Highest over 89% cases registered under IT Act
*Charge-sheeting rate of UT is dismal 43.1%
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 5: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir reported a 12% surge in cybercrime registrations in 2022 compared to the preceding year.
According to a recent report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 173 cases of cyber crimes were registered in the UT in 2022, marking a jump of over 12% cases from the preceding year i.e. 2021 when 154 cases were registered. While 120 cases related to cyber crimes were registered in the year 2020 in Jammu and Kashmir 73 cases were registered in the year 2019.
At the national level, a total of 65,893 cases of cyber crimes were registered in 2022 against 52974 registered in the year 2021, thus a rise of over 24% cases. Among the total cases, highest 42710 (64.8%) cases registered in the year 2022 were for the motive of fraud followed by 3648 (5.5%) cases of extortion, and 3434 (5.2%) cases of sexual exploitation.
In J&K, 151 cases (89%) were under the IT Act followed by 13 cases under different Sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 9 under Special and Local Laws (SLL) category. Among the IT Act cases, 118 were related to computer offenses, and 33 to section 67, involving the publication/transmission of obscene and sexually explicit content in electronic form.
The UT’s charge-sheeting rate among other Union Territories of the country was a low 43.1%, ranking higher only than Ladakh (0%), Lakshadweep (0%), and Chandigarh (42.1%). The Union Territory of Delhi reported the highest charge-sheeting rate at 89.3%, followed by Puducherry (72.7%), Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (71.4%), and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (63.6%).
In the category of States, the charge-sheeting rate of Madhya Pradesh (85.2) was highest followed by 78.8% charge-sheeting rate of Chhattisgarh, 73% of West Bengal, 69.8% of Tamil Nadu, and 69.3% of Bihar. The North-Eastern States of Manipur and Mizoram showed zero percent charge-sheeting rates.
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