'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904' [‎79v] (46/112)

Chap. Ill*
PROTECTION.
Strength and cost.
Education.
Ball practice.
Punishments.
Eewards.
Total crime,
cognizable and
non-cognizable.
Cognizable crime.
Police cognizable
cases.
Police cases for
disposal.
Police cases struck
off.
Maliciously false
cases.
BOMB A. Y ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
2. Police.
[19O3-1904,
For details set the Annual Reports on the Bombay District Police and the Bombay
1903 and the Tables under VII.—Police—appended to the Judicial and Administrative
for 1903-1904.
I.—Mobussil, Sind and Bailway Police.
1. The total strength of the Police Force for the whole Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. remained practically
unaltered at 22,306 notwithstanding certain changes in the Central Division, Sind and on Railways
In the Central Division the appointment of a Court Prosecutor was sanctioned for Nasik aud
some temporary Police previously employed were permanently added to the force of the Poo^
District. In Sind, additional Police were sanctioned for Hyderabad and Thar and Pdrkar
On Railways, a force of 1 Chief Constable, 10 Head Constables and 56 Constables vm
transferred "to Punjdb owing to the transfer of the Bbatinda-Ferozpur Section and the Kotka-
pura-Fazilka Branch to the North-Western Railway. The above force was maintained at a total
cost o'f Rs. 43,75,408 as against Rs. 46,75,436. I he decrease, so far as can be ascertained, is
merely an account one. In addition to the sanctioned strength, a large number of extra
Policemen was entertained in the Central Division, Southern Division, Sind and on Railways for
Plague Duty. In Sind a special Police Force was sanctioned for the Riverain forests as a
tentative measure.
2. There is again a slight improvement in the education of the force as compared witli
the previous year. 3,318 officers and 8,269 men can read and write as against 3,302 officersanl
7,995 men in 1902, giving a percentage of 53 as compared with 51 last year.
3. All the districts in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. proper competed at the Annual Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
Competition shooting for prizes, 14 districts competing with Snider Smooth Bores and 4 witl
Martini Henri Smooth Bores. Ride Squads Competition was held this year for the first time,
12 districts competing. In the districts competing with Snider Smooth Bores, thenumberof
men rose to 696 from 588 as compared with the same districts in 1902, while the number
qualifying as marksmen rose from 198 to 245. In the four districts competing with Martini
Henri Smooth Bores 456 competed, out of whom 307 qualified as marksmen. Sind had a
separate Annual Shooting Competition, where the number of marksmen decreased from 371
in 1902 to 240 in 1903.
4. The total number of punishments inflicted (3,300) exceeds that of the previous year
by 37. There is a rise of 191 punishments in the Northern Division and a decrease of
in Sind.
5. Rewards by promotion decreased from 166 in 1902 to 127 in 1903. 789 money
rewards were granted in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. proper including Railways as against 616 in tie
previous year. The number of Good Conduct Tickets granted was 2,420 as against 2,974 ia
the previous year. In Sind, the number of money rewards including Good Service Tickets
was 755 as against 598 in 1902,
6. The total number of cognizable and non-cognizable offences reported during the year
was 120,440 as against 135,980 in the previous year, showing a net decrease of 15,540. Tbis
decrease is contributed to by all the Divisions and Railways, In Sind crime has remained almost
stationary, 25,056 cases being reported in 1903 as against 25,244 in 1902.
7. The total number of cases instituted before or taken up by Magistrates was 9,933,
giving a decrease of 428 cases on the figures of the preceding year. This decrease is noticed in the
Gential Division, Sind and on Railways, while the Southern Division shows an increase of 443
cases, the Northern Division remaining almost stationary.
cm non ^tal number of cognizable cases reported to the Police or taken up by them was
o- ap < aS com P are( ^ with 38,634 in the previous year. The above number is made up of
2/ 064 cases under Indian Penal Code and 7,666 under Class VI as compared with 31,170 aid
7,4 64 respectively m the previous year. The decrease under u All classes ^ is general, but is
most marked m the Central Division.
Q^ncn includm §‘P eiidl ^g cas ^ of the previous year, the complaints for disposal totalled
37,980 as compared with 42,051 m the preceding year. All but 181 were investigated, h
°p/ i-i i?T S ^ s J a ^ alnst i 35 m ^ previous year, was Police action ordered by Magistrates
alter the Police had refused to investigate. Out of 37,980 cases for disposal, 30,i03 are Indini
Penal Code eases and 7,//7 tall under Class VI as compared with 34,489 and 7,562 respeetivelj
m the previous year.
ISAQ 1 ! 0 '- Cases stru ? k 0® during the year under report numbered 13,145 as compared witl
Class VL 6 P1 ' eV10US - yeal ' J ° f theSe 12 ' 255 are u “ del ' Indi ^ I’enal Code and 890 under
venrbh f Ma T 0Usl 7 fa | ls ® ” eases amouDt to 891 as compared with 950 in the preceA?
403 ' The avera g e of false cases to Polif
sTner cent i or ls posal for the whole Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. has further risen from 32 per cent.! 8
1 1- C1 cenl - m the year under review.