Reality of Male Suicide w.r.t. IPC 498A

WHY DID HON'BLE SUPREME COURT STEP IN?

 

IS 498A BEING MISUSED? IS HUSBAND SUICIDE A HOAX?

Answer to above questions are:

1.      Is 498A being misused?          YES

2.      Is Husband suicide a Hoax?    NO

This is the Hon'ble Supreme Court Judgement (Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar): http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgs1.aspx?filename=41736
 

Lets, analyse the data which has been taken from reports of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB come under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India). Reports referred to are:

1.      http://ncrb.gov.in/

2.      http://ncrb.nic.in/CD-CII2012/Home.asp

3.      http://ncrb.gov.in/CD-ADSI-2012/ADSIHome2012.htm

4.      http://ncrb.nic.in/CD-CII2011/Home.asp

5.      http://ncrb.gov.in/CD-ADSI2011/ADSIHome2011.htm

6.      http://ncrb.nic.in/cii2010/Homeasp.asp

7.      http://ncrb.gov.in/ADSI2010/home.htm

8.      http://ncrb.nic.in/CII-2009-NEW/Home.htm

9.      http://ncrb.gov.in/ADSI2009/ADSI2009.htm

 

Data has been summed up into tables and graphs below:

1.      Year on Year Data on 498A filed, Arrests in 498A, Conviction rate for last 5 years:

DATA	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Total Number of cases of 498A	89,546	94,041	99,135	1,06,527	1,18,866
Y-O-Y Increase		5.02%	5.42%	7.46%	11.58%
People Arrested in 498A	1,74,395	1,80,413	1,80,701	1,97,762	2,22,091
Y-O-Y Increase		3.45%	0.16%	9.44%	12.30%
Arrests per 498A	1.95	1.92	1.823	1.856	1.87
Y-O-Y Increase		-1.49%	-4.99%	1.85%	0.64%
Conviction Rate in 498A	21.0%	20.9%	20.6%	15.0%	15.2%

What this data means:

·         After CrPC Amendment brought section 41A after 2010, where IPC 498A cases increased by 5.42%, Increase of arrests in IPC 498A came down to 0.16% from 3.4% Increase of previous year. Means, though arrests increase ratio came down 2200%, IPC 498A filing ratio went up by 8%.

·         CrPC 41A brought down the increase in Arrests only for 1 year. Increase of Arrest Ratio was up 60 times next year.

·         CrPC 41A also brought down the arrests per case by around 5% but against increased by around 2% in subsequent years.

·         The conviction rate is continuously falling (went down by about 6% in 5 years) while the cases filed up (increased by over 32% in 5 years).

GRAPH DEPICITING THE SAME:

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2.      Year on Year Data on Male & Female Arrests u/s IPC 498A for last 5 years:

DATA	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Male Arrests in 498A	133044	139334	139403	149811	174620
Year on Year Change		4.73%	0.05%	7.47%	16.56%
Female Arrests in 498A	41351	41079	41298	47951	47471
Year on Year Change		-0.66%	0.53%	16.11%	-1.00%
Ratio of Male to Female Ratio	3.2174	3.3919	3.3755	3.1243	3.6785

What this data means:

·         After CrPC After CrPC Amendment brought section 41A after 2010, Male arrests increase ratio came down ONLY for 1 year. After 2011 onwards, the increase in Male Arrest went up by 7.5% and 16.5% in next 2 years, showing non-implementation of CrPC 41.

·         Though absolute arrests of Women remained almost same across these 5 years, but immediately 1 year after CrPC 41A, the arrest of women increase by over 16%.

·         Year on Year Male to Female arrests ratio has increased by OVER 14% showing alarming trend of pushing the bread earners behind bars thus penalizing even the dependent family members who are not arrested.

·         On an average, for every 1 woman arrested, 3.6 men are arrested under draconian section IPC 498A.

