The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that 95 organised criminal gangs have been identified within Delhi, with more than 5000 cases launched against around a thousand of their members in the past 10 years. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SD Sanjay told the bench that a proposal to set up special courts for the trial of these history cheaters.

Following the Supreme Court hearing, the ASG is expected to talk to the home minister and the Delhi Police Commissioner for setting up a special court and has sort a time of three weeks.

Report on Delhi Gangs

In its status report, published on April 24, the Centre informed the  Supreme Court about these 95 gangs based on the data collected on criminal gangs operating in Delhi in the last 10 years. According to the report, the cumulative number of criminal involvement attributed to these gangs amounts to more than five thousand cases, which includes serious offences such as murder, extortion, robbery, abduction and offences under special laws, including UAPA, the Arms Act, MCOCA and NDPS. Amongst the identified gangs, each comprised of an average of 50 to 150 members, has an average involvement per member of about 6 to 7 cases, the report stated.

There has been a delay in the trial of these criminals because of the excessive load on the court, multiplicity of offences and the recent shift from the Indian penal court to the new Bharathi Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).