The Uttar Pradesh government’s Prosecution department has remained in the top position in the entire country in terms of the number of entries of the all-India e-Prosecution portal.
The number of entries of UP this year is more than 77 lakh, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 20 lakh and Gujarat with 4.4 lakh.
The E-Prosecution portal is managed by the Government of India under the Digital India Mission. UP is also at the number one position in terms of display of disposal of online cases on this portal with about four lakh entries, followed by 1.3 lakh for MP and 1.2 lakh for Gujarat.
The state's Prosecution department is first in the country in providing online legal opinion to all police stations in the state with 1.5 lakh entries. Rajasthan and West Bengal follow with 88,000 and 35,000 entries, respectively.
The department also holds the privilege of being first in the country for digitisation of all prosecution related work in courts and feeding them on the e-Prosecution portal. The number of entries for UP was 25 lakh, followed by MP (3.8 lakh) and Gujarat (2.2 lakh).
The five districts with commendable performance on the e-Prosecution portal are Lucknow, Agra, Ghaziabad, Moradabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
UP also holds the distinction of being first in India for ensuring prosecution in crimes against women with 55.2 per cent success in 2019 and 61 per cent success in the year 2020.
Under the Gangsters Act, UP recorded successful prosecution in 77 per cent cases in the year 2021. In cases under POCSO Act and crimes against women, the Prosecution department succeeded in getting capital punishment to five convicts.
In the next 100 days, the department aims at securing conviction of 1,000 convicts under POCSO Act and crimes against women. It is also planned to ensure conviction in crimes under POCSO Act within one month, and ensure punishment in at least 90 per cent of the decided cases under the Arms Act.
The e-Prosecution Mobile app is also being developed which will incorporate digitisation of all judicial procedures of prosecutors in courts.
According to Additional Director General of Police Ashutosh Pandey, the Prosecution department is conducting a 100-day special campaign under the Mission Shakti for women empowerment.
Specific formats had been designed for providing monthly information on action taken against 25 listed mafia groups in UP; cases underway and decided under the POCSO Act; cases pertaining to illicit liquor and the Arms Act.
The objective is to monitor the progress of officials in all districts in maintaining a steady progress in prosecution of important cases and thus instill a sense of confidence among the people.
