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Cases registered nether dowry-related crimes saw a 14% summation successful 2023, with much than 15,000 cases recorded crossed the state and implicit 6,100 deaths reported done the year, according to the latest study of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The NCRB's 'Crime successful India 2023' study said 15,489 cases were registered nether the Dowry Prohibition Act successful 2023 — up from 13,479 successful 2022 and 13,568 successful 2021.
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Uttar Pradesh accounted for the highest fig of cases nether the Act astatine 7,151, followed by Bihar (3,665) and Karnataka (2,322).
Thirteen states and Union Territories, including West Bengal, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Sikkim, reported zero dowry cases during the year.
A full of 6,156 radical mislaid their lives successful dowry decease cases successful 2023.
Uttar Pradesh again topped the illustration with 2,122 deaths, followed by Bihar with 1,143. Dowry was listed arsenic the motive successful 833 execution cases crossed the state successful 2023.
Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 83,327 cases were up for proceedings successful 2023, with 69,434 carried guardant from earlier years.
The twelvemonth besides saw 27,154 arrests nether the Act — 22,316 men and 4,838 women.
