Report No. 35
Bihar
Statement regarding capital punishment in murder cases in Bihar State
District of State |
Year |
No. of murders reported |
No. of cases of murder |
No. of cases of murder |
No. of murder cases in which sentences |
No. of murder cases in which sentences of imprisonment for |
No. of cases of murder acquitted or |
No. of cases in which sentence of death commuted |
Net number of |
Remarks |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Ranchi District | 1954 |
96 |
54 |
23 |
2 |
17 |
28 |
.. |
.. |
Figures in Column (8) also indicate some previous pending cases but disposed during year mentioned in column as well. |
1955 |
105 |
69 |
21 |
4 |
16 |
42 |
2 |
.. |
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1956 |
101 |
46 |
18 |
2 |
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1957 |
135 |
71 |
31 |
3 |
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1958 |
108 |
58 |
28 |
.. |
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1959 |
94 |
59 |
23 |
1 |
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1960 |
117 |
83 |
24 |
.. |
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1961 |
114 |
88 |
34 |
2 |
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1962 |
121 |
75 |
23 |
.. |
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1963 |
96 |
59 |
4 |
.. |
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Santhal Parganas Distric. |
1954 |
79 |
33 |
26 |
1 |
6 |
13 |
.. |
.. |
|
1955 |
91 |
43 |
18 |
.. |
9 |
20 |
.. |
.. |
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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 |
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1962 |
863 |
454 |
47 |
27 |
98 |
152 |
4 |
2 |
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1963 |
826 |
379 |
51 |
12 |
33 |
56 |
1 |
.. |