Conviction Rate In Cases Over 65%, Aim To Cross 75% By Next Year: CBI To Supreme Court
NDTV
The Central Bureau of Investigation said that it secured the conviction of the accused in 69.83 per cent and 69.19 per cent of the cases in 2020 and 2019 respectively.
Days after the Supreme Court observed that the "success rate" in cases taken up by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is perceived low, the agency has informed it that it has achieved the conviction rate of about 65-70 per cent, and would try to raise it to 75 per cent by August 2022.
In an affidavit filed before the top court, CBI director SK Jaiswal stated that CBI secured the conviction of the accused in 69.83 per cent and 69.19 per cent of the cases in 2020 and 2019 respectively.
"Soon after taking charge as Director, CBI, one of the main steps, inter alia, taken was to improve the Directorate of Prosecution by holding a meeting of all officers at the level of Assistant Public Prosecutor and above along with Senior Executive Officers, in October 2021.
"It is the endeavor of the CBI to bring the present conviction rate to 75 per cent by August 2022," the CBI director said in the affidavit. The CBI told the top court that a comprehensive review of the system has been established after extensive deliberations with the senior officials of CBI in the year 2020 and 2021 as considered necessary.
