drop, the State around eight rape cases during 2023, stated a white paper tabled in the State assembly.
Odisha witnessed a marginal dip in rape cases in 2023 in comparison to 2022. Despite the drop, the State around eight rape cases during 2023, stated a white paper tabled in the State assembly.
Legal experts are of the view that lower conviction rate is a worrying development in the state.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in its 2021 annual report, released yesterday, statistically charted the desert state with as many as 6,337 rape cases, 1,027 cases more than the preceding year, 2020, and 340 more than in 2019.
"I have found from other similar matters that the said Dr Santi Prasad Sinha as one of the king pins of this corruption of giving illegal public appointments" the court stated.
Average 77 rape cases daily in 2020; crimes against women down from 2019: NCRB data
Nithyananda had allegedly fled India without a passport to save himself from a rape case registered against him in Karnataka.
The POCSO court will announce the quantum of punishment for convicts Manoj Shah and Pradeep Kumar on January 30.
The court also made it clear that if the cases under POCSO are less in a district then the special court might also deal with other cases such as rape.
Maliwal has been on a hunger strike for over 10 days and was sitting at the Samta Sthal near Raj Ghat.
The DCW chief questioned why the Centre cannot show the same urgency and concern as the Andhra Pradesh government, which passed the historic and revolutionary Disha Bill on Friday.
