NEW DELHI: Cases of crimes against women rose marginally by 0.7% in 2023 to 4.48 lakh from 4.45 lakh in 2022. As in past years, ‘cruelty by husband or relatives’ accounted for the largest share at 29.8% (1.33 lakh cases) involving 1.35 lakh victims, according to NCRB’s Crime in India 2023 report. In 2022, this category under IPC section 498A made up 31.4% of all such crimes. This was followed by ‘kidnapping and abduction of women’ with over 88,000 cases (20%), ‘assault on women with intent to outrage modesty’ with over 83,800 cases (19%), and 66,200 cases (14.8%) under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The crime rate per lakh women population was 66.2 in 2023 compared with 66.4 in 2022, which itself had risen from 64.5 in 2021. The overall chargesheeting rate stood a

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