Shocking Statistics
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Official Statistics (Source: NCRB) |
Males | Females |
|---|---|---|
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Suicide of MARRIED persons (2005-2008) |
2,23,167 | 1,18,345 |
| SUICIDE Rate (Married) | 65.35% | 34.65% |
| One SUICIDE in Every | 9.42 Mins | 17.77 Mins |
| Number of MURDERS | 26467 | 7952 |
| One Murder in Every | 19Mins | 66Mins |
| No of 498a cases in 2006-2008 by | N/A |
1,39,058 |
Ashutosh quoting your abv post "For some one, It is PWDVA Interpreted matters more than humanity."
I stand by my interpretation of DV Act why you will tell by answring below ques.
Que. 1: Currently DV Act is applicable RETROSPECTIVELY acoss India. DV Act is just a baby of 4 years old. Women who are divorced are filing DV Act retrospectively nd now the que. is do you know the % of divorced women ?
Que. 2: Is is good for humanity to apply retrospectively DV Act ?
Rgds.
Dowry death and bride burning: A look beyond the smoke screen
The phrase “bride burning” conjures up images of a cruel husband and his family members dousing a young woman in kerosene, flinging a lighted matchstick on her and gloating as the hapless bride goes up in flames. The term “dowry death” also sparks off vivid imaginations of a woman being taunted and harassed for money and finally, hanged to death within the four walls of her house. We also have watched movies and TV serials where a malicious mother-in-law poisons the unsuspecting daughter-in-law’s meal or quietly causes a gas leak and locks the new bride in the kitchen right before she lights the stove to make tea for the family.
There must be many families who burn their brides for dowry as a routine practice otherwise, why would there be so many news reports about dowry deaths? As they say, there cannot be smoke without a fire. Right?
Feminists would have you believe that every unnatural or untimely death of a married Indian woman is dowry death. Not only that, the feminist hyperbole on “bride killing” and “dowry harassment” makes it look like Indian men have an uncanny propensity to commit violence on their wives for money, while men in other countries commit domestic violence for other reasons.
In reality, it is the number of registered suicides of married women which are passed off as statistics of dowry death, and even these numbers are almost always exaggerated. It has become a custom to claim that all the women have been “driven to suicide” due to dowry harassment.(Links No.1-6) The husband and in-laws are immediately arrested under IPC Sections 304B and 498A and incarcerated for a couple of weeks to several months without bail. They are promptly subjected to media trial and labeled criminals even before investigation or trial can begin.
Even if all the noise about Indian brides being “driven to suicide” for dowry is indeed well-founded, one would expect that the number of suicides of married women would be significantly higher compared to that of unmarried women. However, the National Crime Records Bureau’s statistics show that there is no significant difference in the rates of suicide by married and unmarried women.
Justice Saldana’s remarks (in Crl.A. no. 589 of 2003) are testimony to how anti-dowry laws are being misused to the detriment of innocent citizens:
…we need to sound a note of caution that the police and investigating authorities should not improperly and technically jump to the conclusion that merely because death has occurred that ipso facto a criminal offense has been committed . In as many as 44% of these cases prosecution is thoroughly unjustified. Unless there is cogent and convincing evidence and unless there is material to sustain these charges, it would be totally impermissible and completely unjustified to embark upon legal action. The consequences of these charges are extremely grave because the accused husband and invariably family members are placed under arrest. There are serious social and economic repercussions.
The fact that we do come across considerable number of instances where prosecution was unjustified seems to indicate that in every case of death of young woman or recently married women that prosecution and filing of charge sheet has become automatic. There does not appear to be a proper application of mind at the stage of scrutiny and having regard to this position we direct the concerned authorities to ensure that requirements of the law are correctly and responsibly followed.
It is important to note that more than 56,000 married Indian men end their lives every year. According to statistics obtained from the National Crime Records Bureau, every year, twice as many married men, compared to women, commit suicides unable to withstand verbal, emotional, economic and physical abuse by their wives and in-laws. Deaths of these men make for the brief stories we often read in newspapers stating that a certain man “killed himself due to family issues or financial problems”. (LInks No.7-12)
Thanks to the concerted efforts of the feminists, thousands of men are also becoming victims of “legal terrorism” unleashed through laws like Sections 498A and 304B of the Indian Penal Code, Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence Act, adultery laws, laws against rape and s*xual harassment, and even divorce, maintenance and child custody laws. Many men are ending their lives unable to endure the fear, humiliation and trauma caused by the legal harassment.(Links No.13-18)
While it is insisted that the death of every young married woman is a case of dowry death requiring immediate arrest of the husband and in-laws, accompanied by media-hype, male-bashing and breast-beating, driving thousands of men to commit suicide is considered social service in India.
