Chandigarh, May 13 -- Since 2015, Punjab's courts tried 438 cases involving sacrilege, with only five resulting in the maximum three-year term for the crime, according to police data - with the 1.14% success rate being proffered by the state as rationale for the controversial new sacrilege law that came into effect April 20. The data also shows there were convictions in only 43 cases, a 9% conviction rate. P12
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