The Andhra Pradesh police is focussing on ‘conviction-based policing’ and the officers have been directed to ensure that the accused get stringent punishment in grave offences, including heinous crimes and crime against women, Director General of Police (DGP) K.V. Rajendranath Reddy has said.
In all, 10,619 cases have been allotted to the officers across the State. The Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs), Circle Inspectors (CIs) and SIs were given 10 cases each for a thorough probe. “Out of 122 cases taken up by the officers in the last one year, convictions were given in 87 cases — life imprisonment for 35 accused, 20-year jail term for 20 accused, 10-year imprisonment for 22 accused and death penalty in three cases,” Mr. Rajendranath Reddy told The Hindu on Friday.
