Report No. 35
Appendix XL
India-Number of Juvenile Offenders Apprehended for Murders, etc. (1958 to 1962)
India.-Number of Juvenile Offenders apprehended for murder etc. under Age Groups1
(1958 to 1962)
Head of Crime |
*7-12 |
*12-17 |
*17-21 |
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Murder, attempt to commit murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder Year |
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
1958 |
9 |
2 |
64 |
12 |
251 |
30 |
1959 |
13 |
2 |
83 |
9 |
425 |
27 |
1960 |
16 |
.. |
151 |
1 |
477 |
13 |
1961 |
17 |
3 |
112 |
6 |
454 |
11 |
1962* |
25 |
.. |
99 |
11 |
435 |
11 |
1. Based on Crime in India, (1958), p. 11; (1959), p. 13; (1960), p. 11; (1961), p. 13 and (1962), p. 15.
2. Figures for the year 1962 are for the age groups of.-12, 12-16 and 16-21 respectively.
