Lok Sabha Question No. 5823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: Conviction Rate
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5823

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  APRIL, 2018/ CHAITRA 13, 1940 (SAKA)

CONVICTION RATE

5823.

SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the decadal conviction rate of cases under Indian Penal Code (IPC)  in  the  country  has  consistently  decreased  since  2000,  if  so,  the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b)  whether  the  decadal  conviction  rate  in  majority  of  the  States  is  less than

the national decadal conviction rate during the said period;

- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has issued any guidelines to the States in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether all the States have implemented the said guidelines;
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the action taken in this regard; and
- (g)  the  other  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the conviction rate in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

- (a) to (c): The State/UT-wise  details  of  the  conviction  rate  during  2000  2016, are at Annexure. 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the  Seventh  Schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  reasons  for  low convictions are witness turning hostile, long duration of trials, etc.
- (d) to (g): The State Governments are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, registration  and  investigation  of  crime  and  for  prosecuting the criminals through the machinery of  their law enforcement agencies as also

## LS.US.Q.NO.5823 FOR 03.04.2018

for protecting the life and property of the citizens. The Union Government, however, attaches highest importance to the matter of prevention of crime and therefore, has continued to urge to  the  State  Governments/UT Administrations  to  give  more  focused  attention  towards  improving  the administration of criminal justice system and taking such measures as are necessary  for  prevention  and  control  of  crime.  In  this  regard,  various Advisories are issued by Ministry of Home Affairs from time to time which are available on the website www.mha.gov.in.

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## LS.US.Q.NO.5823 FOR 03.04.2018 ANNEXURE

