New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- Out of the 30 chief ministers in the country, 12 of them have declared criminal cases against them, a new report has found.

This means that 40 per cent of the sitting chief ministers in India are facing criminal charges, according to the report by poll rights body ADR.

Additionally, 10 (33 per cent) chief ministers have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to attempt to murder, kidnapping, bribery, criminal intimidation etc.

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy has declared 89 cases against him, making him the chief minister with highest number of criminal cases. The Congress leader has 72 serious IPC charges, and 160 other IPC charges in these 89 criminal cases.

The charges include offences such as 34 c...