Over 1,30,000 Women Have Been Arrested Under Section 498A Since 2004.
I pulled the data from the NCRB annual publications on Crime In India. You can find this data under the tables section, specifically, TABLE-12.2, Persons Arrested Under IPC Crimes (Crime Head-Wise And Gender-Wise). Links to these tables are given below:
The NCRB compiled data from the above links is given below and highlighted in yellow:
The next thing to look at are the number of Final Reports that were submitted. The data below gives you the true picture of what the police have been doing. The 498A cases are highlighted in yellow.
Disposal Of IPC Cases By Police (NCRB) 2004-2006
Why is there such a large discrepancy in the ratio of cases closed with a final report to those which were charge sheeted ? It is obvious that the police aren’t doing their work. And why would they, these women were easy pickings for these hyenas. All they had to do was swoop in and scoop up these women, ignoring their rights against arbitrary arrest. These women include young girls to grandmothers.
To truly understand the scope of this egregious act by the Govt Of India, here is some data from the days of the British raj.
In 1930, the British govt arrested 17,000 women for their involvement in the Dandi Yatra (Salt March). During 1937 to 1947 (10 Years), they arrested 5,000 women involved in the freedom struggle.
The Govt of India, under the sway of the radical feminists of India, has been arresting over 27,000 women/year of all ages since 2004. In all these cases, these women, including nursing mothers, little girls and grandmothers, were arrested without an investigation into the veracity of the complaints filed.
The Indian courts know this this too. The Higher judiciary is cleaner than the lower judiciary, which is nothing short of a sewer, that people entangled in this mess fall into.
Worse, officials and agencies of The Govt Of India know about it. I quote:
- The idea should be to see how the police system works, the concerned official out there should not lodge an FIR and arrest the groom and his side before investigating. These kind of shortcuts are mainly tainting the image of the prevailing law. The way uncles, aunts are also humiliated is not fair, we agree that they should not be booked until a full-proof investigation is carried out. Instead of amending the law we should try to improve our police system and investigating procedure. -Spokesperson Of The NCW, 14 /Jan /2007, TOI Article: “NRIs cry foul over IPC 498A, dowry law”
- I object to this exploitation of the law. It is wrong to misuse the law. The law is for those who need it. -Union Minister For WCD, Renuka Chaudhary, on the Arjun Singh 498A episode.
So why isn’t this law amended to at least introduce some checks and balances to prevent its abuse?
The answer lies in the fact that this whole thing is a profitable venture for all concerned, including internationally funded NGOs like CSR
Finally, take a look at total number of people arrested under this law.
Total Arrests Under 498A Since 2004 (NCRB)
There are more people arrested under this law than those accused of MURDER!
It is the families, especially women, who get caught up in this extortion racket who pay for the perfidy of this establishment !
Shame !!! Shame !! Shame !!
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Any arrest has to be justified.But seeing the conviction rate of 498a which is just around 2% , so all these arrest are truely unfair. The government in the name of gender biased law is actually demolishing family and increasing family court and creating fatherless child.Renuka chowdahry who openly said this sentence “it is time for men to suffer” ;law framed by this saddist people will only end up breaking families. she should show so much hatred on men and coming out with incomplete drafted law,
Kesav
The figures tells clearly that india under appeasement policy is a failure country.
Arrested
Under
IPC 498a Women Men Total % of
Women Arrested
2004 27832 97825 125657 22.1
2005 28745 98815 127560 22.5
2006 31253 105927 137180 22.8
2007 32815 111223 144039 22.8 <- estimated at 5% increase ____ over figures of 2006)
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Totals 1,20,645 4,13,790 5,34,436 22.6
Arrested
Under
IPC 498a- Women - Men – Total - % of
Women Arrested
2004 - 27832 - 97825 – 125657 - 22.1
2005 - 28745 - 98815 – 127560 - 22.5
2006 - 31253 - 105927 – 137180 - 22.8
2007 - 32815 - 111223 – 144039 - 22.8 <- estimated at 5% ____ increase over figures of 2006)
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Totals 1,20,645- 4,13,790 – 5,34,436 – 22.6
Obstinately in the forefront as champion of gender-biased injustice, our charismatic heroine Renuka is quick to jump on the publicity bandwagon of Arushi and her father Dr. Rajesh Talwar. “The family should sue the state police and those responsible for bungling the case TERRIFYINGLY must be suspended,” she opined in classic rendition of pidgin English. See links
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Talwar-family-should-sue-UP-police-Renuka/334810/ , and http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Talwar_family_should_sue_UP_police_Renuka_Chowdhury/articleshow/3226604.cms.