State/UT-wise Conviction Rate under Total Cognizable IPC Crimes during 2000-2016

| SL   | State/UT                      | 2000      | 2001      | 2002      | 2003       | 2004   | 2005      | 2006      | 2007      | 2008      | 2009      | 2010      | 2011   | 2012 2013      | 2014      |   2015 | 2016      |
|------|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|----------------|-----------|--------|-----------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh                | 32.6      | 37.8 37.6 | 39.6      | 35.7       |        | 37.7      | 36.9      | 38.0 38.2 | 33.3      | 34.3      | 33.4      | 29.7   | 32.8           | 28.9      |   31.5 | 26.1      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh             | 50.7      | 56.1 67.8 | 62.3      | 61.6       | 56.9   | 56.9      | 59.2      | 61.4      | 58.2      | 59.0      | 44.4      |        | 40.5 48.2      | 58.5      |   31   | 25.7      |
| 3    | Assam                         | 21.1      | 19.7 20.9 | 19.8      | 18.3       | 18.4   | 21.1      | 22.6      | 16.2      | 21.1      | 17.0      | 19.9      | 10.6   | 8.6            | 13.1      |   11.8 | 11.7      |
| 4    | Bihar                         | 19.9      | 23.1 20.1 | 17.1      | 16.1       | 15.2   | 16.0      | 16.7      | 19.7      |           | 18.0      | 16.2      | 15.5   | 15.9 13.4      | 10.0      |   12.8 | 13.9      |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                  | -         | 55.3 51.6 | 58.7      | 54.6       | 54.7   | 64.0      |           | 56.0      | 51.6      | 48.4      | 41.3      | 44.6   | 46.0 38.8      | 46.5      |   54.4 | 44.1      |
| 6    | Goa                           | 17.6      | 18.8      | 22.8 28.7 | 24.9       | 27.8   |           | 29.4      | 30.6      | 26.4      | 26.2      | 21.4      | 25.9   | 22.0 24.1      | 21.1      |   19   | 22.4      |
| 7    | Gujarat                       | 28.6      | 24.7      | 21.5      | 18.7 20.3  |        | 30.9      | 35.9      | 42.3      | 38.4      | 41.1      | 37.9      | 39.1   | 35.5 40.8      | 43.2      |   36.6 | 35.1      |
| 8    | Haryana                       | 32.4      | 31.9 39.5 | 41.1      | 39.1       | 38.5   |           | 37.7      | 35.6      | 42.3      | 36.3      | 32.1      | 25.5   | 31.8 31.3      | 29.0      |   30.3 | 26.9      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh              | 29.2      | 21.8      | 25.5 30.4 | 19.2       |        | 22.1      | 29.1      | 25.4      | 29.3      | 24.5      | 19.9      | 25.1   | 22.9 21.1      | 30.1      |   27.5 | 29.4      |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir               | 36.6      | 41.0      | 41.0 46.8 | 42.5       |        | 42.1      | 43.5      | 47.2      | 50.9      | 46.3      | 53.1      | 50.5   | 37.0 30.5      | 39.4      |   38.4 | 41.6      |
| 11   | Jharkhand                     | -         | 27.1 21.0 | 18.8      | 18.8       |        | 24.7      | 25.5      | 24.6      | 23.4      | 31.0      | 24.2      | 29.3   | 23.2 25.1      | 26.9      |   18.9 | 22.3      |
| 12   | Karnataka                     | 31.9      | 29.8 29.0 | 37.1      | 29.7       |        | 30.0      | 30.6      | 34.8      | 36.1      | 35.7      | 34.9      | 36.2   | 31.5 32.5      | 38.5      |   38.6 | 51.1      |
| 13   | Kerala                        | 47.9      | 50.0 50.2 | 49.1      | 48.8       |        | 51.2      | 43.9      | 44.5      | 55.6      | 57.1      | 62.7      | 65.2   | 65.4 68.5      | 77.8      |   82.3 | 84.6      |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh                | 54.2      | 47.1 48.3 | 44.4      | 48.8       |        | 50.5      | 56.7      | 52.0      | 51.6      | 47.4      | 45.9 42.8 |        | 47.7 49.7      | 53.5      |   48.3 | 51.9      |
| 15   | Maharashtra                   | 12.6      | 13.1      | 12.6      | 12.5 13.7  |        | 11.7      | 11.6      | 11.1      | 9.4       | 9.6       | 9.0       | 8.2    | 9.4 13.3       | 19.3      |   33   | 34.3      |
| 16   | Manipur                       | 30.8      | 59.6      | 79.1 34.7 | 80.7       |        | 58.2      | 86.4      | 50.0      | 61.5      | 26.9      | 68.5      | 51.9   | 70.0 43.5      | 29.9      |   44   | 48.1 61.9 |
| 17   | Meghalaya                     | 29.5      | 30.2      | 49.3      | 36.2 38.5  |        | 45.3      | 33.7      | 49.5      | 48.0      | 38.8      | 42.1      | 41.3   | 43.3 40.7      | 65.9      |   37.4 |           |
| 18   | Mizoram                       | 77.5      | 84.9      | 94.9 96.6 |            | 77.7   | 76.5      | 97.9      | 81.4      | 82.1      | 91.0      | 93.6      | 89.5   | 89.5 83.5      | 92.9      |   93.8 | 94.5      |
| 19   | Nagaland                      | 76.0      | 81.2      | 92.7 83.5 | 97.7       |        | 55.3      | 95.7      | 92.3      | 92.8      | 80.7      | 78.5      | 88.0   | 85.8 82.1      | 84.7      |   69.6 | 58.5      |
