§ Colonel DAYasked the Under Secretary of State for India the number of proceedings instituted under the Indian Penal Code during the six months preceding the last convenient date, the number of convictions obtained, together with the minimum and maximum amount of sentences inflicted?
§ Earl WINTERTONStatistics of trials in the Courts of Justice in India are not prepared for periods of less than one year. The latest year for which figures are available is 1924, and the following statement gives the number of cases brought to trial under the Indian Penal Code in that year and the number of persons convicted in these trials. The sentences range from the lowest possible fine or imprisonment up to the penalty of death:
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— Cases brought to trial. Persons convicted. Madras 75,169 39,088 Bombay 44,881 21,740 Bengal 83,458 37,324 United Provinces Agra 67,971 34,205 United Provinces Oudh 22,764 9,328 Punjab 69,604 31,087 Bihar 35,223 18,717 Burma 55,306 37,995 Central Provinces 20,009 11,659 Assam 16,928 7,855 Northern-West Frontier Province. 9,230 4,644 500,543 253,642