Year
|
Reported Cases Under Cruelty by Husband
|
2013
|
118.866
|
2014
|
122,877
|
2015
|
113,403
|
- Satinder Lal Gupta vs Swarna Lata Gupta
- Ram Kumar vs State Of Madhya Pradesh, Manpreet Kaur vs Jasbir Singh.
Common forms of crime against women are domestic abuse, sexual assault, and murder. Crime against women in India is committed every 3 minutes. There was a massive increase in the number of crime rates by 44 percent from 2011 to 2015.
The most highlighted crime is “rape”. No other such crime is given much importance in media than rape. Rape is defined under the Indian penal code. In last few years some cases like Delhi gang-rape case, Scarlett Keeling Case in Goa, etc. which made international headlines. One woman is raped every 20 minutes in India according to national crime bureau. Year to year the number of cases for rape is increasing. A 7 years old girl raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh, 12 years old girl raped and murdered in Assam, 12 years girl raped in front of her family in Uttar Pradesh and many more.
Year
|
Reported Rapes
|
2011
|
24,206
|
2012
|
24,923
|
2013
|
34,707
|
2014
|
36,735
|
2015
|
34,651
|
- INSULT TO MODESTY includes assault on women with the intention to outrage her modesty. There was a massive increase in crime of outraging the modesty of women.
Year
|
Reported Cases
|
Difference
|
2011
|
2435
|
–
|
2012
|
2563
|
+128(increase)
|
2013
|
2579
|
+16(increase)
|
- ACID THROWING is also known as an acid attack. This is the act in which acid is thrown directly on the face of the victim which burns the skin which causes damage or dissolving the bones. It may lead to blindness, permanent disfiguring the face. According to NCBR, 72 percent of cases are reported under the crime of acid attack.
Year
|
Reported Cases
|
Difference
|
2013
|
51,881
|
–
|
2014
|
57,311
|
+5430(increase)
|
2015
|
59,277
|
+1966(increase)
|
- DOWRY DEATH is an act of murder or suicide of married women by her husband or relatives of her husband for the demand of dowry. Although dowry is illegal in India, it is still practiced to give an expensive gift, for the demand for money, property, etc. NCBR says that approximately 5000 cases are recorded under dowry death each year.
Year
|
Reported Cases
|
2010
|
8391
|
2011
|
8618
|
2012
|
8233
|
- PERPETUATION is the act when the girl is given less access to education as compared to boys. It is the mentality of Indian culture that females are not meant for studies. About 80 percent of boys get the education and less than half of girls get this opportunity. This ultimately gives rise to gender equality. There are some women who are strong and complained about the case against gender violence; on another hand, some due to fear, pressure, family belief and culture do not report the case.
- HIGHLIGHTED AREAS for the crime against women are West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. These areas are those areas where cases of crime against women are registered more than any other place.