A hearing is underway in the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court regarding the Dacoity Act in force in Madhya Pradesh. The Madhya Pradesh Dacoity Act, 11/13, was enacted on October 6, 1981, as a special law to curb the terror of dacoits and the frequent incidents of kidnapping in the forests of Gwalior-Chambal, Satna, and Panna. As the forests shrank over time, the dacoits also began to disappear. For the past decade, there have been …
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A hearing is underway in the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court regarding the Dacoity Act in force in Madhya Pradesh. The Madhya Pradesh Dacoity Act, 11/13, was enacted on October 6, 1981, as a special law to curb the terror of dacoits and the frequent incidents of kidnapping in the forests of Gwalior-Chambal, Satna, and Panna. As the forests shrank over time, the dacoits also began to disappear. For the past decade, there have been …