Lok Sabha Question No. 3106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Caste Related Violence
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE, MOHAMMAD SALIM, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3106

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

## CASTE RELATED VIOLENCE

3106.

SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE:

SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether caste related violences are on the rise in the country and if so, the  details  thereof  indicating  the  total  number  of  such  cases  reported, persons killed/injured  separately,  guilty  arrested/convicted  and  the  action taken against the guilty during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  reasons  behind  such increase and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any inquiry in this regard and if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  introduce  any  law  to tackle  caste  related  violence  and  communal  violence,  which  takes  into account principles of command responsibility, relief and rehabilitation and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the comprehensive measures taken by the Government to prevent/check such violence including advisories issued to the States in this regard and the follow up action taken by the States on such advisories?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) does not collect data on caste related violence separately.  However,  the  Bureau  has  started collecting  data  on  riots  relating to caste conflicts  (section  147-151  and

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153A  IPC)  since  2014.  The  data  during  2014  and  2015  is  enclosed.  The number of cases registered under the Prevention of Atrocities (PoA) Act in conjunction  with  the  IPC  has  decreased  from  47124  in  the  year  2014  to 44839 in the year 2015.

(d): As per the information available, notice for the introduction of the Bill titled  'The  Prevention  of  Communal  Violence  (Access  to  Justice  and Reparations)  Bill,  2014'  was  given  in  the  Rajya  Sabha  on  20.01.2014. However, the House after a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on 05.02.2014, deferred the introduction of the said Bill.

With an objective to deliver members of SCs and STs, a greater justice, the PoA Act has been amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 in 2016. The amended PoA Act,  inter-alia,  provides  for  establishment  of  exclusive  special  courts  for speedy trial of cases, power of special courts and exclusive special courts to take direct cognizance of offences and as far as possible completion of trial case within two months and addition of a chapter on 'Rights of Victims and  Witnesses'.  Further,  the  Scheduled  Castes  and  the  Scheduled  Tribes (Prevention  of  Atrocities)  Rules,  1995  has  also  been  amended  in  2016 which,  inter-alia,  provide  for  enhanced  relief  amount  of  Rs.  85,000/-  to 8,25,000/-.

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(e): As per the seventh schedule to the Constitution of India `Police` and `Public Order` are State subjects and as such, the primary responsibility of prevention, detection, registration, investigation and prosecution of crime, lies  with  the  State  Governments/  Union  Territory  Administrations.  To maintain  communal  harmony  in  the  country,  the  Central  Government assists the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations in a variety of  ways  like  sharing  of  intelligence,  sending  alert  messages,  sending advisories, sending Central Armed Police Forces, including the Composite Rapid Action Force created specially to deal with communal situations, to the concerned State Governments on requests and in the modernization of the State Police Forces.

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## State/UT-wise Cases registered (CR), Persons Arrested (PAR), Cases Charge Sheeted (CS), Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS), Cases Convicted (CV) and  Persons Convicted  (PCV) under caste conflict during

Annexure - I 2014-2015

|       |                        |      |      |      |      |     |     | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |
|-------|------------------------|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL    | State/UT               | CR   | PAR  | CS   | PCS  | CV  | PCV | CR     | PAR    | CS     | PCS    | CV     | PCV    |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh         | 19   | 55   | 12   | 27   | 1   | 5   | 52     | 184    | 26     | 144    | 0      | 0      |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 1      | 2      | 1      | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 3     | Assam                  | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4     | Bihar                  | 6    | 50   | 43   | 460  | 5   | 25  | 258    | 1297   | 178    | 944    | 43     | 60     |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh           | 154  | 732  | 171  | 778  | 28  | 165 | 17     | 113    | 20     | 130    | 6      | 34     |
| 6     | Goa                    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7     | Gujarat                | 101  | 821  | 96   | 801  | 1   | 8   | 141    | 1063   | 125    | 918    | 0      | 0      |
| 8     | Haryana                | 34   | 204  | 20   | 175  | 0   | 0   | 46     | 215    | 37     | 235    | 3      | 11     |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh       | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 15     | 108    | 12     | 108    | 0      | 0      |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir        | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 25     | 12     | 2      | 12     | 0      | 0      |
| 11    | Jharkhand              | 70   | 95   | 58   | 503  | 4   | 57  | 252    | 509    | 86     | 296    | 18     | 23     |
| 12    | Karnataka              | 87   | 277  | 59   | 233  | 4   | 15  | 188    | 566    | 111    | 451    | 0      | 0      |
| 13    | Kerala                 | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh         | 168  | 1124 | 177  | 1125 | 13  | 164 | 30     | 263    | 28     | 263    | 4      | 32     |
| 15    | Maharashtra            | 388  | 2415 | 342  | 2109 | 13  | 91  | 204    | 1215   | 199    | 1652   | 8      | 54     |
| 16    | Manipur                | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17    | Meghalaya              | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18    | Mizoram                | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19    | Nagaland               | 6    | 2    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20    | Odisha                 | 134  | 838  | 152  | 843  | 5   | 37  | 14     | 135    | 38     | 150    | 1      | 8      |
| 21    | Punjab                 | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 22    | Rajasthan              | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 40  | 105 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 6      | 19     |
| 23    | Sikkim                 | 4    | 18   | 4    | 18   | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu             | 211  | 790  | 145  | 527  | 7   | 86  | 426    | 1914   | 301    | 1536   | 4      | 18     |
| 25    | Telangana              | 21   | 32   | 20   | 108  | 0   | 0   | 11     | 35     | 10     | 21     | 0      | 0      |
| 26    | Tripura                | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh          | 75   | 414  | 58   | 339  | 19  | 84  | 724    | 4777   | 535    | 3580   | 8      | 49     |
| 28    | Uttarakhand            | 4    | 15   | 2    | 10   | 0   | 0   | 1      | 6      | 1      | 6      | 1      | 6      |
| 29    | West Bengal            | 12   | 40   | 14   | 40   | 0   | 0   | 3      | 10     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 1494 | 7922 | 1373 | 8096 | 140 | 842 | 2408   | 12425  | 1710   | 10448  | 102    | 314    |
| 30    | A & N Islands          | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31    | Chandigarh             | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32    | D&N Haveli             | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33    | Daman & Diu            | 0    | 0    | 0 8  | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0      | 0      |
| 34    | Delhi UT               | 16   | 13   |      | 8    | 0   | 0   | 3      | 13     |        |        | 1      | 1      |
| 35 36 | Lakshadweep Puducherry | 0 2  | 0 34 | 0 2  | 0 34 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 17   | 0 130  | 0 16   | 0 119  | 0 1    | 0 1    |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)            | 18   | 47   | 10   | 42   | 0   | 0   | 20     | 143    | 16     | 119    | 2      | 2      |
| TOTAL | (ALL INDIA)            | 1512 | 7969 | 1383 | 8138 | 140 | 842 | 2428   | 12568  | 1726   | 10567  | 104    | 316    |

Source: Crime in India