| Case data (estimated 2013) | |||||||||||||||
| Cases carried forward from previous year | Estimated New Cases | Estimated Cases ending in conviction | Estimated Cases dismissed | Estimated Cases diverted | Cases pending (average per month) | ||||||||||
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | men | women | total | |
| No data | No data | No data | 2060 | No data | No data | 62 | No data | No data | 178 | No data | No data | 1192 | No data | No data | 2093 |
| Data note | Date note | ||||||||||||||
| See Trends data. Data for Jan-Jun 2013 aggregated and multiplied by 2 to present an estimate of case figures for 2013. | Cases pending are not additive and an average is presented here. | ||||||||||||||
| Age of cases pending | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 351 | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 463 | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 492 | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 467 | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 350 | ||||||||||||||
| Case management | |||||||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey: Prosecutors (N:2) | |||||||||||||||
| When does a prosecutor first review a case file? | After charge | N:1 | |||||||||||||
| Case referral to police | Sometimes | N:1 | |||||||||||||
| Mechanism for pre-trial review where prosecution and defence can discuss plea, evidence and witnesses? | Sometimes | N:1 | |||||||||||||
| Never | N:1 | ||||||||||||||
| No of cases prosecutors manage in a day | 100 | N:1 | |||||||||||||
| 30 today | N:1 | ||||||||||||||
| % women victims | 70% | N:1 | |||||||||||||
| % women accused | 20% | N:1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 most common offences tried in your district? | 1. Murder; 2. Narcotics; 3. Dacoity; 4. Rape; 5. Theft | N:1 | |||||||||||||
| Case Flow - Pre-trial | |||||||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey (N:1 Prosecutor) | |||||||||||||||
| Av time: FIR to trial in the CJM? | no data | ||||||||||||||
| Av time: FIR to trial in the DSC? | no data | ||||||||||||||
| Av time: FIR to trial in the NOS? | no data | ||||||||||||||
| Av no of adjournments pre-trial in CJM | no data | ||||||||||||||
| Av no of adjournments pre-trial in DSC | no data | ||||||||||||||
| Av no of adjournments pre-trial in NOS | 10 to 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Main reason | No witness | ||||||||||||||
| Representation by lawyer | Most (NOS) | ||||||||||||||
| Case Flow - Trial | |||||||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey as above | |||||||||||||||
| Av length of trial in the CJM? | no data | ||||||||||||||
| Av length of trial in the DSC? | no data | ||||||||||||||
| Av length of trial in the NOS? | More than 2 yrs | ||||||||||||||
| Case Flow Disposal | |||||||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey, Lawyers at court - NODS prosecutor (N:1) | |||||||||||||||
| Conviction following Guilty plea | No example | ||||||||||||||
| Cases compounded | 60% | Data note | Interviewee adds that he has no power to compound under NOS law | ||||||||||||
| Cases settled | 25% | ||||||||||||||