UP has emerged as second in the country in disposal of cases of crimes against Women. According to an official, until July 6, the women and child protection organization had solved 97.8% of cases of crime committed against women.
Also, UP ranks fifth in terms of registration of FIRs and investigation of such cases. An officer added that the has taken several steps to prevent and control crime against women in the last six years.
On this, the Police officials briefed Yogi that until July 6, 2023, the state witnessed disposal of 97.8% of FIRs registered under Section-376 of IPC and POCSO Act, bagging second position in the country. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have bagged the first place in solving cases of crime against women with 98.3% disposal of cases and Puducherry the third place, with 97.5% disposals. The worst performing is Bihar with 18.5% disposals, followed byManipur(20.6%) andAssam(46.7%).
Furthermore, UP ranks second in the country with 0.3% disposal of cases of crimes against women registered under Section 376 of IPC and Pocso Act, pending for more than two months.