J&K sees surge in economic offence cases: NCRB report
The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory over the past two years has seen a surge in economic offences cases.
Economic offences encompass all crimes which occur during the course of any economic or business activity. In the beginning, such offences including corruption and criminal misconduct were dealt with under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’).
As per the data issued by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Jammu and Kashmir reported 621 economic offence cases in 2019. The number went down to 611 the following year. However, in the year 2021, Jammu and Kashmir saw 669 economic offence cases.
The data further states that the charge sheet rate in the year 2021 was 66.4%. The data adds that out of 669 economic offence cases, 590 are of forgery, cheating & fraud, 8 are counterfeiting and 71 are criminal breach of trust.
In J&K, the data says that there are 12 cases of criminal breach of trust. Out of 12, 10 are a criminal breach of trust of less than Rs.1 Lakh and two others are Rs.1 Lakh to 10 Lakhs. Further, there are 105 cases of forgery, cheating & fraud. 56 cases are forgery, cheating & fraud of less than Rs.1 Lakh, 38 cases are Rs.1 Lakh to 10 Lakh and 8 cases are of Rs.50 Lakhs to 1 Crore and three are from Rs.1 to 10 Crore.
Regarding the police disposal of economic offences, the data says that there are a total of 2642 cases. 1948 cases are pending investigation from the previous year. 669 cases were reported during the year. 25 cases were reopened for investigation.
The data further states that 161 cases ended as final reports false in Jammu and Kashmir.
There were also 69 cases of true but insufficient evidence or untraced or no. 455 cases were charge-sheeted. The data further reads that a total of 685 cases were disposed-off by police.
A single case was quashed. 26 cases stayed at the investigation stage, the data says. The charge sheet rate stands at 66.4%. The pendency percentage stands at 74% in economic offence cases.
The NCRB data also reads that there are 3466 cases pending trial from the previous year. 3921 cases are under trial and 10 cases were abated by court.