Feminists have always wanted “dowry harassment” and “bride burning” to remain hot issues that fuel the Indian Domestic Violence Industry.
The feminist Taliban will surely burn in rage as we look beyond the smoke screen and call their bluff.
Source: Uma Challa https://aimwa.in/dowry-death-and-bride-burning-a-look-beyond-the-smoke-screen
women have been supressed for thousands of years since the time of SITA, so dv act can be applied retrospectively till approx 5000 bc ( approx lord rama era). on the eve of his marriage god rama made some domestic violence at his in laws house by breaking bow of shiva. so domestic violence has been there for several thousand years in india. women of today are avenging the misdeeds men of india did to tem over past 7000 yrs. keep it up pseudo - feminists.
arun ji try to understand , FIRST TIME IN INDIA AND IT HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA . WHILE DV ACT CLEARLY STATES FROM DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF THIS ACT , BUT SOME OF OUR INNOVATIVE PEOPLE IN JUDIACIARY DISCOVER THAT IT CAN BE APPLIED RETROSPECTIVELY UPTO 7000 bc OR MAY BE BEYOND. DOES IT APPLY TO NETHANDERAL MAN OR ITS FOR Homo sapiens only. it is unjust if we dont apply it retrospectively to monkeys too who might have been ancestors of man.
WHY SAME LOGIC NOT APPLIED TO ANY OTHER CRIMINAL LAW. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SUFFERING BECOZ OF WHIM OF SOMEONE IN JUDICIARY.
Nopes. not whims and fancies of Judiciary but chappal maro to Hon'ble SC judges and break chairs of Hon'ble Judges that these L........... Collective and WCD / NCW representative do to Judiciary and reopen all those settled divorce cases retrospetively so that their money making industry flourishes are only the reasons.
Why ld. members will speak up on DV is prospective or not once they all do that it will stop their money making industry and for that who cares a bala she is destined to remain a bala and even all urban bala becomes village a bala in the process of these handy people.
Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist) 02 August 2010
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State or Area 1987 1990 1992 1994 1-10 Rank# by
concentration of Hindu
population
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I. The Hindu-Hindi Heartland
Delhi 79 200 121 132 1
Uttar Pradesh 553 1398 1783 1977 4
Madhya Pradesh 220 556 350 354 6
Rajasthan 113 286 250 298 7
Haryana 133 336 209 191 3
Punjabs 70 177 101 117 2
II. The Affluent West
Maharashtra* 250 632 727 519 5
Gujarat* 23 58 123 105
Goac 0 0 0 0
Daman & Diuc 0 0 0 0
III. The Financially-strangled East:
West Bengal 97 245 179 349 10
Bihar 120 303 170 296
Sikkimb 0 0 0 0
IV. The Non-Hindi South:
Andhra Pradesh 98 248 424 396 9
Karnataka 83 210 209 170 10
Tamil Nadu 49 124 75 83
Keralac 2 5 18 9
V. The Far-East (politically and economically alienated):
Assam 3 8 1 13
Tripura 3 8 3 6
Nagalandc 0 0 0 0
Mizoramc 0 0 0 0
VI. The "Battlefield":
Jammu & Kashmirm 10 25 18 1 8
Arup (UNEMPLOYED) 02 August 2010
money making industry flourishes are only the reasons.
- i support this.
money making is the main intention, this businessmen exploits both the parties.
Arup (UNEMPLOYED) 02 August 2010
mr ashutosh,
please give the internet reference of the pictures by which members can follow it.
you gave some statistics - what is the subject matters of these statistics.? pl put the text.
Arup (UNEMPLOYED) 02 August 2010
mr ashutosh
I have come across more than 100 cases in and around me, in which either (some of) bride have been killed rather murdered brutally or have committed suicides.
where is the name and address of these 100 murders,?
instead of putting the name and address, you are posting some photos that also without net address.
please put the same.
Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist) 02 August 2010
Bride burning and dowry deaths in India (an original article)
Table I.
