New Delhi: Crime against children rose by an alarming 24 per cent last year in the country, with Uttar Pradesh topping the list and Delhi coming in third place. "It is alarming that, in 2011, the crimes against children reported a 24 per cent increase from the previous year with a total of 33,098 cases," the report 'Children in India 2012-A Statistical Appraisal', conducted by the Central Statistical Organisation, said. The highest number of crimes against children, it said, was reported from Uttar Pradesh (16.6 per cent) followed by Madhya Pradesh (13.2 per cent), Delhi (12.8 per cent) and Maharashtra (10.2 per cent).
According to the report, there was an increase of 43 per cent in kidnapping and abduction cases in 2011 while rape cases where the victims were children rose by 30 per cent in the same period. While UP and Delhi together accounted for 47.6 per cent of kidnappings and abductions of children reported in the country last year, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra together accounted for 44.5 per cent of child rape cases.
The report also said that procuration of minor girls (862 cases) last year recorded an increase of 27 per cent and foeticide reported an increase of 19 per cent as compared to the previous year. As many as 113 cases under prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 were reported in the country in 2011, out of which the highest were in West Bengal (25) followed by Maharashtra (19), Andhra Pradesh (15), Gujarat (13) and Karnataka (12).
The study also reveals that the conviction rate at national level for crimes against children stood at 34.6 per cent. The conviction rate for 'infanticide' (other than murder) was highest at 46.9 per cent followed by cases under murder (45.5 per cent). The study observed that the increasing trend in the incidence of juvenile crimes is a matter of grave concern.
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