Sl. No.

Heads

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

Number of murders reported to the police

172

177

153

220

264

277

235

253

214

199

2

No. of cases of murders prosecuted

160

156

139

197

235

252

208

236

199

177

3

Number of cases of murder convicted in Sessions Court

106

103

82

11

151

164

133

144

122

123

4

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

11

10

12

15

22

23

18

24

28

30

5

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

44

48

45

50

70

79

69

78

55

57

6

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

35

52

40

63

75

62

59

71

53

40

7

No. of cases in which sentence of death commuted

4

1

2

4

7

8

9

7

12

6

8

No. of cases of murder in which the sentence of death was executed.

11

9

2

Nil

5

10

16

9

7

15