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Chapter - 20

Crime Against Senior Citizens Introduction

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 define senior citizens as the Indian citizens who have attained the age of 60 years or above. As per the Population Census 2011, elderly persons or senior citizens were nearly 1024.6 lakh population. For the first time an effort has been made by the Bureau to analyze the types and patterns of ‘Crime Against Senior Citizens’ under this exclusive chapter. The Bureau has collected data on crimes against senior citizens under various sections of IPC for this edition under the revised proformae of ‘Crime in India’. Crime against senior citizens (Incidence: 18,714, Rate 18.3)

A total of 18,714 cases of IPC crimes against senior citizens were reported during 2014. Out of 18,714 IPC crimes under crime against senior citizens, maximum cases were reported under cheating (1,567 cases) followed by robbery (1,184 cases), murder (1,115 cases) and grievous hurt (1,069 cases), contributing 8.4%, 6.3%, 6.0% and 5.7% respectively of total such crimes during 2014.

Against 18,714 cases, a total of 25,136

persons (consisting of 23,667 male and 1,469 female) were arrested under crime against senior citizens during 2014.

State/UT wise trends reveal that

maximum cases of crime against senior citizens were reported in Maharashtra accounting for 21.3% (3,981 cases out of 18,714 cases) followed by Madhya Pradesh at 18.4% (3,438 cases), Tamil Nadu 11.3% (2,121 cases) and Andhra Pradesh 9.9% (1,852 cases) during 2014.

A large number of persons arrested for

crime against senior citizens were reported in Madhya Pradesh (5,556) followed by Maharashtra (4,283), Tamil Nadu (2,454), West Bengal (2,419), Andhra Pradesh (1,821)

and Chhattisgarh (1,155) during 2014. During 2014, nearly 18 elderly persons

were victims of various IPC crimes out of every one lakh elderly population. A crime rate of 18.3 was observed at all India level. Delhi has reported the maximum rate of such crime with 89.0 crime rate followed by Madhya Pradesh (60.2), A & N Island (47.2), Goa (44.6), Chhattisgarh (41.6), Andhra Pradesh (38.3) and Maharashtra (35.8). Trend of major crimes against senior citizens Murder (Incidence: 1,115; Rate 1.1)

A total of 1,115 cases of murder of

senior citizens were reported wherein 1,142 elderly people were murdered during 2014. Most of such cases were reported in Tamil Nadu (171 cases), Uttar Pradesh (170 cases), Maharashtra (167 cases) and Madhya Pradesh (116 cases), these States together accounted for 56.0% (624 cases out of 1,115 cases).

A total of 1,754 persons arrested for murder of elderly people in the country during 2014. Maximum number of persons arrested for such crime were reported in Uttar Pradesh (427) followed by Maharashtra (242), Tamil Nadu (222) and Madhya Pradesh (179). Attempt to murder (Incidence: 349; Rate 0.3)

A total of 349 cases of attempt to

murder of senior citizens were reported during 2014. Most of such cases were reported in Tamil Nadu (64 cases), Bihar (54 cases) and Maharashtra (52 cases), these States together accounted for 48.7% (170 cases out of 349 cases).

A total arrest of 584 persons for

attempt to murder of elderly people were made in the country during 2014. Maximum

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INCIDENCE OF CRIME AGAINST SENIOR CITIZENS DURING 2014 (All India 18,714)

Incidence (No. of Cases)

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Uttar Pradesh 420

Jammu & Kashmir 0

Tripura 6 Mizoram 7

Manipur 14

Nagaland 0

Arunachal Pradesh 4

Assam 0

Bihar 496

West Bengal 118

Rajasthan 1034

Delhi 1021Haryana 310

Uttarakhand 1Chandigarh 13Punjab 158

Himachal Pradesh 188

Sikkim 0

Maharashtra 3981

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 12

Puducherry 16Tamil Nadu 2121

Kerala 758

Lakshadweep 0

Goa 73

Meghalaya 9

Andhra Pradesh 1852

Telangana 422

Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0

Daman and Diu 0

Gujarat 372 Madhya Pradesh 3438

Chhattisgarh 833

Odisha 383

Jharkhand 12

Karnataka 642

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persons arrested for such crime were reported in Maharashtra (108).

Grievous hurt (Incidence: 1,069; Rate 1.0)

A total of 1,069 cases of grievous hurt

of elderly people were reported during 2014. Most of such cases were reported in Maharashtra (309 cases) and Madhya Pradesh (243 cases), these two States together accounted for 51.6% (552 cases out of 1,069 cases).

Arrest of total 1,701 persons for

causing grievous hurt of elderly people were made in the country during 2014. Maximum persons arrested for such crime were reported in Maharashtra (468) and Madhya Pradesh (428). Cheating (Incidence: 1,567; Rate 1.5)

A total of 1,567 cases of cheating

under crime against senior citizens were reported during 2014. Most of such cases were reported in Maharashtra (654 cases) followed by Andhra Pradesh (156 cases), Rajasthan (138 cases) and Tamil Nadu (127 cases), these four States together accounted for 68.6% (1,075 cases out of 1,567 cases).

A total of 1,059 persons were arrested

for cheating under crime against elderly persons in the country during 2014. Maximum persons arrested for such crime were reported in Maharashtra (340) followed by Andhra Pradesh (157) and Tamil Nadu (110).

Robbery (Incidence: 1,184; Rate 1.2)

A total of 1,184 cases of robbery under

crime against senior citizens were reported in the country during 2014. Most of such cases were reported in Maharashtra (623 cases) followed by Tamil Nadu (129 cases) and Delhi UT (100 cases), these three States together accounted for 72.0% (852 cases out of 1,184 cases).

A total of 1,089 persons arrested for robbery under crime against elderly persons were reported in the country during 2014. Maximum persons arrested for such crime were reported in Maharashtra (533) followed by Tamil Nadu (119).

Disposal of IPC crime cases under crime against senior citizens during 2014

Table 20(A)

SL Disposal Status Cases Persons

1 Reported During 2014 18,714 25,136

2 Chargesheeted 11,794 21,292

3 Convicted During 2014 753 1,040

4 Acquitted/Discharged 1,096 1,671 Disposal during the year may include cases of previous year pending disposal

Disposal of cases and persons arrested under crime against senior citizens have been presented in Table-20(A). Out of 11,794 cases charge-sheeted under various IPC crime against elderly persons, 21,292 persons were charge-sheeted during 2014. 1,040 persons were convicted in 753 cases which ended in conviction during 2014. However, 1,096 cases and 1,671 persons were acquitted or discharged from crimes against senior citizens during the year 2014.

Details of cases reported & persons

arrested and their disposed of is given in ‘Additional Table for CII’ under Chapter- 20.

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