Subject

(1953)

(1954)

(1955)

(1956)

(1957)

(1958)

(1959)

(1960)

(1961)

(1962)

1.

Number of murders reported to the police.

669

692

665

727

902

855

763

871

842

864

2.

No of cases of murders prosecuted.

538

478

490

476

635

583

553

613

625

605

3.

Number of cases of murder convicted in Sessions Court.

245

209

240

202

263

266

276

326

316

323

4.

No. of murder cases in which sentences of death were passed by the Sessions Judge.

36

26

35

37

31

26

49

48

42

30

5.

No. of murder cases in which sentences of imprisonment for life were passed by the Sessions Judge.

85

75

80

53

86

112

121

125

155

140

6.

No. of cases of murders acquitted or in which sentence reduced by High Court or Supreme Court

195

157

154

152

169

205

182

205

180

163

7.

No. of cases in which sentence of death commuted.

10

4

8

6

7

2

13

13

11

1

8.

Net number of cases of murder in which the sentence of death was executed.

20

3

15

12

13

8

20

16

9

3