‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎258v] (64/192)

Chapter III.
protection.
Undetected case?.
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12. Eliminating “ excluded ” and “ pending ”
[1919.19 20
12. Eliminating excluded and pending cases, the number
cognizable cases disposed of increased from 29,255 to 36,939. The '° ^
of 7,684 cases was general and occurred mainly in the CentrarDivision ^? 8
and 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. railways (2,370). An examination of the variations of
under the several classes shows a considerable increase, namely, of 1
under class III (serious offences against person and property) and of Tni
cases under class Y (minor offences against property). Of the rm h
of cases disposed of, those of murder, dacoities, robberies, house-break' 61
thefts and receiving stolen property rose, respectively, by 37 to 377 bv
403 by 149 to 507, by 1,347 to 10,583, by 4,511 to 17,567 ’and bv
to 1,009. youy
13. Concurrently with the increase in the number of reported crimes and
crimes for disposal, the number of undetected cases rose from 12 9271
16,458. The increase was distributed over the entire 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. and was
most marked on 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. railways (1,968 cases), which were followed bv
the Central Division (722-cases), the Southern Division (237 cases) and Sind
(224 cases).
14. The total number of persons arrested by the police swo wo^ was
39,595 against 33,455 in 1918. Persons released without being brought to
trial numbered 1,014 against 710 in 1918. Of the 47,066 persons for disposal
37,536 were placed before the courts, of whom 24,367 were convicted, i, e,
64*92 per cent, against 64*58 per cent, in 1918. The percentages for the Presi
dency proper and Bind were 68*82 and 54*02, respectively, against GB’ll and
55T5 in 1918. At the end of the year there were 7,440 persons awaiting
trial against 7,356 in 1918.
15. The value of property reported as stolen in connection with cogni
zable crime was Rs. 35,20,384 as against Rs. 20,85,708 in 1918 and the value
of property recovered was Rs. 9,37,605 as against Rs. 7,06,691 in 1918. The
number of cases in which property was recovered rose from 10,703 to 13,332,
while the percentage fell from 55*02 to 51*91.
16. The number of inquiries undertaken during the year in the Presi
dency proper rose from 106 to 163, of which 135 were criminal. The Sind
Criminal Investigation Department investigated 31 criminal cases.
17. At the beginning of the year there were 100,833 finger impression
slips on record 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. During the year 11,418 new slips
were added and 3,158 were destroyed, leaving 109,093 slips at the end of the
year. In 3,077 out of 24,672 references the antecedents of accused persons
were traced as against 2,305 out of 20,393 in the preceding year. In the Sinn
Bereau the number of slips rose from 55,828 to 59,181. The number of re
ferences in Bind rose from 7,157 to 9,048 and the number traced from l,o4J
to 2,254.
18. In addition to their duties directly pertaining to the t .
detection of crime, the police carried out as usual a large amount of misce
laneous work in connection with the serving of summonses and warrants, e
licensing and control of public conveyances, inquiries into accidents, J e t
suicides and suspicious or unnatural deaths, and the guarding and escor
prisoners and treasure.
2 .—Rural Police.
The number of cases in which the village police rendered - 97
ance was 711 against 648 in 1918. Their services were rec0 ^ ize nut
cases by the grant of good service tickets and by the grant of rewards a
ing to Rs. 5,401 against Rs. 3,659 in 1918. On the other band 3
police were reported against for neglect of duty against 327 in 131 • ^
former, 48 who were concerned in the commission of crime, were F ^
with the result that 28 were convicted. There are no village police in
3.— Additional Police.
Temporary police consisting of a total of 317 officers and ^^gniscel*
tained for additional police establishments, plague, famine and 0
laneous duties.