Govt withdraws over 1.8L cases from MP courts
25 Sept 2015 5:57 AM IST
The MP government has withdrawn 1.84 lakh cases registered under different sections of the IPC in the past 10 years in an effort to reduce the burden on courts.
“In order to reduce burden on courts that are flooded with a large number of cases, over a lakh petty cases have been withdrawn, so that courts can devote more time in the disposal of serious cases,” MP Home Minister Babulal Gaur, said on Thursday. From 2004 to August 2015, the state government, after a thorough review of pending court cases, has decided to withdraw 1,84,257 cases, Gaur said.
The govt has decided to withdraw cases related to IPC Sections 294 (obscene acts and songs), 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 323 (voluntary causing hurt), 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), 337 (causing hurt by act of endangering life or personal safety of others, 341 (wrongful restraint).
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