Geographical distribution of DOWRY DEATHS in India2 (a partial list)
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State or Area 1987 1990 1992 1994 1-10 Rank# by
concentration of Hindu
population
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I. The Hindu-Hindi Heartland
Delhi 79 200 121 132 1
Uttar Pradesh 553 1398 1783 1977 4
Madhya Pradesh 220 556 350 354 6
Rajasthan 113 286 250 298 7
Haryana 133 336 209 191 3
Punjabs 70 177 101 117 2
II. The Affluent West
Maharashtra* 250 632 727 519 5
Gujarat* 23 58 123 105
Goac 0 0 0 0
Daman & Diuc 0 0 0 0
III. The Financially-strangled East:
West Bengal 97 245 179 349 10
Bihar 120 303 170 296
Sikkimb 0 0 0 0
IV. The Non-Hindi South:
Andhra Pradesh 98 248 424 396 9
Karnataka 83 210 209 170 10
Tamil Nadu 49 124 75 83
Keralac 2 5 18 9
V. The Far-East (politically and economically alienated):
Assam 3 8 1 13
Tripura 3 8 3 6
Nagalandc 0 0 0 0
Mizoramc 0 0 0 0
VI. The "Battlefield":
Jammu & Kashmirm 10 25 18 1 8
Most places are predominantly Hindu except for Christian (c), Muslim (m),
or Buddhist (b) areas. Punjab has a large Sikh (s) population as well as
urban Hindu pockets that have major problems. The state of Jammu and
Kashmir has a Hindu majority in Jammu and a Muslim majority in Kashmir. A
large section of Kashmir has been taken by Pakistan through wars in the
sixties. Both India and Pakistan claim ownership of the state.
# Rank on the basis of a six-year average.
>From the above table, we observe the following:
(i). The incidence of dowry deaths has surged since 1987 (reason could
also be more press coverage and uncovering of facts by feminist
organizations and lawyers).
(ii). The numbers are the highest in the "Hindu-Hindi Heartland" and
"Affluent West" areas that are traditional strongholds of BJP and
Congress.
(iii). The traditionally incidence-free non-Hindi-speaking south Indian
and eastern states (such as West Bengal) have seen rapid rise of dowry
deaths since 1987.
At the same time, surprisingly, some places are almost incidence-free.
This could be attributed to the following reasons:
(a) Preponderance of non-Hindu religions that forbid dowry- and
caste-based marriages;
(b) Preponderance of an ancient (pre-Brahminization) Hindu social
system of dowry-free marriage (visible in Assam and Tripura);
(c) Preponderance of tribal societies that have dowry- and
caste-free social system (e.g., the far-eastern areas).
The numbers in Table I are conservative estimates as many deaths are never
reported. According to Rani Jethmalani, 15000 dowry deaths are occurring
every year in India. In another estimation3, 25000 women will have been
killed during the next two years.
In most cases, mainly because of inaction of the police, first information
reports (FIR) are often not entered. Parents of the killed bride are not
properly heard by the administration or justice system. This is more so
when the criminal or his family has connections with ruling political
parties. The legal system in India is a degenerate relic of the colonial
British system and is pathetically slow. Any case in the lower courts
(where these trials, if any pursued, are held) would take at least five to
ten years to complete. By that time, if the litigating parents can keep
their money and optimism flowing to sustain the proceedings, chances are
that the FIR, post-mortem and other reports will have been tampered,
witnesses will have been bribed or threatened, judges will leave on
vacation or retirement, and the criminal on bail will be unavailable. And,
finally, he will either go free upon benefit of the doubt or get a light
sentence upon lack of enough evidence (usually seven years in jail -- he
will actually serve two to three years). Then he will come out, and
remarry with another batch of dowry. It may be pointed out here that it
is CHEAPER for an Indian man to kill his spouse and obtain a new one with
another dowry than to divorce his wife and pay her maintenance7.
Capitalist economics works at its best in India.
Incredible as it may sound, in some cases, the convicted husband will be
requested by the parents of his previous bride to marry her sister. The
latter is an example of the severity of the problem. The sister and her
parents have no place else to go but the abuser/killer man. The death of
the woman has left a permanent mark of misfortune on her family resulting
outcasting/abhorrence by other prospective bridegrooms. The surviving
sister can't remain unmarried: the patriarch society and the upper caste
rulers would not permit that. But the incidence of the "untimely death"
of her older sister prevents her parents to find a "clean" groom for her.
Now, here comes the widower willing to remarry with an batch of dowry
probably a little less than the first time. And, he will now probably be
more "forgiving" to the bride's family he already so much knows. So, who
should the family turn to but the "closely related"?
