In crimes against children, MP has the maximum cases 11,322, or 14%, of the 77,382 such cases underIPCincidents in the country. MP also accounts for a shocking 11.8% of child rapes in the country 3,259 of 27,001.<\/p>\n
When it comes to crime against infants and the unborn, 271 incidents of miscarriage, infanticide, foeticide and abandonment were reported in Madhya Pradesh in 2020. This is nearly 18% of all such cases in India.<\/p>\n
MP tops in cases of abandonment of newborns (186) and is second, afterGujarat(24), in infanticide (17).<\/p>\n
In foeticide, its 4th with four cases.<\/p>\n
The NCRB report says in table 1A.4 that 2,339 cases of rape were reported in MP in 2020, and table 3A.3 specifies that this number includes two girls aged below 6 years, 7 aged below 12, and one above 16 but below 18 years. Table 4A.2 of the same report says that 3,259 incidents of child rape were registered in MP . If the cases under IPC section 376 are listed under the first column (2,339), how is it that cases of child rape outnumber it? Cases underPocso Actdraw IPC 376.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"