Report No. 35
Appendix XXIX
India-Proportion of Murders to One Million Inhabitants
(1953-1962)
India-No. of murders proportionate1 to one million inhabitants
1953-1962 |
|
1953 |
27.1 |
1954 |
26.9 |
1955 |
26.7 |
1956 |
27.8 |
1957 |
28.9 |
1958 |
29.6 |
1959 |
29.8 |
1960 |
25 |
1961 |
26 |
1962 |
26 |
1. Figures are taken from "Crime in India" for the years 1960-1962, and from the Home Ministry's note sent to the Law Commission, for earlier years.
Appendix XXX
India-Mercy Petitions-Percentage of Petitions in which Death Sentence was Commuted
Year |
(Rough percentage)1 |
1945 |
7 |
1946 |
3 |
1947 |
2.5 |
1948 |
4 |
1949 |
20 |
1950 |
25 |
1951 |
39 |
1952 |
25 |
1953 |
22 |
1954 |
25 |
1955 |
22 |
1956 |
35 |
1957 |
40 |
1958 |
27 |
1959 |
21 |
1960 |
18 |
1961 |
34 |
The figures for later years are as follows:-
Year |
Number of mercy petitions received from convicts under sentence of death |
Number of cases in which death sentence was commuted by the President to |
Number of petitions rejected |
|
Imprisonment for life |
10 years R.I. |
|||
1962 |
188 |
61 |
1 |
126 |
1963 |
153 |
41 |
.. |
112 |
1964 |
194 |
66 |
.. |
128 |
1. Worked out on the basis of figures supplied by Ministry of Home Affairs.
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