IV. Some Known Cases 1,4,5
Sudha Goel1: Sudha was burned to death when she was eight months
pregnant. Her neighbors rushed in upon hearing her screams and found her
aflame. Sudha, like many other dying women, refuse to incriminate her
husband. However, it was one of the very few cases where the husband and
monther in-law were found guilty of killing her and were sentenced to
imprisonment for life. This was possible because of active support from
feminist organizations and lawyers.
Meena Kumari1: Meena was burned to death by her sister in-law in collusion
with Meena's mother in-law and husband. This happened when Meena's
parents refused to meet the constant dowry demands. In her dying
declaration, Meena indicated how she was mentally and physically tortured
by her new family. She was also insinuated of s*xual relations with other
men. Meena's "new family" has been acquitted for lack of sufficient
evidence.
Arveen Kaur1: Arveen Kaur was found dead in her room a few years after
her marriage. Before her death, she wrote letters to her father
describing the pain, torture, and humiliation she endured as a result of
increasing dowry demands. She was deprived of food, clothing, and money.
After many years, the court has recently framed charges against Arveen's
husband and in-laws.
Surupa Guha4: Surupa was poisoned to death by her husband, in-laws, and
their family servant. The husband and father in-law were well-to-do
individuals who ran one of the best schools of Calcutta. The story of her
death featured the big newspapers for years as a hot item. Unfortunately,
neither the newspapers nor the progressive intelligentsia of Calcutta
could prevent the court acquittal of the husband and father in-law. The
servant served a prison sentence.
Vimala Devi5: Twenty two year old Vimala was burned to death after seven
years of her marriage (she was married at the age of fifteen which is a
punishable act under the Child Marriage Restraint Act -- the husband is to
be imprisoned in these cases; however, in most Indian families, birth
certificates are not registered). She sought help two times at the Shakti
Shalini shelter for battered women to cope with abusive and persistent
demands for dowry. After counseling and reconciliation with her husband,
she was sent back to her marital home. Vimala's death after seven years
of marriage demonstrated the calculation and premeditation behind the
murder. (The husband Babulal was knowledgeable about the Dowry Prohibition
Act of 1961 (amended in 1984 and 1986) that stipulates "where the death of
a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than
under normal circumstances WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OF HER MARRIAGE and it is
shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or
harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband...such death
shall be called dowry death, and such husband or relative shall be deemed
to have caused the death").
Vimala's tragedy epitomizes the enormity of the problem. The hospital
where she was taken was incompetent in properly registering Vimala as a
burn victim, the police mishandled the case by not conducting a post
mortem, they were reluctant to pursue an investigation against Babulal and
his family. Babulal or his family was not found guilty.
Bibliography
1Rani Jethmalani, ed. 1995. Kali's Yug: Empowerment, Law and Dowry
Deaths. Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, India.
2National Crimes Bureau, Home Ministry, Govt. of India. From: Souvenir of
the First International Conference on Dowry and Bride-Burning in India,
Harvard Law School, September 30, October 1 & 2, 1995.
3Souvenir of the First International Conference on Dowry and Bride-Burning
in India, Harvard Law School, September 30, October 1 & 2, 1995.
4The author's personal knowledge and experience.
5Ritu Banerjee. Bride burning and the law: Vimala Devi's tragedy.
Souvenir of the First International Conference on Dowry and Bride-Burning
in India, Harvard Law School, September 30, October 1 & 2, 1995.
6WARLAW: Women's Action Research and Legal Action for Women. Express
Building, 9-10 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India.
7Manushi, a journal dedicated for the cause of Indian women. Manushi
Trust, C/202 Lajpat Nagar - I, New Delhi 110024, India.
Source/Link: www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1996_2/msg00193.html
Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist) 02 August 2010
January 1, 2008 by Cyber Gandhi
Delhi tops crime charts for fifth year in a row
NEW DELHI: Delhi continues to be the undisputed ‘crime capital’ of the country. It is not only No 1 among 35 big cities with the largest number of crime cases but also has the dubious distinction of having topped the list for five years in a row.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in its latest annual report—Crime in India: 2006—also points out that Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore together accounted for more than one-third of all crimes reported in Indian cities having a population of over a million people, for the second year in a row.
The national capital occupies the top slot for almost all violent crimes, including murder, rape, dowry death, molestation, kidnapping and abduction.
