Question : CASES FILED BY CBI

PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Mahato Shri Sunil Kumar
24-08-2005

(a) the number of cases filed by the CBI before Hon`ble Court(s) during the last three years;

(b) the number of such cases disposed of by the Hon`ble Court(s) and the details thereof;

(c) the number of cases in which one month sentence and fine was imposed on the charged persons;

(d) whether in some cases the CBI could not produce sufficient evidence as a result of which the charged persons were let off by the Hon`ble Court; and

(e) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard ?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS.(SHRI SURESH PACHOURI)

(a) & (b) : Year-wise number of CBI cases sent up for trial, disposed of by pronouncement of judgements by the trial court and out of them the number of cases convicted and acquitted/discharged or otherwise disposed of during last three years are as under : -

Year	No. of cases	No. of cases	No. of cases	No. of cases	No. of cases	sent up for	disposed of	out of Col. 3	out of Col. 3	out of Col.3	trial	from trial	ended in	ended in	other-wise	conviction	acquittal/	disposed of	discharge
2002	721	673	430	196	47
2003	718	692	391	181	120
2004	814	549	29	167	53

(c): CBI has reported that in four cases, trial courts have awarded sentence of one month imprisonment and fine.

(d): On completion of investigation, CBI files charge sheets in the competent courts, in cases where sufficient evidence is available for launching prosecution of the accused. During trial, the courts weigh the evidences before deciding whether the charges are proved or not.

(e): According to the directions of Supreme Court contained in W.P. 340-343 of 1993 Central Government has set up an accountability mechanism vide O.M. No. 201/5/2000-AVDII dated 9th July 2001, where in every important case which results in acquittal, CBI analyses the reasons for the acquittal and fixes the responsibility for any failure/shortcoming in investigation or prosecution.

Question : CASES FILED BY CBI

Answer given by the minister

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