Report No. 35
West Bengal
Statement of murder case of West Bengal for the years from 1954 to 1963
Year |
No. of murder cases 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 acquited or in which sentence reduced by High Court or Supreme Court |
No. of cases in which sentence of death commuted |
Net No. of cases of murders in which the sentences of death was executed. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
1954 |
410 |
159 |
47 |
2 |
8 |
26 |
1 |
1 |
1955 |
447 |
138 |
46 |
3 |
24 |
29 |
1 |
1 |
1956 |
464 |
176 |
68 |
9 |
16 |
28 |
7 |
2 |
1957 |
496 |
199 |
79 |
7 |
28 |
36 |
3 |
4 |
1958 |
464 |
235 |
96 |
5 |
35 |
46 |
4 |
1 |
1959 |
450 |
220 |
82 |
6 |
35 |
35 |
2 |
1 |
1960 |
461 |
232 |
111 |
9 |
47 |
33 |
6 |
2 |
1961 |
452 |
247 |
102 |
9 |
48 |
32 |
1 |
.. |
1962 |
473 |
238 |
97 |
10 |
41 |
26 |
4 |
3 |
1963 |
470 |
231 |
83 |
7 |
46 |
14 |
2 |
.. |
The statement for two notoriously criminal Districts of West Bengal in respect of murder cases for the years 1954 to 1963
Year |
Two notorious criminal districts |
No. of murder cases reported to the police |
No. 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 acquited 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 murders in which the sentences of death was executed. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
1954 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
76 35 |
30 11 |
11 1 |
.. 1 |
1 .. |
.. 10 |
.. 1 |
.. 1 |
1955 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
92 36 |
16 6 |
4 3 |
.. .. |
3 3 |
.. 3 |
.. .. |
.. .. |
1956 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
88 37 |
32 7 |
8 1 |
.. 1 |
1 1 |
.. 6 |
.. 1 |
.. .. |
1957 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
90 34 |
28 15 |
10 3 |
.. 1 |
4 3 |
.. 12 |
.. 1 |
.. .. |
1958 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
96 41 |
40 25 |
16 1 |
.. .. |
3 1 |
.. 24 |
.. .. |
.. .. |
1959 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
93 38 |
42 19 |
16 1 |
1 .. |
4 1 |
1 18 |
.. .. |
.. .. |
1960 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
86 38 |
40 18 |
18 2 |
1 1 |
5 2 |
1 16 |
.. 1 |
.. .. |
1961 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
77 51 |
41 22 |
27 4 |
4 1 |
12 4 |
1 17 |
.. .. |
.. .. |
1962 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
96 41 |
44 11 |
18 3 |
2(Pending) 2 |
1 3 |
.. 7 |
.. 1 |
.. .. |
1963 |
24-Parganas Burdwan |
90 50 |
54 16 |
27 .. |
2(Pending) 2 |
13 .. |
.. 2 |
.. .. |
.. .. |
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