Dowry instances rise by 14% in 2023; over 6,100 girls killed: NCRB report reveals

Circumstances registered beneath dowry-related crimes noticed a 14 per cent enhance in 2023, with greater than 15,000 instances recorded throughout the nation and over 6,100 deaths reported by means of the yr, in line with the newest report of the Nationwide Crime Information Bureau (NCRB).

The NCRB's ‘Crime in India 2023' report mentioned 15,489 instances had been registered beneath the Dowry Prohibition Act in 2023 — up from 13,479 in 2022 and 13,568 in 2021.

Uttar Pradesh accounted for the best variety of instances beneath the Act at 7,151, adopted by Bihar (3,665) and Karnataka (2,322).
13 states and Union Territories, together with West Bengal, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Sikkim, reported zero dowry instances in the course of the yr.

A complete of 6,156 individuals misplaced their lives in dowry loss of life instances in 2023.

Uttar Pradesh once more topped the chart with 2,122 deaths, adopted by Bihar 1,143. Dowry was listed because the motive in 833 homicide instances throughout the nation in 2023. Beneath the Dowry Prohibition Act, 83,327 instances had been up for trial in 2023, with 69,434 carried ahead from earlier years.

The yr additionally noticed 27,154 arrests beneath the Act — 22,316 males and 4,838 girls.