Lok Sabha Question No. 264 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Custodial Deaths
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*264

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2017 / PHALGUNA 30, 1938 (SAKA)

CUSTODIAL DEATHS

†*264. SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE: SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been a sharp increase in the incidents of deaths in police custody in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of such cases reported, persons convicted and the action taken against the guilty along with the steps taken to solve all the cases during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) the number of minors, especially children aged below 14 years who have died in police custody during the said period, State-wise;
- (d) the number of children belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes out of the said custodial deaths; and
- (e) the percentage of the custodial deaths of children out of the total cases of custodial deaths along with the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

...2/-

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L.S.S.Q. NO. *264 FOR 21.03.2017

## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.264 FOR 21.03.2017.

- (a) & (b): As  per  information  submitted  by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  a  statement  indicating State-wise  deaths  reported  under  police  custody,  cases  registered,  judicial  enquiry  conducted,  police personnel charge sheeted and police personnel convicted during 2013 to 2015 is  given at Annexure-I.

- (c) to (e):  Specific information in respect of children below 14 years is not available with NCRB separately.

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## REPLY OF PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.264 FOR 21.03.2017

## STATE/UT-WISE DEATHS REPORTED UNDER POLICE CUSTODY, CASES REGISTERED, JUDICIAL ENQUIRY CONDUCTED, POLICE PERSONNEL CHARGESHEETED AND POLICE PERSONNEL CONVICTED DURING 2013-2015

|                     |                                       |                   |                             |                                  | 2013                         | 2013                                 | 2013              | 2013                             | 2013                             | 2015                         | 2015                                 | 2015              | 2015                        | 2015                             | 2015                         |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
| State/UT            | Deaths Reporte d under Police Custody | Cases Register ed | Judicial Enquiry Conducte d | Police Personn el Charges heeted | Police Person nel Convict ed | Deaths Reported under Police Custody | Cases Register ed | 2014 Judicial Enquiry Conduct ed | Police Personn el Charges heeted | Police Personne l Convicte d | Deaths Reported under Police Custody | Cases Register ed | Judicial Enquiry Conducte d | Police Personn el Charges heeted | Police Person nel Convict ed |
| 1Andhra Pradesh     | 6                                     | 5                 | 4                           | 0                                | 0                            | 18                                   | 0                 | 7                                | 0                                | 0                            | 8                                    | 1                 | 2                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 2                                     | 2                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 3Assam              | 4                                     | 4                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 7                                    | 5                 | 2                           | 3                                | 0                            |
| 4Bihar              | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 2                                    | 1                 | 0                           | 4                                | 0                            |
| 5Chhattisgarh       | 2                                     | 2                 | 2                           | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 4                                    | 0                 | 2                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 6Goa                | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 7Gujarat            | 13                                    | 2                 | 6                           | 1                                | 0                            | 8                                    | 1                 | 3                                | 0                                | 0                            | 9                                    | 2                 | 7                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 8Haryana            | 1                                     | 1                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 2                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 3                                    | 1                 | 1                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 9Himachal Pradesh   | 1                                     | 1                 | 1                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 1                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 10Jammu & Kashmir   | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 11Jharkhand         | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 2                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 2                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 12Karnataka         | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 2                                    | 1                 | 1                                | 0                                | 0                            | 2                                    | 1                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 13Kerala            | 6                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 3                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 14Madhya Pradesh    | 5                                     | 0                 | 4                           | 0                                | 0                            | 3                                    | 2                 | 2                                | 10                               | 0                            | 7                                    | 0                 | 3                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 15Maharashtra       | 35                                    | 2                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 21                                   | 4                 | 0                                | 8                                | 0                            | 19                                   | 1                 | 0                           | 6                                | 0                            |
| 16Manipur           | 1                                     | 1                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 17Meghalaya         | 2                                     | 1                 | 1                           | 0                                | 0                            | 2                                    | 1                 | 2                                | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 1                           | 0                                | 0                            |
| 18Mizoram           | 1                                     | 1                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            |

ANNEXURE-I

## L.S.S.Q. NO. *264 FOR 21.03.2017

|                 | 2013                                  | 2013              | 2013                        | 2013                             | 2013                         | 2014                                 | 2014              | 2014                        | 2014                             |                              |                                      |                   |                                  |                                  |                              |
|-----------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
| State/UT        | Deaths Reporte d under Police Custody | Cases Register ed | Judicial Enquiry Conducte d | Police Personn el Charges heeted | Police Person nel Convict ed | Deaths Reported under Police Custody | Cases Register ed | Judicial Enquiry Conduct ed | Police Personn el Charges heeted | Police Personne l Convicte d | Deaths Reported under Police Custody | Cases Register ed | 2015 Judicial Enquiry Conducte d | Police Personn el Charges heeted | Police Person nel Convict ed |
| 19Nagaland      | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 20Odisha        | 1                                     | 1                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 3                                    | 3                 | 3                                | 10                               | 0                            |
| 21Punjab        | 1                                     | 1                 | 1                           | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 3                                    | 1                 | 1                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 22Rajasthan     | 1                                     | 1                 | 1                           | 0                                | 0                            | 2                                    | 2                 | 1                           | 0                                | 0                            | 3                                    | 2                 | 2                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 23Sikkim        | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 24Tamil Nadu    | 15                                    | 15                | 15                          | 0                                | 0                            | 7                                    | 7                 | 7                           | 0                                | 0                            | 3                                    | 3                 | 3                                | 3                                | 0                            |
| 25Telangana     | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 4                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 4                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 26Tripura       | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 1                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 27Uttar Pradesh | 15                                    | 15                | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 8                                    | 8                 | 2                           | 2                                | 0                            | 9                                    | 9                 | 1                                | 2                                | 0                            |
| 28Uttarakhand   | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 29West Bengal   | 6                                     | 6                 | 1                           | 0                                | 0                            | 4                                    | 1                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 3                                    | 3                 | 1                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| TOTAL STATE(S)  | 118                                   | 61                | 36                          | 1                                | 0                            | 92                                   | 27                | 25                          | 20                               | 0                            | 96                                   | 33                | 31                               | 28                               | 0                            |
| 30A & N Islands | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 31Chandigarh    | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 32D&N Haveli    | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 33Daman & Diu   | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 34Delhi UT      | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 1                 | 0                           | 6                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 35Lakshadweep   | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| 36Puducherry    | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 0                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |
| TOTAL UT(S)     | 0                                     | 0                 | 0                           | 0                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 1                 | 0                           | 6                                | 0                            | 1                                    | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                            |

| INDIA) 118                                                                                                                           | 61   | 36   | 1   | 0   | 93   | 28   | 25   | 26   | 0   | 97   | 33   | 31   | 28   |
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| Crime in India Note: # includes custodial deaths reported under persons remanded to police as well as persons not remanded to police |      |      |     |     |      |      |      |      |     |      |      |      |      |