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Lucknow tops in criminal breach of trust cases

Uttar Pradesh, the country’s most populous state, ranks 23rd in terms of crime rate. The UP government has claimed that the state has topped the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data in terms of punishment in cases related to crimes related to women and cyber crimes. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has termed Uttar Pradesh as the ‘safest’ state.

According to a statement issued by the state government, the rate of murder, robbery, dacoity, crime against women, rape and crimes against children in Uttar Pradesh is low as compared to other states.

According to this, Uttar Pradesh, the country’s most populous state in terms of crime rate, is at 23rd place and in the year 2021 there has been only one incident of communal riots.

A spokesman of the state government said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has declared Uttar Pradesh as the ‘safest’ state and said that this success has been achieved in the state due to the policy of ‘zero tolerance towards crime and criminals’.

As per NCRB 2021 report Lucknow is the city that have registered maximum number of cases related to criminal breach of trust across India. Even Lucknow is way ahead of other cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Ghaziabad and Kolkata.

What is Criminal Breach of trust?

Criminal breach of trust is basically any case which is in violation of breaking a promise or confidence in case of any monetary exchange and property purchase as well as business promises.

1526 cases of criminal breach of trust In Lucknow were registered in 2021. While in Mumbai, it registered 757 cases of criminal breach of trust and ranked second on the list. The third on the list is Delhi, the national capital, with 273 cases of criminal breach of trust, while 195 cases of criminal breach of trust were reported in Kolkata (West Bengal). The NCRB report said 3926 cases of criminal breach of trusts with 3.4 crime rate per lakh population were reported across the country. Around 39 per cent were reported from Lucknow alone, with around 52.6 crime rate per lakh population.

It is noteworthy that criminal breach of trust is registered under Indian Penal Code sections 406 and 409.

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