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Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Campaign for conviction of criminals yields encouraging result in UP

Chief secretary Alok Ranjan has issued directions to conduct a campaign for speedy conviction of criminals in order to maintain peace and law and order. He said that officers of prosecution department deserve commendation for success in conviction of large number of criminals.


He was addressing the half-yearly review meeting of prosecution department on Wednesday. To encourage the prosecutions officers who have been instrumental in sentence of 10 years or more to criminals, he said that the name of district, date of decision and detail of sentence should be indicated in the appropriate register so that persons working for prevention of criminal activities get due appreciation and encouragement.


He said that summons, enforcement of warrant etc. should be regularly monitored by senior officials for disposal of pending cases. Prosecution department had launched campaign for conviction of criminals in July 2015, which has yielded encouraging results.


Director General Police, Prosecution, Dr Surya Kumar said that a total of 23,473 criminals were convicted from July 2015 till April 23 this year due to effective work of prosecution officers. He told that 24 convicts were sentenced to death and 2,055 criminals were sentenced to life imprisonment. Criminals numbering 4,295 were sentenced to imprisonment of 10 years or more. More than 1,800 convicts were history-sheeters and active criminals.


During the period, bail of 1,01,425 accused was cancelled and 3,48,827 summons/warrants were served and enforced. Assets and vehicles related to 89,325 cases were disposed off. 

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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