Taking a lead in using digital technology for better governance, the Uttar Pradesh State Department of Prosecution has procured the top position in terms of the number of entries on the All-India E-Prosecution Portal. The number of entries in the current year is more than 77 lakh. Uttar Pradesh is followed by Madhya Pradesh with 20 lakh and Gujarat with 4.4 lakh entries.
It may be noted here that the E-Prosecution Portal is managed by the Government of India, under the Digital India Mission. The State also secured the top position in terms of display of disposal of online cases on the portal with about four lakh entries, followed by 1.3 lakh for Madhya Pradesh and 1.2 lakh for Gujarat.
UP’s Prosecution Department is the 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 next with 88,000 and 35,000 entries, respectively.
The department has also taken the lead in becoming the first in the country to digitise all prosecution related work in courts and upload them on the E-Prosecution Portal. The number of entries for UP was 25 lakh, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 3.8 lakh and Gujarat with 2.2 lakh. The five districts with commendable performance on the E-Prosecution Portal were Lucknow, Agra, Ghaziabad, Moradabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Also, UP holds the distinction of being the first in India for ensuring the prosecution of 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 of the 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 convictions for 1000 convicts under POCSO Act and crimes against women. It is also planned to ensure conviction in crimes under POCSO Act within a month, and ensure punishment in at least 90 per cent of 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.
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According to the 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 have 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 steady progress in the prosecution of important cases and thus instil a sense of confidence among the people.