62 environments related offences reported in J&K
Wajahat Shabir. Updated: 9/22/2021 10:40:52 AM
Front Page51 cases at disposal of police, 45 people chargesheeted
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (UT) in the year 2020 has reported 62 cases of environment-related offences which are the highest among the 8 Union Territories of the country.
Among the 8 Union Territories of India, Jammu and Kashmir stand at first, while New Delhi reported 23 cases and Puducherry saw 54 cases of environment-related offences.
During the year 2020, a total of 61,767 cases were registered across the country under Environment Related Offences as compared to 34,676 cases in the year 2019, showing an increase of 78.1%.
The data was revealed last week by the National Crime Record Bureau in its report Crime in India-2020 report. As per the report, in the year 2018, Jammu and Kashmir reported 8 cases of environment-related offences. In 2019, the cases increased to 20 and in the year 2020, the number of cases of environment-related offences was 62.
Out of 62 cases, the Jammu and Kashmir reported 47 offence cases of the Forest Act and the Forest Conservation Act, 1927 and 15 offence cases of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Further as per the report, as many as 80 cases were pending at the disposal of police which include 62 from the year 2020, while 18 cases were pending from the previous year. Out of 80 cases, 29 cases were disposed of by the police whereas at the end of the year 51 cases are pending at the disposal of the police.
Further, around 280 cases were reported for under trails which include 258 from the previous year. As per the report, cases of environment-related offences, whose trials were completed in the year 2020, include 17 while as same numbers of cases have been disposed of by the court. At the end of the year 2020, over 263 cases are at the disposal of the court.
As per the NCRB report, as many as 46 people were arrested for environmental-related offences. Whereas, 45 people have been charges sheeted in the year 2020. Also as per the report, as many as 51 people were acquitted in the year 2020.