‘At the end of 2011, 13,41,836 cases (91.5 per cent) of the total 14,66,075 cases are pending disposal before various criminal courts in the state. It indicates that the number of cases pending before the criminal courts is mounting. Evidently, the efficiency of criminal courts has not matched with that of the increasing quantum of crime. The wide gap between disposal of cases by police (by filing chargesheet) and courts is 2:1, which needs to be bridged, the report stated. The report further indicated that all courts have more than 77.5 per cent of IPC cases pending for trial.

The gap between the disposal of cases by police and by the court is seen in the state as well as in Pune. Within Pune commissioner office jurisdiction, 15,757 cases under the IPC were registered in 2011, of which 143 cases were found to be false or were filed out of some misunderstanding. The police managed to dispose of 12,687 cases either by filing the chargesheet or the final completion report, whereas 3,070 (19.5 per cent) cases are pending for investigation.

On the other hand, 1,36,965 cases are pending for trial from the Pune commissioner office jurisdiction, of which 12,623 cases are withdrawn or compounded and trial has been completed in 3,359 cases. A total of 1,20,983 cases (88.3 per cent) cases are pending for trial.

Similarly, out of the 3,13,442 cases under IPC registered in 2011, police investigation was completed in 2,00,284 cases and 1,12,962 cases are pending for investigation (36 per cent).

On the other hand, 14,66,075 cases are pending for trial in the state, of which 24,723 cases are withdrawn or compounded and trial is completed in 99,516 cases. A total of 13,41,836 cases (91.5 per cent) are pending for trial.