“We have lost complete confidence in police, the way it provided SALACIOUS (Ohh! A big word! Very impressive!) details about the young girl. The police assassinated characters, casts aspersions and tarnished the reputation of a minor young girl,” the honorably honorable minister observed quite correctly sympathizing with Dr Talwar’s family, blasting the Police for defamatory and libelous practices.
“If this is how police conduct investigations,” the minister said, adding “nobody will ever come out to speak the truth and is the biggest insecurity of today’s law-abiding citizen”. (YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, RENU Baby! We all agree with you).
Continuing on in stylish hypocrisy, “The police has assassinated the character of two normal people. Nothing can compensate for the trauma which the family went through …. I have already asked for the suspension of the concerned police officials ….”.
And how could UP police miss what was staring them in their eyes.” They didn’t miss a damn thing, Dear, they were just doing what they know to do best: grasp at the most sleazy option (regardless of it being a downright lie!) and effect a conviction.
Give yourself a moment’s break away from publicity-hounding pursuits and take an impartial look at the multitude of 498a victims around you, and the shameless presence of the very issues you feel so strongly about, viz. the TERRIFYINGLY bungling 498A “investigations”, the “SALACIOUS” stories in fabricated 498a FIR’s that could make a mechanic blush, “assassinated characters”, “tarnished reputations”, “traumatized” victims, etc., etc., and these are YOUR words in relation to a classic Police frame-up in a murder case.
These, your words, would be more applicable directed toward the blatant violation of equal protection guarantees afforded in our Constitution with specific pertinence to the rampant gender-biased 498a discrimination that has become so much in vogue.
The Times of India reports, “Chowdhury had earlier stated that her openly critical stance on the police had won her a lot of public support and she had received a number of letters and telegrams from parents as well as various organizations.”
Please be assured that the 498a victims and families also have truck loads of letters waiting to be mailed – just as soon as there’s some sign of a policy shift toward fair-mindedness and reciprocity toward championing the plight of the 498a underdogs. Heck, we’d even treat you to a good home-cooked dinner. So whaddya say?
We fight against those feminist NGOs who support vindictive in-laws. These NGOs help in outright-jailing of even old and sick innocent people (including women) in the name of “Women’s Right” because they carry no humanity, 498a and DV Act.
Do you know ? NCRB: Over 100,000 Women Arrested Under 498A Since 2004
More than 1,00,000 women are arrested without trial under law Section 498a IPC by Indian Govt in last 4 years even as thieves, molestors get bail. Are these women a bigger threat to society than thieves and molestors? (LINK)
Is this what women’s empowerment by Congress Govt?
Even it took British 10 years to arrest 5000 women( 1937-47) but our Indian Government arrested more than 1,00,000 women ( 18 times ) in just 4 years ( 2004 – 2007).
The maximum women arrested even by barbaric British Goverment in 1930, approx 17000 women for their involvement Dandi Yatra (Salt March), which is much less than our Present Goverment done and our National commission of Women (NCW) and their associated are promoting the same even openly in Media/society/Parlament, which even Supreme Court of India also termed as “Legal Terrorism”!!!
Join the Revolution and help save your family or your beloved ones from the misuse of this deadly law!
dear friends,
since the inception of 498(A) IPC, on and again majority of women having other issues then dowery harssement had missed used, over used this provision of law to settle their own score with their husband, and had shown their power through this provision of law.
This law is good where there is genuene harasment to women by husband and his relatives, but the point is public without investigating the issue had made arrest in 498(A), means lots of honest people got traped under it. the latest amendent in CRPC u/s 41 is a releaf from such arrest.
The Domestic violence Act, 2006 is another step to reduce the burden under 498(a) by making it civil law. i feel the figure under 498(A) shold now come down.
Women facing or who wants to make complaint under section 498(A)IPC, first should be given an opportunity before a “womens cell” penal at every police station to resolve their issue, or the police officer there in should act in a friendly way in resolving the issue without filling the FIR at first instance and try to solve their disputes and but them on police dairy. There are many police station doing great job in this direction, and keeping watch.
every police station in india should have a ” Alternative dispute settlement cell “. This will help peopel to resolve disputes at at a primary stage, and reduce the work of police/ executive, the judicary and will reduce the pressure on jail also.I thing it is good way out.
every thing has two sides, black and white. thus the crpc amendent also, the black side is criminals will have lesser or no fear in committing the crimes there under.
Many of u will not like my view.
Lets see how it matures……
A provision can be added in Indian Evidence Act to permit and giving legal validity of narco analysis , lie detector , brain mapping tests of women during investigation and trial of complaint u/s 498a to know the actual cause.