District of State

Year

No. of murders reported
to the police

No. of cases of murder
prosecuted

No. of cases of murder
convicted in Sessions Court

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

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

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

No. of cases in which sentence of death commuted

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

Remarks

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1954

96

54

23

2

17

28

..

..

1955

105

69

21

4

16

42

2

..

1956

101

46

18

2

1957

135

71

31

3

1958

108

58

28

..

1959

94

59

23

1

1960

117

83

24

..

1961

114

88

34

2

1962

121

75

23

..

1963

96

59

4

..

Santhal Parganas Distric.

1954

79

33

26

1

6

13

..

..

1955

91

43

18

..

9

20

..

..

1956

73

33

21

2

13

10

..

..

1957

77

30

14

..

6

13

..

..

1958

106

48

26

..

15

21

..

..

1959

68

32

15

..

10

14

..

..

1960

96

47

28

..

13

8

..

..

1961

87

46

25

1

12

15

..

..

1962

92

53

22

2

11

19

1

..

1963

60

36

4

1

2

10

..

..

Bihar State

1954

756

356

149

35

61

142

12

6

1955

754

365

142

24

63

166

7

3

1956

801

340

130

25

62

134

3

7

1957

842

411

147

21

84

152

5

3

1958

891

457

201

32

92

145

13

5

1959

810

413

162

29

95

150

4

2

1960

859

486

206

31

117

174

6

4

1961

838

497

88

30

07

153

11

4

1962

863

454

47

27

98

152

4

2

1963

826

379

51

12

33

56

1

..