Report No. 35
Himachal Pradesh
Statement showing the Figures of murder cases in Himachal Pradesh for the last 10 years
Year |
No. of murders reported of the police |
No. of cases of murder prosecuted |
No. of cases 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 |
1954 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
.. |
6 |
1 |
.. |
.. |
1955 |
15 |
10 |
7 |
.. |
7 |
1 |
.. |
.. |
1956 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
.. |
4 |
2 |
.. |
.. |
1957 |
17 |
13 |
6 |
.. |
6 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1958 |
13 |
11 |
8 |
.. |
8 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1959 |
18 |
14 |
4 |
.. |
4 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1960 |
16 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
.. |
1 |
1 |
1961 |
20 |
15 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
.. |
.. |
1962 |
20 |
15 |
5 |
.. |
5 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1963 |
16 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Note.- 2 cases reported in 1963 are pending investigation and 6 pending trial.
4 cases reported in 1962 are pending trial.
