Number of cases registered under Domestic Violence Act, 2005 show a declining trend over last three years

The number of cases registered under Domestic Violence Act, 2005 has gone down over the last three years. As per the provisional data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) which is available up to 2014, the number of such cases registered were 531 in 2014, 4204 in 2013 and 16351 in 2012. In the year 2014, the highest number of such cases were registered in Uttar Pradesh (265), followed by Kerala (124).