| Prosecution Case Data (estimate 2013) | |||||||||||||||
| Data note | See Trends and data note: the six months Jan-Jun are aggregated and multiplied by 2 for an estimate of the year 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Cases carried forward from previous year | Estimated New Cases | Estimated Cases ending in conviction | Estimated Cases dismissed | Estimated Cases diverted | Estimated 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 | 1546 | No data | No data | 782 | No data | No data | 2030 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | 809 |
| Age of cases pending | No data | ||||||||||||||
| Case management | |||||||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey: Prosecution and Lawyers at court (N:2) | |||||||||||||||
| When does a prosecutor first review a case file? | After charge is laid | N | 1 | ||||||||||||
| When trial date is set | N | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Case referral to police | Usually / sometimes | N | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mechanism for pre-trial review where prosecution and defence can discuss plea, evidence and witnesses? | Yes | N | 1 | ||||||||||||
| rarely | N | 1 | |||||||||||||
| How many cases do your prosecutors manage in a day? | 50 -100 | N | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 today | N | 1 | |||||||||||||
| % women victims | 10% | ||||||||||||||
| % women accused | 6% | N | 1 | ||||||||||||
| less than 5% | N | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 most common offences in the district | murder, narcotics, kidnapping | ||||||||||||||
| Case Flow - pre-trial | |||||||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey, Prosecutor Cross Checks (N:2) | |||||||||||||||
| Av time: FIR to trial in the CJM? | 3-6 months | ||||||||||||||
| Av time: FIR to trial in the DSC? | 6 - 9 months | ||||||||||||||
| Av time: FIR to trial in the NOS? | less than 3 months | N | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 9 - 10 months | N | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Av no of adjournments pre-trial in CJM | 3-4 times | ||||||||||||||
| Av no of adjournments pre-trial in DSC | 5-6 times | ||||||||||||||
| Av no of adjournments pre-trial in NOS | 2-3 times | ||||||||||||||
| Main reason for adjournments | No witness | ||||||||||||||
| Legal representation (all courts) | Always | ||||||||||||||
| Case Flow - Trial | |||||||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey (as above) | |||||||||||||||
| Av length of trial in the CJM? | 6-9 months | ||||||||||||||
| Av length of trial in the DSC? | Up to 6 months | ||||||||||||||
| Av length of trial in the NOS? | 3 months | ||||||||||||||
| Case Flow - Disposal | |||||||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey, Lawyers at court (N:1 Prosecutor) | |||||||||||||||
| Conviction following Guilty plea | Very few | ||||||||||||||
| Cases compounded | Very few | ||||||||||||||
| Cases diverted / settled | 5% | ||||||||||||||