The report also notes the disturbing trend of young people taking to crime in a big way. It shows that 44.6% of the total arrested criminals during 2006 belonged to the 18-30 year age-group. In 2005, the figure was 44% and the trend was uniformly high across the 35 big cities under survey.
Besides the top three cities, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Indore and Pune are the other mega cities which figure prominently in NCRB’s list for reporting relatively higher number of cases.
The 35 mega cities collectively reported a total of 3,26,363 cognizable crimes in 2006, an increase of 3.7% over 2005.
According to NCRB, the country reported a total of 51,02,460 cognizable crimes, of which 18,78,293 related to murder, rape, attempt to murder, kidnapping, abduction, dowry death, dacoity, molestation and other violent offences. The remaining 32,24,167 incidents were cases registered under the Arms Act, Gambling Act, Prohibition Act, Forest Act, Railways Act and other special and local laws.
Although the overall crime in the country recorded an increase of 1.5% in 2006 as compared to 2005, the ‘crime rate’ (number of crimes per one lakh population) declined by 0.02%. Predictably, Delhi bucked this trend as well and the crime rate here grew to 357.2, more than double the national average of 167.7.
The crime rate is universally accepted as a more realistic indicator of crime. These figures reveal the dismal state of women in the capital. Dowry death (120), rape (533) and molestation (629) rates in Delhi were much higher as compared with other mega cities. Delhi, in fact, accounted for 31.2% of the total rape cases reported in big cities.
Source:
1 Jan 2008 ... Among violent crimes, India reported 32481 murders, 19348 rapes, 7618 dowry deaths and 36617 molestation cases in 2006. ...
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Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist) 02 August 2010
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80% of Delhi women fear for their safety |
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Two out of three women in Delhi have suffered s*xual harassment at least two to five times in the last year. Female respondents to a survey expressed a dismal lack of confidence in the police to curb harassment, with only 0.8% reporting such incidents to the authorities
Nearly 80% of women in Delhi fear for their safety in the city, says a new survey conducted by the Delhi government’s Women and Child Development Department, NGO Jagori, and the international organisation Unifem.
The survey ‘Safe Cities Baseline Survey-Delhi 2010’ gathered and analysed information about the nature and forms of gender-based violence and harassment faced by women, the role of governing agencies and the police in safeguarding women’s rights, and societal perceptions and attitudes towards s*xual harassment.
The survey is based on interviews of 5,010 people, including 3,816 women and 944 men. The rest are common witnesses like bus conductors, shopkeepers and auto drivers who have possibly witnessed acts of s*xual harassment against women.
“Nearly three out of every five women reported facing s*xual harassment not only after dark but also through the day. But it is a good sign that 68% of the women deal with harassment in some way, like confronting the perpetrator or seeking help from family and friends,” said Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia, who also looks after the Women and Child Development Department.
The main reasons for s*xual harassment identified in the survey include lack of gender-friendly and functional infrastructure such as adequate lighting, sidewalks and safe public toilets; open consumption of alcohol and drugs by men; and lack of an effective and visible police presence.
Female respondents expressed a dismal lack of confidence in the police to curb harassment, with only 0.8% reporting such incidents to the authorities. The vast majority responded to harassment by confronting the perpetrator themselves or seeking help from family and friends. The lack of faith in the police extended across all occupational groups.
Walia said public transport, buses and roads with faulty streetlights are spaces where women and girls face high levels of s*xual harassment. “There was a necessity to understand the problem. Now we have realised the problem we will be able to find a solution. For instance, we will write for CCTVs to be installed in buses and also make sure that s*xual harassment becomes a non-bailable offence through changes in the CrPC,” she added.
The report on the findings of the survey included a number of recommendations like improving public infrastructure such as streetlights, sidewalks and privacy of public women’s toilets, publicising the use of helplines, deploying more policemen, and sensitising the public.
Source: The Indian Express, July 9, 2010 |
PSEUDO -FEMINISTS MAKING A LIVING OUT OF MISERIES OF WOMEN ARE AUTHORS OF ABOVE FALSE ARTICLE. I FULLY AGREE THAT DOWRY PROBLEM STILL EXISTS TO SOME EXTENT IN RURAL AND RARELY URBAN INDIA TOO. I HAVE MYSELF SEEN SUCH CASES IN MY VICINITY, BUT THE POINT PSEUDO-FEMINISTISTS FAIL TO SEE HERE IS MISUSE OF THSE LAWS IN 95% OF CASES.COME TO COURT AND SEE URSELF MALE VICTIMISATION BY URBAN WOMEN.
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