State records 55.36% conviction rate; Nagpur ranked 6th
   Date :27-Apr-2022

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By Dheeraj Fartode
Maharashtra police have recorded 55.36 per cent conviction rate in 2021, a slight dip from 58.95 per cent in 2020, in Indian Penal Code (IPC) cases.
The Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) Police topped the tally among the Police Commissionerates while Ratnagiri police was first among the District police units in the State. The Nagpur City police ranked sixth with 51.63 per cent conviction rate.
Conviction rate is the number of cases per hundred in which the court has held the accused guilty and awarded punishment. In 1996, the conviction rate of Maharashtra was at 18.8 per cent and dropped to 11.6 per cent in 2006 and further dipped to 8.2 per cent in 2011. The improvement in the conviction rate was the impact of a series of measures launched by the State police during the tenure of Ex-DGP Sanjeev Dayal (2012 to 2015) and continued by his successors. A top rank police official attributed the conviction rate of over 50 per cent to various measures including proper investigation and filing of ‘watertight’ chargesheets, appointments of law officers, use of technology and forensic reports, monitoring of cases by Pairavi Officers in courts and the most important -- convincing the witnesses for proper statements in the courts.
 
According to statistics of Maharashtra Police, MBVV Commissionerate which was formed in 2020, has recorded the highest 89.63 per cent conviction rate in IPC cases while Amravati City police ranked second with 58.48 % conviction rate. ADG Sadanand Date is the Police Commissioner of MBVV police while DIG Dr Aarti Singh is leading the Amravati City police. Navi Mumbai police ranked third with 54.74% conviction rate, Thane ranked fourth (54.08%), Mumbai ranked fifth (52.14 %), Nagpur ranked sixth (51.63%), Pimpri Chinchwad ranked seventh (43.22%), Pune ranked eighth (41.72%), Solapur City police ranked ninth (32.91%), Aurangabad ranked tenth (32.08%) and Nashik City police ranked eleventh for recording worst conviction rate of 18.17%.
Among the eight police ranges, Thane police range has secured highest 77.95 per cent conviction rate followed by Nagpur Range (63.91%), Amravati Range (63.47%), Nasik Range (59.19%), Kolhapur Range (53.58%), Nanded Range (38.62%) and Gadchiroli Range (32.17%). Ratnagiri district police topped the chart among the District police units with 79.70 per cent conviction rate while Beed police recorded 20.65 per cent conviction rate which is the worst in the State in 2021.

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Amravati city police ranked 1st in detection
With 88.85 per cent detection rate, Amravati City police ranked first among the police commissionerates of Maharashtra police. Aurangabad city police ranked second with 85.30 per cent detection rate, followed by Mumbai police with 82.08 per cent detection rate, Nagpur city police with 77.31 per cent detection rate and Mira Bhainder with 76.08 per cent detection rate. Pune city police recorded worst 59.02 per cent detection rate in the chart.