Bihar witnesses decline in number of major criminal cases

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The Bihar authorities connected Monday (December 22, 2025) said the State had witnessed a diminution successful the fig of large transgression cases of murders, dacoity and riots compared to past twelvemonth owed to amended and effectual policing.

“Murder cases fell by 7.72% , dacoity cases by 24.87% and riots cases by 17.97% successful examination to past twelvemonth owed to swift enactment by the police,” Home Department’s Additional Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar Chaudhary said, asserting that the diminution successful large transgression cases was significant.

According to the Director General of Police, Vinay Kumar, the police’s swift enactment and strict vigil led to the apprehension of 3.35 lakh persons betwixt January 2025 and November 2025 successful large transgression cases. Besides, the constabulary seized 4,528 firearms and 28,414 cartridges during the aforesaid period.

Better quality gathering mechanics had led to gradual simplification successful incidents of communal tensions, helium said. 

Mr. Chaudhary was addressing the media persons successful Patna portion accompanied by DGP Mr. Vinay Kumar, Additional Director General (ADG) (Law & Order) Pankaj Kumar Darad, Secretary and Inspector General (IG) (Jail) Pranav Kumar and Special Secretary K.S. Anupam. 

Stating that Maoist-related unit had not been reported successful the past 3-4 years successful the State, Mr. Chaudhary said the fig of Left helping Maoist infested districts had been reduced to nil. The fig of Maoist-infested districts utilized to beryllium 22 successful 2013, but present the fig of specified districts was nil due to the fact that of anti-Maoist operations successful the State.

Now, determination were lone 4 districts of Gaya Ji, Aurangabad, Jamui and Lakhisarai, which had been identified arsenic “legacy and thrust” districts by the Centre owed to the diminution successful the fig of Maoist unit cases, helium added.

Cybercrime power unit

The DGP said to springiness peculiar thrust connected rising cyber-related incidents, a abstracted vertical for cybercrime power portion had been acceptable up and it would beryllium headed by a ADG fertile constabulary official. 

A full of 24.38 lakh cyber-related ailment calls had been received connected National Cyber Reporting Platform (NCRP) helpline portal till December 15, 2025.

A territory prosecution directorate had been constituted successful each district, Mr. Kumar said, adding that Bihar had go the archetypal State to motorboat “trial successful absentia” pursuing the implementation of caller transgression laws of BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) and BNSS (Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita). 

A full of 2,99,927 pending cases had been disposed of successful the twelvemonth 2025, the DGP said, and added that 1,43,878 accused persons had been sentenced successful 1,05,291 cases.

“Four convicts were awarded superior punishment portion 1,097 got beingness imprisonment, 533 got much than 10 years of imprisonment, 1,410 received little than 10 years and much than 2 years of jail, portion 1,37,983 convicts were fined/filled a bond,” Mr. Kumar said. 

The DGP said Bihar had go the archetypal State to get condemnation of accused persons wrong 15 days of proceedings successful transportation with Sidhwalia PS lawsuit 232/2024 successful Gopalganj district. 

“The proceedings was completed wrong a grounds time, earlier the grounds of completing the fastest proceedings was 48 days,” Mr. Kumar said. 

Radio work had been launched successful each the jails of the State, IG (Prisons) Mr. Pranav Kumar said, adding that a strategy would beryllium installed successful 15 jails astatine a outgo of ₹26 crore to forestall and cheque the misuse of mobile phones wrong the jails.

Modern visitors rooms were being built successful each the jails wherever visitors could conscionable the inmates, helium said, adding that much than 50% enactment had been completed.

Published - December 22, 2025 09:09 p.m. IST

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