GRAPH DEPICITING THE SAME:

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3.      Suicides in India for last 5 years:

 

DATA	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Male Suicide	81471	86065	87180	88453	90543
Year on Year Change		5.64%	1.30%	1.46%	2.36%
Husband Suicide	58192	62433	61453	63343	64098
Year on Year Change		7.29%	-1.57%	3.08%	1.19%
Women Suicide	45680	46910	47419	46992	44256
Year on Year Change		2.69%	1.09%	-0.90%	-5.82%
Wife Suicide	31300	32582	31754	31921	29491
Year on Year Change		4.10%	-2.54%	0.53%	-7.61%
1 Male suicide in (minutes)	6.45	6.11	6.03	5.94	5.8
1 Husband suicide in (minutes)	9.03	8.42	8.55	8.3	8.2
1 Female suicide in (minutes)	11.51	11.2	11.08	11.18	11.88
1 Wife suicide in (minutes)	16.79	16.13	16.55	16.47	17.82
Male to Female Suicide Ratio	1.784	1.835	1.839	1.882	2.046
Husband to Wife Suicide Ratio	1.859	1.916	1.935	1.984	2.173

 

What this data means:

·         Where Male Suicide in India has always been increasing in absolute value year on year, just after CrPC 41A amendment in 2010, Husband suicide REDUCED by 1.6% after 2010 (only for 1 year), thus directly correlates the reduction of suicide of HUSBANS to ARRESTS under Gender Biased Laws.

·         2011 onwards, the moment Arrests u/s IPC 498A of Men increased by 7.5% (previous graph), the Suicide of Husbands increases by 3% Y-O-Y and 4.6% cumulative.

·         For every 100 female suicide in India, Male suicide increased from 178.4 to 204.6 (increased 14.7%) in 5 years time.

·         For every 100 wife suicide in India, Husband suicide increased from 186 to 217.3 (increased 17%) in 5 years time.

·         The wife suicide included alleged 304B cases too.

·         The Male suicide includes Farmer Suicide. TOTAL suicide because of Poverty (reason which makes it called Farmer Suicide else, other reasons, still make even a farmer, by profession, suicide as a Male Suicide / Husband Suicide) is analysed in Graph 6.

·         A Husband commits suicide in India every 8.2 minutes while a man (including husband) commits suicide every 5.8 minutes.

·         Wife suicide in India is LESS THAN HALF of Husband Suicides in 2013.

·         Female suicide in India is LESS THAN HALF of Male Suicides in 2013.

 

GRAPH DEPICITING THE SAME:

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 GRAPH 5:

 

4.      Cause wise Suicides in India over last 5 years:

DATA	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Male Suicide	81471	86065	87180	88453	90543
Male Suicide coz of Family Problem	18441	20345	19828	19537	21096
Y-O-Y Change (Family Problems)		10.32%	-2.54%	-1.47%	7.98%
Male Suicide coz of Financial Problem	2308	1732	2390	1804	1420
Y-O-Y Change (Financial Problems)		-24.96%	37.99%	-24.52%	-21.29%
Women Suicide	45680	46910	47419	46992	44256
Female Suicide coz of Family Problem	11641	12564	12028	11255	11229
Y-O-Y Change (Family Problems)		7.93%	-4.27%	-6.43%	-0.23%
Female Suicide coz of Financial Problem	679	550	657	487	446
Y-O-Y Change (Financial Problems)		-19.00%	19.45%	-25.88%	-8.42%

 What this data means:

·         Family problem is the biggest reason for Men / Husbands committing suicide for many many years.

·         The Feminist Hoax of Husband suicide as “Farmer Suicide” is a LIE. If all suicides based on Financial Problem (basic eligibility of Farmer Suicide) are assumed to be Farmer Suicide, in last 5 years, MAXIMUM 9,654 MALE suicide as against 3,09,519 & accounts Maximum 3.12% ONLY thus proving the CLAIMS made by Feminists of India as FALSE.

·         Where as suicide of Men because of Financial reasons have come down by almost 23% after CrPC 41 implementation, suicide because of Family Problems have increased by 6.5% thus showing the clear violation of CrPC 41 with false arrests.

GRAPH DEPICITING THE SAME:

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