‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎260r] (67/192)

1919-1920.]
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS—CKIMINAL JUSTICE.
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detected in 193 out of 222 cases. During the year 678 blood stains were
forwarded to the Imperial Serologist, Calcutta, who reported that 615 were of
human, 14 of ruminant and 2 of non-mammalian blood. No definite statement
could be made as to the others. The total number of articles examined in
medico-legal cases was 2,429.
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Chapter III.
PROTECTION.
The number of analyses carried out was 1,103 as against 1,292 in the
preceding year, the decrease being due to the great drop in the number of
articles received from the Supply and Transport Department. The number of
medico-legal cases investigated was 89, the number of articles examined being
291. Poison was detected in 15 out of 27 cases of suspected human poisoning.
Only one case of suspected animal poisoning was received, but no poison was
found. Blood was detected in 39 cases, of which 23 were murder cases.
During the year 88 blood stains were forwarded to the Imperial Serologist,
Calcutta, who reported that 70 were of human blood.
5.—Criminal Justice.
For details see the Report on the Administration of Criminal Justice 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. of Bombay for the
year 1919 and tables under Criminal Justice printed in Part VI of the Statistics of British India.
1. The number of offences reported during the year was 151,918. Nasik, General.
Thana and Bombay City contributed to the increase, while there was a marked
decrease in Ahmedabad. Of the total number of offences reported, 49,516 were
under the Indian Penal Code and 102,402 under Special aud Local Laws. The
number of complaints dismissed under section 203, Criminal Procedure Code,
was 5,881, and the number of complainants fined under section 250 was 533.
Of the total number of cases under inquiry, those found to be true rose by
9,251 to 145,142; and the number of cases brought to trial, including those
found to be true and pending from the previous year, increased by 10,165 to
147,364. Out of 566 cases affecting human life brought to trial, 200 were
murders, the corresponding figures for the previous year being 705 and 199.
Original Jurisdiction.
1.—Presidency Magistrates’ Courts.
1. Of the total number of cases brought to trial, 73,114 were in the courts cases and persons
of 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. Magistrates and before the Benches of Honorary 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. br0ll § ht t0 triaL
Magistrates, showing an increase of 7,416 over the previous year. The number
of cases under Special and Local Laws increased from 54,936 to 61,442 and the
number under the Penal Code from 10,762 to 11,672. The increase under the
former head was most marked in offences under the Bombay City Police Act
which rose from 26,966 to 31,814. The number of ofiences under the Act for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rose from 10,872 to 12,420; under the
Municipal Act from 9,603 to 10,669 ; and under The Act for the Prevention of
Oambling, from 451 to 593. On the other hand the number of offences under
the Public Conveyances Act fell from 5,665 to 4,645. Offences relating to theft
under the Indian Penal Code rose from 3,479 to 4,065. Of the 72,906 cases
disposed of, 23,639 came before Stipendiary Magistrates and 49,267 before
benches of Honorary Magistrates, and 84 persons were committed for trial to
Te High Court. At the close of the year 155 cases were pending. The
number of witnesses examined rose from 106,728 to 120,401. The number of
persons brought under trial was 83,494, of whom 15,269 were acquitted or dis
charged, 67,932 were convicted, 21 died, 32 were transferred, 84 w'ere commit-
e d to the High Court Sessions, 1 was handed over to the military authorities
a nd 155 remained under trial at the close of the year. The percentages of
convictions by Stipendiary Magistrates and by Benches of Honorary Magis-
rates were 51 and 98, respectively.
2. Seventeen persons were required to furnish security for good behaviour Miscellaneous cases,
under chapter VIII of the Criminal Procedure Code, of whom 10 had, owing to
e unit, to be sent to prison. Six complainants were ordered to pay compensa-
tion to
accused persons under section 250 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the
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