In the final 10 years, 67,163 instances have been registered in Bihar underneath the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. If 39,730 instances are added, it involves 1,06,893 instances. Of these, 44,986 instances are nonetheless pending, a evaluation assembly of SC/ST Act instances convened by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has revealed.
In the final 10 years, courts have pronounced judgments in solely 872 such instances. Only 75 instances have resulted in conviction with a conviction fee of 8.6 %.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed concern over gradual disposal of instances and really poor conviction fee after the primary assembly after December 23, September 4, 2020.
As per guidelines, such conferences needs to be held each six months. CM demanded speedy listening to of instances registered underneath SC/ST Act.
The Bihar Police information confirmed that the utmost variety of 7,574 instances have been registered underneath the Act in 2020, adopted by 7,125 in 2018 and 6,826 in 2017.
Between January 2011 and November 2021, out of 44,150 instances, judgments have been pronounced in solely 872 instances.
While the excessive pendency raises issues, the state authorities doesn’t do its job even in issues of compensation. The households of atrocities victims (in case of homicide) get a compensation of Rs 8.5 lakh. Out of 8,108 instances of compensation, solely 2,876 have been settled to date, whereas 5,232 instances are pending. In most instances, districts have cited “non-availability of funds” as the primary motive for the delay in cost of compensation quantity.
Additional Director General of Police (Criminal Investigation Department – Weaker Sections) Anil Kishor Yadav, nonetheless, advised The Indian Express: “The CM has already insisted on speedy trial of instances. We have given directions to each district for correct and speedy monitoring of instances to make sure excessive fee of conviction.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