| 20   | Odisha                        | 16.5      | 14.2      | 14.7 14.0 | 19.3       |        | 14.9      | 17.4      | 16.0      | 15.8      | 13.2      | 9.9       | 10.3   | 11.0 10.3      | 16.4      |    9.5 | 10.4      |
| 21   | Punjab                        | 46.1      | 39.6      | 40.6      | 41.9       | 38.7   | 34.7      | 37.0      | 37.6      | 36.7      | 35.0      | 40.2      | 38.9   | 37.5 36.4      | 35.5      |   33.6 | 31.6      |
| 22   | Rajasthan                     | 51.2      | 53.5      | 52.2      | 56.8       | 57.8   | 58.0      | 59.3      | 61.1      | 59.9      | 60.7      | 59.1      | 64.5   | 61.3 62.2      | 56.8      |   57.2 | 49.9      |
| 23   | Sikkim                        | 45.2      | 56.2      | 89.3      | 58.9 46.0  | 47.6   |           | 52.1      | 46.1      | 53.5      | 46.0      | 47.3      | 48.0   | 38.7 43.8      | 49.6      |   40.4 | 30.6      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu                    | 64.2      | 62.8      | 59.1      | 62.8 67.2  | 62.2   |           | 61.7      | 61.2      | 63.2      | 62.1      | 55.6      | 62.1   | 56.5 58.8      | 65.9      |   63.6 | 58.6      |
| 25   | Telangana                     | -         | -         | -         | - -        |        | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -      | - -            | 38.6      |   37.6 | 35.6      |
| 26   | Tripura                       | 15.0      | 18.5      | 18.3      | 20.3 18.7  | 17.4   |           | 21.5      | 17.1      | 15.6      | 12.7      | 11.1      | 14.6   | 14.9 15.9      | 20.1      |   30.2 | 25.6      |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh                 | 55.0      | 54.9      | 54.5      | 54.8 56.8  |        | 58.6      | 56.9      | 54.0      | 55.5      | 54.0      | 58.4      | 59.6   | 52.6 53.1      | 53.2      |   58.4 | 59.0      |
| 28   | Uttarakhand                   | NA        | 52.9      | 68.9      | 72.8 69.7  |        | 59.6      | 60.9      | 66.5      | 69.5      | 69.3      | 67.3      | 65.5   | 76.3 70.2      | 53.0      |   58.1 | 48.6      |
| 29   | West Bengal                   | 22.6      | 17.4      | 18.5 6.9  | 16.0       |        | 16.5      | 15.7      | 13.2      | 12.0      | 12.6      | 13.5      | 13.4   | 10.5 14.4      | 11.1      |   14.6 | 10.1      |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)                | 41.1      | 40.3      | 40.5      | 40.2       | 42.2   | 41.8      | 42.1      | 41.4      | 42.0      | 41.2      | 40.4      | 40.9   | 38.1 39.9      | 45.1      |   46.8 | 46.7      |
| 30   | A & N Islands                 | 27.6      | 51.1      | 50.3      | 52.9       | 51.4   | 53.5      | 60.5      | 46.9      | 31.7      | 37.6      | 49.7      | 71.4   | 54.2 51.3      | 46.9      |   31.6 | 39.7      |
| 31   | Chandigarh                    | 56.3      | 45.7      | 55.4      | 55.8       | 55.8   | 64.0      | 60.0      | 52.2      | 54.3      | 48.2      | 40.3      | 49.3   | 50.5 50.9      | 40.0      |   43.6 | 44.3      |
| 32   | D&N Haveli                    | 45.6      | 22.1 27.6 | 16.3      | 5.0        |        | 3.6       | 8.3       | 8.7       | 12.1      | 24.7      | 22.9 12.9 |        | 10.0 6.0       | 11.0      |    7.8 | 10.7      |
| 33   | Daman & Diu                   | 26.7      | 23.5 9.1  | 20.5      | 12.2       |        | 18.3      | 15.8      | 19.7      | 24.1      | 12.7      | 14.0      | 21.7   | 13.8 0.0       | 10.2      |    5.4 | 6.2       |
| 34   | Delhi UT                      | 48.7      | 37.9      | 32.0      | 49.7       |        | 62.1      | 65.0      | 64.7      | 65.3      | 58.1      | 51.5      | 48.1   | 52.4 48.9      | 43.7      |   49.2 | 51.6      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                   |           | 50.4 25.0 |           |            |        |           | 20.0      |           |           |           | -         | 72.5   | 36.9           | 68.3      |   71.4 | 61.0      |
| 36   |                               | -         | 40.0      | 50.0 95.0 | 100.0 86.4 |        | 45.5      |           | 100.0     | 50.0      | 0.0       | 62.4      | 84.3   | 16.0 79.9 82.9 | 70.1      |   86   | 92.5      |
|      | Puducherry                    | 91.9      | 85.8      | 37.1      | 78.3 55.6  |        | 87.8      | 80.0 65.7 | 90.3 66.1 | 87.9 68.0 | 90.2      | 52.4      | 50.2   | 53.5 51.0      |           |   49.3 | 52.1      |
|      | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 50.2 41.8 | 52.8 40.8 | 43.8 40.6 | 40.1       | 42.5   | 63.7 42.4 | 42.9      | 42.3      | 42.6      | 59.8 41.7 | 40.7      | 41.1   | 38.5 40.2      | 44.0 45.1 |   46.9 | 46.8      |

Source: Crime in India

Note: '-' Newly craved State from Andhra Pradesh in 2014.