The Madhya Pradesh government has also decided to consider the withdrawal of cases registered under IPC, in which the punishment is not more than three years.
In order to reduce the burden on courts in Madhya Pradesh, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government today has decided to withdraw nearly two lakh cases registered under different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) over the past 10 years.
"In order to reduce burden on courts that are flooded with a large number of cases, over a lakh petty cases have been withdrawn, so that courts can devote more time in the disposal of serious cases," said state home minister, Babulal Gaur.
The government has withdrawn 1,84,257 cases from 2004 to August 2015, after a thorough review of pending court cases, according to the minister.
The cases withdrawn relate mainly to IPC section 294 (obscene acts and songs), 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 323 (voluntary causing hurt), 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), 337 (causing hurt by act of endangering life or personal safety of others, and 341 (wrongful restraint).
The other cases include offences of wrongful confinement, criminal trespass, house trespass, criminal intimidation, theft, and forgery for purpose of harming reputation, that have been lodged under relevant IPC sections.
The government has also decided to consider the withdrawal of cases registered under IPC, in which the punishment is not more than three years.
The minister also said that as a part of the drive, a total of 48,994 cases were withdrawn in Indore division, 35,551 in Bhopal, 24,344 in Ujjain, 19,300 in Jabalpur, 13,709 in Sagar, 12,782 in Gwalior, 9,166 in Narmadapuram, 9,081 in Chambal, 6,116 in Rewa and 5,214 in Shahdol division.