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APPENDIX I

SCHEDULE OF OFFENCES FOR 1976

Opium Heroin

Mor-

Bar-

Others

Total

phine

bitone

(i) Individual offences dealt with ...

3,143

10,621

101

5

118

13,988

(ii) Cases not taken to trial (Seizure)

170

206

5

2

23

406

(iii) Cases taken to trial

3,218

10,993

112

6

96

14,425

(iv) Cases convicted

2,998

9,386

94

3

72

12,553

(v) Persons arrested

2,776

9,959

91

3

84

12,913

(vi) Persons convicted

(M)

2,757

8,403

85

3

46

11,294

(F)

53

285

5

20

363

(Y.P. 16–20 yrs.)

2

245

3

15

265

(J. 7-15 yrs.)

4

4

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